Strategies To Beat Our Evil Inclination
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 171-197.
Nov 22, 2009
Vayeitzei, Weekly Torah Portion, Raize Guttman, 11-22-09
Recognizing the Source of All Good
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 144-170.
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 144-170.
Nov 15, 2009
Chayei Sarah, Weekly Torah Portion, Raize Guttman, 11-15-09
What It Means To Be A Great Woman
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 78-105
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 78-105
Nov 10, 2009
"Leaving Israel", a poem by Raize Guttman
Raize shared this poem with participants of the Gem 7 and Gem 8 Israel Trips on their final day of the program. She wrote it when she had to return to the States after learning in seminary in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) many years ago. Since then, she has returned to Yerushalayim where she and her husband are raising a beautiful Torah-true family with many kinderlach (children) k'neinah hara.
I hope never to lose this feeling,
This special feeling my heart,
For I will need it to sustain me,
For very soon I will depart.
A place so filled with holy people,
Their deeds, their lives with Torah goals.
The air so sweet, each breath we take,
Puts life anew inside our souls.
Here the tune of children learning,
A love for Torah that can't be erased.
How is it - all Hashem's precious
ingredients,
He put into making this one tiny place.
A feeling of love so deep, so real,
So special beyond any cost.
How could it be- when we leave for awhile,
This deep-rooted feeling is suddenly lost?
That feeling that was so burning inside us,
That with it nothing could equate,
Now just lives inside of us,
In a sadly dormant state.
We have to strive to bring it forth,
To never let it die or fade,
For there is no place in this world,
Worth Yerushalayim as a trade.
I hope never to lose this feeling,
This special feeling in my heart.
For I will need it to sustain me,
All the time we are apart.
I hope never to lose this feeling,
This special feeling my heart,
For I will need it to sustain me,
For very soon I will depart.
A place so filled with holy people,
Their deeds, their lives with Torah goals.
The air so sweet, each breath we take,
Puts life anew inside our souls.
Here the tune of children learning,
A love for Torah that can't be erased.
How is it - all Hashem's precious
ingredients,
He put into making this one tiny place.
A feeling of love so deep, so real,
So special beyond any cost.
How could it be- when we leave for awhile,
This deep-rooted feeling is suddenly lost?
That feeling that was so burning inside us,
That with it nothing could equate,
Now just lives inside of us,
In a sadly dormant state.
We have to strive to bring it forth,
To never let it die or fade,
For there is no place in this world,
Worth Yerushalayim as a trade.
I hope never to lose this feeling,
This special feeling in my heart.
For I will need it to sustain me,
All the time we are apart.
Nov 8, 2009
Vayeira, Weekly Torah Portion, Raize Guttman 11-08-09
Guests vs G-d
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 78-105
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 78-105
Nov 1, 2009
Noach (con't); Lech Lecha, Weekly Torah Portion, Raize Guttman 11-01-09
The Beginning of the History of the Jewish People
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 54-77
Artscroll Stone Chumash, pages 54-77
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