This is a relationship driven by fear and the desire for what I need. Taking it a step further, it means I need to keep Hashem happy so horrible things won’t happen to me. When asked to describe this relationship, the answer was that Hashem is the Big Boss in the sky, and I’m a tiny speck. Typically, most people will draw a picture placing Hashem at the top and themselves at the bottom. In a lecture I recently gave to 200 female principals, I asked them to draw a picture of themselves and Hashem in space. This attitude leads to many negative states of mind: jealousy, anger, depression, self-pity, and feelings of abandonment. Many women today live in “survivor mode.” They’ve been brought up with the message: Be good, do what Hashem says so you don’t go to Gehinnom. What are the most common challenges frum women are dealing with today? She teaches in Elyon seminary, Shulamith high school, the Jewish Renaissance Center, and. Esther Wein is an internationally recognized educator and lecturer for over 30 years. It takes rigorous Torah scholarship, yiras shamayim, and ahavas Yisrael to approach the issue in our nation’s eternal quest to triangulate the ratzon hatorah.Five popular speakers share the challenges and beauty they see within our community - and within each of us Oftentimes, there are crossroads of conflicting values that must be balanced through the discerning, immutable light of the Torah as refracted through the fractaled lens of our revered mesorah. “We don’t live in a laboratory under controlled conditions. “It was an incredible opportunity to explore and share how the timeless precepts of Yiddishkeit address the contemporary issues of our rapidly changing world,” he remarked. Wexner Kollel Elyon Member and participant of the Shemittah trip Rabbi Tzvi Benoff was grateful for the occasion to present.
Rabbis Hershel Schachter, Elchanan Adler, Daniel Feldman, Tanchum Cohen, UTS Dean Yosef Kalinsky and RIETS Dean Rabbi Menachem Penner also joined the trip. This conference comes on the heels of a trip organized by YC Jewish Studies Adjunct Professor Rabbi Ari Bergmann featuring nine undergraduate students as well as three RIETS semikha and Kollel Elyon members to Israel in January to advocate for the concept of an Otzar Beit Din for the Shemittah year. Rabbis Shua Katz, Robbie Schrier, Ben Zion Feld, Tyler Pere and Shai Kaminetzky also presented during the breakout sessions. Socialism: The Torah's View of Private Ownership” by Rabbi Meir Finkelstein. Some examples included “The Moral Implications of Debt Transfer” by Rabbi Shimmie Steinmetz “Bankruptcy in Halacha, Morality, and the Ideal Jewish Society” by Rabbi Tzvi Benoff and “Capitalism vs. The conference, titled “Beyond Agriculture: The Values of Shemittah in the Modern World,” included both an introduction from President Ari Berman and opening remarks from Susan Wexner, followed by keynote addresses from Rabbi Mordechai Willig, the rosh yeshiva and rosh kollel of the Wexner Kollel Elyon, and Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, rosh kollel at Yeshivat Har Etzion and chief rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council.įollowing the keynote addresses were presentations in breakout rooms from the members of the kollel, who provided Torah perspectives on modern topics. The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) hosted the inaugural Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon Conference in conjunction with Mizrachi America on the Wilf Campus on Sunday, May 1.
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