Study programs

A booklet dealing with a custom originating in the Thessaloniki Jewish community – Shabbat Al-Abbāy. A communal and festive event that took place on Shabbat Hanukkah, collecting and distributing fabrics and clothing to students and those in need. This custom spread to communities in Turkey and North Africa. The booklet presents Shabbat Al-Abbāy poems and two chapters dealing with the prominent values of the custom – charity and education. Each chapter contains midrash and sayings of sages, mainly from Turkey and its surroundings.

A booklet that combines excerpts from the Piyyutim from the Selichot with the words of the sages from recent generations on the subject of tolerance and love of Israel. Eight familiar Piyyutim, each of which invites further reflection on lines and phrases from the Piyyutim, through Talmud and Zohar studies, alongside commentary by the sages from "The Daily Sage."

This booklet was produced in collaboration with the Hebrew Calendar and associations dealing with the heritage of Kurdistan Jewry. It deals with the celebrations of the Saharna, which is practiced on the day of Passover. The booklet contains explanatory notes, poems and stories surrounding the custom and the community. The booklet presents three circles that characterize the holiday: a circle of bachelors, a circle of dancers and a circle of sages. Sources of thought, fiction, poetry and interpretation are unique to the community and the values of the holiday.

A booklet dealing with the holiday of Mimouna and its values. It consists of four chapters: Gates of Faith, Gates of Blessing, Gates of Friendship, Gates of Hospitality. At the beginning of each chapter, an excerpt from the poems of Rabbi David Bozaglo, and at the end, one of Erez Biton's poems. Within each chapter, sources, sage interpretations, and thoughts on the topic of that chapter.

In this booklet, several laws of the Sages have been compiled regarding the blessing of the trees, the order of the blessing with the correction of the souls of "the living one," and the words of the Sages on the custom and related issues.

A collection of sources for study and discussion around the values and customs of the celebration of the righteous. Eight chapters for the celebration of the righteous: Gates of Torah, Gates of Light, Gates of Prayer, Gates of Grace and Mercy, Gates of Joy, Gates of Blessing, Gates of Poetry, Gates of Wonders. Each chapter contains several lines from a piyet, accompanied by a midrash from the midrash of our Tannaite and Amoraim rabbis, followed by three excerpts from the words of the sages of recent generations.

This booklet presents all six chapters of Tractate Avot. At the beginning and end of each chapter, a commentary by a sage of Israel on the principle of 'All Israel has a share' and on the principle of 'The Holy One, blessed be He, desired to merit Israel.'

The Shavuot study booklet is divided into three parts, according to the three Ashmors. Each Ashmor has a central theme and six study pages. Each page is a source by one of the sages of Israel in recent generations, alongside a verse title or a sage's essay. The study is accompanied by a new poem or piyyut, which in its own way speaks to the central theme. In the first Ashmor, the central theme is: "Torah is, and I need to study." In the middle Ashmor, the central theme is: "It is beautiful to study Torah with a path to the land." In the third Ashmor, the central theme is: "And all your children are the students of the Lord, and great is the peace of your children."

The first booklet in the "Daily Sage" series, which deals with the subject of human dignity, peace between Israel and the nations, multiculturalism, and interfaith relations. The booklet contains a collection of musings and interpretations by sages.

This booklet has collected ten flavors of one Sabbath: 'Blessing', 'Reception', 'Shalom', 'Table', 'Delight', 'Love', 'Morning Sabbath', 'Relaxation', 'Holy', 'Desires', 'End of Sabbath'. Each flavor has three pages, each page holding, in itself, one idea that arises from the flavors of the Sabbath. On the right side of the page appear the words of the sages, and before them the words of the Talmud or the Zohar. And on the left side of the page are words of poetry and piyut that discuss the same subject.