Torah & Mitzvot

Lower Schoolers prepared for Shavuot in a variety of fun and educational ways! For example, second graders put on a Hebrew-language skit called "ריב ההרים"—"the quarrel of the mountains"—in which...

To get into the spirit for Shavuot, Middle School Judaic Studies teachers put on a hilarious skit depicting Matan Torah. With costumes, sound effects, and plenty of jokes, they illustrated this iconic story while infusing it with laughs and fun. In addition to the skit...

ECC students learned about Shavuot and Parshat Bamidbar in the garden. The children learned that "midbar" means "wilderness," which is where Bnei Yisrael are in Sefer Bamidbar. The students shared...

ECC students discussed the importance of tzedaka, especially in connection with Parshiyot Behar-Bechukotai. The students discussed the parshiyot’s inclusion of shmita—the seven-year cycle of agricultural rest and debt forgiveness—and what that means for a farmer in...

The freshman Honors Talmud class went to the visit the rare books room at the Jewish Theological Seminary library to see manuscripts and early printings of the Talmud. Over the course of the year, the class has seen the importance of checking manuscripts and...

Mazal tov to the senior Matmidim class—Max H., Avi F.K., Leo E., Alex S., Rachel B., and Aryeh G.—on their siyum (completion) of Masechet Chagiga! In an average year at Ramaz...

Students joined Farmer Sara Dina from GrowTorah in the garden to learn about Parshat Tazria/Metzora. They discussed how someone with tzaraat (skin disease) would have to remove themself from the camp for seven days so that the kohen...

Morah Shira Sedek’s fifth- and sixth-grade Chumash classes made challah for the first Shabbat after Pesach. They made their loaves into fun shapes, including the shape of a key (known as a “shlissel challah”). They learned that...

ECC students celebrated Earth Day! They talked about how Hashem told the first people that they were put on Earth to work and protect the land, "L'ovdah Ul'shomrah." Together, the students discussed ways that everyone can take care of the planet. Then, they set off to see...