If we follow the chronological order of events as they occured in the Torah, then the following question can be asked. Why is Sukkos celebrated now directly after Yom Kippur instead of after Pesach? It was specifically immediately after leaving Mitzrayim that the Torah tells us that Bnei Yisroel camped in a place called Sukkot, where we were so physically vulnerable yet we had total Emunah in Hashem that everything will be ok. Furthermore, we know the Sukkah’s we build on Suk

Every morning the first thing we do when we wake up is say the special prayer of Modeh Ani. Before we start the craziness of our schedule, before we even eat our morning pudding, we are supposed to pause and say Modeh Ani Lefanecha. If you think about it, it's a bit funny how we say it. You would think that the normal way to say it should be "Ani Modeh" as in "I am thankful". For some strange reason it is flipped the other way around to say "Modeh Ani". Why are we changing th

It's been an exciting three weeks in Yeshiva, and it feels like we just started yesterday! We had an action-packed first two weeks. We kicked off the program with a grand Welcome BBQ at the "Lookout" view, where the sun was slowly setting over the Yerushalayim skyline. All the students and Rebbeim had a chance to shmooze and get to know each other over the delicious meat prepared by the Yeshiva's new chef. We began setting up the Yeshiva's state-of-the-art music room and equi