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We seek to create a spiritually vibrant and intellectually open Orthodox community whose Torah radiates outwards to help transform the entire Jewish world.

Our mission is to train rabbis, educators, and leaders who embody this vision in their teaching of Torah, their spiritual support of individuals, and their building of diverse and welcoming communities; and to deepen and disseminate a Torah and halakha that gives life to this vision and enables it to thrive.

Core Values

  • Anchoring our lives in the Torah as dvar Hashem (God’s word) and in the conscientious observance of halakha (תורה ומצוות).
  • Joyous and passionate learning of Torah in all its rich forms, with love, intellectual openness, critical thinking and with reverence (תלמוד תורה ואהבת השם).

  • Being self-aware in our leadership and interaction with others, honest with ourselves when we make mistakes, and committed to learning and growing from them (הכרת עצמו והכרת מעשיו)
  • Contributing to the advancement of women’s full participation in talmud Torah, ritual, community, and religious leadership  (כל אשה חכמת לב)

  • Building diverse and welcoming communities in which every individual is seen and valued (קהילה קדושה)
  • Promoting love of, and our responsibility towards, all Jews and actively pursuing the positive and respectful interaction of all Jewish movements (אהבת ישראל וערבות)

  • Championing Eretz Yisrael as our homeland and the religious and national significance of the State of Israel  (דרישת ציון)

  • Affirming the shared divine image (צלם א-להים) of all people, our responsibility to improve the world and our capacity to be enriched by it (תבל ויושבי בה)

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Rikmah Students A black and white photographic image of two people, one masculine in appearance and the other feminine in appearance, both are smiling and facing directly at the camera from the middle of the image. Only the top half of these people are visible and the background is transparent. The woman is in front and to the right, she appears to be in her 30s-40s with a light skin tone. She has shoulder length dark hair, squarish glasses, a large, top-heavy, head-wrap, a light solid colored dress with puffy shoulders and a necklace made of large interlocking chain links. The man has a similar glasses, skin tone and seems to be a similar age to the woman. He has a plaid patterned shirt, a large white keepah that is barely visible from the camera angle, black hair which is short aside from a long pair of payote which go down to mid chest height and a beard that goes down to his collar bone and seems a little untidy, he also has a mustache.

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  • Seder sense flyer A white background with a picture of a yellowish-brown tuber (horseradish root) on the top left and a tilted image of an old-fashioned Hebrew haggadah with browning pages decorative calligraphy on the top right. Between the images in indigo block print is "YCT Presents" and then in larger font below "SEDER" followed below this time in cyan "SENSE". Underneath the previous message in smaller indigo block print is said "An Evening of Pesach Prep for you Mind and Soul" and below that in cyan is "SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 8-10PM EASTERN * ON ZOOM" with the image of a small cyan stylized video camera to the right of the message. Below in even smaller font is "7-9PM CENTRAL, 6-8PM MOUNTAIN, 5-7PM PACIFIC". The above messages is followed by 3 columns each of which is topped by an indigo box which lists the times in white block print. The first column says "8:00-8:40PM EASTERN. 7:00-7:40PM CENTRAL. 6:00-6:40PM MOUNTAIN. 5:00-5:40PM PACIFIC." There is then a line break with the words "Choice of" in black curving font and below that "RABBI DAVID KASHER '07. IKAR, Los Angeles. Four Kids, Three Opinions: An Analysis of the One Who Cannot Ask". To the left of the words is a small image of Rabbi David Kasher, a man who seems to be around late 30s-early 40s, head facing the camera (you can only see his shoulders upward), he has a short black beard and mustache and short black hair and circular glasses, ruddy tan skin, a striped dark on dark button-down shirt, and has a broad smile. This is then followed by another break with the word "or" and then followed by "RABBI DAN MARGULIES '17. Berman Hebrew Academy, Rockville, MD. Daf Yomi to the Rescue: Redeeming the Rasha ("Wicked" Child)". To the left of this is an image of him, standing straight (all images are only the shoulders up with the occupants facing the viewer), smiling towards the camera, white collared shirt with a blue tie and black suit jacket, he has brown hair with a short beard and mustache, he has pale skin and appears to be around 30s. In the second column in an indigo box it says "8:40-9:20PM EASTERN. 7:40-8:20PM CENTRAL. 6:40-7:20PM MOUNTAIN. 5:40-6:20PM PACIFIC." There is then a line break with the words "Choice of" in black curving font and below that "RABBI YSOSCHER KATZ. YCT, New York City. Preparing for the Neediest and Most Important Seder Guest (Hint: It's not Eliyahu)." To the left is an image of him, a sandy colored skin toned man with a full brown beard and mustache and short brown hair, he has black framed rectangular glasses and a white-button down shirt and appears to be in his 40s. This is followed by a break with the word "or" and beneath it is "RABBA RACHEL KOHL FINEGOLD. Cong. Shaar Hashomayim, Westmount, QC. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Our Story: Crafting Our Personal Passover Narratives". To the left is an image of her, a woman possibly in her 30s, she has wavy brown hair, sandy colored skin-tone, a tall hat with a light brown rim and darker brown dome, is wearing a grey coat or shawl over a black top and is smiling. In the third column in an indigo box it says "9:20-10:00PM EASTERN. 8:20-9:00PM CENTRAL. 7:20-8:00PM MOUNTAIN. 6:20-7:00PM PACIFIC." There is then a line break with the words "Choice of" in black curving font and below that "RABBI SHARON SHALOM. Ono Academic College, Israel. From Sinai to Jerusalem via Ethiopia: A Modern Journey" to the left is an image of him, a man in a white-collared shirt and black suit jacket with rectangular wire-framed glasses, short black hair, clean shaven, caramel skin-tone, appears to be in his 30s, grinning a little sheepishly. This is followed by a break saying in curvy black font "in conversation with" and below the break it says "RABBI YONAH BERMAN. YCT, New York City" and to the left is an image of him, a man who appears to be in his 30s with black hair and stubble, a wide grin, a pinkish-tan skin tone, ovular black framed glasses, a blue suit jacket and pink checkered button-down shirt. Underneath is another break with two symbols, a small cyan box with the letters CC in white (symbol for closed captions) and in cyan two hands making the hand sign for interpretation to sign language followed by the words in cyan block print "All sessions will be closed-captioned and include ASL interpretation. To sponsor this program or become an institutional; partner, please contact Rabbi Yonah Berman at yberman@yctorah.org". There is then a narrow cyan section running horizontally across the page that says in white block print "FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC * REGISTER AT yctorah.org/seder". At the bottom of the flyer are the logos of 23 various modern orthodox institutions that are not clearly legible due to the small scale and a slightly larger logo of YCT (Yeshivat Chovevei Torah) afterwards to the far left.
    Event Recap - Seder Sense
  • A Modern Prophet Flyer The top message is on an indigo-blue rectangular background that takes up the top third of the vertically rectangular image poster. Parts of the indigo-blue background are slightly lighter and are in the shape of 11 circles of varying size with the bottom and top two cut-off on those respective sides, the two circles on the center left side have line of the same color attached to them extending off the image. Written on the blue-indigo rectangle are the words "A MODERN" outlined in white block letters and the word "PROPHET" completely in white block letters in the middle of the image. Below that are smaller white block letters saying "SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2023" and below it in the same font is said, "8-10pm Eastern on Zoom" followed by a small white box with the letters CC in indigo blue (symbol for closed captions) and in white two hands making the hand sign for interpretation to sign language. To the left of the words is a black and white image of Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel (the chest upwards of a man, standing straight, with a dark suit jacket, white button down shirt, a dark tie with small white diamond patterns. He has a greying hair including a full and pointed beard and a bushy mustache, the hair on his head is wavy and thick and forms a widow's peak, it parts on the left side. His face seems calm and a little stern and he has shallow bags under his eyes, his mouth is slightly upturned, perhaps smiling slightly. He looks as though he is in his mid-late middle ages.) Below the indigo-blue part of the image is a white background with a purplish-cyan rectangular segment running through the middle. At the top of the white background are the words "The Torah and Legacy of" in small indigo-blue block letters, followed underneath by "Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel" in much larger bold letters of the same color and font. Below that in the same color and font is the first line is "and his Ongoing Impact on the Orthodox Community". Underneath this last line is a cyan dash followed underneath by the lines "Marking 50 YEARS Since His Passing" in the cycan block letters with the "50 YEARS" being larger and in bold. Below this is the purplish-cyan segment with SCHEDULE written in vertically in cyan block letters with horizontal indigo-blue block letters to the right listing the schedule. The First column says "8:00pm Eastern (7:00pm Central, 6:00pm Mountain, 5:00pm Pacific) Selma 1965: My Experience of The Halachic Case for Rabbi Heschel's Societal Justice Engagement. RABBI SAUL BERMAN *In conversation with* RABBI SETH WINBERG". The second column says "8:45pm Eastern (7:45pm Central, 6:45pm Mountain, 5:45pm Pacific) Timeless Torah: My Father's Teachings in My Life and Work. PROFESSOR SUSANNAH HESCHEL. *In conversation with* RABBI YONAH BERMAN". The last column says "9:15pm Eastern (8:15pm Central, 7:15pm Mountain, 6:15pm Pacific) The Next Fifty Years: Sharing Heschel's Torah with New Generations in the United States and Israel. *Panelists:* RABBANIT YAFIT CLYMER, RABBI ARI HART, RABBI ISAIAH ROTHSTEIN". Overlapping the purpleish-cyan segment and the white section beneath in an indigo-blue rectangle with white block letters are the words "Learn more and register: YCTORAH.ORG/HESCHEL". In the white section at the bottom of the flyer in cyan vertical block letters are the words "PARTNER INSTITUTIONS" followed by the logos of 20 various modern orthodox institutions that are not clearly legible due to the small scale and a slightly larger logo of YCT (Yeshivat Chovevei Torah) afterwards to the far right.
    Event Recap - A Modern Prophet: The Torah and Legacy of Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel

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