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A semi-circular radius (arching upwards from the horizon line) of circles moving out from the center, 9 of the circles are radiating outward directly from the middle by an attached line. There are 17 other circles in the radius and all the circles vary in size from significantly smaller to slightly larger then the average circle in the image. The center of the symbol and where the circles are radiating out from is a empty space in the shape of an implied half-circle (to match the shape of the radius but much smaller). The circles and lines fade in color from indigo blue on the left until they become a brighter indigo purple on the right. The background is transparent. TORAH IN ACTION Disabilities LGBTQ+ Climate Events Parsha Audio Torah Halakha & Modernity Rosh Yeshiva Responds
A semi-circular radius (arching to the right from the vertical line) of circles moving out from the center, 9 of the circles are radiating outward directly from the middle by an attached line. There are 17 other circles in the radius and all the circles vary in size from significantly smaller to slightly larger then the average. The center of the symbol and where the circles are radiating out from is a empty space in the shape of an implied half-circle (to match the shape of the radius but much smaller). The circles and lines fade in color from indigo blue on the top until they become a brighter indigo purple on the bottom. The background is transparent. TORAH IN ACTION Disabilities LGBTQ+ Climate Events Parsha Audio Torah Halakha & Modernity Rosh Yeshiva Responds

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Mission

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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Semikha

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.

Rikmah

YCT student learning Black and white photograph cropped of Rabbi Aaron Portman. Image of a man in grey scale with a transparent background. He has light skin, appears to be in his 30s, and can be seen from the chest up. He is hovering over a large open sefer, possibly Gemara, where the outside of the pages seems to be textured with blotches of color. He has thick, dark, short hair that is swept to the right, half closed eyes and a wide open mouthed smile. He is wearing a white keepah with a hair clip on the left, circular wire rim glasses, a ribbed dark sweater and a checkered button down shirt and a ring on his left ring finger. There is nothing else in the picture besides the transparent background so he appears to be floating in the air.

Beit Midrash

A blurry photo-realistic stock image called "bohemian-man-with-his-arms-crossed". Image of a man standing straight and directly facing the camera and visible from the waist up. The whole image is in grey-scale with a transparent background. He has a light skin-tone, a full-faced, bushy, dark, beard and mustache and short, wavy, dark hair. He seems to be smiling but his facial hair covers most of his mouth. He is wearing large, circular, black framed glasses, a mid-tone fedora with a woven checker pattern and a long sleeved comfy shirt with ribbed cuffs. He is also wearing a scarf wrapped twice around his neck with the ends not visible, the scarf has horizontal stripes going in a pattern from light to dark. His arms are crossed and he as a significant amount of hair on his fore-arms.

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Yeshiva & Alumni

  • Rabbi Dov Linzer Photograph of Rabbi Dov Linzer showing the top half of him. He is a middle aged man with beige skin and his body is slightly angled away from the camera. He has a wide slightly open mouthed smile and is clean shaven. He has short brown hair and is wearing a black keepah. He has circular wire-rimmed glasses and is wearing a navy blue suit with a white button down shirt and a sky blue tie with royal blue hollowed out triangle patterns. The background is blurry and shows a white wall with a sefer of gemarah or mishnah directly behind him.
    Chanukah 5784 Greetings from Rabbi Linzer
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  • From Berkeley to Boston, YCT Rabbis Rally for Israel
  • I’m So Proud Of Our Rabbis At This Moment – Reflections from Rabbi Linzer
  • Israeli flag in front of sun
    Ways to Support Israel
  • Israeli flag in front of sun
    YCT Israel Response
  • Israeli Flag. Image of an Israeli flag curled from flapping in the wind. The flag is a white horizontal rectangle with a blue horizontal stripe on the top and bottom and a blue Magen David in the middle.
    We will get through this stronger, together. A personal message from Rabbi Linzer.

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