We are so excited to be celebrating Purim this Sunday and we are looking forward to seeing you at our Yavneh carnival! Purim is the day we celebrate victory over oppression, when ‘they tried to destroy us, we survived, let’s eat!’ This year, and not ‘depending...
How is your Jewish identity formed and forged? Is it engendered or nurtured? How does our own Jewish journey connect with our collective journey as a People? Did you inherit your identity? Are we able to transmit it to future generations? Is Jewish identity only...
I know that Pesach is a time of the year where many of you will be busy preparing for the upcoming seder. And let's face it, there's nothing like a good seder to bring out the passion in all of us. The food, the songs,...
Presently, I am spending time in Israel, living in leafy Katamon and enjoying spending my days engrossed in research, exploring the intersection between halakha and secular law. My aspiration is that these studies will help the Melbourne community have the confidence to litigate their commercial...
This week, the calls of joy and celebration reverberated throughout the school as we ushered in the month of Adar. Musical Hallel, singing and dancing, costume coordination and Purim learning punctuated the classroom experience. And of course, the school tradition of singing “MiShenichnas Adar Marbin...
As women there are many connections we establish over a lifetime. The one connection that is with us always is the connection we have with ourselves. More and more as we get older we learn to appreciate just how important that connection is, because, no...
By Rabbi Chaim Cowen Each week at Yavneh, some 71 students rise early to daven at our Hashkama minyan so that they can attend extra lessons of Gemara before the teaching day formally commences. These students are not necessarily our academic elites, rather they are distinguished by their motivation....