About Lev HaTorah

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our mission is to nurture inspired, confident, well-rounded bnei Torah with the skills to learn independently, while simultaneously developing a deep devotion to Eretz Yisrael, Medinat Yisrael, and the entire Jewish community.

At Lev HaTorah, we value the unique personalities and interests of each of our students. Within the diverse curriculum, our students ‘specialize’ in the topics and styles of learning most suited to them. We do not educate our students with a pre-existing “cookie cutter” approach but rather guide each one according to his own talents and individual character traits. After yeshiva, our students pursue a wide range of paths: universities, yeshivot, army service, and work. For the faculty at Lev HaTorah, success is when a student follows the path that will help him actualize his individual strengths.

TORAH: 

Broad Curriculum - For a well-rounded Jewish life, study of Talmud is not enough.  A deep understanding of Judaism requires a global study that begins with Tanach and includes the wisdom of the Jewish philosophers and the halachic decisions of recent rabbinic authorities. As a complement to our intensive, skills-oriented Talmud curriculum, students take in-depth high-level classes in Tanach, Jewish Philosophy, Practical Halacha, Religious Zionism, and Tefila.

Multiple Perspectives- In each class, teachers expose their students to a wide range of opinions and perspectives – encouraging students to recognize the validity of multiple approaches. The positive, all encompassing atmosphere at Lev HaTorah encourages students to think deeply about their beliefs and intuitions without scorning those that disagree with them. The well-rounded curriculum leads to refined, thoughtful, and open-minded students.

Textual skills – The ability to study independently and think creatively about Torah texts enables students to make learning a lifetime pursuit. To this end, we focus our curriculum on the building of strong textual and conceptual skills.

LEADERSHIP:

Leadership and Organizational Skills – With the guidance of our staff, our students plan and implement community service projects  – giving them the experience and insight to continue serving the community effectively for the rest of their lives.

Mentoring for Life - Our rebbeim are not merely classroom teachers – they serve as lifelong mentors. During the year, students learn as much from their rebbeim while visiting them in their homes as they do in the Beit Midrash. Because so many of our rebbeim (20) live in the neighborhood, our students have the opportunity to learn from the way they relate to their spouses and children, how they celebrate Shabbat, and how they prioritize Torah and chessed as crucial components of their lives. Frequent phone calls, e-mails, and visits to the U.S. maintain the powerful student-teacher connection, even after the yeshiva year is over. The mentoring relationship motivates students to strive for greatness.
  
CHESED:

The Power to Make a Difference - Through their many chessed projects, our students gain first-hand knowledge of the many needs of the Jewish community. The satisfaction of bringing joy to an orphan, or of feeding 50 families with the results of a week-long food drive, is enough to fuel a lifetime of chessed leadership. Our students gain a real understanding of the needs of their fellow Jews and a powerful desire to make a difference.

ZIONISM:

The Jewish people can only fulfill its historic destiny to be a 'light unto the nations' if we are again a nation in our own land.  The State of Israel has introduced a new era of Jewish pride.  Yeshivat Lev HaTorah's programming reflects this philosophy.  Learning Hebrew, touring the land, and interacting with the people of Israel engage talmidim as 'citizens of Israel' throughout their year of study.