Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi- The Art of Being Happy

Last week, Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi gave a powerful and captivating shiur to over 170 women in an event run by L’Ayla, a learning program for women at the OU Israel Center. Rabbanit Yemima spoke about the power of happiness and how to achieve true simcha during the month of Adar. She is one of the most influential speakers in Israel, attracting hundreds of women to her Shiurim, where she presents very deep messages with a sense of humor. To listen to this inspiring shiur, Please follow the link below:
http://www.ou.org/torah/article/the_art_of_being_happy

Inspiring Shabbat Retreat in a Beautiful and Relaxing Setting - at the Nir Etzion Hotel in the Carmel Forest

OU Israel
Invites you to explore
The Challenge
& Excitement of
Marrying off Our Anglo-Israeli Children
at
An Inspiring Shabbat Retreat
in a Beautiful and Relaxing Setting -
at the Nir Etzion Hotel
in the Carmel Forest
Shabbat Parashat Vayakhel
February 25-26, 2011
Featuring Scholars-in-Residence
Rav Aharon Bina
Rosh Yeshiva Netiv Aryeh
Rabbanit Malka Bina
Founder & Director of Matan
& Rabbi Moshe Berliner, M.S.W.
Director, “Machon Netivot Family Counseling Center”
Also in attendance:
Rabbi Avi Berman
Executive Director of OU Israel Center

Rate: NIS 1,350 per couple
Intriguing Program & Delicious Glatt Kosher Cuisine

Reservations:
Shlomit at 02-5609109
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Stillness of the Night

I love my city. It calls to me; beckons to me. And because I love it so much and am so curious about its history, I decided to enroll in an intense one year course sponsored by Beth Jacob Seminary in conjunction with the Jerusalem Municipality, to become a Jerusalem tour guide.

And that is how I found myself, on an icy cold January evening, standing on a windswept mountain with twenty five other women, most at least twenty years younger than myself, our necks tilted upwards, gazing at the stars. Our guide pointed out the different stars (kochvei shevet, “sitting stars,” because they remain in the same place in relationship to each other) and planets (kochvei lechet, “traveling stars” because they move across the sky) and then let us view Jupiter with a telescope. Yes, I managed to find three its four moons.

Torah, Kippas and Kickboxing

The Trumpeldor neighborhood of Naharia is home to the poorest of the city’s poor, despite its tree-lined, well lit streets. With teenagers in those streets, and little to occupy their time, the neighborhood environment breeds lethargy, boredom and violence.

Take a Good Look

Picture this: a government minister delivers a complex shiur klali to a packed Beit Midrash. Believe it or not, it happened in the Lev Yehudi Beit Midrash in Ramat HaSharon.