Applying yeshiva learning to the world

By RIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
December 13, 2017 19:28

A new kind of yeshiva where students learn by doing




Rabbi Avi Grossman and a student examine olives

Rabbi Avi Grossman and a student examine olives. (photo credit: BAT-CHEN GROSSMAN)

Rabbi Avi and Bat-Chen Grossman are working to change the way Torah is taught and learned in Jerusalem. They’ve begun recruiting for a new yeshiva program for English-speaking men that puts its emphasis on applying what is learned in the classroom.

They named their new program Torah L’Maaseh, which carries the connotation of applied or practical Torah. And that’s exactly the kind of learning they plan to accentuate when the program opens in the autumn of 2018. With a maximum class size of 25 men up to age 25, the Grossmans are preparing for a year of learning and then doing.

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