JERUSALEM (Press Release)– WebYeshiva.org, an interactive online Torah studies program, has announced that the “virtual” Yeshiva will become “live” with Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Chaim Brovender, traveling to remote northern Swiecie, Poland to be with one of his online students. WebYeshiva.org will offer a day of free Torah courses on Sunday,m January 23, that will be broadcast live from the home of Joel Nowicki, a WebYeshiva.org student in Poland who is battling cancer. The day of learning will be in the merit of his full recovery.
Joel Nowicki has participated daily in multiple hours of learning at WebYeshiva.org from his bed in Poland. Rabbi Chaim Brovender and Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, Founding Director of ATID (WebYeshiva’s parent body), will be traveling to Poland and believe that there is a time when the “virtual” connection between teacher and student is not enough. The trip to Poland was motivated by the thought that a rabbi should be there for his student to inspire him, in a time of need.
“There are times when the ‘virtual’ connection is not enough,” says Rabbi Chaim Brovender. Quoting a Gemara from Brachot 5b he adds, “a rebbe must travel to his student, bring some light, hold his hand, and raise him up.”
The day of learning will incorporate classes in Gemara, Tanach, Jewish Thought, and Jewish Law given by leading educators, including: Rabbi Chaim Brovender, Rabbi Dovid Fink, Rabbi Stuart Fischman, Mrs. Osnat Goldman, Rabbi Yehoshua Goldman, and Rabbi Jeffrey Saks.
“It is deeply touching that Rabbi Brovender and Rabbi Saks are coming across the world to be here with me,” says Joel Nowicki. “It means a lot to me to have my teachers here – in front of me – these are the people who have inspired me over the last few years. Their words have impacted me profoundly in a place that has little Jewish studies available.”
WebYeshiva.org is accepting donations to help cover Joel’s needs. To contact WebYeshiva.org, please email them at office@webyeshiva.org.
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