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Students Portal | Alumni Portal | Contact YCT stands with Israel: Resources Emergency Fund YCT stands with Israel: Israel Response Emergency Fund Search for: Donate Search for: Search for: DONATE MENU Search for: Search for: DONATE MENU Toggle Navigation Who We Are Mission & Core Values The YCT Difference President’s Letter Leadership Faculty In The News Events Alumni & Their Impact Leading the Way Meet Our Alumni Alumni Map Alumni Publications Alumni Newsroom Rabbinic & Educator Programs Semikha Jewel – Educators Certificate Program Rikmah – YCT’s Beit Midrash for Rabbinic Leadership in Israel Kollel for Psak Beit Midrash Torah for Today YCT Torah Library Lindenbaum Center Rosh Yeshiva Responds Leading with Torah Values YCT Israel Response Thought Leadership Climate Disabilities LGBTQ+ Support Our Work Make a Gift Today Ways to Give Leadership Societies Legacy Giving Contact Us YCT Israel Response VIBRANT TORAH LEADERSHIP YCT Home jackielebwohl 2024-04-09T13:31:10-04:00 Vibrant Torah Leadership Learn Our Torah TORAH IN ACTION Disabilities LGBTQ+ Climate Events Parsha Audio Torah Halakha & Modernity Rosh Yeshiva Responds TORAH IN ACTION Disabilities LGBTQ+ Climate Events Parsha Audio Torah Halakha & Modernity Rosh Yeshiva Responds Weekly Parsha Halakha & Modernity Rosh Yeshiva Responds Audio Torah Disabilities LGBTQ+ Climate Community Events MISSION We seek to create a spiritually vibrant and intellectually open Orthodox community whose Torah radiates outwards to help transform the entire Jewish world. Our mission is to train rabbis, educators, and leaders who embody this vision in their teaching of Torah, their spiritual support of individuals, and their building of diverse and welcoming communities; and to deepen and disseminate a Torah and halakha that gives life to this vision and enables it to thrive. TORAH & MITZVOT COMMUNITY & KLAL YISRAEL CORE VALUES SELF & OTHERS ISRAEL THE WORLD SELF & OTHERS COMMUNITY & KLAL YISRAEL TORAH & MITZVOT ISRAEL Anchoring our lives in the Torah as dvar Hashem (God’s word) and in the conscientious observance of halakha (תורה ומצוות). Joyous and passionate learning of Torah in all its rich forms, with love, intellectual openness, critical thinking and with reverence (תלמוד תורה ואהבת השם) MISSION THE WORLD MISSION COMMUNITY & KLAL YISRAEL Building diverse and welcoming communities in which every individual is seen and valued (קהילה קדושה) Promoting love of, and our responsibility towards, all Jews and actively pursuing the positive and respectful interaction of all Jewish movements (אהבת ישראל וערבות) TORAH & MITZVOT SELF & OTHERS ISRAEL THE WORLD MISSION SELF & OTHERS Being self-aware in our leadership and interaction with others, honest with ourselves when we make mistakes, and committed to learning and growing from them (הכרת עצמו והכרת מעשיו) Contributing to the advancement of women’s full participation in talmud Torah, ritual, community, and religious leadership (כל אשה חכמת לב) TORAH & MITZVOT COMMUNITY & KLAL YISRAEL ISRAEL THE WORLD MISSION ISRAEL Championing Eretz Yisrael as our homeland and the religious and national significance of the State of Israel (דרישת ציון) TORAH & MITZVOT SELF & OTHERS COMMUNITY & KLAL YISRAEL THE WORLD MISSION THE WORLD Affirming the shared divine image (צלם א-להים) of all people, our responsibility to improve the world and our capacity to be enriched by it (תבל ויושבי בה) TORAH & MITZVOT SELF & OTHERS COMMUNITY & KLAL YISRAEL ISRAEL Mission We seek to create a spiritually vibrant and intellectually open Orthodox community whose Torah radiates outwards to help transform the entire Jewish world. Our mission is to train rabbis, educators, and leaders who embody this vision in their teaching of Torah, their spiritual support of individuals, and their building of diverse and welcoming communities; and to deepen and disseminate a Torah and halakha that gives life to this vision and enables it to thrive. Core Values Torah and Mitzvot Anchoring our lives in the Torah as dvar Hashem (God’s word) and in the conscientious observance of halakha (תורה ומצוות). Joyous and passionate learning of Torah in all its rich forms, with love, intellectual openness, critical thinking and with reverence (תלמוד תורה ואהבת השם). Self and Others Being self-aware in our leadership and interaction with others, honest with ourselves when we make mistakes, and committed to learning and growing from them (הכרת עצמו והכרת מעשיו) Contributing to the advancement of women’s full participation in talmud Torah, ritual, community, and religious leadership (כל אשה חכמת לב) Community and Klal Yisrael Building diverse and welcoming communities in which every individual is seen and valued (קהילה קדושה) Promoting love of, and our responsibility towards, all Jews and actively pursuing the positive and respectful interaction of all Jewish movements (אהבת ישראל וערבות) Israel Championing Eretz Yisrael as our homeland and the religious and national significance of the State of Israel (דרישת ציון) The World Affirming the shared divine image (צלם א-להים) of all people, our responsibility to improve the world and our capacity to be enriched by it (תבל ויושבי בה) Explore Our Programs Semikha Rikmah Beit Midrash Jewel The Latest Yeshiva & Alumni YCT Pesach Torah Reader Seder Sense: An Evening of Pesach Prep for Your Mind and Soul April 7th @8pm ET CNN: Why antisemitism and anti-Zionism are so deeply intertwined Op-ed by Rabbi Avi Weiss VIDEO: A Response to Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Regarding the Haredi Draft by Rabbi Yair Paran (Rikmah ’23) Livyat Chen: Introducing YCT’s Israel Center for Pastoral Counseling To Ask for Help and to Show Up Remarks delivered by Rabbi Dov Linzer in memory of his nephew, Maoz Morell, zt”l Daf Yomi Listen to previous Daf Yomi hereParsha Kedoshim – The Rosh Yeshiva Responds – Orlah outside of Israel on May 9, 2024 The Meaning of the Word Kadosh on May 9, 2024 More ParshaHalakha Mechitza Construction with Bima in Between the Men’s and Women’s Sections on March 12, 2024 Having a Non-Jew Help Clean Up After a Communal Shabbat Meal on March 12, 2024 More HalakhaMore ParshaMore HalakhaJoin our mailing list " * " indicates required fields Email * First Name * Last Name * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. 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