Bnot Torah Blog
EXCLUSIVE Certificate in Jewish Leadership!
November 29, 2011
For the first time ever in the esteemed history of Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s, Thursday Night is no longer simply, Thursday Night. Rather, we have entered into an exclusive relationship with the legendary Aish HaTorah to offer you a Jewish Leadership Seminar Series. Plus, students will have the opportunity to take this course and receive a Certificate in Jewish Leadership! The Jewish Leadership Seminar Series features an amazing array of popular and inspiring speakers who will visit us throughout the course of our academic year to enlighten us with a unique and relevant approach to various relevant topics in Judaism, and by extension, empower our students to be recognized as LEADERS at the individual and communal level. In fact, you, the student can even suggest a topic that you want enlightenment on, and your topic just might be the featured as well. The speakers include the likes of Extreme Surfer, Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser, to Mrs. Naomi Rivkah Most, Rabbi Menachem Nissel, and everyone laughed ’till it hurt, with hilarious and practical insights from…
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Introducing S.T.A.H.R. Program!
November 28, 2011
At Sharfman’s, each and every year, we are constantly striving to create more cutting edge innovation to further inspire and empower our girls with new ways to maximize their potential as Jewish women! Recently, Rabbi Sharfman, as well as one of our Mechanechet’s Mrs. Aviva Haymann, introduced a new program called Sharfman’s Torah Academic Honor Roll—or more simply put the S.T.A.H.R. Program! You see, at Sharfman’s, we believe that each and every girl is truly a blossoming shining S.T.A.H.R! To that end, every student who reaches the qualifications to become a S.T.A.H.R. girl for the month, not only joins the Monthly Sharfman’s Torah Academic Honor Roll—she will also receive awesome S.T.A.H.R. Rewards of The Month. Prizes in the past have ranged from All You Can Eat Sushi, a skiing trip to Mount Harmon, a trip to the legendary Blind Museum and many other great rewards 
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Our Famous ELECTIVE Workshop Classes Begin!
November 24, 2011
Recently, Mrs. Fuld and Rabbi Sharfman surprised us by hosting a special Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s Luncheon kicking off our school’s Maximizing Your Potential Elective Workshop Series. When we walked into the room we were all entranced by the stunning ambiance that the school created for us. We felt as if we were transported away from school and into a cute and warm soup shop. Best of all, we learned that we all had the option of signing up for one or more Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s Maximizing Your Potential ELECTIVE Workshop classes, that featured topics as varied as: ”You can be a JEWISH Supermodel!”, “All About the World of Chassidic Wisdom!”, “How to Experience Instant Karma!”, “A Sephardic Heritage Crash Course”, “How to Discover MY Derech”, “Unlock Your Inner Potential” and much more!!
All in all it was amazing to see how many of us really are interested in growth because although the ELECTIVE Workshops were held during free time, the overwhelming majority of us, signed up for numerous sessions. Each workshop, led by one of our very own Sharfman’s staff members, consisted of a number of encounters which…
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Bnot Torah Beit Midrash Experience!
November 7, 2011
I thought I’d share with you a little bit of the Bnot Torah Beit Midrash. Our Beit Midrash is full of vibrant life and really one of a kind! Of course, one of the highlights of our Beit Midrash experience is that we have access to our very own Halachic Posek: Rabbi Dovid Oratz. In addition to teaching us in a classroom setting, he is always present to answer our textual to Hashkafic and Halachic questions that we pose to him.
There are so many voices in unity speaking the beautiful words of Torah. It’s the most amazing feeling, whether it’s preparing for a Chumash Prep and delving into the Meforshim or simply learning one of the many Seforim from the library, or having a Chavruta, there is always something to do to further our growth and academic knowledge of Torah. Plus, there’s many knowledgeable Chonechet’s and Beit Midrash Tutors at your finger tips ready to assist you to help you understand the depth of of our heritage. These amazing women are here to guide us…
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All About Our Enchanting Tefillah Tiyul!
October 31, 2011
Recently, we went on a Tiyul and were accompanied by our Mechanechet, Mrs. Fuld who also teaches an unbelievable Tefillah course to us all! The reason why she joined us on this Tiyul is because it was a Tefillah Tiyul! You see, at Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s we don’t simply learn in a classroom. Rather, we live our learning and explore our land through Tiyulim and various trips throughout the year. And so, Mrs. Fuld acted as our Tour Guide as she explained to us not just interesting nuggets about Tefillah, but also about the various graves of Tzaddikim that we visited. in fact, on that Tiyul we visited the special Kever of the one and only Shimon HaTzaddik! From there our chartered bus took us to the gravesite of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein zt”l. This location was meaningful to soo many of us, as we all had heard of Rav Moshe, and now were able to daven and say Tehillim right oppositive his Kever! All in all, it was an enchanting experience that enhanced not only Mrs. Fuld’s class
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