
Torah as a means, not an end
The goal of the year is not to amass knowledge. We learn Torah to shape our character and our relationships.
This is how we learn
- Gemara through styles
- Meaning and method, so that a sugya becomes your own.
- Middot of Rav Kook
- Daily learning of Middot HaRav Kook, Torat Eretz Yisrael that shapes character.
- Reflection and journaling
- Time to ask how the learning has changed you and where it is taking you.
- Chavruta
- A habit built here that lasts on campus and beyond.
- Close relationships with Rebbeim
- In the Beit Midrash and around their tables.

“The heartbeat of YTVA is its Beit Midrash, alive with energy, relationships, and Torah.”
Rav Yair's weekly Dvar Torah
The short divrei Torah from the Friday email, on the parsha and the chagim.
The YTVA Podcast
Short shiurim from the Rebbeim on the parsha and the chagim.
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Applications for 5788 are open. Questions go to the office.