![]() The three presentations enriched the students’ knowledge and appreciation of specific Torah ideas, while linking them to the wider world of Torah learning. The laws regarding the prohibition of gid hanasheh are found in Tractate Chullin, chapter 7. It may not be eaten by Jews according to Halacha (Jewish Law). ![]() Spiritually, it expresses the connection between the upper parts of a person the head and the heart, the center of thoughts and feelings to the legs, which express actions. Gid Hanasheh ( Hebrew: G hanNe, literally 'forgotten sinew ', often translated as 'displaced tendon') is the term for sciatic nerve in Judaism. (Hindin’s story was featured in The Jewish Link in November 2018.)įinally, Rabbi Michael Bashist’s senior Chassidut class heard from Rav Zev Reichman, author of “Flames of Faith: An Introduction to Chasidic Thought,” who spoke about the Chassidic concept of “bitul hayesh” and the importance of flexibility when it comes to avodat Hashem. Through the gid hanasheh, the nervous system passes from the head and spine to the legs. Meanwhile, students in Rabbi Asher Bush and Rabbi Yosef Weinberger’s junior Halacha classes heard from Frisch alumnus and Teaneck resident Rabbi Yair Hindin on the halachic considerations of organ donation, as well as his own journey becoming an altruistic kidney donor last year. Gid HaNasheh is a Sheiv Ve’Al Ta’aseh, a commandment entailing passive inaction, yet all of the miracles mentioned in the story involve actions. Students in Chumash Department Chair Yael Goldfischer’s junior and senior classes heard a Parshat Vayishlach shiur by Rav David Sabato, an educator at Nishmat, the Hesder yeshiva of Ma’ale Adumim as well as Hebrew University, titled “Ma’ase Avot: Avraham and Yaakov-two models of survival in exile.” The shiur explored the significance of and connection between the mitzvot of gid hanasheh and brit milah. Yeshivat Frisch’s Judaic Studies program welcomed three outstanding guest speakers last week. ![]()
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