Raanana Community
Kollel
Eighth Annual Dinner Video 2007 - click here
Dinner Address 2008 with Rav Yissocher Frand,click here
Dinner Address 2009 with Rav Yonason Abraham,click here
Ninth Annual Dinner Video 2008 - click here
Daf Yomi
Three ways to enjoy the Daf:
Every Morning at 6:30am with Rabbi Kobi Nadav at Shivtei Yisrael, followed by 7:30 shacharit
Every morning at 7:25am with Rabbi Aharon Rabi at Beit Knesset Ariel
Every day online at http://www.raananakollel.org/
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Eleven Years of Community Service
The Ra’anana Community Kollel began in the summer of 1998 as ten young families took up residence in Ra’anana to help satisfy the spiritual interests of the community.
Eleven years later, we have blossomed into a multilingual organization, offering classes and activities in English, Hebrew and Spanish.
By-The-Day Short Term Rental
2 bedroom apartment
Chafetz Chaim Street, Raanana
email for details
A message from Rabbi Dovid Horwitz, Director:
Summer Learning Program for Boys
from Wednesday, July 1st at 4:30 pm at the Kollel.
Opening tiyul: Friday, July 3rd to Jerusalem/Ir David. Leaving Raanana at 8:00 am and returning at 4:00 pm. -
approx. 80 shekel per person.
Sign up by Tuesday!
The learning program itself is free of charge but we will be charging for the tiyulim. We hope to organize a tiyul every Friday for the duration of the program.
Laws of Shabbat (for Women)
Every Wednesday 12:15 pm - 12:55 pm
Kollel, 198 Achuza Street
The Path Less Travelled (for Women)
Text based shiur on Mesillat Yesharim
Tuesdays 12:00 noon - 12:50 pm
Kollel, 198 Achuza Street
T.G.I.F.
7:15 am Shacharit
8:00 am Bagels and Lox
8:20 am Shiur with Kollel Rabbis
Every Friday morning at the Kollel, 198 Achuza Street, Raanana
Sunday & Thursday Evening Community Beit Midrash Program
Join us every Sunday and Thursday evening from 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm for authentic beit midrash style Torah learning. If you need a study partner, contact us and we will arrange one for you!
Maariv (Sunday & Thursday only) at 9:55 pm
Daily Morning Learning Program for Men
At the Kollel, 3 Bialik Street, Raanana
The schedule of lectures is as follows:
Sundays: In Depth Parsha (Hebrew)
Mondays: Parsha Topics (English)
Tuesdays and Wednesdays: Gemara Sukkah (Hebrew)
Thursdays: Halachot of Brachot (English)
Gemara Sukkah for Men
Every Monday evening from 8:45 pm - 10:00 pm Join a dynamic group of young men as we study the Gemara Sukkah with practical application to the halachot of sukkah.
Fried residence, 3 Yigal Yadin St., Ra'anana
Something to Say
Weekly Parsha with Rabbi Dovid Horwitz
Wednesdays 1:10 pm - 1:55 pm
Anglo-saxon Realtors, 5 Ben Gurion St.,
Ra anana
198 Achuza Street
Tenth Annual Dinner Video 2009 -click here
Thursday Evening
Learning Program
Every Thursday evening
from 8:00 - 10:00 pm followed by Maariv.
Hot pre Shabbat Cholent & Kishka for every participant. Refreshments and soda as well!
The Torah tells us that after Adam and Chava sinned, Hashem cursed the snake who had deceived them. He removed the snake’s legs causing him to spend the rest of his existence slithering on the ground next to the dirt, and gave him the dust as his food. The question is asked, why is this considered a curse? The snake will never want for food since dirt is always plentiful. He literally lives on a lifetime’s supply of food!
The answer is that Hashem was telling the snake that He did not wish to have any further relationship with him whatsoever. He never wanted the snake to have to come to Him with a request for food, since He despises him totally. Never lacking anything, going through life without needing anyone’s help, especially Hashem’s is the greatest form of distance there can be. Similarly, a person who lacks nothing, never experiencing even the slightest difficulty, must ask himself whether Hashem has G-d forbid, abandoned him like the snake.
Tisha B’av is a holiday unlike any other. Most holidays symbolize the closeness that exists between the Jewish people and G-d, whereas Tisha B’av symbolizes the distance that exists between us. Although it is difficult to realize that our relationship is strained, often leaving Hashem angry and vengeful, it is nevertheless comforting to know that nevertheless the relationship still exists. The fact that Hashem took His anger out on sticks and stones and did not destroy us entirely shows His love for us even in the most difficult of times. In this sense, realizing that the connection is still there should be a source of great inspiration to us to improve our ways, thereby rebuilding the relationship with Hashem.
