d'var torah · publishing · writing process

It’s been published!

Last Thursday, the D'var Torah I was working on and posted about last month was finally published with my synagogue's weekly newsletter! Very little of what I wrote was edited and/or changed by a third-party. That being said, I'm exceedingly proud of the fact that I went through the writing process, as a teacher, and… Continue reading It’s been published!

collecting · d'var torah · independent writing projects · inspiration · wn entry · writing process

I’ve started collecting…

Pages 3 and 4 of my collecting entry on Miketz Originally uploaded by teachergal ...and this is some of what I have. I'm trying to take on this task methodically, by going through each step of the writing process just like I teach my students to do. However, this is hard when you're interpreting a… Continue reading I’ve started collecting…

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A writing challenge I volunteered for… and it’s going to be challenging!

Every week my synagogue attaches a D'var Torah, which is an interpretation of the week's Torah portion, to the weekly newsletter. I decided to volunteer to write a D'var Torah on the occasion of our upcoming Auf Ruf. [Auf-ruf is a Yiddish term, taken from German, which means "to be called up." An Auf Ruf… Continue reading A writing challenge I volunteered for… and it’s going to be challenging!