A film about the Toras Emes institutions in Jerusalem

00:12 Speaker 1 But the basics are learned at Talmud Torah. The highly qualified staff provide the first building blocks on which these children’s Jewish education is founded. A preschooler enrolled in a Talmud Torah is already learning the Alef-Beis and beginning to read. Those skills are taught through games and song—a tried-and-true system dating back some three thousand years. Ask any graduate of the girsa d’yankusa system, and in a flash he’ll quote what he absorbed through dance, games, or just building a sandcastle.

00:50 Speaker 2 Second question. Yechiel Zis[?]. Child, I’ll name a mitzvah, and you need to quote the verse. “Returning a pledge to its owner.” What is the verse?

01:07 Speaker 3 Devarim, chapter 11.

01:08 Speaker 2 Four points.

01:09 Speaker 1 One of the many activities at Toras Emes is the children’s assembly, held at regular intervals throughout the year. At school, the children break for a nourishing lunch prepared by an experienced kitchen staff. The youngsters take turns as monitors, helping their schoolmates when necessary, until everyone has eaten and is satisfied.

01:59 Speaker 4 Chapters of Mishnayos. Yehudah ben Teima says: Be bold as a leopard...

02:04 Speaker 1 Each child takes a turn presenting a short talk on the weekly parsha, or on a parsha of his choice.

02:09 Speaker 4 He would say: The brazen-faced are destined for Gehinnom, and the bashful for Gan Eden. May it be Your will...

02:21 Speaker 1 An outstanding activity unique to Toras Emes is its choir, which successfully teaches Chabad melodies to the children. The choir has become so popular that it now performs at functions and represents the yeshiva with honor.