Bring your year together.
Help us reach old friends and reconnect the talmidim from your years in Yeshiva.
ALUMNIThe learning. The Rebbeim. The chevra.
There’s a place for you in Midrash Shmuel,
wherever life has taken you.
Reconnect with the Rosh Yeshiva’s shiur, and build a seder that fits your week.
A regular chavrusa, a shiur with your Rebbi, or a return to the Gemara. Start with what works for you.
Choose a topic, tell us when you’re free, and explore compatible learning partners. A coordinator can help with the introduction.
Two minutes to update your details. A lasting way to stay in touch.
Find a learning partner who fits your topic, pace and week. Begin with a small, personal connection.
Send your preferences to the alumni team. We’ll review them and help arrange an introduction.
Browse requests from alumni who have chosen to be listed. The team reviews each card and arranges introductions.
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Contact details are private. Choosing a card requests an introduction; both alumni agree before details are shared.
Mazal tovs, condolences, Torah and gatherings from across the chevra.
Interested in a local evening, a reunion or a yarchei kalla? Help shape the first gatherings.
Get involved →Start with one thing that suits you. Reconnect your year, host a few friends, or help shape what comes next.
Help us reach old friends and reconnect the talmidim from your years in Yeshiva.
Offer to host or organize an alumni evening in your area. Dates and programs will grow from local interest.
Join the chavrusa pilot, help make introductions, or tell us what would make a yarchei kalla useful for you.
Share your perspective on the alumni partnership and the Yeshiva’s future. Every generation should have a voice.
Your city and years in Yeshiva help us reconnect the right people.
A nightly review of the Rosh Yeshiva’s shiur: unpacking the ideas and questions carried in his concise words, and learning the sugya with clarity and depth.
De-חומר-zation
The goal is not to become a חמור נושא ספרים—a donkey carrying books without understanding them. It is to review carefully, understand the structure of the sugya, and gain depth in the short phrases the Rosh Yeshiva uses to express a great deal.
In a style reminiscent of Rashi, a question and its answer may be compressed into a few words, with the question left unstated. Chazaras Hashiur gives us time to notice and work through those layers.
Choose the way you’d like to support the learning and life of Midrash Shmuel.
Dedicate the Yeshiva’s learning for a refuah sheleimah, a zivug, zera kayama, l’ilui nishmas, or bracha and hatzlacha.
Continue to Parnes Hayom ↗Choose the amount and arrange the dedication on the existing giving page. The office confirms date availability.A monthly gift sustains the Yeshiva throughout the year. Choose what is meaningful for you.
Make a one-time gift through Midrash Shmuel Foundation.
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