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Room613 Community membership is FREE and allows you to take advantage of all of the networking and communications tools on this site. Become an Unlimited Learning member to take advantage of our complete Jewish Studies program. All members can sign up individually for any classes they like, on an à la carte basis. As a member, you will also be added to our e-mail list to receive occasional news from Room613. (You can opt out at any time.)

As a service to families seeking to outsource some or all of their children's Judaic studies, we offer comprehensive, affordable classes for all ages and levels, in an interactive virtual classroom

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» Perspectives and Opinions on Education (RabbiResnick): Classic, cutting-edge, and controversial views from the experts of yesterday and today.
- Rav Shimshon Pincus: Go For The Other Goodies, Not The Ruach HaKodesh: *In the Shaar HaKavonos of the Arizal *it says that when the Chazzan lingers on the word "Ayei" Mikom Kivodo in Kedusha of Musaf you can have in mind one of three wishes that will be granted. Either you can ask for Ruach HaKodesh, great wealth, or ... [more]
- When To Ignore Your Children: The Mechaber* *in the Shulchan Aruch paskens, that one may not answer amen to a bracha made by a tinok [baby/toddler] (215:2). However, the Mechaber writes that if a katan [child] above the age of chinuch [the age when Jewish education begins] make... [more]
- Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think: Reprinted with permission from the New York Times *Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think* By Alison Gopnik Published: August 15, 2009 Berkeley, Calif. Generations of psychologists and philosophers have believed that babies and young children we... [more]
- To Choose or Not to Choose: Scheduling in an Over-Scheduled World: (This article first appeared in the NYCHEA newsletter) The topics suggested in the November newsletter are as overwhelming as, as, as a homeschooler’s choices in New York City! They all seem to be about how we make such choices. After all, ... [more]
- I Wonder...: *I Wonder…* July, 2008 I wonder, as someone not trained as an economist, whether there is any connection between the future of the American economy and better schooling—not just better test scores, but a better educated workforce. Cl... [more]
- How Children Learn, by John Holt (excerpt): ...All I am saying in this book can be summed up in two words - Trust Children. Nothing could be more simple - or more difficult. Difficult, because to trust children we must trust ourselves - and most of us were taught as children that we could no... [more]
- Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!": *Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!"* By Alfie Kohn Hang out at a playground, visit a school, or show up at a child’s birthday party, and there’s one phrase you can count on hearing repeatedly: "Good job!" Even tiny infants are ... [more]