• Essay 1 (Primary): Choose one prompt, 500–750 words.
• Essay 2 (Reflection): Choose one prompt, 150-300 words.
• Short Answer Responses: Answer one of the listed prompts, 25–75 words.
• Torah Portfolio Submission
• Letters of Recommendation

Essay 1 (Choose One, 500–750 words):

1. Discuss how your Torah learning informs your broader thinking or engagement with contemporary ideas.
2. IDescribe a moment in your Torah learning that deeply influenced your path.
3. Describe a time when you stepped into a role of communal or spiritual leadership.
4. Choose a Torah text that guides your growth and explain its impact.

1. What kind of Torah role model do you hope to become and why?
2. Describe a challenge in learning or leadership and what you learned from it.

1. novel or short story I have recently read taught me that…
2. A moment of joy in my learning occurred when…
3. A trait I admire very much in one of my teachers is…
4. A Torah learning environment I imagine myself helping to create looks like…

Submit one of the following:

1. A chabura source sheet you prepared and delivered.
2. A written dvar Torah or shiur outline.
3. A brief reflection (200–300 words) on a sefer, commentary or approach you value.
4. Video Submission. Submit a 2-minute recorded dvar Torah or teaching moment.
   This may be recorded on a phone in horizontal framing. A link to an uploaded video is acceptable.

Letter of Recommendation

• One letter from a Torah educator who can speak to your love of Torah and learning skills.