Shevetivities
By: Jeremy Morgan | Mazkir, Houston For our shevetivities we played a snif-wide Minute to Win it. We split the snif into three groups: Manhigut with Zach, Chalutzim with Nevatim, and Maalot, their madrichim included. Then we played about ten different challenges, like get the cookie in your mouth, balloon and cup moving, stocking and […]
Zach Detroit
By: Cara Lopathin | Rosh Snif Southfield This week we had an awesome ice skating event for Zach. We started out the event by getting our skates on and then going straight onto the ice. After about an hour or so on the ice the chanichim came inside to have some delicious snacks and pizza […]
A week of Limmud Torah
By: Noah Roffe | Rosh Snif, Chicago Galil Chicago was honored to host Rav Yair Ha’Levi shlita, the Rosh Yeshiva from YTVA. He gave shiurim to students of both high-schools and joined Bnei Akiva chicago for an amazing hadracha chaburah at the lishka. We have a tremendous amount of hakarot ha’tov to Rav Yair to […]
Alef Boys – Browns Game
By: Dov Ratner | Rosh Alef | Cleveland On Sunday the Alef boys watched the Browns game as they beat the Dolphins. Everyone enjoyed pizza, twizlers, chips and chocolate milk! We also played basketball on the mini hoop This Sunday the 4th and 5th grade girls and madrichot joined together for a movie night. The […]
Hadracha Evening
By: Eitan Lindsider | Mazkir, Atlanta This past Wednesday, the Atlanta Madrichim along with the Shul’s youth group leaders were given the opportunity to learn about some strategies to best serve the kids in our community from Dr. Asher Lindenbaum. We discussed different ways to handle kids who are acting out, be it one kid […]
Parshat Toldot
By: David Halevy | Shaliach, Detroit In our Parasha, it is told about the wells that Isaac excavated after settling in Nahal Gerar. In fact, digging the wells is Isaac’s only act that the Torah describes, describing their names and his struggles to keep them. After the first and second excavation, Gerar’s shepherds quarrel with […]
LA Chessed Fair
By: Noga | Shin-shinit, LA In the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Shaarey Zedek Youth Director organized a Chessed Fair where families had the opportunity to give back and say “thanks”. Activities included decorating and packing Shabbat Kits to be delivered to people in the hospital as well as writing loving notes to elders and families […]
Tie Die Event – Taf
By: Gavriella Jacobs | Rosh Taf This past Sunday, Taf (2-3 grade) had fun tie dyeing T-shirts. This engaging activity helped build a greater connection between the chanichim and their madrichim beyond the weekly SNIF programming. We got to connect over this activity, picking out colors and patterns and decorating together. To strengthen this bond, we […]
Opening Tochnit
Great Neck On Sunday we had an opening event for Bnei Akiva Great Neck. The idea was to do a shuk with stations, which the parents and the kids can walk around and enjoy it. There was a Tshirt making station (which we print Bnei Akiva Semel on the shirts). There was a photo booth […]
Movie Night!
By: Shira Stein | Lower Merion This past Sunday we had a movie night for two of our divisions, Gad (grades 3 & 4), and Hav (grades 5 & 6). The two movies that were shown were Coco, a movie about the Hispanic day of the dead, and The Croods, featuring the journey of a […]