Interview with Moshava Wild Rose Camp Director
Dikla (Stanleigh) Weitzner | Toronto, Ontario, CA Shevet Achdut Current role in Bnei Akiva Moshava of Wild Rose Director What is your first memory of Bnei Akiva? A grade 3 shabbaton Your favourite bnei akiva memory? My summers at Moshava Wild Rose and the friends I made. Second is being a part of opening Moshava […]
Parshat Chayei Sara
By Rav Shaul Feldman | Director of Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada What is life all about? Strange name our Parhsa has this week… “Chayey Sara” Saras life! When we start reading the Parsha, other than the first Pasuk which sums up her age. The entire topic referring to Sara is about her […]
Make your own Crembo
By: Moshe Amar | Rosh Snif Hollywood FL This past Saturday night, my family and I hosted a make your own Crembo night for Chevra Bet Bnei Akiva of Florida. We made our own tasty Crembos’ all with different designs and sizes. We also had tomato soup and hot chocolate. Now kind of Bnei Akiva […]
Lech L’snif!
By: Natanya Rubin | Tzevet, Houston This past week for Parsha Lech Lecha, all of the Bnei Akiva sniffim from BANA did the same peulah. We decided to combine all the shvatim together and run our peulah with the entire snif. We started out with a Rock Paper Scissors tournament of epic proportions in which […]
Parshat Vayeira
By: Eliya Peer | Shlicha, Lower Merion What an amazing scene! Avraham is 100 years old, just had his brit mila, and is sitting outside of his tent in the extreme temperatures. Why is he outside of his tent and not lying in the shade? We learn that he was looking for guests, for an […]
Shvatim: A Detroit Perspective
By: Sima Stein | Mazkira, Detroit Detroit arrived in Cleveland on thursday night to Shvatim, which was a fun-filled amazing shabbaton. On friday we went to Force Sports, where everyone had a chance to hang out and play sports with their friends. We began friday night with a huge mifkad, led by the mazkirim, it […]
Tzevet Oneg in Hollywood
By: Elanit Berkower | Hollywood, Florida This past Friday night,an oneg was hosted at the Berkower’s for all our motivated madrichim. What better way to enjoy the beauty of Shabbat, take a break from all the hard work and preparation of snif activities, by singing songs, enjoying a dessert table and simply relishing the company of […]
“Boom” Bnei Akiva LA
By: Jake Fischman | Mazkir Galil, LA Bnei Akiva LA started their post chaggim events with a bang. The Chevraya Bet got together on Sunday night and bonded at the Santa Monica Pier. It was a fun night for everyone and included pizza, unlimited rides, and an introduction to the long year ahead by Rosh […]
Detroit Crembo Night
By: Yoav Yakov | Shaliach, Detroit Last Monday in Detroit, we had “Make Your Own CREMBO” evening for 6th grade. We played some “winter games”, ate sweet potato soup, and the kids learned how to make creambo (an Israeli winter chocolate dessert)! In addition, we showed them a short movie about “accepting each other”.
Shvatim: A Chicago Perspective
By: Bayla Alter | Chicago, Mazkira Last shabbas, Cleveland hosted over 200 participants, coming from all over North America, for the Midwest Shvatim Shabbaton! Three Shvatim- Orot, Hineni, and Dorot- all came together for a shabbas filled with friends, fun, and a whole lot of ruach. We started the weekend with a trip to The […]