Shvatim Weekend: A Cleveland perspective
By: Yonatan Ginsburg | Cleveland, Rosh Taf This past week, Cleveland had the privilege of hosting the second 2019 Shvatim shabbaton, bringing together Cleveland, Detroit and Toronto. Even though there was a busy arrival Thursday night, everyone hit the ground running the next day. On Friday, after minyan, we traveled to The Force for fun […]
Parshat Lech Lecha
By: Yosef Cashdan | Shaliach, Cleveland “לֶךְ־לְךָ֛ מֵאַרְצְךָ֥ וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וּמִבֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַרְאֶֽךָּ׃” “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” The Mishnah in Masechet Avot says that Avraham Avinu was given ten different trials. The Parshanim of the Mishna had different opinions […]
Zach BABayit
By: Batsheva Shekhter | Rosh Zach, Florida This past Shabbat, Bnei Akiva Hollywood held its first Za”ch BaBayit event. Seventh and eighth graders from Young Israel and Bnei Sephardim met up in the afternoon for snacks, games, and fun. Chanichim met their Za”ch madrichim, Batsheva, Andrew, Shai, and Chava, and played a fun game that […]
St Louis Hadracha Shabbaton
By: Sophie Chervitz | Mazkira, St Louis The madrichim of St. Louis just had our Hadracha shabaton! Over Shabbat we participated in peulot teaching us how to have a good relationship with the chanichim, by balancing between being an authority figure and a friend; and better ways to interact with our fellow madrichim. To lead […]
Boca Manhigut
By: Judah Berman | Rosh Manhigut, Boca This Sunday, we had the first Manhigut meeting of the year. Several 9th graders met up with Manhigut Roshim at Cinnaholic in Boca to discuss current events, issues, and the technicalities of leadership. While enjoying a platter of cookies, brownies, and baby buns, we talked about Israel, Bnei […]
Parshat Noach
By: Eli Veresh | Shaliach, Montreal In this week’s parsha, Hashem commands Noah to create a small Tzohar (window) in the arc. In the practical aspect, Noah had to build a hatch for the arc to send the crow and dove through to check if the land was dry. I would like to give another […]
BANE Simchaton
By: Atira Zeitchik Nearly 100 high school students from the North East region participated in Bnei Akiva Simchaton in Riverdale and New Rochelle. Thank you to all the counselors who came and helped enhance chag for their campers and the communities! Here’s a review of the Shevet Dorot Simchaton from Anina Jasper-Brody who was […]
Sukkot in Atlanta
By: Hannah Solon Bnei Akiva Atlanta had such an amazing, jam-packed sukkot! We started the fun on the Sunday before chag with over 30 chanichim to beautifully decorate our shul’s sukkah. During Chol Hamoed, we kicked of our Zach programming with a really fun Pizza In The Hut. Then, after having it pushed off […]
Pittsburgh Sukkah Hop
By: Shira Wiesenfed Last Shabbat, Chol Hamoed Sukkot, Bnei Akiva of Pittsburgh kicked off the year with a Sukkah Hop for Chevraya Alef, which is chanichim in 2nd-8th grade. We started off with Mifkad, and then each kvutza went to different Sukkahs where they learned about the holiday, ate yummy snacks, and played really […]
Sukkot in Toronto
By: Eliav Saban | Mazkir Galil This past week, Bnei Akiva of Toronto hosted many Sukkah Hops at all four Snifim around Toronto. Over 120 Chanichim participated in this remarkable event! At each Snif, the Chanichim walked in groups to many Sukkah’s in the community to enjoy some food, candy, and Peulot made by […]