Parshat Vayetzei
By: Ori Friedmann | Shaliach Bnei Akiva, Houston “And whatever You will give me, I shall repeatedly tithe it to you.” (Gen. 28:22) The Shulchan Aruch states that one is required to take a tenth of what he earns and give it to Tzdaka. We see from Yaakov that giving a tithe to charity is […]
With Rav Shaul
Limmud Madrachim
Atlanta This past Shabbat, Bnei Akiva Atlanta had the privilege of welcoming the director of Camp Stone, Yaakov Fleischmann, to lead our limud before snif. Yakov focused on Avrahams purchase of Ma’arat HaMachpela and the misconceptions around it. He showed us that while we learn as kids that Avraham was offered the property for free, […]
Minneapolis Hadracha Shabbaton
By: Dahlia Krebs | Mazkira Galil This past weekend all of Minneapolis snif Madrichim got together for an enjoyable and delicious Friday night meal. We welcomed a Bnei Akiva boger, who helped inspire the Madrichim. After the meal and a little bit of catching up, we discussed the Peula for snif the next day, so […]
Aleph Bowling
By: Tuvi Weil | Rosh Aleph, Detroit This past Sunday Bnei Akiva Detroit had a bowling event for Chevraya Alef! This was our first event of the year and it started us off on a great foot. Our madrichim got to know all of the kids and they got to know us. It was a […]
BANE Shlichot Shabbaton
By: Robyn Adams | Director of BANE This past Shabbat, Bnei Akiva North East held a Shabbaton for the Shlichot to come together and reflect on the positive impact they can make individually and as a community. They were welcomed by the beautiful community of Teaneck and the Congregation of Rinat Yisrael. Under the auspices […]
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 […]