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 […]
Hoshana Rabba Limmud
By: David Halevy Detroit Shaliach It was the first Hoshana Raba Limud night ever! It’s so exciting to establish this wonderful tradition. Rabbi Shaya Katz, Rabanit Rikki Katz and Rabbi Silverstein gave the Shiurim. We started the Limud at the Beit Midrash in Chavrutot and continued at Rabbi Shaya’s Sukkah. Eventually, we had a […]
Chicago Sukkot Fun
By: Tova Kahan | Mazkira Galil What a fun-filled, educational Sukkot it was for Bnei Akiva of Chicago! Chevraya Aleph got ready for the holiday with an arts and crafts event at which they created their very own Yerushalayim-themed Sukkah decorations. Chevraya Bet participated in its annual Schach Run, delivering Sukkah materials to Jewish […]
Detroit Sukkascape
By: Liat Halevy | Shaliach During the Chag we enjoyed a great activity of escape the sukkah and Shakshuka. It was very challenging and fun. The teenagers made a very good job, found all the 7 Haminim and succeeded to escape…
The Amazing Ushpizin Race!
By: Noah Roffe | Rosh Snif Chicago This past week in Bnei Akiva Chicago, we sent our chanichim on… The Amazing Ushpizin Race! Usually we invite the Ushpizin to visit our sukkot, but we thought it would be more fun to give them a break and visit their sukkot. Each kvutza was given a […]