Sukkot in St Louis
By: Sophie Chervitz | Mazkira Galil Over sukkot, snif St. Louis had an amazing sukkah hop around the community! Starting at the shul we had mifkad and then started our hopping journey! Madrichim led their eidot from house to house and played fun games and ate food at each one. We concluded at the […]
With Rav Shaul
Parshat Bereshit
By: Devorah Goldson | Merekezet Tochniot, Bnei Akiva of the US & Canada We just finished celebrating the Chag of Sukkot and Simchat Torah, when we rejoice and dance to celebrate the precious gift Hashem gave us! Now we come to the very first parsha in the Torah – Bereshit; a new book, a new […]
Detroit Hadracha
By: Dani Lerman | Mazkir of Bnei Akiva of Detroit Our Hadracha Shabbaton was extremely successful in kicking off the year for our Madrichim. Our shabbaton was geared around the quote “with great power comes great responsibility” and what it means to be a Madrich for Bnei Akiva. Our Madrichim immediately started taking responsibility by […]
Parshat Ha’azinu
By: Yosef Cashdan, Shaliach Bnei Akiva of Cleveland “הַצּוּר תָּמִים פָּעֳלוֹ, כִּי כָל-דְּרָכָיו מִשְׁפָּט…וַיִּטֹּשׁ אֱלוֹהַּ עָשָׂהוּ, וַיְנַבֵּל צוּר יְשֻׁעָתוֹ… צוּר יְלָדְךָ, תֶּשִׁי, וַתִּשְׁכַּח, אֵל מְחֹלְלֶךָ.” (דברים ל”ב: ד’, ט”ו, י”ח) The Rock!—His deeds are perfect, Yea, all His ways are just; A faithful God, never false, True and upright is He….He forsook the God who […]
Daka Teshuva
Apple Picking in Cleveland
By: Yonatan Ginsburg | Rosh Taf, Cleveland This past Sunday, second and third graders went to Eddys fruit farm for erev Rosh Hashanah Apple picking! After a fun bus ride, the chanichim were split up into groups. Each group went with a madrich and picked some apples-and took some fun pictures of course! Afterwards, chanichim chose […]
Hadracha Silver Spring
By: Arielle Tuchman | Rosh Zach, Silver Spring This past weekend was our Hadracha Shabbaton in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was an amazing weekend filled with singing, learning, and becoming the best madrichim! We kicked off our Shabbaton with a meaningful and inspiring Kabalat Shabbat, wearing our Tilboshets, and inspiring the youth around us […]
Atlanta Shabbaton
By: Hannah Solon | Mazkira, Atlanta This past Shabbat, Bnei Akiva Atlanta held our annual Hadracha Shabbaton centered around the theme “Creating Community.” We spoke about how we can build our BAA community within the broader Atlanta community and how to build that community in a way that will allow us to function as best […]
Los Angeles Hadracha
By: Anat Rimmon | Mazkira Los Angeles This past Shabbat, Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles had our annual Hanhaga Shabbaton. Friday morning we all headed up to the Dovid Oved Retreat Center, home of Moshava Alevy! We started with funny ice breakers, and a yummy, Rosh Hashanah themed cake wars! After the cake wars, we […]