Interview Time!
With: Avi Matanky| Moshava Alevy, LA Name Avi Matanky Shevet Achiya Current role in Bnei Akiva Director, Moshava Alevy What is your first memory of Bnei Akiva? My summers as a staff-brat at Moshava Wild Rose. Your favorite bnei akiva memory? All of my summers with Bnei Akiva. What […]
Parshat Va’era
By: Chanoch Aminsky This week’s Parsha tells us the story of Moshe and Aharon going to Pharaoh in order to begin the task of freeing Bnei Yisrael from Mitzrayim. Before beginning to tell us their story, the Torah starts telling us about the Shvatim and their children. It goes through Reuven and Shimon, and then […]
Atlanta Tzevet Night
By: Ella Goldstein | Rosh Zach, Atlanta Our incredible Bnot Sherut planned a great erev tzevet for our Atlanta galil- master chef! As we arrived, we were split into teams and each team was given a different dish to cook. After about an hour of cooking, the dishes were judged and we dug into the […]
Dromim Regional Shabbaton!
By: Hannah Solon | Mazkira of BA, Atlanta Atlanta arrived to Silver Spring late Thursday night for BAMASE DROMIM! Joining high schoolers from Silver Spring, Potomac, Florida, Houston, and Philadelphia, we spent the weekend making amazing new friends and reconnecting with old ones. Activities started Friday morning when we all went ice skating! After rushing […]
BANE Shevet Naming Shabbaton
By: Daniella Lakser | Sgan Mazkira, HA This past Shabbat was the BANE regional Shevet Naming Shabbaton! All of the chanichim arrived Friday afternoon to the Holiday Inn in Clinton, NJ to get ready for Shabbat. Shabbat started with a meaningful song filled Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat followed by and energetic opening Mifkad led by […]
Interview Time
With: Yosef and Efrat Cashdan | Shlichim, Cleveland Name Yosef Cashdan Efrat Cashdan Shevet Shvut Current role in Bnei Akiva Shaliach in Cleveland Where in Israel do you live? Eli What is your first memory of Bnei Akiva? Yosef: In BA Manchester at Snif on Shabbat, playing a game at a Peula about the missing […]
Parshat Bo
By: Rabbanit Tamara Spitz | Rosh Beit Midrash, MTVA This week’s parsha, Parshat Bo, includes the very first mitzvah received by the fledgling Jewish nation החדש הזה לכם ראש חדשים ראשון הוא לכם לחדשי השנה Where we are commanded to sanctify that first month, the month of our Exodus from Egypt, as the first month […]
Parshat Shmot
By: Daniella Lakser | Sgan Mazkira, HA This week’s parsha is Parshat Shemot! In a brief summary: the Jews are enslaved in Egypt. Eventually, Moshe is born to Yocheved, but grows up in Pharoah’s palace. Through his feeling of connection to his Jewish brothers, he saves one Jew from an Egyptian by killing the Egyptian. […]
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Greater Philadelphia Shabbaton
By: Gaby Gindoff | Rosh Snif, Philadelphia Over 70 Vav and Zach Chanichim and Madrichim from 3 Snifim (Philadelphia, Cherry Hill, & Lower Merion) gathered this past Shabbat for this years first Regional Shabbaton for Bnei Akiva of Greater Philadelphia, graciously hosted by Bnei Akiva of Lower Merion. We enjoyed delicious Chinese food, a Kiddush […]