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 […]
Parshat Vayelech
By: Rabbi Dan Katz | Director YTVA & Mach Hach BaAretz After Moshe finishes writing his own Sefer Torah, he transfers it to the care of the Levi’im and the elders of Israel. He entrusts it to the religious elite of society to secure it and to teach it to others. And yet, the […]
Florida Excitement
By: Elanit Berkower | Rosh Snif, Hollywood This past weekend Hollywood had the opportunity to host the first Bnei Akiva Shabbaton of the year for our highly motivated and excited madrichim. Friday night began with Mifkad, followed by Kabalat Shabbat at Bnei Sefaradim. Thank you Bnei Sefaradim for graciously hosting us! Everyone got up on […]
Cleveland Hadracha
By: Liat weiss | Mazkira Galil, Cleveland This weekend Cleveland had their annual hadracha shabbaton! We started off with mifkad,pictures and davening and then headed over to the Soclof family for dinner,peulah and oneg. During dinner we did Shabbat dancing and everyone was having a great time. During the peulah we had Rav Rick come […]
Parshat Nitzavim
By: Rafi Engelhart | Director of Experiential Education, YTVA/Mach Hach Parshat Nitzavim is packed with strong messages that Moshe desires to impart to Bnei Yisrael, before separating from them indefinitely. Within one of these messages, Moshe uses a strange terminology to express what will happen when Bnei Yisrael will repent from their idolatrous ways, […]
Pittsburgh Hadracha Shabbaton
By: Avital Segal, | Mazkira Galil, Pittsburgh This past weekend we had an amazing Hadracha Shabbaton! The theme was “YOU are the Leaders,” with the emphasis on what it means to be a madrich, and how to handle different situations that may occur during snif. Two incredible bogrim flew over to Pittsburgh, and they […]
Florida Hadracha Shabbaton
By: Mayrav Sakethou | Mazkira Galil, Florida This past Shabbat, Bnei Akiva Florida had our annual Hadracha Shabbaton in Hollywood. It was incredible to have all of our madrichim and roshim together for an entire Shabbat. Shabbat was enhanced by two amazing Bogrim, Leora Strauss and Natan Polinsky, the Shinshinim and by the surprise […]