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 […]
Detroit Hadracha BBQ
By: David Halevy | Shaliach, Detroit We started the year with a BBQ event. The Tzevet Hadracha was given tasks and assigned roles for the upcoming year. We had a great time and everyone was very excited. We hope that that good vibes and enthusiasm will continue throughout the entire year. Thank you everyone for […]
9th Grade BANE BBQ
By: Eli Seidman | Hanhala Galil Member This past Sunday over 50 Eidah Daled chanichim got together in Teaneck NJ, for a post-camp reunion. Everyone was so excited to reconnect with all of their friends from camp and enjoy a delicious BBQ. Additionally, the kids were so happy to see their counselors from this past […]
BANY BBQ
By: Shira Schneider | Merakezet Shevatim, New York After a summer filled with constant fun activities, educational programming and hanging out with friends, Shevet Dorot was already missing everything that camp has to offer. They came together this Sunday for an afternoon BBQ in Teaneck to play games, eat burgers and reconnect. Over 50 kids […]
St Louis Opening Event
By: Sophie Chervitz | Rosh Snif, St Louis This past Sunday, Snif St. Louis had our opening event to start off the year. At the event, each of the Madrichim had a booth that they were running all under an Israeli theme. We wanted to teach the Chanichim about the culture of Israel so […]
Parshat Ki-Teitzei
By: Shlomo Stern | Director, Moshava Ba’ir New Jersey Parshat Ki-Teitzei In the second Aliya of this week’s Parasha, Parshat Ki-Teitzei, in the first few Pesukim of Perek 22 the Torah teaches us about the positive Mitzvah of Hashavat Aveida, returning a lost item, and the negative commandment of ignoring the opportunity to fulfill this […]
Toronto Hadracha
By: Yakira Gasner | Mazkira, Toronto This past weekend, Bnei Akiva of Toronto held its annual Hadracha Shabbaton in Camp Moshava Ennismore. The shabbaton was filled with many madrichim and roshim that are super excited for this upcoming year. It held amazing leadership workshops including how to successfully run snif. There were fantastic shiurim led […]