Purim in the US and Canada!
St. Louis gets in the Spirit! By: Sophie Chervit | Mazkira, St. Louis This past shabbos, snif St. Louis had Shabbat Venahafocu in honor of Purim. We surprised the chanichim with a switch up of the madrichim. The new pairings worked out well and everyone enjoyed the different snif experience! Toronto has a Purim Blast! […]
Atlanta Celebrates Purim!
By: Hannah Solon | Mazkira, Atlanta Purim with Bnei Akiva Atlanta was jam-packed this year! The fun began last Sunday at our Pre-Purim Prep Party where chanichim had a blast making groggers and Mishloach Manot, coloring Megillot, and painting masks. Then, we held our annual Shabbat Zachor Family Shabbaton with over 90 people! (Shout out […]
Tzevet in the Spotlight
SPOTLIGHT With: Hannah Solon Shevet Orot Current role in Bnei Akiva Mazkirah Galil of Bnei Akiva Atlanta What is your first memory of Bnei Akiva? Going to Snif every Shabbos with my friends. Why do you think it’s so important to be involved in Bnei Akiva as a High Schooler? Not only does being involved […]
Los Angeles in Kibbutz Lavi
By: Penny Rabinowitz Lived in Engelwood before making Aliyah and her husband was on LA board years ago I feel the need to share my experience this past weekend because it reminded me why we moved to Israel. Thursday afternoon about 120 Bnei Akivaniks (members of a well known religious Zionist organization) from Los Angeles […]
Phillie’s Purim Carnival!
By: Cammie Beniflah | Rosh Snif, Philadelphia This past Sunday, our community got together in celebration for Purim at our Bnei Akiva Purim Carnival. Kids of all different ages came to play a variety of different games, such as a can toss, balloon and shaving cream, an electric maze, and many more booths. The evening […]
Parshat Tetzaveh
By: Eli Seidman | HA Member This week’s parsha is Parshat Tetzaveh. The parsha speaks about the clothing of the Kohen and describes what exactly is worn. Other key highlights in the parsha is the seven day process of Aharon and his sons into the Kehuna as well as the making of the Mizbeach Haketoret. […]
Florida Movie Night
By: Yaffa Shekhter | Rosh Pirsum, Florida Last Motzei Shabbat we had a chevraya bet movie night in Hollywood. It was a freezing Florida winter night, so we had to move the movie viewing inside 🙂 We watched Frozen 2 and ate lots of snacks and pizza. It was fun to get together with the […]
Detroit Celebrates in Spirit!
By: Danielle Weil | Detroit, Rosh Aleph On Sunday March 1 Bnei Akiva had our own very special Purim event for all of elementary, middle school, and high school! We started the day off by decorating different mask and making cards for the residents at Coville assisted living center and then we headed over there. […]
Chicago Tishes on Shabbat
By: Tova Kahn | Mazkirah, Chicago Chevraya Bet celebrated Shabbat with a Tisch, at which they enjoyed great food and and words of Torah from Or Torah’s Rabbi Sprung. They participated in Ruach-filled singing and schmoozing, making for a lively, fun event. What an incredible Shabbat experience had by all!
Moshava Ennismore Reunites!
By: Ilan Shields | Boger, Toronto Last shabbat, Camp Moshava Ennismore had a reunion shabbaton in Toronto! Chanichim and tzevet from Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa got together for a shabbat to re-create the power of a camp shabbat. We started off with a musical kabbalat shabbat, had a seudat shabbat filled with ruach, partook in […]