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Shavua Tov! We are beginning this week with the fast day of the 17th of Tammuz. This day commemorates 5 things, according to a Mishnah in Masechet Ta’anit. One of which, the most famous, is the Romans breaking through the walls around Jerusalem on the way to destroying the Beit …

We really needed to catch up on sleep and B”h we had late kima today at 8:30. Well, most of us had late kima! Eidah Daled had super early kima to get on buses and travel a few hours (they all fell asleep pretty immediately) to white water rafting!! Amazing …

Our Color War competition between Yeshiva and Kehilla continued today. Again, on-time attendance and impressivce kavanah at the tefillot today We hope some of that will stay with us even after Color War! The teams take turns decorating the Chadar Ochel each meal. Our tzevet – who also made …

Game on!! Team Yeshiva (blue and yellow) vs. Team Kehilla (black and red) Every single person has something to contribute during these two days  -whether you are strong in sports and the competitions or creative in dance and Melechet Yad or full of spirit for cheering and marches  – everything …

Today we learned about a concept we speak about with the well-known phrase from Pirkei Avot: עשה לך רב – make for yourself a teacher/mentor. The chanichim were taught about the Yeshiva of Volozhin, started and led by Rav Chaim who had learned from the Vilna Gaon. The idea of …