“כי מציון תצא תורה ודבר ה’ מירושלים”

NEWS & VIEWS e-mitzion Dear Students, Alumni, The official newsletter of Midreshet HaRova Parents and Friends, Pesach 5771 So much has happened since I last wrote just before Chanuka. Baruch Hashem, the year has so far been excellent. We sadly Contents: bade farewell to last year’s MTA and happily said hello to a new MTA who have settled in to the intense learning program of the magnificently. We News and Views have a full group of prospective Northern Hemisphere students for the coming year, including students Dvar from England, Germany, Holland, Canada and the United States (as well as our current South African and Poland Trip 5771 Australian students), and it looks like we will have an impressive group of Shana Bet students too. Zionism Seminar 5771 As you will read further on, our Choir was awarded first place in the Kedma competition performing a song Competitions – Choir and Art composed by our very own Avital Hoschander, and Rachel Sterman (who was also very involved in the Letter from a Student choir’s success) received second place in the Yeshiva University art competition. Images from Purim Mazal Tovs and Announcements This year a record 67 Midrasha students participated giving. In those terrible days of shiva, the acts of Rami in our yearly journey to Poland, whilst the remaining Levi stood out to remind us how good a human being 44 students took part in our highly successful Zionist can be. The Kiddush Hashem reaches the skies. Rami Seminar run by Rabbis Shames, Susman and Yonatan Levi is the truest Jewish answer to fundamentalist together with Yona Fish. terrorism; the Jewish answer is not to become like them, Heaven forbid, but to be the antithesis of them. As we approached the month of Our objective in life is to constantly Adar we naturally anticipated a Man has choice - he choose to be human beings, and never month of celebration only to be can choose to murder to revert to animal behavior. If we have shell-shocked by the terrorist attack to emulate them in order to survive in Itamar and the consequent bomb in cold blood or he can then perhaps, dare I say, survival is not attack by Binyanei Hauma. I have, in choose to give and worth it. Life is a means and not an a recent article, already related to the ends. If, in order to live, we reject all unimaginable horrors of Itamar, but never stop giving… the our values then we are no longer living I would like to take this opportunity Jewish answer is not in the true sense of the word. That is to tell of a heart-warming incident to become like them, what Chazal explain to us when they (related to me by Shira Baron, 5764) tell us that despite the importance and that occurred in the aftermath of Heaven forbid, but to be centrality of living a healthy life there these cold-blooded murders. the antithesis of them. are certain transgressions that, if forced As you may or may not know, there to perpetrate, we should rather die than is a rather formidable chain store in called Rami do. We have survived 2000 years of exile because we Levi – Shivuk HaShikma. These supermarkets were have never lost the image of God in which we were established by Rami Levi who started his business from created, and by which we live our lives. scratch in a small shop in the shuk in Yerushalayim On the same subject, I received many emails from many years ago. During the Shiva, Rami Levi himself alumni after the murders in Itamar. One student arrived with food for the mourning families. When the forwarded me an email that she quite rightly family thanked him he explained that he intends to presumed I would like, and in essence I did. However, I keep bringing food to the orphans on a weekly basis was disturbed by an unnecessary use of words. It read until the youngest of them turns eighteen. When I something like this: read about this it simply brought tears to my eyes. The juxtaposition of wild animal behavior to pure human “Instead of posting videos and changing your statuses kindness left a deep impression on me. to express your frustrations, let’s actually make a real, concrete difference for the Fogel family!! It would be Invariably during our trips to Poland we focus on the nice to finish Shas Mishnayot during the shloshim for title of Primo Levi’s masterpiece, If This is a Man. As we the Fogel family.” travel through a country that is drenched in Jewish blood, we go out of our way not just to describe the The idea was phenomenal, and I hope it happened. crimes of the Nazis but to show the courage of the I am full of praise for those who initiated it and hope victims too. Man has choice - he can choose to murder that they continue to create such positive projects in in cold blood or he can choose to give and never stop the future in better circumstances. My problem was with the first line of the email – we often seem to have survival and cultivated the land. We are a nation of a need to promote a program by negating another, and learning and doing, and both have to be encouraged in most cases, it is totally unnecessary. Not everyone simultaneously. can pick up mishnayot and learn; not everyone feels the Let me conclude with a wonderful event that I was urge to say Tehillim. At a time when the world was rightly informed of recently by one of our bogrot: preoccupied with the enormous tragedies of Japan, I believe that there was a real need to explain to whoever “Deb and Simone David’s parents (Both sisters are may be listening what happened at Itamar. I never saw bogrot from Sydney who have made ) made aliya the videos, to be honest I don’t really today along with Mrs. David’s 93-year- know what a changed status is, but I The people of Israel are old father. All four David children live in applaud anyone and everyone who the people of the Book, Israel with three David grandchildren tried to do something to help. And it and following the passing of Mrs. but we are also the people encourages me to know that so many David’s mother a couple of months people care enough to scream out in who entered the Land of ago, Grandpa Adler (who was a outrage. Israel, fought for survival chalutz in ‘Palestine’ after the war) told Mrs. David that he wanted them all to As religious Jews, we need to take a and cultivated the land. move to Israel.” leaf out of the book of Chabad. We We are a nation of learning need to learn to encourage our fellow What a fantastic story! I am in awe of Jews. It is all too easy to criticize and doing, and both a man who, at the age of 93, picks and negate. Even in an ideal world have to be encouraged up his bags and moves to Israel from there needs to be a combination of Australia! As we approach the Chag Torah learning and Tehillim-saying simultaneously. of Pesach which is followed by Yom together with political activism. I am Ha’atzmaut, let us be sure to remember not even talking about convincing the nations of the we were brought out of Egypt for a purpose; we were world. I am relating to the hundreds of thousands of meant to receive the Torah and then proceed directly unaffiliated Jews who don’t even know what mishnayot to Eretz Yisrael. There was a slight delay in our plans, but are, but they spend (unfortunately) hours of their lives we made it eventually. As we all know there is only one on Facebook. For those of you working online I think real reality for Am Yisrael, and if a 93-year-old man can that you did do something concrete, and I thank you do it, then we all can do it. for that. A parent of one of our alumni posts pro-Israel Am Yisrael, Torat Yisrael, Be’Eretz Yisrael! information sometimes twice a day around the world but specifically in Washington; this is crucial. The people Chag Sameach VeKasher! of Israel are the people of the Book, but we are also David Milston the people who entered the Land of Israel, fought for Education through the Eyes of Leil HaSeder

The following dvar Torah is from Rav not fall asleep.” It Milston’s upcoming two-volume series, was taught about Ki Va Moed, on the Chagim and Moadim. Rabbi Akiva [that] Publication, upon completion, will be he never said, “It is announced on the website. time to rise [cease study]” in the As we browse through the Haggadah, Chazal supply Beit HaMidrash, us with a number of extremely important suggestions except on the eve regarding education: of Passover and 1. The medium of curiosity the eve of the Day of Atonement. On the eve of Passover, “Why is this night different from all other nights? On all because of the children, so that they might not fall asleep other nights, we may eat leavened or unleavened bread; and on the eve of the Day of Atonement so they should tonight we must eat only matzah. On give food to their children.”1 all other nights, we may eat all kinds of If we can trigger I believe the four questions of vegetables; tonight we must eat bitter engagement and excitement Ma Nishtanah are the minimum herbs. On all other nights we are not at a younger age, we have requirement for the task that faces required to dip even once; tonight we set the foundations for the us. They set the tone and prompt us are required to dip twice. On all other into action. We must keep the little nights, we may eat either sitting or future. … the challenge to children awake for as long as possible. reclining; tonight we must all recline.” sustain enthusiastic interest If we can keep them awake; if we can Beginning with the youngest children in our heritage is enormous, trigger engagement and excitement and fully aware of their endless and it demands at least as at a younger age, we have set the curiosity, we attempt to keep the foundations for the future. In these much effort as we put into little ones interested for as long as days of Pods and Pads, the challenge possible. Here, in the four questions, the physical preparations for to sustain enthusiastic interest in our the common denominator is change. the chag. heritage is enormous, and it demands Each observation marks another at least as much effort as we put into difference on this night. Indeed, this educational medium the physical preparations for the chag. is recorded in detail in the Talmud: Sometimes, because the intensity of cleaning the house is “Our Rabbis taught: All are bound to [drink] the four cups so overwhelming, we neglect this mitzvah of education. – men, women and children. Said Rabbi Yehudah, “Of We are so tired we barely make it through the evening but what benefit then is wine to children?” So we distribute we cannot miss this window of opportunity. The onus is parched ears of corn and nuts on the eve of Passover, so upon us. The children will not ask if there is no incentive. they should ask [questions] and not fall asleep. As was told Here, in their infinite wisdom, Chazal gave us the framework of Rabbi Akiva, who would distribute parched ears and for educating our children all year round. We must take the nuts to children on the eve of Passover so they would ask Seder Night idea and build on it – creating quizzes, board [questions] and not fall asleep. games, plays, competitions… whatever it takes to keep Rabbi Eliezer said, “The Matzot are eaten hastily on the night them awake, excited and involved! of Passover, because of the children, so that they should 1 Pesachim 108b-109a. 2. Teaching through honest example: 3. Educate the children in relation to their “Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Elazar Ben Azariah, needs: Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon were reclining [at the Seder The Haggadah then informs us of the four sons, each table] in Bnei Brak, recounting the story of the departure coming to the table with something entirely different. The from Egypt. They continued the entire night until their wise son is in search of every possible detail, the wicked son students came and said to them, “Teachers! The time for only wants to vent his growing frustrations, the simple son the recital of the morning Shema has arrived.” knows to ask but not to specify and the fourth son needs to For the serious yeshiva bachur, this would appear to be the be encouraged, even prompted to ask. perfect evening. Total immersion in Torah to the extent you In our children’s early years, our objective is to initiate, excite become oblivious to anything else. And if all those present and inspire, but as the years pass each child takes his own were of such caliber, it would be an inspirational evening path and we must adapt our education to the needs and for the adults too. But let us not miss the message here. personality of each particular child. Even though we may not have the In his commentary to Bereishit, Rav It is not enough to practice our strength to learn through the night Shimshon Raphael Hirsch almost after the Seder is over, we do have Judaism by educating our children. indicts Yitzchak and Rivka for the way the responsibility to constantly We must be continually educating they raised Eisav.3 Even though Eisav educate ourselves. ourselves until our dying day. had free choice and must be held As Hillel says, “If I am not for myself accountable for his decisions, the 2 then who will be for me?” It is not There can be no better way of parents had a role to play in creating enough to practice our Judaism the foundations for each of their by educating our children. We teaching your children than by children. Rav Hirsch suggests that must be continually educating example. As Rabbi Yosef Nechamia Eisav’s parents ignored his tendencies ourselves until our dying day. Kornitzer explains with regards the to be a “man of the field.” They saw Why does the Haggadah interrupt first chapter of Shema: You teach Ya’akov as being the idyllic child and the narrative with this seemingly your children, by the way that you insisted Eisav follow the exact same syllabus, despite being unsuitable for unconnected episode? We are not sit at home, and by the way that you it in every way. surprised to hear that these five walk down the streets! Torah giants stayed up learning. Our job as parents and educators They probably did so on most nights. But not to notice the is not to live our dreams through our children but to sun rise?! How well did these scholars know the story of our supply them with the tools they need to be able to fulfill Exodus? They knew the details inside out and back to front themselves within a Jewish framework. but they still managed to find something more to learn, to The Haggadah reminds us that as children develop they reach a further level of understanding. And who was one of have different questions demanding different approaches. the five scholars? Rabbi Akiva! The very same Rabbi Akiva we quoted above as creating incentives to keep the kids The wise son is hungry. His thirst for knowledge is awake. Clearly, he practiced what he preached and after unquenchable. Our objective must be to keep him fulfilling his duty as a teacher of others he sat down with challenged. If he becomes bored, he can also become his colleagues to learn for himself. complacent. Even if we must teach him all the halachot of Pesach, that is what must be done. There can be no better way of teaching your children than by example. As Rabbi Yosef Nechamia Kornitzer explains The wicked – or perhaps the rebellious – son also has with regards the first chapter of Shema: You teach your something to say. He knows everything! At the age of 15 children, by the way that you sit at home, and by the way or 16 he is a world expert in all fields. Here, note that we that you walk down the streets! answer in the third person. An answer is necessary, and it should be sharp and clear, but we are being advised to avoid

2 Avot 1:14. 3 Bereishit 25:27. confrontation at all costs. Let us not forget we were once one of these children has a flame to ignite. We must teenagers too and most of us behaved in exactly the same believe that and do our utmost to find it and help it shine way. There is no need to answer him directly. The point bright. is not to win the argument. Let the confused adolescent One evening yet so many essential messages! vent his frustrations, for his future very much depends on our self-control as well as his. Yes, we should give him an Pesach is the very first independence day of the Jewish answer but not in an impatient, confrontational tone. This people. Yet there are no public fireworks or military lad has energy and enthusiasm which currently expresses parades. Instead our families sit together and talk about itself through negation and cynicism. If we can ride out our common past in the full knowledge that our past is the storm and continue to give him love and warmth, the way to the future. But even before that, we define our that very same energy – B’ezrat most important objective – education. Hashem – will ultimately Our freedom will be worthless be channeled in a positive if we fail to effectively pass on direction. our enthusiasm, knowledge and The simple son has the beliefs to the next generation. interest but is lacking the Our independence means depth and understanding to nothing if our children return to strive forward. Here we need ideological slavery. So we invest patience, even if we have all our efforts into our children to explain things again and specifically on this night, for they again. So be it. Our aim is to are the future. enhance our children’s self- This night is also referred to as confidence so they have the “Leil Shimurim”4 – a night to be correct measure of self-esteem guarded, preserved. Although required for a meaningful and commonly regarded as a night fulfilling life. Exasperation and of greater Divine protection, impatience will only serve to perhaps we can suggest that discourage this child from ever we also preserve this night by asking a question again. Short-term peace and quiet will educating our children. lead to long-term educational failure. Let us conclude with another message from the However, the most worrying child is the “one who does Haggadah, “And he who elaborates upon the story of the not know how to ask.” This son is usually presented as the Exodus is worthy of praise.” youngest of the children. Perhaps we can offer a different Rabbi Hirsch explains that this is not only referring to explanation. After all, from the moment children learn to Seder Night. This is only the beginning. We must show the speak they never stop chattering. They ask questions all same seriousness and intensity in educating our children the time, morning, noon and night. throughout the year. So maybe this son is not an infant but rather an apathetic Just as we prepare an exciting and creative Seder for our youth who shows little to no interest in anything apart children, may Hashem give us the strength and inspiration from himself. This child may even be in a more dangerous to keep them Jewishly alert and awake every Shabbat and place than the wicked son. The latter is misguided, but ultimately every single day. at least he has energy. If we succeed in channeling that enthusiasm we will have a result. Rav David Milston Our apathetic child runs the risk of missing out on life altogether. Our role is to “open him up” somehow. Every 4 Shemot 12:42. Poland Trip This year’s Midrasha trip to Poland had a record 5771 number of students who joined staff, including Rav Milston, Jeremy Kurnedz, Tanya Cohen and Miriam Wolf, on a tour of the places of pre-war and Holocaust historical significance. TheI am a victim Unnamed of the Holocaust, The trip began at the Kotel in Yerushalayim and but you don’t know my name. ended at the Tayelet in Talpiot, overlooking the No one knows my name, .or anything about me, really ,”עם ישראל חי“ . With the singing of students return, infused with a sense of Jewish But I am a victim of the Holocaust. pride and the importance to our future of our I am not one of the six million. presence in Israel. I never had a name, and they didn’t even give me a number, We asked students to share material produced but I am a victim of the Holocaust. by them during or as a result of their trip. My parents were also victims of the Holocaust. Below are several poems by Sarah Eisenstein, You know their names and a reflection by Sarah Robinson. The photos and where they lived and when they died— were taken by Melissa Taub. We hope they help three years before they would have met. you share some of what students experienced I am a victim of the Holocaust, along the way. but who remembers me? TheThe ground Death does not Forest remember what happened in this place. To the forest, history leaves no trace. There is no difference between there and here in the way that the snow falls year after year. This ground which once with blood was stained is clean today. No blood remained. These trees are not memorials to the ones who passed away. For all the forest ever knew, it was just another day. The ground does not remember what happened in this place. Legacy As far as nature is concerned, They were soldiers, those who died here, mass murder left no trace. even if they did not know; soldiers in an army which began 3000 years ago. Casualties in a battle that they did not know they fought. Victory, when it finally came, was very dearly bought. And the army must continue, or they will have died in vain. But who will be the soldiers now? Who will continue the chain? It is you and I who now must take this battle as our own. They were soldiers, though they knew it not, but they did not fight alone. טוֹב שׁ ֵם, מִשּׁ ֶמֶ ן טוֹב וְ יוֹם הַמָּ וֶת, מִ יּ וֹם הִ וָּלְ דוֹ Thoughts of a Young Woman’s Humbling Journey to Poland Going to Poland taught me the fragility of life. Soon after arrival we visited the Majdanek death camp. The first building in the tour was called “Disenfektion”. We walked into a bland white room where the Jews disrobed. The second was the shower room. I learned that these were real showers, so I assumed that I was visiting the path of those who lived. But then we entered the third room. The chamber was dimly lit, but enough light to see the hacker-green stains on the ceiling and scratch-marks on the lower walls. And then it hit me that I am standing in the grave of my fallen family. After leaving the chamber, I wrote the following in my journal: “We have just exited the gas chamber and are seated against a barrack abutting the ‘Disenfektion’ building. Melting snow is dripping all over me, but for some reason it isn’t bothering me terribly. Maybe it’s because I have been humbled by the room which reeks death. I am not sure of all of my thoughts and feelings after the chamber. The problem is that I knew that there was no ‘happily ever after’ before they did. Regardless, the point is that I am not them. I am not dead. I am breathing. I am thinking. I am loving. I am feeling. I am able. I have potential.” which my mother conveniently quotes on a regular basis sends this פסוק One message home. טוֹב שׁ ֵם, מִשּׁ ֶמֶ ן טוֹב; וְיוֹם הַמָּ וֶת, מִ יּ וֹם הִ וָּלְ דוֹ” קהלת ז:א“ loosely translates to “A good name is better than fine oil and the day of your death is better than the day of your birth”. This statement is quite bizarre at first glance: First, why should birth or death have any relationship with a good reputation? Second, is this even an honest statement? Is the day of death better than the day of your birth? I would have thought that death implies sadness and abrupt stop of life! The Metzudat David addresses both counts quite eloquently and brilliantly. To שמן“ answer the first question, look at the makeup of each object or idea. While fine oil, smells pleasing for a few minutes, it fades and is therefore valueless ,”טוב when all the dust settles. This is why defining one’s identity through physicality is impractical for internal growth; it is perfectly natural for one’s body to change shape, develop wrinkles, and degenerate over one’s lifetime -- and none of those inevitable occurrences have any relationship to the self. a good name, lasts until the end of time -- but only if you ,”שם“ However, a good they are essentially ,”יום הולדתו“ made use of your life. When someone is born on neutral. Within the ensuing years, their life experiences and choices will either taint day of death is only significant if she ,”יום המוות“ them or polish them. Thus, one’s used her life to develop a good name. Otherwise, she will be buried as someone as if -”יום הולדתו“ and ”שמן טוב“ who basically lived her life within the framework of the rocket never left the launch pad. I celebrated my 19th birthday yesterday. What will I do this year to advance towards That’s for me to decide. What will you do this year to advance towards ?”שם“ a good .That’s for you to decide ?”שם“ a good Sarah Robinson Zionism Seminar 5771

Over 40 students participated in the Zionism Seminar of 5771, traveling to key sites in Zionist history, hearing of the vision and dedication of those to whom we owe our presence in the State of Israel. The week of activities was designed to give students a well-rounded and experiential sense of the processes involved in the creation of the State, and the sacrifices made by those who prepared the ground for our presence here today. Programming included in house shiurim, inspirational speakers, and hands-on field trips and tiyulim to sites of interest. The seminar was bracketed by two special Shabbatot, the first in Elazar in Gush Etzion, and the second in Beit Shemesh, which allowed students to visit communities and speak with Olim who have chosen to make Israel home. The climax of the week-long seminar was a fascinating treasure hunt through the streets of Yerushalayim. Madrichot created the hunt during which one clue after another, piece by piece completed a puzzle that was based on the information and experiences throughout the seminar. Each of the four groups participating followed a different route, all of which ended in Gan HaPaamon for a celebratory Barbeque lunch. Rav Shames summed up the week by saying, “This is one of the greatest weeks in the Midrasha, and the warm feedback from students made it all the more powerful!” See a photo of our Zionism seminar students at the peak of Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion, photographed and featured on the Nefesh b’Nefesh website: http://inspire.nbn.org.il/show-me- israel/335-picture-of-the-month.html. YU Art Songs of Hope Competition YU/Kedma Choir Competition

Each year, the Yeshiva University Israel Campus holds the S. Daniel Abraham Program Art Competition, open Midreshet Harova students have once again placed first (for to participants of the YU Stern partnership program for the second time in 3 years!), in the Kedma -YU Seminary Choir students studying in Israel for the year. The goal of the Competition. annual competition is to give an opportunity to young The competition, Songs of Hope, is hosted annually by Kedma women to hone their skills for expression in different visual and Yeshiva University. Students from one-year seminary media, within a Jewish framework. Entries had to connect programs create and perform unique song and dance routines, to Jewish textual, cultural, or historical themes, and the artists also submitted written while raising funds for tzedaka programs in Israel. This year, statements explaining where and how they drew their inspiration. thousands of students, friends and even visiting families This year, three of our students, Rachel Sterman, Nikki Sadek, and Hannah Ornstein, thronged to the Ramada Rennaisance Hotel for the evening. submitted oil paintings and a pencil drawing. See http://harova.org/news/featured-events.asp?id=387 for a The event, held at the YU Israel Campus, allows students and their friends to support full article and photos from their creative accomplishments while enjoying a sumptuous dessert reception, the event. speakers and the array of art displayed. Judges come from the spectrum of Israeli artists, among them graduates of the S. Daniel Abraham Program who have gone on to use their artistic skills after making their home in Israel. Our staff and students were thrilled when judges announced our own Rachel Sterman as placing second in the overall competition!

A few photos to share the fun of Purim at the Midrasha! The following letter, from Shira Frishman (5770), is a testament to the power of volunteering while students are at Midrasha. It was sent by Shira to Tessa, the daughter of Eva with whom Shira Yudkowitz volunteered. It is re- and Efrat Letters from Students printed here with permission.

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Tessa, your Dear Tessa, I will start off by reintroducing myself. My name is Shira Frishman. Me and Efrat Yudkowitz were Israel this past year and we visited your mother Eva, A”H. I was so sorry to hear about her passing. She died the day we were heading back to America. I would like to believe that she waited for us. mother brought so much meaning to my seminary year. I looked forward to every visit with Eva. The gap year in Israel is a nice year, but it is also a selfish year and spending time with your mother provided me with a sense of priority. I learned so much from Eva in the short time that we spent together. No matter how she felt, and how much she would have rather been in bed, she always accepted us as visitors with a positive attitude and a warm smile. There were days when she was so good that I walked out of her little apartment with such excitement and vigor. She would tell us about her life and we sang songs with her and she remembered them all. Her favorite was Yerushalayim shel Zahav. Eva taught me to appreciate every moment that I have on this earth. She taught me that “Torah is true and that everything can be found in the Torah.” That is a quote from her, verbatim. I will never forget one of our last visits with her. She repeated over and over how lucky we were to be living in Israel. Tessa, your mother will be remembered with love and fondness. I miss her very much.

Hamakom Yinachem Etchem BtochShira Shear FrishmanAvalei Tziyon Vyerushalayim.

Mazal Tov’s & Announcements

Weddings and Engagements: Anna Sojcher (5767) to Emmanuel Sanders Lauren Tink (5766) to Andrew Cohen Shira Margulies (5765) to Izzo Zwiren Marnina Sherman (5770) to Meir Stimmel Chana Waysman (MTA 2005) to Nati Shafir Aviva Plen (MTA 2004) to Gul Kanarek Nat Wicks (MTA 2007) to Gabi Gluch Ayelet Walker (5764) to Effie Weiss Adina Goldberg (5768) to Dani Wizenfeld Shoshi Borowski (MTA 2002) to Ariel Menashe

B i r t h s a daughter, Avigayal, to Malky (Rosenthal) Ben-David (5762) and husband a son, Yehuda Dov, to Ilana (Pizem)(5764-65) and Ari Gelb a daughter to Heidi (Spruch) (5758) and Moshe Tapnack a daughter to Elysia (Rothenberg) (5761) and Marc Stein a daughter, Noa Hallel, to Tammy (Datnow) (MTA 2000) and Elan Levy a daughter, Odelia, to Michal (Kaufman) (5762) and David Gulko Midreshet a daughter, Talya Tova, to Aviva (Shuman) Perez (MTA 1999) and husband a daughter, Meirav, to Tzippy (Rosenberg) (5768) and Ronen Goldberg HaRova a daughter, Shayna Hadassah, to Sara Dena (Dreilich) (5764) and Amiel Vick a son, Avraham Moshe, to Yaffa Chaya (Lisa Gottlieb) (5762) Ben-Rachamim wishes a and husband a son to Aliza (Berkowitz) (5766) and Gideon Black twin boys, Gad Lev and Hod Ami, to Dini (Gluck) (MTA 2002) and Hillel Chag Pesach Hurwitz a son to Ilana (Hershenov) (5766) and Raffi Rosenzweig Kasher Vesameach a son to Michal (Abudraham) (5769) and Eli Apter to all its bogrot,

Staff Mazal Tovs students, staff to Rav Berg and family on the birth of their first grandchild to Rav Susman and family on the birth of a grandson, Ya’are and friends and to all to Rav Horn and family on the birth of a son, Akiva to Rav Krengel and family on the birth of a daughter, Chana Shifra of Klal Yisrael!

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