Schools

While Sukkos may have looked different this year than it has in previous years, MTA infused Yom Tov with its signature inspiration, energy, and achdus through special MTA@Home Sukkos programming. These programs included guidelines, helpful tips, and a list of Sukkos songs to make Yom Tov meaningful for those who were unable to attend shul in person and help deepen their connection to Hashem while at home; MTA@Home Indoor Olympics, where talmidim completed fun and exciting challenges and were able to compete with one another from the comfort of their own homes; and a Tikkun Leil Hoshana Rabbah learning program in the yeshivah’s virtual Zoom Beis Midrash, which featured inspiring and engaging shiurim with MTA rebbeim, and an interactive shiur with the Menahel of Yeshivat Shaarei Mevaseret Zion and the NCSY Kollel, Rabbi Mordechai Burg.

MTA’s incredible variety of extra learning programs provide talmidim with the opportunity to enhance their Torah learning throughout the day. These initiatives include an Iyun T’filah Chaburah every morning before davening, where talmidim explore topics related to davening; a daily Mishnah Chaburah, where they gain a better understanding of Maseches P’sachim; a weekly Y Club, where talmidim ask their burning questions about Judaism to their rebbeim; Night Seder four nights a week, where they learn with MTA rebbeim, as well as Yeshiva University rebbeim and talmidim; and so much more.

At HANC ECC our students are thrilled to be back in school with all of their friends and morot. The children are seen working hard to craft creative Bereshis projects.

The weather was perfect for a short stroll to a pond near SKA in Hewlett Bay Park. Taking advantage of the physical beauty so close to their school, the Tenth Graders took turns walking in small groups to the water and saying Tashlich on Thursday, September 24.

In preparation for their bar mitzvah and bas mitzvah season, sixth and seventh grade students at HALB participated in a sensitivity and inclusion training workshop facilitated by Mrs. Carly Namdar, Director of Middle School Guidance, Morah Michelle Farbman, and Rabbi Jeremy Fine, Directors of Student Life. Students shared ideas on various topics centered around their hopes and expectations for their bar mitzvahs and bas mitzvahs, as they were asked to consider how they would want others to act at their own simchah and how they should conduct themselves at another person’s simchah.

In the weeks between Rosh HaShanah and Sukkos, HANC High School senior boys volunteered to build sukkos for West Hempstead residents who signed up through the school’s Student Life Department, directed by Rabbi Daniel Mezei.