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The Grade 6 girls of the Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) learned and celebrated together with faculty and family at a wonderful Bas Mitzvah Workshop held on Wednesday night, November 17. Thank you, Morah Leemor Abraham, for leading the event, and thank you to all the attendees who made this evening lively and meaningful.

For years I have been troubled with understanding the ideas behind Gematria. I have no doubt that my difficulty was compounded by the often-trite application by many who use poetic license in their various speeches. So many bar mitzvah boys had their names twisted into a gematria that amazingly matched up with the numerical value of the parshah they leined just minutes before! Ditto for the chasan and kallah during sheva brachos.

This past Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the YTM kindergarten boys were very excited to welcome their mommies to yeshivah for a special "Mommy & Me Chanukah Workshop." The program began with the boys and their mommies singing, clapping, and dancing along with the yeshivah's resident music teacher, Morah Rena Greenberg. Afterward, everyone enjoyed decorating cookies, making keychains, and creating picture frames. The boys were so excited to show their mommies their yeshivah and spend some special time together. A great time was had by all.

In the spirit of chesed, junior high school girls at SINAI@YCQ took a trip to a local gemach last week to sort clothing. What a valuable hands-on lesson in giving back!

It would be an understatement to say that SKAbatton 2022 was a blast! The school-wide Shabbaton of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls took place on Friday, November 18, with an unforgettable Shabbos followed by GVG (grade vs. grade) on Motza’ei Shabbos and concluded on Sunday, November 20. SKA’s Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, faculty, and staff were a perfect combination for an amazing time to be had by all!

The eighth grade at the Bnos Malka Academy has embarked on a meaningful and inspirational journey this year. The students are working with Names, Not Numbers INC©: an interactive, multi-media Holocaust project created by educator Tova Fish-Rosenberg.