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YCQ’s Chanukah celebrations were truly jam-packed—or should we say jelly-filled?

At MTA, learning does not stop when the bell rings. Through a wide range of clubs and hands-on experiences, talmidim are encouraged to explore passions, develop skills, and connect classroom ideas to the real world. Two recent club experiences highlight how MTA brings creativity, leadership, and real-life learning together.

Yeshiva Har Torah was buzzing with excitement all week long, with activities taking place across both campuses: the Early Learning Center and the Grand Central Campus. Students and staff celebrated Chanukah in true YHT style, filling the halls with music, movement, and school spirit.

Chanukah at Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) is always a highlight of the year, but this season felt especially meaningful as the school continued to live out the theme of the 2025–26 school year, Full Hearts, Full Souls, which celebrates the kind of heartfelt connection that defines the holiday. Some of the major events occurring before the week of Chanukah that prepared Wildcats for celebration included a day of chesed work for the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes on Wednesday, December 10, followed by a pre-Chanukah mishmar with Rabbi Shmuel Ismach entitled “When Your Candle Gets an F: Why Failure Is Never Your Final Grade.” The week helped Wildcats prepare their hearts and minds for the holiday of Chanukah.

Chanukah week was amazing at HALB. Staff members were treated to a delicious lunch at Lev Chana and HALB, providing a wonderful opportunity for teachers and staff to spend time together and enjoy themselves during the workday. Lev Chana and HALB both hosted doughnut-making activities with their teachers, and the chagigos were incredible.

Yeshiva Har Torah proudly celebrated the bas mitzvah year of its sixth-grade girls with a beautiful and inspiring Mother-Daughter Bas Mitzvah Workshop held on Saturday night, December 6. The event brought together students, their mothers, and educators for an evening centered around a powerful theme: the three merits through which the Jewish people were zocheh to leave Mitzrayim: preserving their Jewish names, their lashon ha’kodesh, and their Jewish dress.