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On Sunday, November 7, parents and staff from Yeshiva Sha’arei Zion joined together at Beth Gavriel of Valley Stream to celebrate the Hatchalat Gemara of the 6th Grade Boys. The event was attended by over 250 participants including many renowned rabbanim and notable educators. The program opened with a series of moving tunes practiced and sung by the boys. Rabbi Ephraim Ben Mordechai, Menahel, spoke about the important milestone, highlighting the significance of this new chapter in the boys’ lives. Rabbi Tuvia Lief spoke about the importance of Yegiat Ha’Torah and Rabbi Baruch Rabinowitz spoke about the tangible effect that learning Torah has on our lives. The boys were then each presented with a Gemara of their own, personalized with their name engraved in gold. They commenced their learning of Gemara right then and there, amidst a pride-filled crowd, as they learned the first Mishna of Eilu Metziot with their rebbi, Rabbi Wyszkowski.  The event concluded with spirited dancing. It was truly a night to remember. 

On Thursday, November 11, MTA’s Arista Honor Society hosted a yeshivah-wide Blood Drive. MTA talmidim, rebbeim, faculty, and alumni aided patients in need of blood and donated life-saving pints.

Hadar Bet Yaakov integrates extra-curricular classes into the week with public speaking, debate, drama, and even Nashim B’Tanach every Wednesday. Classes are academically rigorous and presented as interactive workshops to maximize student learning. Mrs. Sandy Gros has developed an interactive Nashim B’Tanach class where girls not only learn about our Imahos and tzidkaniyos in Tanach, but have activities, journaling, group work, and discussions to concretize concepts and make Jewish foundational ideas real for them.

The students in Morah Frumit Fruchtzweig’s class have been enjoying the Wacky Science projects that they have been doing each week during STEM time. In addition to the many skills that they are working on, the students get to work on key executive functioning skills like looking at the whole picture and breaking things down into smaller parts.

In honor of Rosh Chodesh, the girls enjoyed learning about the halachos of Hafrashas Challah, as well as how to braid them. They learned that there are seven ingredients of challah, which correspond to the seven “ingredients “ that a mother uses for raising her own children.