MTA had the privilege of joining YU students and roshei yeshivah for a special program commemorating the Shloshim of the October 7 massacre in Eretz Yisrael. The program included divrei chizuk, communal recitation of T’hilim, and Minchah with Avinu Malkeinu. After everyone gathered in Lamport Auditorium, everyone heard a personal account from relatives of a few of the current hostages. It hit home especially hard to hear the first-hand account from family members waiting anxiously for news about their loved ones.

Shevach High School’s acclaimed chesed program was launched for this year on Wednesday, October 25. Using the theme of “Chesed Around the Clock,” the chesed committee outdid themselves in all ways to bring excitement and an eagerness to participate in this special z’chus. Under the leadership of Shevach’s Assistant Principal, Rebbetzin Chani Grunblatt, the chesed committee introduced various opportunities and practical suggestions in how to make a difference in the lives of many families and wonderful institutions within our community.

Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe’s fifth-grade boys spent the beginning of the year preparing for the Gemara Mesibah. Their preparation included studying the background of Gemara and Torah SheB’al Peh. On Sunday morning, October 22, the fifth-grade boys and their families joined with their rebbeim and menahalim to celebrate the initiation of the boys into the Yam HaTalmud.

In her after-school Jewelry classes at HALB, Ofra had her students make one bracelet for themselves and another for a soldier in the IDF. A HALB parent heard about this and decided to take it one step further. Dahlia Saperstein hosted her daughter’s entire grade of girls for a jewelry-making activity in her home. Ofra donated her time and supplies, and all of the girls made a bracelet for themselves and a second bracelet for a girl the same age in Modiin! It was a very special experience for the girls and everyone else involved!