M I D R E S H E T M O R I A H

Dear Parentsand Alumnae

A Message From Vicky

TLady Jakobovitsprovided uswith the anchorand stabilitywe needed

Rosh Ha-Shanah 5771Rosh Ha-Shanah 5771

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This past year, lost a great woman, Lady

Amelie Jakobovits. At her passing, she was mourned

as “the mother of British Jewry,” but in her lifetime,

she was the wife of the late Chief Rabbi of Great

Britain, Lord Jakobovits, and an unusually dynamic

person in her own right. Lady Amelie was a beacon

of and compassion and a source of down-to-

earth good sense and good counsel. Her

was unshakable, whether during her experiences in

the Holocaust or after suffering the loss of close family members.

I was one of the extremely fortunate people who had an unusually close

relationship with her. Lady J, as she was affectionately known to her friends,

was my aunt, and also often stepped in to act as my mother. I can honestly

say that so much of what I became and so

much of what our children became was a result

of the love she showered upon me and the

lessons she taught me.

When she was a young mother of five, it was

natural to her to become a mother to her sister-

in-law’s four children when she passed away. I

was a twelve-year-old child, the second of those

four children whom she helped to weather that

terrible storm. She provided us with the anchor and stability we needed at the

time, never allowing us to wallow in self-pity. Both “Aunty Amelie” and my

uncle made it clear that they had great expectations for us and would not

allow us to disappoint our family.

As I try to recover from her loss, I think of the great lessons my aunt taught

me, and which I would like to share with you on the eve of Rosh Ha-Shanah:

• Never take yourself too seriously. Maintain a sense of humor about

yourself and recognize that we all have shortcomings. If you attain this

, it will be easier to relate to every human being with respect.

Am Yisrael

chesed

emunah

midah

• There is good in every person. It is your job to find it.

• When you are with individuals, make them feel that they are unique

and you are truly interested in what they have to say. Everyone

who knew my aunt felt they had a special relationship with her

because that is how she related to them.

• If you have nothing to do (which never happened to her), do

. The opportunities are limitless. My aunt spent the first

hours of every morning (after ) phoning people who

chesed

davening

On the seven which follow Tishah

Be-Av, we read the “ ,” a

series of special of consolation. We begin

on “ ” with “

…”, and continue for seven weeks,

until the Shabbat before Rosh Ha-Shanah.

If we follow the

carefully each week, we

sense a progression:

Our relationship with

Hashem rises from the

ashes of destruction,

growing in strength

each week, until, by the

end of the seven weeks, we

are being embraced once again as Hashem’s

bride in the of “ .”

These seven seem to link Tishah Be-

Av with Rosh Ha-Shanah. But what is the

connection between the destruction of our two

and the New Year?

We often think of Rosh Ha-Shanah as a time

of fear and awe, a day of judgment. But Rosh Ha-

Shanah is also a chance to begin again with a fresh

slate, with the mistakes of the past year wiped

away by . Even more than that, it is a

time of special closeness to Hashem, culminating

with the celebrations of Sukkot two weeks later.

Tishah Be-Av brought us terrible suffering because

of our failings in (the first

) and

(the second ), but if

we learn from those failures and

grow beyond them, strengthening

our connection with Hashem

through and and

our relationships with fellow

human beings through

Shabbatot

Shiva De-Nechemta

haftarot

Shabbat Nachamu Nachamu,

nachamu, ami

haftarah

haftarah Sos asis ba-Shem

haftarot

Batei Ha-Mikdash

teshuvah

Ben Adam La-Makom

Beit Ha-Mikdash Ben Adam La-Chavero

Beit Ha-Mikdash

tefilah mitzvot

chesed

S p o t l i g h t o nA l u m n a e L e a d e r s

E l i s s a S c h e r t z

At this year’s Yom Iyyun on Zionism,

Major Ro’i Levi, a commander of the

Golani Brigade’s commando unit,

explains to the Class of 5770 how

the IDF fights using the latest

technology and intensive training, but

also the highest ethical standards.

(2003-04) Lawrence, New York

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continued from page 1A Message From Vicky

midmoalumnae@gmail.com

Mrs. Vicky Berglas, Director

Shalom to

our dear

alumnae!

I want to

welcome the

wonderful class

of 2009-2010 to

the Midreshet

alumnae family.

It’s only been a

few months since our last

newsletter, when I wrote

for the first time as

Director of Alumnae

affairs, and

, so much has

happened since then! We’ve

uploaded videos of pre-

chagim messages from

various faculty members

via YouTube, recorded

special for

alumnae in honor of

Shavuot, and had various

reunions and over

the summer.

And now, as we begin the

new year with this year’s

Midreshet crew, we’re also

working on more ways to

connect and reconnect with

you this coming year. So...

stay tuned!

Please email me at

for any suggestions or ideas

you may have, or if you

just want to update your

contact information so we

can stay in touch.

May Hashem bless you

and your families with a

, and a beautiful,

healthy, and sweet new

year, a year of continued

spiritual growth and a year

of staying in touch with

your Midreshet Moriah

family!

Baruch

Hashem

shiurim

shiurim

Ketivah Va-Chatimah

Tovah

Michal Porat-Zibman, Alumnae Director

After graduating from Stella K.

Abraham High School for Girls, I spent

a year learning in Midreshet Moriah. I

then continued my studies in Stern

College for Women and graduated

with a BS in Marketing. I now work

for a magazine subscription company

and also part-time for New York NCSY.

Because of my classes at Midreshet Moriah and my exposure to

the dedicated faculty who showed their love of Torah, I realized

that sharing these values with others is what I want to do.

Working with NCSY, I have headed trips to New Orleans to help

rebuild the Jewish community in the aftermath of Hurricane

Katrina, as well as organized and run a trip for high school

students to Berlin, Germany. For the last three years, I have co-

chaired a community-wide fashion show, Project

Frumway, and have started Project Jump, a soon-to-be-national

program in yeshiva day schools which gives students hands-on

experience in and .

In 2009, I served as a committee member for B’lev Echad, a

worldwide event commemorating the

eight students who were killed in Mercaz Harav. Remembering

the first night I arrived in Midreshet, when Dr. Applebaum and

his daughter were tragically killed in the Café Hillel bombing, I

recalled how helpless I felt. Getting involved in B’lev Echad was an

opportunity to honor those who were killed

My love for and Eretz Yisrael stems from my year of

studying at Midreshet Moriah. From the variety of classes I took,

and because of the relationships I developed with faculty

members, passion and love for Torah and helping others has

become an invaluable part of my life.

tzniut

kiruv chesed

Hachnasat Sefer Torah

al Kiddush Hashem.

kiruv

were ill or suffering. On her last Erev Pesach, she

phoned over six hundred people.

•

• There is nothing as healthy as laughter and a good

sense of humor. wants us to be happy, and

therefore limits our time of

• Nothing is as important as , whether to

or to the people in our lives. Never forget to

thank those who are good to you.

There are very few real problems in life. But there are

many situations which need a solution. Don’t dwell

on the problems – work on the solutions.

Finally, I would like to add a perspective on marriage for

those of you who are or will be married (I hope that means

all of you). When my aunt was about to marry my uncle,

who was already Chief Rabbi of Ireland, he said to her, “I

don’t want you behind me, and I don’t want you in front of

me. I want you beside me.” They were blessed with a

marriage that was a true partnership, where each one

helped the other achieve greatness. This blessing of

, is what I wish each one of you for

the coming year. May we hear of from you all!

Hashem

aveilut.

hakarat ha-tov

Hashem

ahavah,

achvah, shalem ve-re’ut

smachot

R e f l e c t i o n s o n M i d r e s h e tSharona Elmaleh

R e f l e c t i o n s o nM i d r e s h e t

Gaby Markovich

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(2009-10, Shana Bet 2010-11) Toronto, Canada

(2009-10) Boca Raton, Florida

Everyone always says that you never fully

experience the “Yoms” unless you celebrate

and commemorate them in Israel. After

having had the opportunity to do so, I agree

100%. Midreshet made all the “Yoms” so

special and memorable.

On Yom Ha-Zikaron, we joined the rest of

Israel in commemorating at Har Herzl the

soldiers who have fallen. We also heard

moving speeches by the soldiers. After a

in Neve Daniel, the mood

switched from somber to exciting – we

danced the night away at Rav Eitan’s house.

The next day, on Yom Ha-Atzma’ut, we

went to Neve Aliza, where we danced,

barbequed and played baseball. To top the

“Yoms,” Yom Yerushalayim was truly

unforgettable: We danced and sang the

whole day through the streets of Jerusalem.

Midreshet made sure that through all these

activities, we felt connected to

and .

tekes ma’avar

Am Yisrael

Medinat Yisrael

Celebrating Yom Yerushalayim Eve, Rachel

Rosenberg, Tova Medetsky, Sharona Elmaleh

and Rachel Levy rock Midreshet with some

guided improvisation on the “darbuka.”

You get so much out of being in

Poland – it totally changes the meaning of the

Holocaust to see firsthand where it all took place. You

hear so many stories that are so inspiring: of a man who

saved his small portion of food to light candles

in a time of darkness; of a girl who risked her life,

climbing into a giant soup pot to smuggle a into the

camps to be sounded on .

It’s mind-boggling to realize how hard it’s been for

the Jews to survive, let alone keep the yet they

persisted. We, B”H, have it so easy. We pause our TV

shows and go upstairs to our already-set menorahs, or

walk five minutes to Shul to hear the . We need to

put our lives in perspective, taking nothing for granted –

not the people in our lives, nor our freedom, Israel,

anything. We need to be proud to be Jewish – these people died

because they were Jewish, and died as proud Jews. We

need to follow their example, remember them and what they stood for,

and be proud.

Midreshet really helped solidify these ideas by giving us the

materials we use to build our , and

Chanukah

shofar

Rosh Ha-Shanah

chagim –

shofar

Al

Kiddush Hashem

emunah bitachon, ahavat Yisrael,

ahavat Torah u-Mitzvot.

Yishuv Life Inspired by MidreshetP’nina Gabler (2003-04, Shana Bet 2004-05) Hollywood, Florida

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Proudly holding their trophy from the

Camp HASC-sponsored “Hascetball”

tournament, squad members

Tikki Miodownik, Rachel Ohayon, and

Aliza Saltzburg celebrate their victory

and make us proud!

Taking advantageof our open

invitation to allalumnae to come

back home andlearn with us,

Joanna Blumenthal,Brianna Brockman,Rebecca Weinstein,

Rena Rosenberg,Avichayil Arfe, ElanaMittel and others...hit the Beis to learnwith Malka and get

a Torah recharge.

fter graduating Weinbaum

Yeshiva High School in

F l o r i d a , I c a m e t o

Midreshet Moriah, where I

fell in love with the learn-

ing, the teachers and

with Israel. Midreshet

Moriah has had a tre-

mendous impact on my life and contin-

ues to do so. Before my year in Israel, I

never thought I would live here, let alone

study here, in Bar-Ilan University.

Midreshet Moriah certainly opened

my eyes to Zionism in a

way that I never

imagined. I

guess it helped

living right across from

the Har Herzl military cemetery,

where we would go with Michal, taking

our places along with the rest of

to experience the pain of losing

another soldier. My seminary year even

began with a terrible tragedy, yet it only

ignited a longing inside me to unite with

Israel and live among my nation, my

family. This indescribable, unexpected

yearning grew slowly, throughout Shani

Taragin’s classes, Michal’s

and Vicky’s Holocaust classes.

All that I learned pointed to some incred-

ible understanding; something that was

in our daily prayer and our weekly

, but had never before come to

light as it did sitting in that Beit Midrash

in the middle of Yerushalayim, with

Sha’are Zedek Hospital on one side and

Har Hertzl and Yad Vashem on the other.

I just had to take advantage of this

tremendous blessing. I, too, wanted my

children to learn Torah from such a

young age and under-

stand the words

so much

more natu-

rally than I did. I, too,

wanted to spend the

walking around Yerushalayim saying

to the storekeepers and

cab drivers. I, too, wanted to see people

and look into their eyes, knowing we

shared something very special. I wanted

to be here to share in the joys and in the

sorrows of our nation.

As this yearning intensified, things

began to fall into place, with return-

ing to Midreshet for Shana Bet and then

that December. I became a

the following year at Tiferet,

starting Bar-Ilan University and finally

finding my husband here in Israel

( , it does happen!). We

have been privileged to host many

yeshiva and seminary students at our

table, returning the favor which

we received so many times.

I have just finished a course in

Cranio-Balance Therapy, and I also work

for a property management firm. But the

truth is that my kids take up most of my

time, with one boy almost 3 and another

who’s 14 months old. We’ve been living

in the beautiful, idealistic community of

Kochav HaShachar – 45 minutes north

of Yerushalayim, in Mateh Binyamin. We

love the peacefulness and we

sense here, either through the incredible

people living here or maybe just from the

land itself. There’s nothing better than

driving with the kids in the car and my

toddler pointing straight ahead asking,

“Is that Yerushalayim?”

And being so grateful to respond,

“Yes.”

Am

Yisrael

Nevi’im

mishmars

parsha

chagim

Chag Same’ach

aliyah

madrichah

Baruch Hashem

Shabbos

kedushah

Buildinga Spiritual Home

To contribute or for more information,

please contact

Polly Kramer, Development Associate,

at pollykramer@gmail.com

Rabbi Yitzchak Lerner, Senior Faculty

to those who generouslycontributed to our Midreshet MoriahScholarship Fund 2010-2011

appreciationWith great

Ariella Perl and Ayala Mocton proudly show off the fruit of (a

great deal of) their labor – this year’s student yearbook, full of

fun and great memories!

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There are two

main ways that

we as Jews

communicate

with Hashem:

through

and through

.

These two means are connected to

our hearts and our heads. When the

in asks what is meant

when the Torah prescribes that one

must serve God with one’s heart,

the answer is – On the other

hand, learning is carried out with

one’s head. This idea of serving

Hashem through prayer, the heart,

and through learning, the head, is

also evident through our the

“shel yad” is next to our hearts,

while the “shel rosh” is next to our

heads.

and are the

backbone of the Jewish people. In

, when the prophet

Bilam tries to curse the Jewish

people, he aimed, Chazal tell us,

straight for our and our

. He knew that here, in

these two realms, lies our

inheritance. In the end, Hashem

turns his curse to a blessing, and

Bilam ultimately proclaims, “How

goodly are your tents, O

Jacob, your dwelling

places, O Israel.” The

in says

that this refers to houses

of prayer and learning.

Rabbi Aharon Kotler,

founder of Lakewood

Yeshiva, asks what the

difference is between

these two forms of

communication, learning

and daven ing . He

answers that when we

pray, we ascend to

Hashem’s palace. When

we take three steps forward, we

enter Hashem’s chamber and speak

with Him. On the other hand, when

one learns Torah, Hashem comes

down to us.

We all aspire to be granted the

of building a

The question is how one

goes about achieving it. I think using

the principle that Rav Aharon sug-

gested may provide guidance in how

to begin. Our homes must be places

of constant Torah learning, places in

which we are bringing Hashem

inside.

As

observant Jews, however, the first

room we must design is the one

where will be kept, where

the learning will take place. From

there, everything else in our homes

takes its cue.

During the we

will communicate with Hashem

through both and learning. We

have the opportunity, in a very

intense way, to concentrate upon

our relationship with Hashem. With

the help of these two powerful tools,

may we be to serve Hashem

to the utmost degree.

tefilah

talmud Torah

Gemara Ta’anit

tefilah.

Tefilin –

Talmud Torah tefilah

Parshat Balak

Batei Midrash

Batei Knesset

Gemara Sanhedrin

brachah Bayit Ne’eman

Be-Yisrael.

sefarim

Yamim Nora’im,

tefilah

zocheh

An architect in the secular

world will always say that when

building a house, the room around all

else revolves is the kitchen.

Mrs. Nicole Appleman

Dr. Dov and Dr. Ada Berkowitz

Mr. Rubin and Mrs. Mandy Brecher

Mr. Barry and Mrs. Sharon Fleischmann

Mr. Neil and Mrs. Rozi Minsky

Mr. Martin and Mrs. Evelyn Pollack

Dr. Jay and Dr. Helena Rubin

Mr. Kenneth and Dr. Rochelle Sherman

Mr. Baruch and Mrs. Esther Weinstein

Please take part in our scholarship effort and

make it possible for a young woman to spend

her year at Midreshet Moriah by contributing to

the Midreshet Moriah Scholarship Fund.

Opportunities are also available to dedicate a

shiur in honor or in memory of someone special

to you.

Remember – your contribution will enable us to

provide another Midreshet Moriah student with

the chance to experience a year of learning and

growth in Eretz Yisrael.

Rabbi Lerner renewing the Midreshet

connection with our alumnae in London at

this year’s “Sem Fair.” Thanks for all the

help with recruiting, ladies!

Rabbi Hanoch Teller

As part of our

to the Galil and

Golan this spring,

Midreshet stopped

off at Mitzpeh Hila,

home town of Gilad

Shalit, to hear an

update on his

family’s situation

from a close family

friend.

tiyul

I’M VISITING A SYNAGOGUE in

Michigan, minding my own business, when an

elderly gentleman, a total stranger whom I

shall call Reb Nochum, approaches me.

Without so much as a “Hello” or any other

comment, he asks me if I wish to hear a story.

Reb Nochum seats himself across from

me, and spreads out his hands. On his left

forearm is the faded blue numeric reminder

of a sojourn in Auschwitz, what some refer to

as “the passport to Heaven.”

Reb Nochum’s hairline has long gone,

and his face is thin and long, and I dare say

dignified. There is this sense about him that

though his body may be here, his mind is a

million miles away. Pointing to an imaginary

calendar, he announces, “It is just thirteen

days until Yom Kippur, you

know.”

“Years ago,” he begins, “my friends and I

faced a serious dilemma on Yom Kippur.

We were prisoners in the world’s most

demonic jail, yet we had made a

commitment to live, even though life may no

longer have been worth living.

“Hunger had its effect upon us, filling our

minds and dominating our thoughts. Our

incessant hunger throbbed in every limb of

our bodies, yet it could not distract from the

pain in our feet.

“Shoes were not an insignificant issue in

the . Death began with the shoes which

were never the right size, and never

matched, causing painful sores which became

fatally infected. Walking in them was like

dragging a convict’s chain, and trying to run

away and escape in those instruments of

torture was a thorough impossibility.”

and was the

constant refrain of our lives: go out and come

in; work, sleep, barely eat, fall ill – get beaten

along the way – get better or die. Had we

been logical,” Reb Nochum adds in a tone

devoid of self-pity, “we might have resigned

ourselves to the situation. Our fate was

beyond our control and thoroughly in the

domain of our masters’ whim and will. But

men are rarely logical when their own fate is

at stake. And, like I said, we had made a

commitment to survive.

“The key was believing that the worst

would not happen to us. Those who didn’t

follow this formula were the first to succumb.

More important than the state of our physical

health was the state of our minds. If we didn’t

have the will to live, the struggle for existence

was utterly hopeless. The – the

walking zombies who were more dead than

alive – had already lost their

desire to live, but just had not

yet given up the ghost.”

“This brings me to

Yom Kippur when we had

our greatest dilemma. My friends and I – rigid

skeletons sitting on the floor, eyes glazed

from starvation – thought long and hard

about what we would do. We had thus far

maintained not only our lives, but also our

humanity and faith in the Almighty.

“It was amazing, but somehow, we had

managed to blow a shofar in the camp on

Rosh Ha-Shanah, not a hundred blasts, but a

few whispered notes. We also managed to

eat on Passover. Mind you, I am

talking about celebrating a festival in

Auschwitz, where the value of a cigarette

was greater than that of a life. I was

personally involved in the baking, and

the feeling of triumph provided us with the

greatest feast of freedom.

“But on Yom Kippur, about 14

months after our arrival, we had an

insurmountable dilemma. We had to give

on that day – the day before it would

be determined ‘Who will live, and who will

die’ – but we did not own a thing. They had

taken away our clothes, our shoes, our

names, even our hair. The intention was that

once we were deprived of

everything, we would become

hollow, forgetful of dignity and

restraint, and once you lose all, you

can lose yourself as well.

“And this is precisely what we were

fighting against, which is why giving

was so important to us. We were obsessed

with fulfilling this mitzvah and contradicting

the savagery which surrounded us. But even

after overcoming incredible hurdles in the

past, we were still at a total loss as to how to

deal with this current challenge, and we

began to weep.

“Suddenly a fellow Jew placed his tin cup

to his cheek and collected his tears and

passed the cup to me. I sipped the charitable

gift and then reciprocated by placing the cup

to my cheeks and passed it to my neighbor.

He followed my lead, but by this point we

were no longer collecting tears of sadness.”

When Reb Nochum finishes his tale

there are long moments of silence. I want to

thank him for sharing his experience with me,

but a lump is lodged in my throat. This

wizened octogenarian must know what I am

thinking, for he dabs at his glistening eyes and

comments, “It’s OK. This is the season when

we must share; I just started a little early this

year.”

erev

erev

Lager

“Ausrücken Einrücken

Muselmanner

erev

matzos

matzah

erev

zedakah

zedakah

a special day,

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The Fine Details Rena Coren, Faculty

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we not onlyimprove ourselves,but also theworld around us.

Dear Parents and Alumnae: continued from page 1

and justice, Rosh Ha-Shanah provides a time to celebrate our spiritual redemption.

May it be Hashem’s will that we use the time before , starting all the way from and through Elul, to engage

in a broad-ranging , helping us understand where we fall short and enabling us to arrive at with joy in

Hashem’s warm embrace.

Rosh Ha-Shanah Tishah Be-Av

cheshbon ha-nefesh Rosh Ha-Shanah

Le-shanah tovah tikateivu ve-techateimu! Rabbi Eitan Mayer, Menahel Chinuchi

R a v T z v i M e y e r

Zilverburg (a special

l i v i n g i n

Yerushalayim) says that

the greatest mistake

human beings make is to

u n d e r e s t i m a t e t h e

immense significance of

their act ions, both

positive and negative.

This past year,

Midreshet Moriah was

to undertake a project to raise

money for an orphan . To introduce the

project, Mrs. Esti Yarmush (a true

) came to the Beit Midrash to speak.

She shared a story about a girl who was in a

terrible car crash, but walked away

completely unscathed. The girl’s father asked

her if she had done anything special that day

to merit the tremendous miracle that

occurred. After thinking it over, the girl

remembered that she had given money for

that day. “That is the action

which saved you!” the father proclaimed.

“The Steipler Gaon once asked why in

it mentions three mitzvot in

succession: , ,

. What is the significance of

this order? He answers that one who

performs the mitzvah of is

saved from a of sickness or death.

And so it is – because of the mitzvah of

, you were saved.”

About a week or so later, Sara H., a

Shana Aleph student, was in a serious car

accident on a Shabbat on her way

back to school. She walked away without a

scratch, though the injury

could have been severe.

When Aviva F. (Shana Bet)

heard about the accident, she

asked Sara if she had given any

to

recently. Sara paused for a

moment and then it hit her –

the gift she had bought for her

hosts on Shabbat was one of

the candy baskets being sold

to raise money for the orphan

! Perhaps it was the seemingly effortless

act of giving for a that had

saved someone from harm.

From the Torah perspective each detail

is significant and has tremendous

repercussions. As Rav Wolbe explains in

everything, including the most massive

of structures and creatures, is built from

atoms invisible to the eye.

The same is true of our

spiritual selves. When we

want to better ourselves

and grow, we tend to begin

imagining the life-altering

changes we’ll need to

make... and we despair. But

in truth, all we really need to

do is take one tiny baby

step, to find one small

change we can make in a consistent manner.

By doing so, we not only improve ourselves,

but also the world around us.

A case in point is the story above. A

group of students decided to take on the

mission of raising money for an orphan

… a speaker was brought in to inspire

the students about the mitzvah... the inspira-

tion further heightened the students’ drive to

raise money in creative ways... in one means

to raise money,

candy baskets

were sold... one

student bought a

basket for her

hosts… perhaps

the

mitzvah, she was

protected in a car

accident... one

student

put together the

pieces of the

deed... once again

inspiring all who

heard the story...

the story then became the basis for an article

about doing , so more

people can be touched by the

event.... From here, who knows

what positive deeds may result

from even one person reading the

article and taking it to heart... and

on and on.... One little act of

or influences not

only us in our own lifetime, but the

ramifications of the act continue

echoing and gathering momen-

tum, all the way down the line.

May Hashem bless you all to find one

small action to take upon yourselves this year.

May you be to experience the impact

of the action on all levels in your own lives

and the lives of others.

!

t z a d d i k

zocheh chesed

kallah

ba’alat

chesed

hachnasat kallah

eilu

devarim

bikur cholim hachnasat kallah u-

levayat ha-meit

hachnasat kallah

gezeirah

hachanasat kallah

motzei

tzedakah hachnasat kallah

kallah

tzedakah kallah

Alei

Shur,

kallah

b i -zechut

Shana Bet

teshuvah

chesed tzedakah

zochah

Ketivah va-chatimah

tovah

Maza

lTo

v

To contribute or for more information, contact Polly Kramer,Development Associate, at pollykramer@gmail.com

Telephone: 02-652-7449 • Fax: 02-651-1524Email: office@midreshetmoriah.orgWeb: www.midreshetmoriah.org

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Midreshet Moriah

Midreshet Moriah

S. DANIEL ABRAHAM

ISRAEL PROGRAM

IS A GOLD MEMBER OF THE

Reflections onMidreshetShevs Matanky(2009-10, Shana Bet 2010-11) Chicago

With all the spirit and joy for which we’re known,Midreshet welcomes a planeload of brand new Olimat Ben Gurion airport this past winter!

MidMo

Summer

Reunion...

Looking

forward

to our

Winter

Reunion!

Design: Benjie Herskowitz

ENGAGEMENTS

WEDDINGS

BIRTHS

ACHIEVEMENTS

CONDOLENCES

Gila FeldmanAliza IsaacsNurit KreigerMaya KrohnRachel LevyNicole Nathan

Jaclyn AdelsbergSarah Deneroff

Ruthie

Jackie Green

Rochelle Lewin

Aimee PelikowAliza SherStephanie SpinnerAviva Wilner

Aliza (Fertig)

Evyatar Achinoam Katz

Sarah (Lichtenstein

Emily B. (Shapiro)

Dassi (Wagner)

Rena (Zlatin

Dr. Yocheved Debow

Ariella WrubleChernikoff

(07-08) and Alby Chait(06-07) and Jason Misher

(04-05) and Yonatan Klaym(06-07) and David Joyandeh(04-05) and Sam Stern

(06-07) and Chaim Grossman

(03-04) and Naftalli Moskovitz(06-07) and Dani Kolat

Hannanel Gershinsky and an (son ofand Ahituv)

(05-06) and Stephen Moster

(08-09) and Asher Landaw

(04-05) and Yoely Zipki(07-08) and Eli Scher

(05-06, 06-07) and Avi Levie(06-07) and Daniel Gordon

(87-88) and Philip Friedlander on the birth oftwins

and (Executive Director of MidreshetMoriah) on the birth of a son

) (99-00) and Ari Bajtner on the birth oftwins

(93-94) and Ben Menashe on the birth ofa daughter

(99-00) and Itzi Barr on the birth of adaughter

) (99-00) and Josef Schenker on the birth oftwins

on the completion of her doctorate

Our condolences to Midreshet alumna,(2003-04) on the tragic, untimely loss of her

husband, Daniel Chernikoff

Bat-Chen Duk

(08-09) and Zev Herskovits

(06-07, 07-08) and Yoni Stokar

Enny Kadoch

Chavie Lieber

It was my dream to be able to participate in the official

Nefesh B’Nefesh arrival ceremony, and this past January, I ful-

filled that dream. Nefesh B’Nefesh is an organization that assists

immigrants in creating a new life in Israel, not only facilitating

their arrival, but

also helping

them integrate

them into Israeli

life. The moment

the olim stepped

off that plane,

everyone came

together as a

family to wel-

come them to

their new home.

I’ll never forget

the most inspir-

ing moment I

witnessed, as an

eighty year-old

woman olah was lifted onto someone’s shoulders and we all

danced with her. We all danced together with full hearts, as

though we had all just made aliyah! Nefesh B’Nefesh provided

me with one of my most meaningful experiences this past year.