MMY Invites the Community to a Yom Iyun on Yom Yerushalayim

MMY invites you (women and men in Jerusalem) to an experience of learning, touring and reflecting on Sunday 28 Iyar/ May 20th. 

9:15-10:15am: Jerusalem is United - Are We Ready? Reflections and Insights from the Six Day War; Dr. Dov Goldflam

10:30-11:30 am: Mishkan and Mikdash as Window and Mirror; Rabbi Alan Haber

11:40-12:40 pm: City of David - The Legacy of Yerushalayim; Mrs. Mali Brofsky, MSW

12:40-13:30 pm: Lunch (provided)

13:30-15:00 pm: Walking Tour of the Tayelet; Rabbi Asher Altshul

For more information, click here to view the flier.  

To register, please email bakahilla@mmy.org.il. 

Yom HaShoa V'Hagevurah
MMY students hear from two Holocaust survivors

On Yom HaShoa this year, MMY was very privileged to hear from the grandparents of one of our Shana Aleph students, Leora Judas. Mrs. Judas recounted the stories of both herself and her husband, their experiences in Belgium, Germany, France, and Switzerland before, during, and after the war. To listen to the accounts, click here.  

MMY's Nissan Program:
Girls staying in Israel for Pesach  break enjoy Yam L'Yam and other daily activities

Monday morning: 3:45 am, 25 girls, 2 madrichot, 1 tour guide, and 1 chovesh leave MMY while it is still dark. Their destination? Nachal Ziv on the coast of the Mediteranian. 30 kilometers of walking, and 10 hours later they arrive at Moshav Abirim where they camped out their first night. The next morning they awoke bright and early, and hiked through the rain and hail and had a great time despite the wetness! Although they got rained out the second night, the girls were so dedicated to finishing the trail that they returned the next week, again at 3:45 am to pick up where they had left off and finish hiking all the way to the Kinneret. "I've never seen nature like that, in it's purest, most beautiful form," said Melanie Miller, "the hiking was strenuous and a real physical and mental challenge, but we all came together in a very special way and helped each other out." In the end, all the girls made it to the Kineret and found it to be an unforgetable, fun experience. 

Other than the 3-day camping hike, our Nissan included chesed activities, volunteering at a soup kitchen, a day at the women's beach, a tour of the Coca Cola factory, an archeological dig, sushi making, and matza baking. The days before Pesach were full of fun activities and bright smiles. For more photos, click here.

One of the special parts of living and learning in Eretz Yisrael, a land rich in the history of our people, is that the Torah we learn is not theoretical- it is alive in the land around us. One of the unique programs in MMY is our Nach Bekiyut program, in which girls learn 6-10 prakim of Navi per week, with a bi-monthly shiur to go over what we learned and explore themes and transformations. By the end of the year, the girls will have finished learning all of Neviim Rishonim. This is an incredible opportunity that allows students to see Tanach in its macro-form, covering a lot of material to gain a big picture of the Nach reality. In order to enhance the unbelievable breadth of material that we learn, we put the learning to action by going out to the places the stories actually took place and studying in-location. Our learning is more meaningful and memorable when we have the opportunity to add an image to the words, especially when covering all of Nevvim Rishonim, which took place in its entirety, in Eretz Yisrael. 

On our many tiyulim, we blend the fun with the learning. On our first tiyul of the year, to Tel Azeika (click here for photos), we read the psukim from Sefer Shmuel about David's victory of Golyat, while overlooking the valley where the events took place. Afterwards, we had an exciting getting-to-know-you program on the beach in Ashdod. More recently, on our three-day overnight tiyul to the Galil, with Shabbat in Tsfat (click here for photos), we went to Yotvat, where we learned about the ancient city of Yotvat from the Roman period, which was under seige for over a month (similar to Masada) because it's citizens refused to give themselves over to the Romans. Through the ruins, we learned about life during the second Bet HaMikdash. We also learned about modern Israeli history by hiking Shvil HaPalmach, a mountain critical to the Palmach soldiers during the War of Independence in 1948. And we blended the modern and the ancient with our tour of Tsfat- it's history and mystecism. Shabbat was full of ru'ach which lasted well into motzei shabbat when we danced the night away on boatride on the Kinneret. Most recently we went to Nachal tamar (click here for photos) where we went hiking, jeeping and rock climbing! We look forward to many more tiyulim throughout the year where we will visit: the Negev, Eilat, the Golan, the Dead Sea, Massada, Harei Yehuda, Gush Etzion, and more!