Whether you're at a Shabbaton on West Coast, New England, or Southern region, you're bound to come across these 6 types of NCSYers .. Well, maybe not at an Upstate Shabbaton...

For the past three weeks on Friday we have been discussing how to better connect with your Judaism and God through the vehicle of shabbat. We outlined 4 categories of shabbat which we need to actualize in order to fully realize shabbat’s potential for connecting us. The first (and in my mind the most important) is enjoyment of shabbat. We have discussed this enjoyment in

And one simple way to make it happen.

Over the summer, Jews all over the world read a section from Isiah, the Shabbat on which it is read is called Shabbat Chazon – Shabbat of Vision, because it is the Shabbat before Tisha Be’av, our national day of mourning in honor of all Jewish tragedies, and on it we read Isiah’s vision of the beginning of all this tragedy. He tells

Because the most serious part of Regionals is the Rules Video.

The Torah tells us (Exodus 23:5), “כִּי-תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שֹׂנַאֲךָ, רֹבֵץ תַּחַת מַשָּׂאוֹ, וְחָדַלְתָּ, מֵעֲזֹב לוֹ–עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב, עִמּוֹ – If you see your enemy’s donkey that has collapsed from its load, do not pass by, you should help him.” Obviously, you aren’t going to be finding donkeys running around the streets, unless you are vacationing somewhere

For some people, NCSY isn't just part of their youth. It's more of a lifestyle.