There is an ancient Jewish tradition, dating back around 2000 years, it is quoted in the Talmud (Brachot 60b), “אמר אביי…כי נפיק אומר ברוך אשר יצר את האדם בחכמה וברא בו נקבים נקבים חללים חללים גלוי וידוע לפני כסא כבודך שאם יפתח אחד מהם או אם יסתם אחד מהם אי אפשר לעמוד לפניך – Abaye

NCSYers living the dream.

Over the last 2 months we have been discussing the importance of fully experiencing Shabbat and the various aspects of properly experiencing it. We outlined that their are 4 general categories that encompass the experience and amazing gift that is Shabbat, Honoring Shabbat, Enjoying Shabbat, Remembering Shabbat and finally, Keeping Shabbat. The final category being the

Feeling Nostalgic? Listen to this kumzits from a Melava Malka led by Rabbi Mitchell Smith on December 4th, 1976.

Have you ever heard the expression, “He’s such a menstch“? or in Hebrew, “Act like a ben-adam!”? What do these phrases really mean? The Yiddish word, menstch, literally means man and the Hebrew word, ben-adam, literally means “son of Adam” or “son of man”. What is meant when we use this expression? Well, you see, in the

We've all done it... or at least we've all heard it... Check out some of the best and worse excuses we've heard from NCSYers trying to leave a program.

We have been growing together for more than 40 day. When we begin to focus on growth, it is easy to get discouraged and think we aren’t making any progress. This should never be our attitude, we are always growing and making progress. Check out this video, for a better understanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo8siqfciHo