Bnot Torah Institute » Chanukah http://bnottorah.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:52:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Design Your Own Menorah at Chaya Fish’s House! http://bnottorah.com/blog/2011/12/25/design-your-own-menorah-at-chaya-fishs-house/ http://bnottorah.com/blog/2011/12/25/design-your-own-menorah-at-chaya-fishs-house/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:56:32 +0000 Rabbi Michael Green http://bnottorah.com/?p=3348 Guest Post by: Devorah Garfinkel, graduate of Sha'arie Bina Torah Academy for Girls, North Miami Beach, Florida We just returned from the best time at Chaya Fish's house! One of the great things about it is that she lives literally minutes away from Sharfman's! Anyways, when we arrived we were greeted with an overwhelming sense of Chanukah! The smell of latkes frying and the colorful decorations were more than enough to get us into the fun holiday spirit. We sat down at a table decorated with Chanukah themed napkins and plates with chocolate gelt scattered on the table. Festive Chanukah music played in the background and we played with the dreidle at the table. Then we went into the kitchen and started frying our own latkes!! Chaya also served us a tasty holiday Dinner which included: French Onion Soup, as well as latkes with applesauce. After we were all full... Click “Read More” to read the full description and see all of the slideshow pictures!]]>

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Devorah Garfinkel, graduate of Sha’arie Bina Torah Academy for Girls, North Miami Beach, Florida

We just returned from the best time at Chaya Fish’s house! One of the great things about it is that she lives literally minutes away from Sharfman’s! Anyways, when we arrived we were greeted with an overwhelming sense of Chanukah! The smell of latkes frying and the colorful decorations were more than enough to get us into the fun holiday spirit. We sat down at a table decorated with Chanukah themed napkins and plates with chocolate gelt scattered on the table. Festive Chanukah music played in the background and we played with the dreidle at the table. Then we went into the kitchen and started frying our own latkes!! Chaya also served us a tasty holiday Dinner which included: French Onion Soup, as well as latkes with applesauce. After we were all full with our delicious food, Chaya brought out a surprise! We were going to be making Menorah’s!! We had all the supplies that we needed; wood for the base, sandpaper to even the wood, markers and puff paint to decorate, small metal candle holders, and a hot glue gun.

Our creative and artistic juices really flowed and we each made a very unique and individual Menorah! They were all very different and they showed off our different personalities beautifully!! We had such a blast coloring, sanding, and gluing our Menorah’s together. It was such a great night and a perfect way for us to celebrate Chanukah!!

]]> http://bnottorah.com/blog/2011/12/25/design-your-own-menorah-at-chaya-fishs-house/feed/ 0 Annual Sharfman’s Chanukah Chagigah 2011! http://bnottorah.com/blog/2011/12/21/annual-chanukah-chagigah-201/ http://bnottorah.com/blog/2011/12/21/annual-chanukah-chagigah-201/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:31:02 +0000 Rabbi Michael Green http://bnottorah.com/?p=897 The Annual Bnot Torah/Sharfman's Chanukah Chagigah lived up to the hype! From start to finish it left everyone in the audience, from students, to visiting Alumnae, to faculty wanting more :-) But let's start from the beginning...The evening kicked off with a beautifully decorated and festive feel. Indeed, when you walked into the Bnot Torah/Sharfman's Chanukah Chagigah, you were greeted with the walls and windows adorned with Chanukah decorations and it really helped enhance the overall energy! Once we were all seated, we enjoyed a delicious meal that featured a healthy Pumpkin Soup, Stir Fry Chicken served over a bed of rice, as well as a large tossed salad, fresh toasted Garlic Bread, and a tasty frozen dessert! However, the best part of the meal was when Rabbi Sharfman treated us to inspiring words of Torah in which he reminded us about the true importance and everlasting meaning of Chanukah. Once the meal was completed it was on to the skits and all things comical at the 2011 Bnot Torah/Sharfman's Chanukah Chagigah hosted by Sharon Franko and Ilana Yarmak who both hail from California! Click “Read More” to read the full description and see all of the slideshow pictures!]]> The Annual Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s Chanukah Chagigah lived up to the hype! From start to finish it left everyone in the audience, from students, to visiting Alumnae, to faculty wanting more :-) But let’s start from the beginning…The evening kicked off with a beautifully decorated and festive feel. Indeed, when you walked into the Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s Chanukah Chagigah, you were greeted with the walls and windows adorned with Chanukah decorations and it really helped enhance the overall energy! Once we were all seated, we enjoyed a delicious meal that featured a healthy Pumpkin Soup, Stir Fry Chicken served over a bed of rice, as well as a large tossed salad, fresh toasted Garlic Bread, and a tasty frozen dessert!

However, the best part of the meal was when Rabbi Sharfman treated us to inspiring words of Torah in which he reminded us about the true importance and everlasting meaning of Chanukah.

Once the meal was completed it was on to the skits and all things comical at the 2011 Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s Chanukah Chagigah hosted by Sharon Franko and Ilana Yarmak who both hail from California! The hostesses began the evening with a hilarious routine that really got the crowd pumped up, unified, and into a humorous spirit for the rest of the joyous evening.

Next up, was a funny skit performed by several Sephardic students…it was something that you just had to be there for…people are still talking about it!! Best of all, was the acting jobs of Mrs. Fuld and Mrs. Aviva Hayman our Mechanchot! You should have seen Mrs. Haymann in her leather jacket…Plus, Sharon Franko starred as Rabbi Green! The evening continued with acts from various students and faculty. At the Intermission we were treated to yummy Sufganiot served by Rabbi and Mrs. Sharfman :)

The evening continued with a passionate and inspiring Dvar Torah by Suri Zwibel, in which she applied the laws of Taruvos and connected it to Chanukah, and how it related to each and every student as contemporary Jewish women!

All in all, the Annual Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s Chanukah Chagigah was an evening that truly fostered our love for Chanukah as well as exhibited the unique warmth and genuine family atmosphere inherent in each and every Sharfman’s student and faculty member. Happy Chanukah!!!

]]> http://bnottorah.com/blog/2011/12/21/annual-chanukah-chagigah-201/feed/ 0 Chanukah Dinner & Fun at our Chonechet’s House! http://bnottorah.com/blog/2011/12/15/chanukah-dinner-fun-at-our-chonechet%e2%80%99s-house/ http://bnottorah.com/blog/2011/12/15/chanukah-dinner-fun-at-our-chonechet%e2%80%99s-house/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:45:47 +0000 Rabbi Michael Green http://bnottorah.com/?p=3323 Chanuka came early this year at the local home of our Chonechet, Ricki Leybovich. Coming in from the cold Jerusalem night, we were greeted with steaming hot bowls of delicious onion soup. Plus, we were able to choose our own toppings ranging from melted cheese and croutons! What's more, Ricki also served us homemade warm garlic bread!! We could not have asked for a cozier meal. After we were all warm and satiated, we decided it was time to move on and make our dessert. You see, Ricki surprised us by telling us that at this Bayit Cham evening at her house, we were going to get into the Chanukah spirit and make Chanuka themed cookies! YUM! Armed with a big ball of sugar cookie dough and many different cookie cutters, we got to work creating and decorating. We really got to check out everyone's creative side! While we waited for our cookies to bake, out came BLANK wooden draidels....hmmmm....cookie decorating?  Yes! But Draidel decorating? Well, with the help of different color permanent markers, we were able to highlight our artistic... Click “Read More” to read the full description and see all of the slideshow pictures!]]> Chanuka came early this year at the local home of our Chonechet, Ricki Leybovich. Coming in from the cold Jerusalem night, we were greeted with steaming hot bowls of delicious onion soup. Plus, we were able to choose our own toppings ranging from melted cheese and croutons! What’s more, Ricki also served us homemade warm garlic bread!! We could not have asked for a cozier meal. After we were all warm and satiated, we decided it was time to move on and make our dessert.

You see, Ricki surprised us by telling us that at this Bayit Cham evening at her house, we were going to get into the Chanukah spirit and make Chanuka themed cookies! YUM! Armed with a big ball of sugar cookie dough and many different cookie cutters, we got to work creating and decorating. We really got to check out everyone’s creative side! While we waited for our cookies to bake, out came BLANK wooden draidels….hmmmm….cookie decorating?  Yes! But Draidel decorating? Well, with the help of different color permanent markers, we were able to highlight our artistic side by designing our own fabulous Draidels! This gave us yet another way to express our own unique creativity!

But enough Draidel spinning…the cookies were ready :) Out came the cookies…but we weren’t finished! Now it was time for the decorating to begin. Ricki brought out decorations such as: white icing, blue icing, confectioner sugar, and more! We all ended up creating such beautiful cookies!

But much important than all, all of us who are in various levels got to bond together and really feel the Chanukah spirit in the home of our Chonechet! Just when we thought it was finished and time to head back to our rooms after a great evening of fun, Ricki told us…”don’t leave yet!” She handed us our Chanukah CHOCOLATE gelt!!!

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