Mazal Tov To The Entire Mayanot Family!

May we only continue to celebrate simchas together.

Mazal Tov to Mayanot participants Nick & Jillian, 

who got engaged on the top of Masada last week! 

Babies:
Irina and Pesach Alpert had a baby boy
Kayla and Alex Bodner had twin boys
Chava and Yehuda Bolotin had a baby boy and made an upshernish within a week 
Serena and Levi Cohen had a baby girl 
Ariella and Joe Craven had a baby girl 
Mandy and Etan Efrati had a baby girl 
Tanya and Amit Friedlander had a baby girl 
Gani and Aaron Lazer Goodman had a baby girl
Nechama Dina and Rabbi Avraham Hendel had a baby boy 
Shmuel and Margalit Hoffman had a baby girl 
Elana and Elliot Kahan had a baby boy 
Leigh and Daniel Kohn had a baby girl
Yehudis and Abraham Levitan had a baby boy
Rebecca and Eric Maurer had a baby boy
Miriam and Eli Meltzer had a baby boy
Nechama and Levi Yitzchak Pevsner had a baby girl 
Yutty and Avrohom Polinger had twin boys
Yehoshua and Chaya Rubin had twins, a boy and girl 
Naomi and Gabe Schwed had a baby boy 
Musya and Menachem Mendel Shemtov had a baby girl
Eliana and Elya Silfen had a baby girl 
Natalie and Aaron Vasquez had a baby girl 
Shifra and Yedidya Witt had a baby boy

Mazal Tov to Chana Boaz who became a grandmother to twins, a boy and girl

Mazal Tov to Beverly and Andy Liggett on their granddaughters birth 

Mazal Tov to Friedy Yanover's son and daughter in law who had a baby boy

Engagements:
Mayan Heller and Chaim Allen
Chana Reich and Aharon Tzvi Altman
Kira Waxler and Yonatan Ben Israel 
Deena Schanowitz and Sholom Ber Wolberg
Batya Amin and Kalman Gavriel Delmoor
Marina Grumberg and Akiva Shimon 
Marlene Jacobi and Slav Perushev 

Mazal Tov to Devori Hirshler's son, Aron Hirshler and Pnini Shedrowitzky

Marriages:
Ruthy Miller and Aryeh Lev Cistia
Tikvah Feiglin and Mendel Gestetner
Cheved Krasnianski and Moshe Krasnjanski
Malka Gestetner and Sholom Ber Kudan
Penina Romanek and Eli Taylor
Batya Liba Vitkute and Yissacher Weiss 

Mazal Tov to Inga and Jay Barsky on the bar mitzvah 

of their twin boys, Noach and Shlomo Aryeh!

Mazal Tov to Alissa and Ben Rosenthal who just celebrated 

a bar mitzvah for their son!

Mazal tov to our esteemed teacher, Chana Boaz, 

who has a book available on Amazon, 'The Dynamics of Dating'.
Mazal Tov to Daniel and Leigh Kohn for their new home in Jerusalem, 
May it be a true Beit Chabad filled with Joy and Light! 

The L'chaim of Aharon Tzvi Altman and Chana Reich

Bolotin Upshernish in Massachusetts, 

with Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov, Executive Director, in attendance

 Natalie and Aaron Vasquez's baby girl, 'Menucha Chaya' 

Barsky Family Bar Mitzvah Boys visiting Israel, 

with Rabbi Shlomo Gestetner, Mayanot Dean

Please email us to share your good news!

 Send your images and Mazal Tov's to: susie@mayanot.edu 

Brothers Uplift At Mayanot Visit

Brothers Rabbi Chuni Vogel and Rabbi Nechemiah Vogel visited the Mayanot Yeshiva in Jerusalem for more than one reason.

The Delaware Jewish community might not be the largest or as well known as communities like New York or Los Angeles, but relative to their size the community is having a great international impact.

Under the direction or Rabbi Chuni Vogel, Director of Chabad of Delaware, the community has been bolstered greatly, and the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies, in Jerusalem, is experiencing the positives effects of all the students that have come through from Delaware.

Current students, Zach Horowitz and Isaiah Coplon of Wilmington Delaware, are just two examples of inspired individuals, who are excited for the upcoming year.

“After only a week, my experience at Mayanot has been very eye opening; it is a fantastic feeling to be in a place where I can learn, grow, and experience authentic Judaism in an environment surrounded by passionate, G-d loving people. There is no doubt that this year will continue to be one of immense positivity and growth for me, and I’m so looking forward to the many more experiences to come,” says Horowitz, CTeen champion of 2016.

(Horowitz and Coplon) 

Starting the new semester off right, Rabbi Chuni Vogel, and his brother Rabbi Nechemiah Vogel of Chabad of Rochester, came to visit the students, in Jerusalem. They lead a fabrengen and discussed what the students’ goals were for their upcoming year of growth. The students were grateful for the visit, the ability to fabreng with their shliach, and for being welcomed to Mayanot in a supremely unique way.

Rabbi Chuni Vogel related, “The time in my youth that I spent in Yeshiva has been the source and foundation of all the good in my life and that of my family. Visiting Mayanot and seeing how the individuals from our community are now having that same life altering experience, brings me inner joy that can't be adequately put into words.”

“It is a wonderful opportunity for new students to be greeted, at the beginning of the new academic year, by the shluchim that helped inspire them to come. For these individuals, the learning experience can be even more transformative”, said Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov, Executive Director of Mayanot.

Motti and Rachel Flekshtein also grew up in the Chabad of Delaware community and came to learn at Mayanot in 2005. Today they themselves are shluchim in Delaware. The Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies is proud to partner with Chabad of Delaware to inspire our youth and help create Jewish leaders like Rabbi Motti and Rachel Flekshtein, who are impacting hundreds of Jewish teens in their home community. 

Rabbinical Ordination at Mayanot

We are very pleased to announce, a group of new rabbis have recently received their rabbinic ordination from the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies.

Mayanot has offered this exclusive rabbinical training program for the past 15 years. Our graduates have gone on to assist Jews in all corners of the globe, initiating a variety of learning programs in their home communities. A number of these ordained Rabbis have proceeded to found their own Chabad Houses worldwide and help their Jewish communities in a multitude of ways.

The Smicha program is headed by Rabbi Yisroel Noach Wichnin, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mayanot Men's Learning Program and Rabbi Shimon Garbose, of the Rabbinical ordination track within the Mayanot Yeshiva. Together they have spearheaded this remarkable program, teaching, training, and mentoring these 'Rabbis in training' to go onto to build their home communities and inspire Jewish involvement and engagement with the knowledge and confidence to become great leaders. The rabbinic ordination is signed by the renowned halachic authority, Rabbi Zalman Nechamia Goldberg, of Jerusalem and by Rabbi Shimon Garbose.

 Within the Mayanot Men's Learning Program the 'Rabbi's in training' program is a fully integrated track within the Yeshiva. These students are able to mentor and tutor students in other tracks, which is a unique opportunity that has resulted in close-knit friendships over the years, meaningful life experiences and shared inspiration.

“The students have gathered this year from all over the world, for a very rigorous program of learning. We expect a lot from our rabbinic students and this year’s group has risen to the challenge”, Rabbi Wichnin, shared. “In addition to the Yoreh Deah they have also gone through the Alter Rebbes Hilchot Shabbat. The students, thank G-d, did very well, infusing themselves with the study and application of Jewish law, through the special energy and life that chassidis provides”.

The following students from the 2017 program are:

Menachem Blasberg

Nissen Eichorn

Hershy Gutnick

Menachem Loebenstein

Shmuli Michaan

Yoni Rubin

Mendel Schochat

Nachie Smetana

Mendel Toron

Dovid Tsikman

Menachem Mendel Zakon

Mazal Tov to all the new Rabbis, and their families; may you all be blessed to go on to do great things!

(From Left: Rabbi Wichnin, Rosh Yeshiva & Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov, Executive Director) 

Mayanot Hires New Student Dean

Mrs. Freidy Yanover is the new Dean of Student Affairs at the Mayanot Institute in Jerusalem, boosting the Women’s Program.

The Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies is bringing in the New Year with exciting additions, introducing new faculty to the Women’s Program in Jerusalem.

Mrs. Freidy Yanover has been appointed to the role of Dean of Student Affairs. With years of experience in teaching, counseling and mentoring, she is an invaluable addition to the staff at the Mayanot Women’s Campus.

As a senior lecturer at Bais Chana International, and a licensed coach, she has brought in the fall semester with a fresh approach to morning chassidut, and a strong one on one environment for student counseling. Students can now feel more confident than ever before sharing any questions they have regarding their personal growth process.

As the Scholar in Residence at Mayanot over the summer, Mrs. Yanover brought her depth of Torah knowledge and her ability to teach the esoteric concepts of chassidut in a contemporary and relevant fashion. We, at Mayanot, know that in her new role, she will continue to impact the women positively, encouraging questions, open discussions, and a healthy learning environment.

Mrs. Rivka Marga Gestetner, Educational Director at the Mayanot Women’s Program shared, “It's been amazing having Mrs. Yanover join our team. Her love and care for each student is felt by all, including their campus and community shluchim, who she is also in contact with.”

Shoshi Glass, a 2017 summer student remarked, “The Mayanot Summer Program was my first experience in a seminary setting, and Mrs. Freidy Yanover immediately made me feel at home. Her wisdom, warmth, and support create a beautiful energy that radiates throughout Mayanot and I'm beyond thrilled she returned (like me), for the Fall Semester. Her Tanya and Chassidut classes are accessible and profound, and speaking with her one-on-one about emotional, intellectual, and spiritual issues continues to foster my growth in immeasurable ways.”

Mayanot is encouraging shluchim and anash who know students between the ages of 19-29, who would benefit from the Mayanot learning experience, to be in touch with Mrs. Yanover directly: freidyy@mayanot.edu .

Interested students can contact Mayanot at: wp@mayanot.edu (women's), gershon@mayanot.edu (men's) 

or check out mayanot.edu for more information on joining our 2017/ 2018 program.