Yonatan Kurz is currently enjoying his second summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended TABC followed by Sha’alvim for two years, and is currently learning in Rav Rosensweig’s shiur in YU. This is Yonatan’s first year as a Madrich.

Yonatan’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Zachary Friedman from St. Louis (Yeshivat Kadimah High School), Yoni Schonbrun from Cedarhurst (MAY), Simcha Stein from Woodmere (YFR), Yechiel Shulman from St. Louis (Yeshivat Kadimah High School), Ezra Wilamowsky from Lawrence (YFR), and Moishy Zern from Cedarhurst (MAY).

This summer, Yonatan’s chabura is focusing on daily mitzvos that people tend to “go through the motions” about, using a blend of (light) lomdus, machshava, halacha, and mussar. They will be learning about a variety of topics including “Supreme Kippahs, Crocodile Leather Machzorim, and Ferragamo Shabbos Belts: Can הידור מצוה Go Too Far?,” “Avoiding a Race in the Beis: Assessing the Comment of קנאת סופרים תרבה חכמה,” as well as “אנו רצים והם רצים: Examining the Role of Health and Exercise in Yahadus,” and much, much more.

The objective of the chabura is to create a framework in which people can view relatively mundane activities, such as sleeping, eating, and exercising, through a lens of Yiddishkeit and Yahadus, infusing mussar, halacha, and machshava into these daily actions, organized by the order of the day. Hopefully, this chabura can serve as a complementary way to enhance a person’s ability to serve the Ribono Shel Olam.

Additionally, on Shabbos, the chabura examines several hakdamos (introductions) of various sefarim from contemporary Gedolim, including Rav Shimon Shkop’s Shaarei Yosher, Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski’s Shu”t Achiezer, and Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky’s Emes L’Yaakov Al HaTorah, in an attempt to get a greater appreciation of these Gedolim as well as delve into the hidden gems of הקדמות.

All of this has combined for what has been an incredible summer!

Binyamin Glanz is currently enjoying his sixth summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended Ahavat Yisrael and Sha’alvim and is currently learning in Kollel. This is Binyamin’s first year as a Madrich.

Binyamin’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Dani Stein from Chicago (Skokie Yeshiva), Benny Frank from Hollywood, Florida (KYHS), and Dovid Lanner from Boca Raton (KYHS).

This summer, Binyamin’s chabura will be focusing on tools in learning iyun. They learned about a variety of topics including Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos, and much, much more. The goal of the learning is to gain tools and knowledge.

All of this has combined for what has continues to be an incredible summer!

Mordechai Glatter is currently enjoying his second summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended TABC and Torat Shraga and is currently in Yeshiva University. This is Mordechai’s first year as a Madrich.
Mordechai’s Chaburah is made up of five of the best guys around: Aryeh Manevitz from Passaic (MTA); Eitan Rochwarger from Teaneck (MTA); Reuven Sklar from Woodmere (MAY); Menachem Solomon from Woodmere (MAY); and Shivie Shalom from Great Neck (DRS).
This summer, Mordechai’s chaburah will be focusing on why we do our day-to-day actions. They will be learning about a variety of topics including why we learn Torah, why we wear a Kippah and much, much more. The goal of the learning is to try and get closer to HaKadosh Baruch Hu. The summer has been great and will hopefully only continue to get better!

Elli Spinowitz is currently enjoying his third summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended TABC and Sha’alvim and is planning on attending YU next year. This is Elli’s first year as a Madrich.

Elli’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Shai Hochbaum from Bergenfield (MTA), Eitan Laub from West Orange (TABC), Avi Landsman from Teaneck (MTA), Eli Dreyfuss from Cedarhurst (MAY), and Dovi Mandelbaum from Cedarhurst (MAY).

This summer, Elli’s chabura will be focusing on going through inyanim and sugyas that come up as we go through a regular weekday. They will be learning about a variety of topics including netilas yadayim, tzitzis, and birchas hatorah as soon as we “wake up”. Then when we “get to school”, we will speak about tefillin, tefilla, and Talmud torah. Then, as we “come home” we will speak about kibud av va’em, and much, much more. The goal of the learning is together as a chaburah, we will try to get to love to learn and to be excited about learning and our avodas Hashem. Specifically, in learning our goal is to not fear seeing a lot of text, to be comfortable with new material, and to be ready and excited for the challenge.

All of this has combined for what has been an incredible summer!

Yehudah Wrotslavsky is currently enjoying his second summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended Farber and Hakotel and is planning on being a Madrich at Shraga next year. This is Yehudah’s first year as a Madrich.

Yehudah’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Zaki Kapetas from Cedarhurst (MAY), Mordechai Cywiak from Cedarhurst (YFR), Shmuel Jacobs from Cedarhurst (MAY), Dovid Shinensky from Maryland (YGW), and Levi Bean from Denver (YGW).

This summer, Yehudah’s chabura will be focusing on going through sugyas in Perki Avos, having in depth discussions on Tefilah, learning Mesechet Brachos, and learning the parsha! They will be learning about a variety of topics including if you had an hour free should you learn Torah, or go do Mitzvos / Chesed? How does tefilah work / what’s the purpose of it, and much, much more. The goal of the learning is to see / appreciate all the different areas of Torah in a serious yet fun environment, and to fall in love with the geshmakness of Talmud Torah!!

All of this has combined for what has been an incredible summer!

Eitan Edinger is currently enjoying his first summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended Yeshiva of Greater Washington and Hakotel and is planning on attending YU next year. This is Eitan’s first year as a Madrich.

Eitan’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Zachary Dennis from Boca (Katz), Caleb Berman from Boca (Katz), Elisha Marcus from Boca (Katz), Shmuli Glick from the Five Towns (Rambam), and Mordechai Newman from Oceanside (Rambam).

This summer, Eitan’s chabura will be focusing on understanding Halacha and the Hashkfa behind it. They will be learning about a variety of topics including the Halacha that you are supposed to interrupt your SHEMA when your Rebbe or father walks in. How could that be you’re in the middle of davening to the one above all and a human being walks by and you interrupt isn’t that rude to G-D. What’s going on? We then went through the Sugya fleshing out the details of the scope and nature of this din and came out with a beautiful idea. That Chazel understand one of the major challenges of davening is that it’s hard translating an intellectual awareness of Hashem into an emotional experience. Therefore, they gave us Halachos that when we see a Rebbe or a parent and we have a healthy relationship with them that should stir with in us feelings of awe and love which we then can translate to our GOD in heaven. The goal of the learning is that Halacha is there to help us form a relationship with Hashem and just because it’s hard sometimes doesn’t mean we can’t keep it, and that Torah is something you can’t live without.

All of this has combined for what has been an incredible summer!

Ami Mashiach is currently enjoying his third summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended Fasman Yeshiva High School and Sha’alvim and is planning on attending YU next year. This is Ami’s first year as a Madrich.

Ami’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Yoel Goldstein from Bergenfield (MTA), Akiva Morris from Bergenfield (MTA), Natan Horowitz from Bergenfield (MTA), Gavri Segal from Manhattan (TABC), and Eli Faraday from Melbourne, Australia (Leibler Yavneh College).

This summer, Ami’s chabura will be focusing on growing in our Bein Adam Lachaveiro. They will be learning about a variety of topics including Onas Devarim, lifnei Iver, Kibud av v’em, and much, much more. The goal of the learning is to learn how to treat our chaveirim with respect.

All of this has combined for what continues to be an incredible summer!

Ari Pollack is currently enjoying his first summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended Valley Torah and Netiv and is currently in YU. This is Ari’s first year as a Madrich.

Ari’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Ari Meyer from Woodmere (MAY), Shmuel Herschberg from North Woodmere (MAY), Jonathan Posner from Manhattan (TABC), Zev Ravin from Silver Spring (Yeshiva of Greater Washington), Max Rabinowitz from Bergenfield (TABC), and Ariel Jacobs from Beit Shemesh (Ahavat Yisroel).

This summer, Ari’s chabura will be focusing on working on our middos — “improving ourselves from the inside out”. They will be learning about specific middos such as honor, jealousy, and love. They will focus on how to tie those topics into our lives (ex: honor in regards to social media and role models), and much, much more. The goal of the learning is to have guys start thinking about the way they act, and how to find small ways to improve ourselves as people which will ultimately help affect the way we treat others, ourselves, and serve Hashem.

All of this has combined for what continues to be an incredible summer!

Natey Simantov is currently enjoying his first summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended DRS and Netiv and is planning on attending YU next year. This is Natey’s first year as a Madrich.

Natey’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Shmuel Betsalel from Bergenfield (MTA), Efraim Spivak from West Orange (Heichal Hatorah), Uri Stefansky from Lawrence (DRS), and Yehuda Speyer from Hillside (JEC).

This summer, Natey’s chabura will be focusing on Halachos about specific Mitzvot, as well as the reasons behind the mitzvah. They will be learning about a variety of topics including Tzitzit, Tefillin, Talmud Torah, and much, much more. The goal of the learning is to become more knowledgeable about Torah and Mitzvot, to develop a love and appreciation for learning and Avodas Hashem in general, and to improve our reading and learning skills.

All of this has combined for what continues to be an incredible summer!

Eli Schloss is currently enjoying his second summer on NCSY Kollel. He attended TABC and Sha’alvim and is planning on attending YU next year. This is Eli’s first year as a Madrich.

Eli’s chabura includes some of the best guys around: Noah Goldberg from Orlando (Lyman High School), Yisra’el Yitschaq Skuratovsky from Wellesley, MA (Gann Academy), and Jackson Mushnick from Staten Island (Stuyvesant High School).

This summer, Eli’s chabura will be focusing on giving meaning to the daily grind of Judaism. They will be learning about a variety of topics including Why We Daven, The Importance of Tzitzis, What Tefillin Means to Us, and much, much more. The goal of the learning is to gain a greater appreciation for our daily routine of a Ben Torah.

All of this has combined for what continues to be an incredible summer!