Today’s chabura spotlight is on Steven Ritholtz’s chabura. Steve is
from West Hempstead, NY. After spending his past
few summers doing “academic stuff,” Steve is proud to be spending his
first year on Kollel. Steve’s chabura consists of what he claims
is the cream of the crop: Elly Deutch (Woodmere), Yoni Kadish
(Woodmere), Ben Zion Feld (Teaneck), Jesse Tawil (Brooklyn), Eli
Weinstein (Teaneck), and Israel native Shlomo Rayman (Beit Shemesh).
The chabura focuses mainly on matters dealing with special highlights
of the Jewish calendar, specifically the halachos and topics related
to Yom Tov. Being that the NCYers are all on NCSY Kollel for their
second year, their motivation and thirst for Torah makes it easy to soak in as much
information as possible.
It’s been said that Steve’s chabura consists of NCYers that are the
“best at life.” Interpret that as you will, but the line is backed up
by many of our accomplishments this summer. The chabura won free
slushies for ranking towards the top in the “Tzfat scavenger hunt.” In
addition, they took down Alex Gipsman’s chabura in a pressure-packed
game of basketball last week. They also look to take home the gold in
the all famous “chabura wars.”