This summer is Benni Tuchman’s 2nd consecutive summer on NCSY Kollel. He grew up in Scarsdale, New York and attended Frisch for high school. After high school, he spent a year and half in Yeshivat Hakotel in the old city of Jerusalem. He currently studies in Yeshiva University.
The Chaburah has a stacked line-up of five all-star guys. Ami Mashiach from Chicago, Yisrael Lebowitz from Valley Stream, NJ, Tzvi Grushko also from Valley Stream, Aharon Heller from Hillside, NJ, and Aaron Azose, hailing from Far Rockaway.
The Chaburah has really grown into a tight knit group of guys who can learn shtark and at the same time have a lot of fun. They hope to push themselves this summer to expand their knowledge of Torah and grow in their middos tovos both on and off the court.
The Chaburah mainly focuses on shas sugyas, sprinkled with parsha and group discussions. They just finished the sugya of lifnei iver and plan to start mitzvah haba’ah ba’aveira soon. They often get into heated discussions about the sugya, and more often than they would like to admit, about who deserves the title of best basketball player of all time (Ami is naturally biased because he is from Chicago). They pride themselves on being able to be silly and fun during the Chaburah while simultaneously knowing when to lock in and really focus on understanding the sugya, and they are also hyped to have one of the most formidable Chaburah ball squads.
