July 10th – The Old City
July 9 – Opening Day
July 10th- The Old CIty
The second day of Kollel is in the books. The Morning began with Orientation as Rabbi Benovitz continued to familiarize the NCSYers with the day-today life of Kollel. at 11:45 the first interactions between NCSYers and their Morning shiur Rebbeim with a short session which laid the foundation for the relationships which will grow over the summer.
The afternoon saw an exciting chaburah-vs-chaburah tournament of “Time’s Up” as each ‘bura competed to see who was the quickest to the punch. After that, the first real sports action of the summer took place as scores of NCSYers and staff took to the courts for an extended pick-up basketball session.
After an early dinner, the NCSYers loaded onto buses for the main attraction of the day: a trip to the Old City of Yerushalayim. The group spent some free time in Mamila Mall and the Rovah, before gathering on the breathtaking roof of Aish Hatorah to tear Kriah and hear some words of inspiration from Rabbi Binyamin Kaminetsky.
After an inspiring maariv at the kotel, the group headed back to Beit Meir where another amazing day was ended.
July 9th- Opening Day
NCSY Kollel 5779 is officially underway! Our group flights of NCSYers landed this afternoon from Newark, JFK and Los Angeles with incredible enthusiasm. As they exited the airport, the boys were greeted by the directors of the program welcoming them home and to the “NCSY Kollel family”.
We proceeded to Bet Meir to begin the unpacking and acclimation process. Dinner was served on campus and our bais medrash, the centerpiece of the program was introduced by Rabbi Turetsky. He highlighted how every NCSYer’s “makom kavua” would impact his summer.
Afterwards, chaburas met for the first time. The excitement was tangible as our NCSYers met their madrichim for the first time and were introduced to their chaburah learning this summer.
We are looking forward to another incredible day tomorrow, as the best summer ever continues to unfold!
