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403 boys were called to stage Sunday at the Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos. The award ceremony, which immediately followed the Chidon final game show competition, celebrated the accomplishments of chayolim from around the world.
“Each of these kids is here because they devoted all of their free time over the past six months to learning Sefer Hamitzvos,” announced Rabbi Yehoshua Lustig, event MC and principal of Oholei Torah.
Three different awards were presented: 219 plaques were awarded to any chayol who earned at least a 70% on Thursday’s final test. The 184 finalists who earned at least an 85% received a medal. The highest honor, coveted trophies, a new addition to this year’s Chidon awards, were handed out to the highest-scoring chayolim in each grade: a total of 27 honored chayolim.
“There is no doubt that their efforts this year in learning Rambam are giving the Rebbe much nachas,” says Rabbi Zalman Glick, director of Living Lessons foundation, publisher of the Yahadus curriculum. “We could not be more proud of each and every finalist,” adds Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, executive director of Tzivos Hashem.
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Gold Trophy Winners
4 – Mendel Mishulovin
5 – Menachem Mendel Zirkind, Eliyahu Chaim Refoal Schwei
6 – Sholom Dovber Shur, Avrohom Sender Schapiro
7 – Chaim Yehuda Pewzner
8 – Dovber Silverberg
Silver Trophy Winners
4 – Chaim Yisroel Vaisfiche
5 – Menachem Mendel Steiner
6 – Meir Yisroel Isser Friedman, Yehoshua Heshel Vaisfiche
7 – Sholom Dovber Horatz
8 – Tzvi Teichtel, Yosef Vaisfiche
Bronze Trophy Winners
4 – Levi Biton, Levi Yitzchok Tauger, Menachem Mendel Chein, Moshe Binyomin Druk, Levi Aharon Hendel
5 – Yirmiyahu Gurary, Yechezkel Binstock, Mendel Kantor
6 – Leibel Kaplan, Mordechai Baron
7 – Yosef Vaisfiche
8 – Yechezkel Pinson, Shmuel Vilenkin
Medalists
Anash Kinder
Berel Kogan
Ephraim Aryeh Barber
Gavriel Cohen
Hirshel Spritzer
Menachem Mendel Korol
Menny Greenberg
Nochum Avtzon
Shalom Yosef Chaim Rosenberg
Cheder Chabad, Autralia
Chaim Ber Hirshawitz
London Lubavitch, England
Dovid Schwei
Menachem Mendel Vogel
Yosef Yitzchak Lubin-overlander
Yossi Rosha
Zalman Cohen
Tzivos Hashem, Vancouver
Levi Bitton
Mendel Bitton
Tomchei Temimim, Montreal
Aron Shlomo Ashkenazi
Avrohom Menachem Nelken
Chaim Yisroel Vaisfiche
Eli Chaim Hendel
Levi Aron Hendel
Levi Yitzchok Zirkind
Menachem Mendel Plotkin
Menachem Mendel Rader
Shmuel Wenger
Yehoshua Heshel Vaisfiche
Yoisef Vaisfiche
Yosef Yitzchok Hetzroni
Yosef Yitzchok Marasow
Zev Hamburger
Cheder Chabad, Toronto
Dovber Bernstein
Levi Yitzchok Kamman
Menachem Sosover
Menachem Wagner
Menachem Mendel Slavin
Mendel Steiner
Moshe Hildeshaim
Noah Dolhan
Nochum Serebryanski
Shneur Zalman Mann
Shua Deitsch
Tzvi Zaiontz
Yisroel Aryeh Leib Plotkin
Yosef Yitzchak Landa
Cheder Menachem, California
Aaron Yakov Makhlin
Chaim Hillel Korf
Getzel Rubashkin
Menachem Mendel Kirschenbaum
Sholom Dovber Cohen
Yechezkel Binstok
Yechezkel Pinson
Yosef Peretz Cunin
Yossi Heidingsfeld
Zalman Leib Belinow
Chassidus Club, Connecticut
Avraham Yakov Borenstein
Mendel Kessler
Mendel Roth
Lubavitch Educational Center, Florida
Avraham Thaler
Eli Bronstein
Menachem Diamont
Menachem Tevardovitzch
Mendel Steinberg
Motty Baron
Shlomo Amar
Shlomo Rubinstein
Shmuel Halberstam
Shmuel Yechiel Brody
Shneur Zalman Steinberg
Yehuda Reinetz
Yekusiel Citron
Zalmy Winfeld
Lubavitch Educational Center Mesivta, Florida
Ari Rubinstein
Menachem Citron
Yossi Rubinstein
Cheder Lubavitch, Illinois
Koppel Silberberg
Levi Teldon
Meir Twersky
Menachem Mendel Brody
Menachem Mendel Staal
Menachem Mendel Zirkind
Moshe Turk
Sholom Dov Ber Hertz
Oholei Menachem, Iowa
Yehudah Hertzel
Cheder Chabad, Maryland
Avi Zev Lattin
Chaim Slavaticki
Chaim Meir Bukiet
Elya Light
Levi Slavaticki
Menachem Mendel Light
Moshe Druk
Cheder Menachem, New Jersey
Mendel Gourarie
Cheder Lubavitch, New Jersey
Menachem Mendel Benjaminson
Menachem Mendel Herson
Mendel Blesofsky
Nochum Wilhelm
Shlomo Zalman Rosenberg
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Crown Heights
Avraham Sender Schapiro
Chaim Benshimon
Chananya Moskowitz
Eliyahu Brenenson
Levi Yitzchok Osdoba
Menachem Mendel Yarmush
Moishy Nelken
Shmaya Prus
Shmuel Yosef Raskin
Yaakov Yarmush
Yoel Beyderman
Yosef Yitzchok Hertzel
Maimonides Hebrew Day School, New York
Menachem Rubin
Cheder Chabad, New York
Eliyahu Teitelbaum
Levi Yitzchak Korer
Levi Yitzchok Hendel
Levi Yitzchok Touger
Menachem Labkowski
Shmuel Glick
Yankel Sirota
Yosef Yitzchok Volfman
Ohr Temimim Buffalo, New York
Aharon Leib Munitz
Nochum Greenberg
Shmuel Labkowski
Sholom Dovber Munitz
Yisroel Okonov
Oholei Torah, Crown Heights
Avrohom Goldberg
Baruch Sandhaus
Bentzi Wolowik
Bentzion Duchman
Berel Silberberg
Berke Hendel
Dovid Okonov
Eli Chaim Schwei
Eliyahu Mizrachi
Eliyahu Nochum Zalmanov
Levy Yitzchok Heller
Meir Friedman
Menachem Belinitzki
Menachem Tzfatman
Menachem Mendel Brook
Menachem Mendel Gootblatt
Menachem Mendel Greisman
Menachem Mendel Halperin
Menachem Mendel Kogan
Mendel Duchman
Mendel Kazen
Mendel Lagziel
Mendel Mathless
Mendel Okunov
Mendel Stock
Mendel Wilhelm
Mendy Brusowankin
Mendy Wolff
Moshe Fridman
Mottel Schmerling
Motti Heppenheimer
Motti Zaklikowski
Motty Vogel
Nachman Mathless
Nissan Isaac Andrusier
Nochum Gurevitch
Nosson Gourarie
Osher Shurpin
Schneur Cousin
Schneur Zalman Laufer
Schneur Zalman Lipskier
Shalom Dov Ber Felberman
Shalom Dovber Gootblatt
Shaul Eliyahu Palace
Shimon Goldstein
Shmuel Vilenkin
Sholom Lerman
Sholom Ber Eichorn
Sholom Ber Oster
Shua Mintz
Yackov Binyamin Brashevitzky
Yirmeyahu Gourarie
Yisroel Aryeh Leib Lipskier
Yitzchok Rapoport
Yitzhak Yona Vernik
Yosef Vaisfiche
Yosef Vernik
Yudah Hildeshaim
Zalman Goldstein
Cheder At The Ohel, New York
Levi Sasonkin
Mendel Lieberman
Mendel Peles
Raphael Hassine
Sholom Lieberman
Yankel Lieberman
Yerachmiel Wolowik
Yitzchak Meir Michelashvili
Ohr Menachem, New York
Menachem Mendel Sall
Maimonides Hebrew Day School, Oregon
Levi Greenberg
Mendel Mishulovin
Cheder Chabad, Pennsylvania
Mendel Kantor
Menny Gurevitz
Moshe Goldshmid
Pinchas Eliyahu Wellerstein
Yeshiva School, Pennsylvania
Avrohom Dovid Rosenblum
Menachem Mendel Gurevitz
Sholom Shur
Yechiel Vogel
Cheder Menachem, New York
Sholom Zwiebel
Torah Day School Of Houston, Texas
Moshe David Trusch
Hillel Academy, Wisconsin
Reuven Fox
Sruli Silver
MyShliach
Aaron Leib Moss
Avraham Dovid Krinsky
Chaim Yehuda Pewzner
Daniel Eliahou Zaltzman
Leibel Kaplan
Levi Tiechtel
Mendel Chein
Mendel Gancz
Mendel Jacobson
Mendel Korik
Mendel Tiechtel
Mendel Winner
Schneur Zalman Fried
Tzvi Tiechtel
Yechiel Zirkind
Plaque
Anash Kinder
Dovid Shurpin
Menachem Mendel Sasonkin
Sefi Runyan
Yudel Hecht
Tomchei Temimim, Montreal
Chonon Fischer
Dovid Tzvi Menkes
Levi Lewin
Levi Yitzchok Hamburger
Levi Yitzchok Vaisfiche
Menachem Mendel Fine
Menachem Mendel Stern
Mordechai Wenger
Pinchas Wenger
Shalom Yemini
Shmuel Zirkind
Shneur Zalman Wenger
Sholem Traurig
Shraga Charytan
Yosef Teitlebaum
Yosef Vaisfiche
Cheder Chabad, Toronto
Levi Rappaport
Menachem Mendel Perl
Nochum Plotkin
Schneur Zalman Karpilovsky
Schneur Zalman Marmulszteyn
Uziel Wagner
Yisroel Schochet
Yisroel Zalman Karelin
Yossi Rosenblum
Cheder Menachem, California
Avrahom Mordechai Levin
Meir Yehuda Leibowitz
Mendel Rubashkin
Michoel Teitelbaum
Shneur Wagner
Tzvi Shusterman
Yitzchok Wolowik
Yosef Massoud Wagshul
Chassidus Club, Connecticut
Ari Raskin
Avrumi Meltzer
Lior Bongart
Yossele Borenstein
Yuda Lustig
Hebrew Academy, Florida
Avraham Boruch Stolik
Shmuli Keller
Lubavitch Educational Center, Florida
Chaim Mochkin
Dov Ber Balkany
Dovid Schutz
Eli Rabin
Eli Rudd
Levi Gopin
Menachem Mendel Kievman
Menachem Mendel Levin
Sholom Ber Waks
Yaakov Michoel Rodal
Zalman Brashevitzky
Lubavitch Educational Center Mesivta, Florida
Shneur Zalman Smith
Cheder Lubavitch, Illinois
Avromele Slavaticki
Mendel Wolf
Nochum Raices
Shlomo’le Bergstein
Oholei Menachem, Iowa
Levi Hertzel
Menachem Mendel Goldstein
Nochum Dubroff
Shneur Braun
Yosef Yitzchok Backman
Cheder Chabad, Maryland
Leible Druk
Menachem Mendel Green
Mully Bendet
Shlomo Zalman Rosenberg
Shneur Zalman Bukiet
Tzvi Hersh Berman
Yosef Dovid Slatkin
Cheder Lubavitch, New Jersey
Menachem Mendel Piekarsky
Tzvi Shusterman
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Crown Heights
Eli Roitblat
Menachem Levy
Menachem Mendel Adelist
Menachem Mendel Enayatian
Menachem Mendel Teichman
Mendel Rimler
Nochum Rappaport
Yosef Adelist
Maimonides Hebrew Day School, New York
Mendel Laber
Yitzchok Rubin
Cheder Chabad, New York
Dovber Teitelbam
Menachem Mendel Simpson
Mendel Korer
Yossel Litzman
Zushe Borenstein
Ohr Temimim, New York
Avraham Elyiahu Kleyman
Dovid Okonov
Nosson Labkowski
Schneur Zalman Gurary
Tzvi Hirsh Kleyman
Yosef Cohen
Oholei Torah, Crown Heights
Avrohom Dovid Lehrer
Avrohom Dovid Rotenberg
Boruch Sholom Kaplan
Chanoch Eidelman
Chayim Vogel
Dov Ber Vilenkin
Dovid Pinson
Dovid Rubinstein
Leibel Butman
Levik Sternberg
Menachem Goldman
Menachem Margolis
Menachem Wertheimer
Mendel Drizin
Mendel Fischer
Mendel Heber
Mendel Markel
Mendel Oster
Mendel Sandhaus
Mendel Shurpin
Mendel Webb
Mendel Wolowik
Mendy Elmakies
Moishe Goldshmid
Moshe Cohen
Moshe Friedman
Moshe Tzvi Hirsch Faygen
Pesach Schmukler
Schneur Zalman Sternberg
Shalom Dovber Tuller
Shlomo Yehuda Segal
Shmuel Hendel
Shmuel Rendel
Shmuel Rubinstein
Shmuel Sanowicz
Shneur Tuller
Sholom Goldstein
Sholom Dov Ber Rozenblat
Shraga Kaplan
Simcha Fayershteyn
Tzvi Schapiro
Yechiel Michel Landa
Yehuda Brawer
Yehuda Leib Marozov
Yishai Klein
Yisroel Drizin
Yisroel Glick
Yisroel Golomb
Yisroel Lewis
Yoel Balkany
Yuda Lowenbein
Yudi Kogan
Zalmy Hirsch
Zvi Levin
Cheder At The Ohel, New York
Ahre’le Mendelson
Arik Shemtov
Berel Stein
Mendel Reiter
Mendy Goodman
Shloime Matusof
Yaakov Dovid Wolowik
Ohr Menachem, New York
Dovid Ben Zion Braun
Mendel Poltorak
Shneur Zalman Sheleg
Cheder Chabad, Pennsylvania
Levi Goldman
Menachem Mendel Brennan
Sholom Gurevitz
Yeshiva School, Pennsylvania
Abba Taub
Chayim Meyer Grossman
Leibel Hoexter
Cheder Menachem, New York
Mendy Green
Hillel Academy, WIsconsin
Yehuda Rapoport
MyShliach
Aryeh Laib Lifshitz
Avraham Dovid Wolvovsky
Levi Blotner
Levi Laufer
Meir Borenstein
Menachem Mendel Cadaner
Menachem Mendel Laufer
Menachem Mendel Rothstein
Menachem Mendel Wolberg
Menachem Mendel Zaltzman
Mendel Herbstman
Moshe Zev Groner
Muleh Prus
Shneur Zirkind
Yaakov Yosef Heidingsfeld
Yoel Tzemach Krinsky
Yosef Nachman Libersohn
mazeltov
Sholemke Hertz!
huge shout out and a major mazel tov to:
MENDEL CHEIN!
yelchu mechayil el chayil!! yasher koyach!!
We are so proud of you!!
Kol hakovod to the leadership and organizers
We are so proud of the accomplishments of Tzvi Stolik
Levi Tiechtel Mendel Tiechtel Tzvi Tiechtel
And to Mina Tiechtel
What a Nachas for the Rebbe
Thousands of chayolim and Chayalos studying Sefer Hamitzvos and making learning their priority
Go Mendel!! we love you and are so very proud!!!!!!
Way to go! So proud of you always
So proud of You !!!
Your family in Montreal
We are so proud of you!
Love, Your Cousins in Yerushalayim
Keep it up.