On a United flight from Minnesota to JFK in New York, special mention was made of a group of Chabad girls on board.
Welcoming the passengers to their final destination, a flight attendant referred to the girls from Lubavitch Cheder Day School of Minnesota who flew into New York to take part in the International Tzivos Hashem Chidon Shabbaton and Competition.
The flight attendant wished the girls “Good Luck” in the competition which takes place Sunday in Crown Heights, to which they received applause from fellow passengers.
Driving up Kingston this morning you can’t miss the warm welcome, a beautiful Bruchim Habaim to the 116 girl finalists that have come in from around the world!
The time for the grand Chidon Shabbaton has arrived. Flights have arrived from around the world and cars and vans have pulled up from across the country. The excitement has been building for months, and now the excitement is electric.
Registration started at the Jewish children’s museum, where the Girls said Pessukim and wrote their Panim, and are now on their way to the Ohel.
“I’m excited to be here,” says Mushky Goldberg who flew in from Cheder Lubavitch Minnesota. “It’s scary though, too, because I’m representing my base—I want to make my teachers and classmates proud.” 116 finalists will compete for the gold, silver, or bronze medal, earned based on their final test scores.
“We are extremely proud of yaldei Hashluchim Sara Fajnland from Virginia and Chana Glazman from Riga, Latvia,” says rabbi Mendy Shanowitz of MyShliach. “Living in remote cities around the world, these students have dedicated their time for the past six months to learning for the Chidon. We couldn’t be more proud to finally welcome them to Crown Heights.”
“There is no need to elaborate on how much it means to the Rebbe that every man, woman, and child study the daily portion of Rambam.” said Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice chairman of Merkos. “Our goal is for every child to have a clear understanding of all 613 mitzvos of the Torah as codified by the Rambam, so that for the rest of their lives, when they study the daily shiur, they will be able to comprehend it properly.”
After months of learning and taking tests, it looks like that goal has been achieved. “The chidon has pushed even the brightest of our children to go beyond their comfort zones,” says Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson – Executive director of Tzivos Hashem.
I happened to be on the aircraft at the time and I happen to think that it is amazing that the flight attendant would take the time to support them. Kudos to those girls!
GO gitty, rochel, sara, menucha, shira, and rikel!!!!
good luck!!!
<3 SF
Go gittie, rochel, menucha, shira, Sara and rikel!!!!
-RC
Girls this Sunday, the boys the week after. They are all winners! May they go from strength to strength. Get your tickets and go watch them in action on Sunday!
Given that the plane was full of people, I’m not sure why you would assume that it was the LCDS MN children who were whooping and not other passengers showing excitement and support. Even if it was them, let children be children! For 10 girls from an area with a small Jewish population to have made it to the finals of such a tough competition is a *huge* accomplishment. They should be able to show some excitement when such an announcement is made!
Everyone who participates is a winner and should use their knowledge to teach others. Is it just girls? Shouldn’t the sign be written in lashon nekaiva?
go 7th graders
u rock
love mrn
Shimmy Weinbaum, you are so talented. Seriously, I don’t know how you manage to do it all.
Keep making the Rebbe proud
Menucha, Shira, Sara, Rikel, Rochel, Gitty!!!
You girls are great! Hatzlacha Rabba!
Mrs. Friedman
Good luck! Proud of you all:
Go Leah, Chaya Risa, Rochelle, Moussia, and Chaya Sara!!! Good luck!!
raizel vigler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
u r sooooo gonna win!
I love the pic of you guys
go menucha !!!!!
good luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
best cuz (/neice)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(though u drove in )
i have no taynos to the kids,I happen to agree that it is not refined to whoop in a public place.However, these chayalos are just a wonderful group of kinderlach imitating what they have seen adults doing hundreds of times.Let us all congratulate each and every one of the 116 contestants and give them a brocha for hatzlocha.Let us ask Hashem to bring Moshiach ,when everyone will undewrstand on their own,what is refined ,and what is unrefined.
If I was asked to explain what KIDDUSH HASHEM means, I would show this video as an example!
Shepping so much nachas!!!
ANd wonderful!
Told me she had no idea about this until she got a note telling her that her class was attending on Sunday
Please in the future can there be more going on about this in the school to make sure all the kids and parents are aware about this and to encourage them more than once to participate
oh get a life yes u need one…
whoop whoop – you girls are amazing!
Thank you Morah Greene for all that you do!!!
My two granddaughters are on this trip. So proud of you Geula and Esther Brownstein!!!!
Love you, Savti
i think their response was in good taste and not over the top. best wishes to them in the chidon.
They are kids and their flight was delayed 3 hours and they were exhausted and excited.
Hatzlocho, and I’m so proud of you all!!
that’s wonderful
Signs of Moshiach I think.
Chana simcha
Kids are coming from all over the world! It’s very exciting!!
(I do wish we would train our kids not to ‘whoop’ in public though. It’s so unrefined…)
That’s adorable. Best of luck to all the finalists, have fun! Kudos to the TH team (R & S), you are the best 🙂
This is serious stuff!