Hakhel. Gathering the masses. We all learn it. This weekend thousands of girls worldwide are privileged to actually experience it.
32 schools have joined together from world wide and are generously hosted by Bais Rivkah High School for the hakhel convention of a lifetime.
The program began on Thursday with a Matan Torah experience of thunder and lightning transporting the girls to previous hakhel scenes and highlighting the significance of this year, a hakhel year.
The ornately decorated walls, scrumptious cupcake buffet, and lively music and sound effects were great accompaniments to the kickoff of the convention. The theme song was sung by a talented Bais Rivkah student, Emmi Polansky, which shared the portrayed the how the point mitzvah of Hakhel Is the same now as in the past. An aura of excitement and strength permeated the room. Rabbi Shraga Sherman addressed the girls with words of empowerment infusing within them the significance of being true to one’s self.
To intensify the hakhel feeling, the program continued on to 770 where the girls were privileged to sit downstairs and watch several clips of our melech nowadays. Rabbi Mintz spoke to the girls and got them into yechidus mode.
Each girl felt the apparent connection she had with the Rebbe and went into the rebbe’s room with the mind frame, as the MC Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov said, of “leaving your pekel behind.”
The powerful event was followed by inspiring farbrengens at the Rubashkin home. And that was only the beginning. On Friday the program continued. After davening together, many girls from different schools, the girls were met by awe inspiring rotations. There was a perfect blend of a learning experience encompassed in visuals, games, and workshops.
Exhibits created by the twelfth grade of the hostess school, Bais Rivkah, brought to life the experience and details of hakhel. It took the girls back to hakhel through the ages and enabled them to relive and experience hakhel then and now. The talent of each girl involved was evident in each exhibits display. The workshops delivered a clear guide on what it means to be a ‘battle buddy’ and practically inculcate being there for each other into our lives.
The girls also had an opportunity for learning infused with fun in a chavrusa learning program. Throughout the bustling day, there was a plentiful and delicious spread of a brunch available at all times. As the day progressed the girls were called in to take individual portraits for a grand photo of rebbetzin Chaya Mushka which will be created using the self portraits of each student. The convention is definitely off to a great start and the good news is that it will only be getting better!
I want to thank everyone who spent so much of their time to make me (and my friends) have an amazing time!!!
It was my first year, and i enjoyed every minute of it!!!
Thank you sooo much!!!
Love, a YSOP high school girl
This, was my first year going to convention and I feel so grateful to Beis Rivka for organizing this AMA program!!!
We had an incredible experience and hard to believe, 1200 girls in the whole convention!!!!! 32 schools!!!!
And again, thank you so much for EVERYTHING! ❤
You guys rooock!!!
you did an amazing job!!!!!!! you rock!!!!!
Thank you soooo much for the amazing convention! It was such a life changing experience for me and I’m sure many others. Just the Rebbe’s room would have been enough but we got soo soo much more! Thank you for all the hard work and effort, I can safely say it was worth it and you definitely changed over life! Thank you!!!!!
Oh my what a weekend. Saturday night dancing and singing – amazing!!
I had to leave town for the weekend, was just able to attend the Thursday night event. It was amazing. Mrs Abelsky opened it up as the mc with such a powerful message of the importance of each of us, much like the importance of each instrument in a big orchastra. I loved how she pulled it all together as we headed up to 770. Bais rivkah you are the best!