Category: BAUK
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Making Machane Tefilla Great (Again?)- By Rafi Davis
Anyone who has participated in a machane may grimace slightly at the mention of Tefilla over that 1 or 2 week period. The unfortunate truth is that davening on machane is often a far cry from a powerful, uplifting religious experience. It’s often rushed, interspersed with disruptions and frequently an uphill battle for any sort…
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Libi b’mizrach, v’ani b’sof ma’arav- by Michael Kay
Filling out my application for Israel Machane a few months ago, one question in particular popped out at me. Starting to write my reply felt like letting rain fall. You can only ever find the words for what you feel to an extent. But having found something (and after a bit of editing) I thought…
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LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX – BY CHANA BE’ERI
I have chosen to publish this article as I feel strongly that these conversations must be held, and that the only way to remove the stigma surrounding a subject is to discuss it. I hope readers find it to be thought-provoking and feel inspired to start their own conversations on the complex topics touched upon…
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“SHOULD BA BE DOING MORE FOR PEOPLE AT NON-TORANI MIDRASHOT & YESHIVOT?” – BY DANIA MANN-WINEBERG
‘The following peula will be for Torani only. Everyone else can have menucha’. The year was 2018 and I was in the middle of my year in Israel, a talmida at MMY and an attendee on ‘Shabbat Shevet Avichai’, a shabbaton organised by Bnei Akiva, supposedly for anyone in my shevet spending time in Israel…
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“That Machane Life” – Josh Daniel
Last month I had the privilege to lead winter machane for the first time and it was incredible. One of the kevutzot on this particular camp involved talking about the various things madrichim sacrifice for B’nei Akiva and the perceptions of those sacrifices in university. We all went around the table and wrote down the…
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The Mazkir Reflects – Rafi Cohen
“What a week it has been, and it’s only Tuesday.” Rafi Cohen, Mazkir I said these words on Monday evening as the clock approached midnight. It did indeed feel like a week had passed with so many incredible, moving and touching events tying together the previous few days. Let me take you through those events…
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#5 March of the Living 2019 – Jemma Silvert
This year, Bnei Akiva sent five delegates on March of the Living UK, as part of the student bus: Jodie Franks, Rafi Hambling, Chana Bernstein, Noah Haber, and Jemma Silvert. Every day this week, we will share an article from each of them, hearing about their experiences in Poland, what they took from the trip,…
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#4 March of the Living 2019 – Noah Haber
This year, Bnei Akiva sent five delegates on March of the Living UK, as part of the student bus: Jodie Franks, Rafi Hambling, Chana Bernstein, Noah Haber, and Jemma Silvert. Every day this week, we will share an article from each of them, hearing about their experiences in Poland, what they took from the trip,…
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#3 March of the Living 2019 – Chana Bernstein
This year, Bnei Akiva sent five delegates on March of the Living UK, as part of the student bus: Jodie Franks, Rafi Hambling, Chana Bernstein, Noah Haber, and Jemma Silvert. Every day this week, we will share an article from each of them, hearing about their experiences in Poland, what they took from the trip,…
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