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Motzaei Shabbos, November 2
JV Basketball vs. Westchester - 8:30 - in The Max
JV Hockey @ TABC - 9:00
Don't forget to turn your clocks back 1 hour!
Sunday, November 3
Rosh Chodesh Kislev - davening in Lamport for grades 9-11
Monday, November 4Rosh Chodesh Kislev - davening in Lamport for grades 9-11
Names, Not Numbers trip to the Jewish Museum - 9:00
Chaburah with Rav Mordechai Willig - during lunch - 5th floor of Glueck
Bergen County Night Seder - 9:00-10:00 - Beth Abraham
Tuesday, November 5
Chaburah with Rav Moshe Weinberger - after davening - Glueck Beis Medrash
Mekor Chaim meeting - during breakfast - Room 202
MTA Chorus practice - during lunch - Room 405
MTA Band practice - 5th period - in the Band Room Passaic Night Seder - 8:30-9:15 - Agudah of Passaic
Chaburos with Rav Goldvicht, Rav Schachter and Rav Twersky meet after davening in the Beis Medrash
Names, Not Numbers interviewing techniques - during lunch - Room 310
Torah Bowl practice - during lunch - Room 203
Time Management Techniques Round 2 - during lunch - Room 307
Varsity Hockey vs. Ramaz - 7:45 - in The Den
Bergen County Night Seder - 9:00-10:00 - Beth Abraham
Thursday, November 7 Leadership Institute breakfast for all members - Room 203 College Bowl match - leaving at 9:50 Yeshiva Fellowship chaburah with Rav Hershel Schachter - during lunch Honors College program during lunch and first period MTA Chorus practice - during lunch - Room 404 MTA Band practice - 5th period - in the Band Room Mishmar - Dismissal 7:00 Friday, November 8 Shacharis and shiur - 8:50 - Bnai Yeshurun |
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Big Turnout for MTA Open House
by Shimmy Mandelbaum ('16)
MTA held its annual Open House this past Sunday, October 27th, in our very own Zysman Hall, where prospective students - now eighth graders - and their parents had a chance to discover more about the school. The potential students and parents of the Class of 2018 were greeted by the MTA Lion mascot and an mesmerizing saxophone performance by the talented Josh Appel ('17) at the entrance to our building. Every student was then registered using an iPad and after registration, everyone was treated to a delicious breakfast of muffins, yogurt, donuts, rugalech, coffee, and orange juice. Inside Lamport Auditorium, the prospective students and their parents were welcomed by Eli Szafranski ('17), and then addressed by our Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Michael Taubes, our new admissions director, Mr. David Leshaw, and by two other presenters, Mrs. Leah Brick, parent of three MTA alumni and a current student, Steven Stein ('15).
 During the next part of the program, the parents had the opportunity to learn about MTA and all the great programs we have to offer here, as well as to ask any questions they may have had of students, teachers, and administrators during a series of sessions in the classrooms upstairs. At the same time, the potential MTA Lions attended sessions of their own, at which they were introduced to many of MTA's unique offerings, including our Limudei Kodesh and General Studies programs, as well as athletics and extra-curriculars. Additionally, they were given an overview of the application process. When these two separate series of individual sessions ended, the students and parents were able to join together at one of three informational meetings regarding programs exclusive to MTA, namely, the Honors College, the Yeshiva Fellowship, and a progam about how our teachers keep all students motivated and inspired.
On behalf of the MTA Family, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all student and parent ambassadors, teachers, tech officers and especially our new director of admissions, David Leshaw. We hope to see many new faces at MTA next year as part of our graduating class of 2018.
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Yeshiva Fellowship Participants Learn with Rav Twersky
by Noam Josse ('18)
This past week, the Yeshiva Fellowship had the special zechus of having the first of our monthly meetings with Rav Mayer Twersky, one of the prominent Roshei Yeshiva at YU. Rabbi Twersky discussed a Midrash on Parashas Nitzavim, which relates that there was once a man who found himself in a shul, waiting for davening. As he looked around, he was astounded by the vast number of different Seforim in the shul. The man was bewildered and overwhelmed by the tremendous amount of knowledge and material there was to master. In fact, he was so overwhelmed that he resigned himself to the fact that he would never finish going through so much material, and he therefore never even started.
However, the Midrash explains that in truth, one can start with something small and if one begins to learn a little each day, he could eventually become a true talmid chacham.
The message of this Midrash and Rabbi Twersky's words were that we should not be overwhelmed by the amount of Torah there is to acquire. Rather, if we start early and commit to learning each day we will eventually succeed in becoming learned bnai Torah. All of us left the special meeting and returned to our daily schedule energized and inspired to work towards achieving our lifelong pursuit of greatness in Torah.
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Teaneck/Bergenfield Shacharis and Shiur gets Underway on Fridays
by Amiel Katz ('16)
Each week on Friday morning at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, several dozen MTA students get together for the Teaneck/Bergenfield shacharis and shiur. Rabbi Kessel, a tenth grade rabbi at MTA, meets with students who live in the Teaneck/Bergenfield area for davening at 8:50, breakfast and a short shiur. After davening everyone is treated to Donuts and other delicious food for breakfast followed by a shiur on the weekly parsha. In addition, many boys learn together b'chavrusa in the shul Beis Medrash for a good part of the morning, reviewing Gemara, Halachah and other Torah topics. It is a great experience to meet with classmates outside of the formal school setting and learn together, especially with Rabbi Kessel.
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Honors College - Where did Hebrew come from?
by Yishai Eisenberg ('14)
This past Thursday evening, the Honors College members were privileged to hear a lecture from Dr. Aaron Koller, YC Professor of Bible and YC Associate Dean, on the topic of where the Hebrew alphabet came from.
Dr. Koller took us through the Jewish sources from the Gemara regarding what language and script the Torah was given in to linguistic nuances in the Hebrew language from which its roots can be seen. Together, we examined our alphabet's roots from Egyptian and other Semitic languages, we discovered how the characters' shapes developed, and we discussed their original pronunciations. This special event was a thoroughly fascinating and enjoyable occasion, and we look forward to further such lectures in the future. The lecture concluded with a special pre-Mishmar dinner.
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Rabbi Kessel's Shiur Visits the Zoo
by Shimmy Mandelbaum ('16)
This past Wednesday, Rabbi Kessel's tenth grade shiur took a trip to the Bronx Zoo. The shiur boarded the buses after breakfast for what would be a great bonding experience for the class.The boys had many opportunities to witness the incredible creatures at the zoo, ranging from sea creatures to reptiles to land mammals to those that can fly, and to admire the amazing beauty, wisdom, and complexity of Hashem's world.
However, the students did have to end the fun at some point and return back to school for their afternoon classes.Walking through the zoo together had a truly positive impact on the class, and the boys hope to participate in many more shiur trips throughout the year.
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- Rabbi Sid Schimmel, retired MTA psychology teacher, returned to MTA to give a guest lecture to Rabbi Mendelson's AP Psychology class.
- On Wednesday evening, a small get-together was held to pay a well-deserved tribute to long-time MTA Rebbe and former Head of School Rabbi Dr. Michael Hecht, now celebrating his 50th year at MTA, by having one of the downstairs offices, Room 109, named in his honor. This office, where Rabbi Hecht sat as Head of School, was dedicated by Mr. and Mrs. Zev and Judy Hecht Berman. In keeping with Rabbi Hecht's modest demeanor, the get-together was attended by family members only.
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Varsity Basketball Suffers an Overtime Defeat
by Ezra Teichman ('14)
On Tuesday night, the Lions faced the Magen David Warriors. The Lions played an excellent first half, especially on the defensive end, and went into the half up by one. But the Lions could not buy a bucket in the third quarter and quickly fell behind. By the time the fourth quarter came around, the Lions found themselves down by ten points. But thanks to some big shot-making by Willy Kluger (10 points) and Akiva Gottlieb (10 ponts), the Lions were able to cut the lead to three. With forty seconds left, Eli Lipner (17 points) was fouled on a three pointer and hit all three free throws to tie the game. After a defensive stop, the game went into overtime. In overtime, however, the Lions did not execute from the line and could not stop Magen David on the other end. The final score was 58-53 in favor of MDY.
JV Hockey Loses In A Nail-biter
by Gabi Rosenthal ('14)
On Tuesday night, the MTA JV Hockey Lions played their home opener against the Kushner Cobras. MTA came out strong and eleven seconds into the game freshman Zack Borgen scored the first goal of the season on a ball he batted out of the air. Kushner kept on putting shots on net but could not score. Halfway through the first period, Captain Eli Richland scored to put MTA up 2-0 which was the score at the end of the first. Kushner scored on a controversial goal halfway through the second to cut MTA's ;ead in half, and a minute later Kushner had a breakaway and scored to tie it up at 2. Kushner then scored halfway through the third and that proved to be the game winning goal.
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מזל טוב
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Mazal Tov to Rabbi Samuel Borenstein and his wife on the birth of a granddaughter, a daughter to Menachem Mendel and Devorah Borenstein!
Mazal Tov to Mr. Sasha Semach upon his engagement to Ms. Rachel Aviv!
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Noam Shelly
11/3
Jesse Schwalb
11/4
Eli Szafranski
11/5
Willy Kluger
11/7
Josh Blumenthal
11/8
Yosef Stern
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Upcoming Events
Yeshiva-Wide Shabbaton (note change in date)
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