Pushing the educational envelope to bring out the best in our students is what we do at Lubavitch Hebrew Academy. With that in mind, we arranged an end-of-year Farher with Rabbi Leibel Schapiro, Marah D’asrah of Chabad of Florida, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah of Miami, and Rav of Bais Menachem Miami Beach.
This time-honored tradition of regional Rabbis testing local Yeshiva students forges a link between one generation of Jewish learning and the next and practically underscores the value we place on student growth and achievement.
Our select group of 6th graders were examined on Masechta Baba Kama, Perek Hameiniach, while our 7th and 8th graders had to answer questions on the entire Masechta Makkos. Both of these are serious milestones at these young ages.
Not only was the experience itself an inspiration and a z’chus, so too was the lead-up to the event. To quote just three of the students:
“[Knowing that there was an upcoming Farher] encouraged me to finish the Masechta and learn it really well…”
“The nachas it brought my parents and teachers made the months of preparation well worth it.”
“It was really helpful…for Mesivta and the rest of my life.”
Suffice it to say, Rabbi Schapiro had tremendous nachas as well and was more than pleasantly surprised at the level of our students’ learning.
Huge kudos go out to Rabbi Yaakov Sheinberger, dean of Judaic Studies, who taught and encouraged the students!
