Chaburah Spotlight: Elana Kaminetsky

Elana Kaminetsky is from Boca Raton, Florida and attended Weinbaum Yeshiva High School followed by a year spent in Israel. She is currently a senior in Stern majoring in Math. This is her second summer as a madricha and she is excited to be back!

The girls in Elana’s chabura are Rivka Barnett (Teaneck, New Jersey),  Shoshana Laufer (Lawrence, New York), Mala Lipson (Chicago, Illinois), Elana Niknam (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and Zoie Wittenberg (Atlanta, Georgia).

Elana’s Chabura topic is “Emotions in Tanach.” After outlining and defining the emotion according to psychology and general knowledge/experience, the girls delve into different stories and places in Tanach that discuss the emotion. With the help of mefarshim and other sources, they come out with an overarching lesson about the emotion and how it is relevant to us as Jews. The goal of the chabura is to realize that emotions are so much apart of our avodas Hashem and to learn how to channel our emotions in order to make Torah and mitzvos personal and meaningful.

Which emoji would you use to describe Michlelet 5775 and why?

Rivka- ⌚️ (watch emoji) We pack so much into one day. And we really make the most of our time each day.
Shoshana- ? (speech bubble emoji) Words can’t describe how amazing this summer has been.
Mala- ? (squid emoji) Squidlelet is our mascot and no matter how much we all love learning we also know how to have a party and have fun together.
Elana- ? (tree emoji) I chose this emoji because we grow so much and Elana means tree.
Zoie- ? (hand emoji) On Michlelet, we focus a lot on connecting. Connecting to each other, the Land of Israel, and Hashem. I think that the set of hands emoji depicts an attempt to connect, and for me, that is what this summer has been all about.