Elisheva was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and attended Hanna Sacks there. Post highschool she spent two years learning in Israel. Elisheva will be making Aliyah this upcoming year (Hurray!!!) and will be studying education specifically in Tanach and English at Michlalah while being a Madricha at Midreshet Moriah.
She hopes to continue her involvement at NCSY whether it be through keeping in touch, summer programs, or perhaps even Israel NCSY as soon as it takes off!
Having attended Michlelet as a camper for two years, Elisheva is very excited to be able to give back and to learn with and from the girls on Michlelet.
The NCSYers in Elisheva’s Chaburah are Ayelet Stern (Chashmonaim, Israel), Carmielle Bean (Denver, CO), Meira Gurell (Teaneck, NJ), Ariella Benovitz ( ), Miri Minkowitz (Brooklyn, NY), Moriel Draiman (Chicago, IL), Sarah Last (Plainview, NY), Sima Alhadeff (Seattle, WA), Elisheva Greenberg (Teaneck, NJ), and Devory Berger (Upstate NY).
Elisheva’s Chaburah is about the importance and the transition between relationships Bein Adam L’Atzmo (Between Man and Himself), Bein Adam L’Chaveiro (Between Man and His Friend), and finally, Bein Adam L’Makom (Between Man and G-D). Some example topics in each of these areas are “Having a Lech Lecha experience, finding yourself”, “Your Best Enemy – Lesson on the Yetzer Harah”, “I believe I can and He can, a lesson on the balance between self confidence and humility” and more! The Chaburah is text based with a range of sources in Hebrew and English. Often including Tanach, the teaching of Rav Kook zt”l, Rav Ahron zt”l, Rav Soloveitchik zt”l, Mesilat Yesharim, and many more exciting Sfarim! Often there is also a story being told or a song or video presentation to drive home the lessons even more in an exciting way.
What lesson stood out the most to you on Michlelet in Chaburah or in general?
Carmielle Bean- That the Torah is literally the instructions for how we should live our life.
Meira Gurrell- Many people think that the yetzer harah is a figure to set one up for failure. However, a different approach that I learned in Chaburah, was that the yetzer harah is our coach and trainer. He tries to push us to overcome challenges and to strive to reach our potentials. We must r realize that our yetzer harah is here to assist us, and we must prove to him that we can defeat any obstacle standing in our way.
Miri Minkowitz – I really like the topic of Achdut and the Pirkei Avot describing the unconditional love between Dovid and Yehonatan.
Sarah Last- I really liked this quote – “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give,”.
Sima Alhadeff- “This summer with Elisheva, I learned a thought about the Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) that I liked a lot. I learned that I should not only think of the Yetzer Hara as my enemy, trying to get me to do the wrong thing. Rather, I can and should also think of it as a coach, my friend. My Yetzer Hara is training me and testing me until I reach my full potential as a Bat Yisrael. My Yetzer Hara is helping me to be the best me I can be,”.