Tali Shabat is from Chicago and went to Hanna Sacks for high school, followed by a year and a half in Darchei Binah. She is currently in Touro College for business. Tali is so excited to be back spending her second summer on Michelet, and first as a Madricha.
Tali’s Chabura is titled “What Are You Made Of?” where she discusses different middos that are a part of who we are, and how we can improve in each middah. For example ayin tova, jealousy and privacy.
Tali’s Chabura is made up of an amazing group of girls including Eliana (Tiferes), Mali (MHS),Miriam (BYOB), Myah (TAG), Talia (MHS), Yael (MHS).
Eliana- My favourite night speaker so far was Rabbi Willing. He talked about the importance of loving another Jew/friend. Someone who greets someone by either asking how they are or just even smiling at them is validating and makes the person feel important. A person who does this has given them the most amazing gift of all. Listening to Rabbi Willing opened my eyes and ears to this amazing lesson of אהבת ישראל.
Miriam- I learn so much from all the night speakers on Michlelet, but if I had to choose one that I especially connected to then it would be Rabbi Turetsky. He gave over inspiring words through anecdotes and personal examples. He spoke about reciting 100 brachos a day, in theory this sounds very difficult but he explained that really it’s not so difficult as long as we remember to recite these brachos while doing our daily tasks. He also gave many examples about hashgacha pratis and pushing yourself a little bit past your comfort zone in order to grow from it. He showed us that we can truly connect to HaShem through our brachos every single day.
Talia- My favorite night speaker was rabbi willig because his words really spoke to me. “Words change moods.. moods change lives”. I feel like that really impacted me and taught me how important the things you say are. Be careful with what you say, because the words you say can change someone whether for the better or for the worse.
Yael- My favorite night speaker was Moe Mernick because by speaking about his personal struggle with his stutter he showed that every person goes through struggles, while making it relatable to our lives. He gave over the message that sometimes it takes time to see Hashems ways, and that people won’t necessarily avert to the thought process of everything’s from hashem, that can take time. But looking closely you can see it’s all from Hashem, and that no matter what Hashem is there for us at all times.
Mali- My favorite night speaker was Moe Mernick because it was so inspiring to see how someone with such a big challenge is able to overcome it every single day. His story was really interesting and it was amazing to see how he grew so much from everything he went through in his life.
Myah- My favorite night speaker was rabbi willing bc he spoke about how love saves lives and that really stuck to me rabbi willing says “somebody who excepts there friend with a want/with love it’s as if u gave them the greatest gift in the world” and I feel this is a very good lesson to have in our minds in this day in age so we can iyh bring mashiach in our times!!
