Atara Rosen is from Cedarhurst, NY, and is currently studying at Queens College. She is so excited to be a madricha on Michlelet NCSY and inspire girls that dedicated their summer to learn Torah in Eretz Yisroel! She went to Torah Academy for Girls for high school and attended Michlalah shana alef and bet for seminary.
The INCREDIBLE girl’s in Atara’s chaburah are Tali Antosofsky, (Teaneck, NJ) Rivka Frank, (Far Rockaway, NY) Shani Hans, (Monsey, NY) and Zehava Weinberg (Woodmere, NY).
Atara’s chaburah is on Pirkei Avos. She goes through one mishna a day, analyzing each phrase. Her goal is for the girls to understand and relate to the words of wisdom from our early sages. She discusses daily lessons and practical applications for the girls from topics regarding friendship, anger, love, forgiveness, judging, excuses, and goals.
QUESTION: What is your favorite quote and why?
Tali Antosofsky:
“When you’re happy you enjoy the music. When you’re sad you understand the lyrics.” -Frank Ocean
I really like this quote for a few reasons. One is that I absolutely love music, especially emotional songs. It’s when I am listening to the sad songs when I am sad about something that I really understand the meaning of what I am hearing. It makes me feel so connected, and truly inspired.
The other reason I like this quote is that it also works for life itself. Of course we should always be happy and comfortable, we should always enjoy life, but we need to make sure that we also understand life. We need the sad times to help us see the meaning behind things because that helps us understand our existence.
We need to first understand the lyrics, then we can enjoy the music. Understand life, then live it happily.
Rivka Frank:
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.”
Coming home from Michlelet is going to be the biggest jump I have ever made. I am currently leaving my “training” which I aquired through learning Torah for six weeks, and now I am going into the “battlefield.” Here on Michlelet, I am surrounded by so much inspiration and girls who want to grow just like me. However, when I get home that may not be the case. That is why I believe I should act now, in order for me to keep the inspiration and continue to make it last!
Shani Hans:
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu
This quote is really inspiring to me because sometimes in life we are faced with a challenge or a task that seems so daunting. We may think that we must have the ability to complete the entire task before even beginning. This quote works to remind me that even though I may not be able to map out the whole route, and the end seems so far away, all I need to do is take it one step at a time and with G-d’s help I will reach my goal.
Zehava Weinberg:
“It’s not how we make mistakes, but how we correct them that defines us.”
Everyone makes mistakes because no one is perfect. Without mistakes I would not be growing and working on myself to become a better person. One of the worst things in the world is a person who stays the same throughout his life, not achieving much.
I use my mistakes to motivate me, not discourage me, to inspire and influence me rather than intimidate me.
Everyone is going to make mistakes so you might as well learn from it and become a better person because of it.