Chaburah Spotlight: Gabby Rahimzada

Gabby Rahimzada is from Great Neck, NY. She went to Central and after that spent a year in MMY. She is now a junior in Stern College majoring in Jewish Education. This is Gabby’s third summer on Michlelet – she spent two years as a camper and is so excited to be back as a Madricha this summer!

The girls in Gabby’s homeroom are: Ariana Balk (Engelwood, New Jersey), Tehila Deil (Great Neck, New York), Elinoa Draiman (Chicago), and Sela Boord (West Hempstead, New York).

Gabby’s chabura goes through the Jewish calendar and relates the various chagim to different themes and concepts within them. The girls discuss how each chag is “A Time To…” focus on something specific and find practical applications for their lives. For example, while studying Purim we discussed how Hashem is hidden throughout the story and the Jewish people needed to find Him in a time of such struggle. Based on this idea we can have greater appreciation and hakarat hatov for the little things in life and an understanding that Hashem is always there in any situation or obstacle we face, even though we may need to put in effort to find Him.

What is your favorite chag and why?
Ariana: My favorite chag is pesach because it’s a time when our whole entire family is together and our seders are amazing and we sing a lot and its always so beautiful and meaningful!
Tehila: My favorite chag is Purim- it actually really wasn’t always at all but after learning about it and the holiness to that day I’m now looking forward to it now.
Elinoa: My favorite chag is Chanukah because of the donuts and presents and family time and singing and dreidel spinning with my sisters 🙂
Sela: My favorite chag is Pesach because it’s so different than any other chag and I love to spend time with my family!