Orly Ohayon is from Jacksonville, FL. She went to Samuel W. Wolfson Senior High School before spending a year at Tomer Devorah. Orly is currently a student at Women’s Institute of Torah Seminary- Maalot Baltimore.
Orly’s chaburah is called “Life is a Chaiway”. The chaburah explores 18 out of the 48 different ways to acquire the Torah based on Perek 6 Mishna 6 in Avos. The chaburah focuses on just like there are many different ways to get to a destination so too there are many ways to acquire the Torah.
Some examples of kinyanim that are mentioned in the chaburah, are b’talmud (with study), b’shmias ha’ozen (with a listening ear), b’kabbalas ha’yissurin (acceptance of suffering), hamekir es mekomo (knowing one’s place), noseh b’ol im chaveiro (carrying your friends burden).
“If you had to choose your favorite thing you learned on Michlelet what would it be?”
Menucha Lustig: “Everyone comes with a story, never judge just by looking. Just like I don’t want others to size me up for something I’m not, I shouldn’t do that to others.
Tzippora Felsenthal: “Yosef hatzadik was able to say no to the bad things that were normal in Egypt. So to we can stand up against peer pressure to say no to the bad even if it’s a normal thing to do.” – Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Talia Postelnek: “Words hurt everyone not just the one being spoken about but the speaker and listener, as well. We can say sorry and all but the wholes will still be there. The listener has the most power and is held the most responsible so don’t just not speak Loshon harah but stop others from speaking it as well.”
Avigail Goldberg: “We have obstacles in our lives, because Hashem wants us to daven to Him, to have a close relationship Him. He tests those He loves. Tzaddikim are tested because Hashem wants to hear from them.”