Orly Ohayon is from Jacksonville, FL. She went to Samuel W. Wolfson Senior High School before spending a year at Tomer Devorah. Orly just recently graduated from Maalot Baltimore with a B.A. in Judaic Studies and minored in Psychology. She will be attending Wurzweiler this upcoming fall Be”H.
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 the Mishnah in Avos (6:6). 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).
“What was one idea that you learned on Michlelet, that really impacted you?”
Chava Shapiro (Bergenfield,NJ)
I learned how important it is for us to live in Israel and how much of an impact everything we do has on the Geula. Living is Israel will bring it closer.
Shylee Delman (Columbus, Ohio)
We are learning about all of different things Torah is; Torah is not just the actual words of the Talmud or Chumash, Torah is also careful listening, well articulated speech, and forty-five other virtues as taught in the mishna.
Elisheva Emmer (Staten Island, NY)
One important thing that I learned from our Chabura and Michlelet in general is to respect and love all Jews just because they are a Jewish and that makes them very special no matter what!
Bracha Gluck (Brooklyn,NY)
One idea that I learnt on michlelet so far that really impacted me is that we are mourning the בהמ״ק because it was a physical reminder that we are all brothers and sisters; a Jew is a Jew is a Jew. It caused me to open up my eyes to the judgements that I cast on the people around me daily, and gave me the outlook to start searching for similarities between the people around me and myself. Another constant idea expressed by many of the teachers and madrichot on michlelet, that really speaks to me is their outlook on our relationship with G-d. I always saw מצוות as something I do for G-d, but now that I’ve heard the idea, it makes a lot of sense that I’m doing the מצוות for myself, and it has definitely enhanced my עבודת and אהבת Hashem.