Purim - Back In The Day
Now?
If you don't mind excusing the amateur job, isn't this a little bit more like what he should be after all these years in yeshiva?
Happy Birthday Michoel! Tishrei '68 coming up!
Yeshiva goes Skiing but this time with lifts!!!
For the past two Sundays those who excelled in Yeshiva were treated to a day of skiing on mount Lavina in Yekatrinoslav. There at the mountain the guys actually had the privilege to go up the mountains with lifts as opposed to our trip to the Carpathian Mountains where foot power was all we got (due to poor snow conditions). The boys had a wonderful time, and definitely hope to get to do it again in the future.
Happy Birth-day Michoel Yitchok Fedosav!!
Then
Now
As you can see Yeka and Yeshiva have made great changes in his life.
We in Yeshiva all wish Michoel a happy and fulfilling year begashmius and beruchnius. With G-d's help you will use all the powers given to you to bring Moshiach closer!
Yeka Production...
Working on this episode was: Peretz Golding, Chaim Bryski, Sumashedshie Mendy, Akiva Danzinger (Zalmy Hecht is an honorary yeka member)
Mazal Tov!
Eli Kapluniski, 13
3 Adar, Mazal Tov!
(I'm not sure about this one - but i think it's his Bar Mitzvah)
May you grow to be a Chosid, Yerei Shamayim, and a Lamdan
Yossi Belkin, Counselor
3 Adar, Happy Birthday!
Shnas Hatzlacha!
Betzalel Menachem Mendel Sulai, 15
4 Adar, Happy Birthday!
Shnas Hatzlacha!
Moshe Rendler, 5 Adar
Devoticated Staff Member and Shliach to Mironova '66
Wishing him a great year, filled with great things!
Hachnosas Sefer Torah in Yeka
Wild dancing and singing were heard in the streets of the Rebbe’s city last Thursday as a new Sefer Torah was donated to the Yeshiva’s Levi Yitzchok. The Sefer Torah with its hundred year old history which includes surviving the pogroms of the early 1900’s to escaping the clutches of the evil hand of the Communistic “Iron Curtain” is a true symbol of Jewish perseverance.
With meticulous and painstaking effort the head Sofer to Deneper and Mashpia in the Yeshiva, Reb Rueven Margolin worked for many months writing many new parshios for it and to gave it a real make over.
The entire community came out to sing and dance in honor of the new Torah, welcoming it to its new and final home. Hakafos were held in the Yeshiva’s Shul and went on for many hours followed by a grand seudah.
Otchin Vezholstaya - An ad by Yeka
What in the world was Meir saying?
This year during color war, the winning team of Mitzvah made a Coca-Cola advertisement that aired on w.y.e.k.a. in the Belanova region, for the entertainment of the local babushkas. Each staff member would say his most innate feeling about Coke. (See video at the bottom of this post). Meir too, expressed his feeling, although it is debatable what he meant.
Well I guess this post is geared to those a little more versed in the Russian language. After watching the video one evening, trying to get the full picture, I couldn't get for the life of mine, what Meir was saying. Asking him on the following day in 770, shed little light. “Otchin Vezholostaya” he told me. I said “Who”? That is what he was told to say, however it might be possible that he didn't correctly understand it, not having majored in Russian literature, explained Meir.
Asking some local friends originating from 
No such word – was Avraham’s curt reply.
Akiva maintained that the word must have been влажный – wet or moist. That’s true.
Dovid Litvishenko’s opinion: вежливо – polite and civil. Well, maybe Meir was asking to please pass the coke.
Yasha Gurevitz (not pictured) said it reminds him of выживать – to survive. He must have been dying for some coke.
Boruch Leder: выживает – gives life. Now there’s a compliment to Coca-Cola.
Shlomo Natyushi said жилистая - stringy; wiry. Is it possible that coke gives him digestive problems, or is it perhaps some new form of medication?
Meir Korogodskiy’s immediate reply was тяжело стоять - difficult to stand. I don’t know what he’s been putting in his coke. (or is it Coc…)
Zev Kurshmitzky’s answer was выжимать – to squeeze out. Does he like coke so much, that he was drooling enough to need to squeeze his shirt out?
Yehudah Tzik after initially stating that this was глупост – nonsense, and convincing him of the urgency of the matter conceded to respond. Живистая (slang for выносливый) -which means hardy and of great endurance. (Obviously this is only before the fizz runs out).
Well, What do you think? Now it's your turn to decide. As for me, I think I'll stick to Dr. Pepper for tonight. Happy Drinking!Holocaust Documentary Hits Theaters in Ukraine
The much talked about Holocaust documentary “Spell Your Name,” produced by legendary American director Steven Spielberg and Ukrainian philanthropist Viktor Pinchuk, will be premiering in theaters this week. The film, directed by Ukrainian director Serhiy Bukovsky, focuses on the recollections of victims of Nazi persecution in Ukraine during the Second World War. It was made in cooperation with Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation Institute based at USC in Los Angeles, California. The film had a small premier for the media a few months ago – Spielberg himself came to Kyiv for the occasion. It will finally be shown to wider audiences throughout Ukraine. What’s more, the documentary will be added to the state educational program. In autumn the Ukrainian Teachers Association of History and Social Studies is going to offer seminars and present a DVD version of the film, along with a supplemental manual, to teachers at 15 Kyiv schools. After the screenings at cinemas, the film may then be distributed to television stations. The documentary constitutes the first part of a trilogy which will be dedicated to the “three great tragedies of the Ukrainian nation,” as Viktor Pinchuk says – the Holocaust, Holodomor and Chornobyl disaster. Film Synopsis
Produced by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, made possible by a generous grant from Victor Pinchuk, and in continued partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Spell Your Name is a feature-length documentary about the Holocaust in Ukraine.
Ukrainian film director, Sergey Bukovsky crafted the film using Ukrainian and Russian-language testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute archive and new footage shot on location in Ukraine.
Director Sergey Bukovsky takes the viewer on a journey of discovery as he and several Ukrainian students absorb the testimony of local people who escaped brutal execution and those who rescued friends and neighbors during the Holocaust.
A collection of men and women share the details of their experiences, and we are afforded a glimpse of modern day Ukraine: the ethnic stereotypes that continue to exist and the manner in which Post-Soviet society is dealing with the question of how to memorialize the sites where tens of thousands of Jewish families and others were executed and thrown into mass graves.
For more information, visit the official site at spellyourname.org.
“A Mezuzah for Every House”
For two weeks the students of Dnepropetrovsk Yeshiva “Nakhlas Levi,” the volunteers and the colleagues in the Jewish community have been visiting homes and apartments of the elderly, limited-income families who have identified themselves as members of the Jewish community.
After explaining the importance and value of the commandment of mezuzah, they present a mezuzah to these families as a gift, and help them perform the solemn ceremony of placing a mezuzah at the entrance of the house.
The majority of those, who received this gift from the community, did not have the means to purchase their own mezuzah at a synagogue or Judaica store. Together with the mezuzah the volunteers also delivered gift packages: fruits, Kosher delicacies, chocolate, cheese, confections, canned foods, and juices.
The volunteers visited one hundred twenty families. Each man would lay tefillin. Each family was invited to participate in community events, including the celebration of Purim, and explained the commandments and traditions of the holiday.
Pesach HCs Announced
ATT: Bochurim!
Looking for something different this Pesach?
Staff opportunities are available for Pesach Camp in Ukraine. Tzivos Hashem of the CIS under the directorship of Rabbi Yossi Glick is proud to announce the Head Counselors for the 5767 Pesach Camp for boys will be Arele Teleshevsky and Berel Bruchshtat of CGI Yekatrinoslav.
We are currently accepting applications for staff members. Preference will be given to those with previous camp experience, knowledge of Russian is not necessary, but is helpful.
IY"H there will be a Kevorim trip to the Kivrei Tzadikim around the Ukraine (Ba'al Shem Tov, Alter Rebbe, Mitler Rebbe, Reb Levi Yitzchok of Bardichov etc...)
For more information about the camp you can visit www.yekatrinoslav.com/pesach
Bochurim who are interested in coming as staff members should email: pesachcamp@gmail.com for an application form.
Happy B-day! Have a great year!
Mendel Slabadskoy, 14
27 Shvat, Mazal Tov!
Aviel Geregel, 14
28 Shvat, Mazal Tov!ON A ROLL - MAZAL TOV BENNY!!
A BIIIIG MAZAL TOV TO BENNY (FLESH BITTING) HERKOVITCH ON HIS ENGAGEMENT TO SONY RODAL FROM ITALY... GUESS AMERICANS AREN'T GOOD FOR EITHER ONE OF US, BEN... MY HONEY-CRUNCH IS ORIGINALLY FROM ISRAEL.. GD BLESS WITH ONLY BLESSINGS AND EDIFICES ETC...!!
California Update
Just wanted to post a quick update from our CA headquarters.... Big Mazel Tov to one of our best patrons, who after spending a summer in Ukraine (pre Yeka era) was still able to be convinced, persuaded and swindled into coming back for two more years... (one of which was not easy; to say the least.....) Mendy Pellin, mazel tov, we are all very happy for you. Unfortunately the night you asked me to look into, is already booked at the "dom pristerelih" (old age home) so Mironova or Katzubinskaya seem to be the only options at the moment... Wishing you a binyan adei ad with much happiness together. Also belated mazel tov to Michoel on the birth of his daughter, and a very belated to Eli Pink for his second. Here's a little video from our recent fishing trip.... Chaim
MAZEL TOV MENDY!!!
Huge Mazel Tov to long time Yekahead, devoted NAD, star of smash hit 'Sumashedshi's Travels, and Chabad News Online host, 'Sumashedshi Mendy' on his engagement!!!
Boy, thats gonna make for a lot of disappointed Babushkas!
Happy Birthday Yanki!
Yanki Ascher
Long Time Yeka head, Mironova Shliach, Tzivos Hashem...
Mazal Tov! Blessings for a great year full of great things!
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