This week on Lag B’Omer, our entire school came together to celebrate students who have excelled in Torah learning, good character, diligence, and chesed. It was a meaningful way to mark the day.

This week on Lag B’Omer, our entire school came together to celebrate students who have excelled in Torah learning, good character, diligence, and chesed. It was a meaningful way to mark the day. In addition to our students’ impressive achievements, it was wonderful to watch their classmates cheer each award winner, filling our entire award ceremony with ruach, support, and achdut. The Daf Yomi Club opened the ceremony by making a siyum. Yasher koach to junior William Moscovitch for leading the siyum and to other club members Yoni Chastkofsky, Yaakov Chastkofsky, Ruvi Gurvich, Bennett Kroll, Max Leonard, and Jacob Thomas. Torah Excellence Awards recipients included: Emily Adler, Ami Appel, Dahlia Bildner, Shosh Boshes, Yis Burgher, Yoni Chastkofsky, Eli Comrov, Molly Fogel, Ayden Frankel, Tani Frazin, Dina Gottlieb, Yona Jones, Devorah Kaplowitz, Maayan Kohanchi, Raeli Lopin, Asher Segal, Yael Schwartz, Aharon Steinberg, Jacob Thomas, Ariella Titievsky, and Kira Wittlin. Middot Tovot Award recipients included: Emily Adler, Libby Bleichman, Yair Dreytser, Zamira Elias, Eli Fretzin, Zachary Fogel, Asher Gelerinter, Oren Goizman, Zachary Kupietzky, Hillel Lennon, Max Leonard, Avigayil Loebmann, Levi Madoff, Ariele Martin Shafrir, Esti Mora, Orli Neiger, Eliana Neiger, and Meira Schultz. Hasmadah Award winner included: Dani Allswang, Rivky Belsh, Lily Douek, Tani Gavant, Ami Gavant, Ruvi Gurvich, Yaffa Hoberman, Akiva Joseph, Aaron Koenig, Max Leonard, Sarah Leonard, Josh Miller, William Moscovitch, Jacob Thomas, and Kira Wittlin. Yegiah b’Torah Award recipients included: Sammy Bajtner, Michal Belsh, Chavi Campbell, Yair Dreytser, Asher Gadd, Aaron Gelb, Yoni Hellman, Zachary Kupietzky, Shiri Litwak, Maydon Mosbacher, Kira Neiger, Eden Salvadori, Menachem Steinberg, and Shuli Stopek. Binyamin Friedman, Yaffa Hoberman, Isaac Kaplowitz, Baila Laber, and Ariella Titievsky were honored for performing the most chesed this year. The Nach Yomi Club celebrated their second cycle of Tanach: mazel tov to club members Libby Bleichman, Maayan Engel, Kinneret Finegold, Yaffa Hoberman, Maya Kutliroff, Sarah Leonard, Meira Schultz, Ariella Titievsky, and Kira Wittlin. Yasher koach to senior Ami Gavant on winning the Jason Lerner ’95, z”l, Memorial Yehudi HaTov Award, honoring a student selected by his or her peers for exceptional dedication to Torah, middot, and chesed. Thank you to our Mechanchim for making this event so beautiful and meaningful, and thank you to senior Josh Miller for photos of the event.