Over the past week, the Sydney Mad body was hard at work, on Madsem, planning for Hineni 2018. Yummy food was eaten. Words of Torah spoken. During a Shiur, Madrichim learned a powerful passage from Ramban, who said: “Accustom yourself to speak gently to all people at all times.” Just as Ramban explores the power of words, of speaking gently to others at all times. To not act out in anger and to pick out your words with care. So does this week’s parasha talk about the importa

This weekend the madrichim will be on a seminar aptly titled 'madsem'🎉🎉🎉. As most of us live at home, this means being away from our parent's dining room table for the weekend. This also happens to be the week that we learn about the vessels that were placed inside the Mishkan during Bnei Yisrael's time in the desert. One of those vessels is the 'Shulchan', a holy table made of acacia wood. The Talmud (Chagiga 27a) states that "now that the Beit Hamikdash is destroyed, a p

Shalom Chaverim, Next week the Madrichim are heading off for a weekend seminar to prepare ourselves for a new year of educating, ruaching and general hineni-ing. In the lead up our Melbourne roshim (Sammy and Charlotte) were looking for someone with a first aid certificate to act as a medic on our seminar. As I got involved in this goose chase it got me thinking about why a first aid certificate suddenly gives one the power to help someone medically? Which got me thinking abo

Hi, I am Eitan Meyerowitz and I am the new Head of Jewish Life at Hineni for 2018. Last year while I was on Hineni Shnat, Benji Prawer kept the parents, madrichim and chanichim updated on weekly Parsha ideas and Shabbat times. I plan to continue the tradition this year while working on other projects to bring Jewish life and learning directly to our wonderful chanichim. This week’s parasha is Yitro, which actually happens to be my bar mitzvah portion, so it seems fitting that