Fri-Sat. Sept. 9-10

Girls Shabbaton  

in Boca Raton

Mon Sept. 12   

12:34pm 9/11 Program 

Tues Sept. 13    

3:30pm Chazak Tryouts     

4:00pm First Match-   Golf vs. Grandview

6:00pm First Game  

Girls Volleyball vs. Hebrew Academy   

Wed Sept. 14 

11:49am First WIPAC Meeting 

Post Mincha Blood Drive Kickoff 

Sat. Sept 24
Selichot Program
Grades 10-12

Wed.-Fri. Sept. 28-30
Rosh Hashana
No Highlites

Good and Welfare 

Singing (and Bonding)

in the Rain

 Junior and Senior Boys 

Elul Shabbaton

Doughnuts and 

Divrei Torah 

Torah Affairs Kicks off with a Special Elul Breakfast

 

Graphic By Eric Ditchek ('14)   

Written By Saige Rosenberg ('13)

  

On Thursday morning, the members of the Torah Affairs Committee met together for an inspirational breakfast at the dawn of the month of Elul. While eating scrumptious doughnuts and drinking orange juice, the students listened to Chair of Torah Affairs, Yisrael Weiss ('13), deliver a moving story about the unbelievable power of true Jewish belief and determination. 

Yisrael spoke about a Rabbi and his students during the Holocaust, who defied the Nazi terror and kept their Judaism strong. The Rabbi asked his yeshiva students for their last requests before going into the unspeakably horrifying gas chambers. His students replied, "It is Rosh Hashana today, and all we want is to hear the shofar blown."

When the students entered the gas chamber, the Rabbi blew the shofar with all of his might so that his students could hear the piercing blow of the Shofar one last time. And with their dying breaths, the students' requests were fulfilled as the sound of the Shofar rang through their ears, giving them the sense of Jewish pride that can only be achieved in a situation as dire as theirs.

In this month of Elul, it is imperative that we appreciate our invaluable ability to hear the shofar and practice our Judaism freely. Let the shofar be a wake-up call for us to take action and utilize our opportunities, as so many before us have made the ultimate sacrifice to achieve in Judaism what we have so easily.

Ashreinu is a weekly publication of Divrei Torah compiled by the students of WYHS. Click on the graphic above to view the year's first edition of Ashreinu.

Sephardic Savior

Alumnus Returns to Drum up Enthusiasm

Graphic By Jonah Stein ('13)

Written By Kelley Tripp ('13) 

This year, the girls' side of the Sephardic Minyan will be lead by our very own Sephardic Minyan veteran, Malka Hizkiya from the class of 2007. Malka, a graduate of Stern College for Women, is back to infuse the Sephardic students with her passion for Sephardic culture. As a WYHS student, Malka was an avid contributor to the sports teams and yearbook. Her favorite WYHS memory is the class discussions, and during her high school years, she davened in the Sephardic Minyan each day. Malka has returned to WYHS as a staff member and fondly recalls her deep and loving connection to her high school teachers. She is motivated by that close connection to, in turn, create a  special relationship with current students. 

Although Malka admits to not always being so interested in the Sephardic prayers and culture, as her years in WYHS went on, Sephardic davening became more important to Malka. This drove her to want to come back to WYHS to make Sephardic culture exciting, important and unique to each student. Over her tenure at the school, Malka intends to help the Sephardic students make their culture come alive. And so today, Malka davens with the Sefardic girls each morning and meets with them regularly at lunch time to get to know the girls in the hopes of creating a bond from which a love for Sephardic culture will be emanated.