Our first Bivas Shabbaton was incredible! The National Board had an amazing time exploring New York, spending Shabbat at the beautiful Romaniote synagogue in the Lower East Side as well as singing at the Annual Sephardic Brotherhood Gala. See below for photos and features from this amazing winter weekend!
Highlights of the Weekend:
- Ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty and Immigration Museum
- Shabbat at the Romaniote Synagogue in the Lower East Side
- Sharing Shabbat with guests of the Sephardic Brotherhood Gala including the honorees
- Our Bivas boys leading the “Mil Dan” (Torah auctions) in Ladino at Kehilla Kedusha Yanina.
Special thanks to Larry Almo, gabbai at Sephardic Bikkur Cholim in Seattle for teaching the boys via zoom! - Community havdalah
- Pizza and Times Square on Saturday night
- Rockfeller Center and The Vandervilt Exhibit Sunday Morning
- Singing in Ladino at The Sephardic Brotherhood Gala! It was an amazing night!
Three Bivas members had solos: - Sam Hadar — “Cuando El Nimrod”
- Sara Miller — “Morenika”
- Ari Mergui — “La Vida Do Por El Raki”
A big thank you to Ethan Marcus and The Sephardic Brotherhood for sponsoring the Shabbaton for our teens! Thank you for this memorable weekend!
