Around The Community: Emek’s Bekius Overnight Trip to Big Bear

Rabbi Shifman’s Bekius class participated in a very special overnight trip to Big Bear to celebrate the completion of Meseches Taanis. The boys began their adventure on Thursday morning at Emek with davening and breakfast.  When arriving to Big Bear, the boys first went boating and tubing on Big Bear Lake, and after loads of fun, they headed to their host home, a beautiful 7-bedroom, 5-bath lodge. Everyone enjoyed the large backyard for sports, a delicious barbeque, pool table, hot tub and board games. These young men made a real Kiddush Hashem with amazing davening, stellar behavior and beautiful comradery.  Yaakov Andron and Dovid Nejadkashani led the Siyum.   The Masmidim Bekius Program is a Yeshiva preparatory track instituted by Rabbi Shifman when he first arrived at Emek, in which the boys complete a different Mesechta each year, in addition to being tested weekly on the materials covered. A big Yashar Koach to Rabbi Mordechai Shifman and Rabbi Moshe Sternberg for spearheading this event, and to Mr. Ben Schoen for driving and chaperoning the boys. Thank you to the Fayfel family for opening their home to us.