In the next few days, MTA 2018 will end. It was a year of beneficial experiences, a year of self-development and hopefully a positive upgrade of our emotional and spiritual maturity. When experiencing a development with a cohort, its end can often be an emotional one. After all, you spend a year with certain individuals, […]

Hey Straya! How’s it going down under? Can’t wait to come back home and see vegemite and milo all over the shelves!! Limmud is currently coming towards the end of our Mechina (and I hate to say it, but shnat) journey – sadness all around :(. Mechina has been a wild ride, being fully immersed […]

Elul and Tishrei in Israel are somewhat magical. Yes, I know that sounds cliché but let me explain why this is the way I’ve chosen to describe Chaggim in the Holy Land.   The Old City is the prime location to be at this time of year, and aren’t I lucky because I live here. […]

As the months creep by, we have finally arrived at the final part of the year: Mechina. The last part of the program is a three and a half month beast, and brings new challenges for us chanichim. We are in a whole new environment, meeting totally new people and getting to know each other. […]

After an intense kaytiz zman period at Eretz, summer began with the MTA boys trip to Poland and  Lithuania. The trip was a special and unique experience, of which everyone will recall for rest of our lives. Poland acted as an important educational experience both for our Jewish history, and in many ways, our present and […]

Maarva started with an intimidating, frightening and truly difficult first two weeks. We were drilled through the discipline manual for our two months course, learning the ins and outs of what our mefakdim would expect from us, whilst getting to know the other members of our tzevet and breaking down language barriers between the South […]

As the summer that will forever be treasured in our hearts came to an end, we eagerly anticipated the next stage in our incredible MTA journey. As we left Migdal Oz and farewelled our fellow peers, a new leaf turned over for us Harova girls.   Although the summer was beyond what anyone could have […]

As the weather began to warm, we said goodbye to the Northerners and began the MTA Summer Programing. The Amit girls enjoyed a week of fun activities with our teachers including abseiling, rock climbing, The Bible Lands Museum, Tiyulim and baking and handing out biscuits and toys to children at Shaare Tzedek Hospital. We then […]

For the past 6 weeks our group has been split between two incredible experiences that have given us insight into the true Israeli experience. While one half has been at an army base in Sde Broker, living through a two month simulation of army basic training, the rest of us have been living next to […]

With a pretty long stretch in yeshiva/midrasha, we were ready for something a little bit different over bein hazmanim, getting the chance to experience a really dynamic variety of activities over the break.   We began with the trip to Poland which is truly an experience that can only be understood with one’s own eyes. […]