Midreshet Tehillah Alumnae Newsletter
For many months,
Kedma gripped the Midreshet
Tehillah student body. It was
what we ate, slept, and breathed.
What we sang in the shower.
What we hummed in class. What
we dreamed about. You knew
a Midreshet Tehillah girl was
around just by listening for the
“dadadadada...dududududu...”
For us, the Kedma ‘Songs
of Hope Inter-seminary Choir
Competition’ was not just about
singing and dancing. It was about
the amazing work of Kedma, the
organization that works with
seminary and yeshiva students
to assist communities in need in
Israel. It was about the feeling of
...Kagans, continued
2005) and Esther Rubin (MT 2007),
and it is their hard work that has
finally gotten us off the ground.
Our goal is to create meaningful
and relevant programs for
connection and support. We
have in mind newsletters, virtual
shiurim, and more extensive
reunions. But perhaps most
important of all we would like to
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achdut, togetherness, as so many
seminaries came together for an
important cause. “Come buy your
t-shirts! 40 sheks a shirt!” became
our rallying cry as we raised the
tzedakah donation required to
enter the competition.
While we woke up bleary-eyed
and hoarse following late nights of
rehearsing, we bonded as a group
and had an energizing spirit of
achdut. After many challenges–
constant song revisions, a choir
striving for harmony, costume
alterations, dancers finding their
feet–the night finally arrived.
Midreshet Tehillah broke out in
song: “Shir LaMa’aloot...”
Mesmerizing dancers. Streaming
ribbons. Powerful orchestration.
Everything came together in a
magical performance, the fruit of
so much effort! Like the elements of
creation singing shira to Hashem,
we sang together in beautiful
harmony and when the final note
was sounded, there was a moment
of shocked silence.
And then–
A standing ovation.
“Who are they? Who shines with
such powerful spirit?”
The answer: Midreshet Tehillah.
Mazel tov to MT as the 2014
winners of the Kedma Songs
of Hope Inter-Seminary Choir
Competition, raising money to
benefit women in need.
assist your connections with one
another. This can be important
for friendship, support, and
shidduchim. It can also help to ease
the transition of new graduates
back to life in chutz laaretz—
Shabbos placement, guidance, and
mentoring. We welcome your ideas
as well!
We are still at the beginning stages
of this project and hope that each
alumna will find a meaningful way
to be involved. We are excited about
the start of this new chapter in the
life of Midreshet Tehillah and look
forward to where it will bring us
and how it will bring us together.
Sara'la
Weissman
Fondly,
The Kagans
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