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Opening Day Snif Peula 5779
Tochnit Overview 5779
Choveret Chinuch Ellul 5779 – Bereishit
Choveret Chinuch Cheshvan 5779 – Shemot
Choveret Chinuch Kislev 5779 – Vayikra
Choveret Chinuch Tevet 5779 – Bamidbar
Choveret Chinuch Shvat 5779 – Dvarim
Choveret Chinuch Cheshvan 5780
Choveret Chinuch Shvat 5780
Succot Packet 5781
Choveret Chinuch - Snif 1 5782
Choveret Chinuch - Snif 2 5782
Choveret Chinuch - Snif 3 5782
Tu Bishvat Peulah 5782
Tishrei Packet
Seder Tu Bishvat
The 9 Days & Tisha Ba'Av Packet
Yom Yerushalayim Packet
Shabbat Games
Choveret Chinuch - Journey to Jerusalem 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Leadership 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Music 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Tu Bi'Shvat 5784
Choveret Chinuch - We Are Family 5784
Choveret Chinuch #1 – 5778
Choveret Chinuch - Tzedakah 5779
Elul Packet - 5780
Choveret Chinuch - Moed 5780
Pesach Packet - 5780
Yom HaAtzmaut Packet - 5780
Shavuot Packet - 5780
Choveret Chinuch #2 - 5781
Choveret Chinuch #3 - 5781
Chanukah Packet - 5781
Choveret Chinuch #5 - 5781
Pesach Packet - 5781
Shavuot Packet - 5781
Yom HaAtzmaut Packet - 5782
Snif Choveret 1 - 5783
Snif Choveret 2 - 5783
Choveret Chinuch - Being a Hero 5783
Choveret Chinuch - Arevut Hadadit 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Growing Together 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Hineni 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Remembrance and Celebration 5784
Choveret Chinuch - The Revival of Hebrew 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Time Management 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Torah Va'Avoda 5784
Choveret Chinuch - Zachor 5784
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GLOSSARY
Throughout our website you will find a certain level of Bnei Akiva ‘lingo’.
These are all words in Hebrew referring to aspects of what we do, and are used universally by our members throughout the world.
Aliyah
עליה
Moving to Israel
Amod Dom
עמוד דום
Stand at attention
Amod Noach
עמוד נח
Stand at Ease
Bnot Sherut
בנות שרות
Israeli young women who choose to spend their mandatory post-high school national service teaching about Zionism and Israel in schools, synagogues, youth movements, and camps in the U.S.A and abroad
Boger
בוגר
Graduate
Bogrim
בוגרים
Graduates
Chalutz
חלוץ
Pioneer
Chanich
חניך
Participant
Chavaya Yisraelit
חויה ישראלית
Israel experience; Popular activity in Moshava Ba'ir experiencing Israeli culture through activities, games, and food
Chaver
חבר
Friend
Chinuch
חינוך
Education
Chugim
חוגים
Electives
David Ben-Gurion
דוד בן-גוריון
1st Prime Minister of the State of Israel
Dugma Ishit
דוגמה אישית
Role model
Eidah
עדה
Division
Hachshara
הכשרה
Preparation
Hatikvah
התקוה
Israeli national anthem
Herzl
הרצל
Theodor Herzl
Kehila
קהילה
Community
Kvutza
קבוצה
Group; Bunk of campers
Machane
מחנה
Camp
Madrich
מדריך
Counselor
Mifkad
מפקד
Lineup
Misrad
משרד
Office
Pashtut
פשטות
Simplicity; minimalism, honesty. and integrity
Peulah
פעלה
Activity period
Rav Kook
רב קוק
(1865-1935) 1st chief rabbi of Palestine. Pioneered modern Zionism as a part of the Divine process of redemption
Rav Neriah
רב נריה
(1913-1995) 1st rav of Bnei Akiva; Served in the Knesset and received the Israel Prize in 1978 for his contributions to society and state
Rav Reines
רב ריינס
(1839-1915) Founder of the Mizrachi- Religous Zionist- movement. Called for settlement in Palestine with the philosophy of combining Torah and Labor
Rosh Gadol
ראש גדול
"big head"; Mindset of demonstrating initiative, taking ownership and being responsible. A central trait in our staff
Rosh Moshava
ראש מושבה
Head of Staff & Programming
Shaliach
שליח
Emissary
Shevet
שבט
Tribe; cohort of Bnei Akiva members born in a given year
Sismah
סיסמא
password; Our motto: Am Yisrael b'Eretz Yisrael al pi Torat Yisrael, the Jewish people living in Israel according to the Torah. This three-part focus on nation, land, and Torah encapsulates what Bnei Akiva is all about
Shabbaton
שבתון
Sabbath Weekend Retreat
Shekem
שקם
Canteen
Snif
סניף
Branch; Weekly Shabbat programming in local Bnei Akiva branches throughout the year
Tilboshet
תלבושת
The Bnei Akiva Shirt; Worn by Bnei Akiva leaders at snif and camps worldwide
Tochnit
תוכנית
Program
Torah v'Avodah
תורה ועבודה
Torah and Labor; Torah and Service; The ideology of Bnei Akiva. Early secular Zionists used Avodah to refer to the physical agricultural labor of building the land of Israel. Today, it carries a wider meaning of serving, engaging, and building Israel, and through it, the world.
Tzevet
צוות
Staff; Moshava Ba'ir staff members are distinguished by their responsibility, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, energy, and excitement. We are proud to employ the best!
Yad Achim
יד אחים
Bnei Akiva anthem; Sung daily with Mifkad, composed by the first Rav of Bnei Akiva, Rav Moshe Neriah in 1932
Lingo
Look up the meaning of all our movement’s favorite terms here.
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