Himnon / Mifkad
What are we bringing back to mifkad this year? at least three things
counting kids, story time, ruach, all kids there, standing with your shevet, chultzot!!!
what do the 'taf' and 'ayin' stand for on the semel?
torah and avoda
How old was the person our movement is named after when he started learning torah?
40
What do Torah and Avoda literally translate to?
Bible and work, lol
Bnei Akiva's slogan in Hebrew and translated to English
"Am Yisrael b'Eretz Yisrael al pi Torat Yisrael" - "The Jewish Nation living in the Land of Israel according to the Torah of Israel".
Translate the following phrases that we should say at mifkad:
Mi anachnu? Meh chayeinu? Ma sismateinu?
Who are we?
Bnei Akiva!
What is our way of life?
Torah and Work!
What is our motto?
The Jewish People in the Land of Israel living according to the Torah!
Define Semel
Emblem / logo
Bnei Akiva is the youth movement what other worldwide Jewish movement?
Mizrachi
What do we understand 'Torah' to mean?
Jewish values, learning and practice
Torah is viewed as not just a set of laws to which each Jew must adhere but also "the spirit of our nation, the source of our culture and the essence of our souls".
Bnei Akiva follow the views and ideals of which Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel?
Rav Kook
Demonstrate the sign language for "Kadima Bnei Akiva heidad b’ma’aleh!"
**sing language**
Competition - without looking at the semel, what colour is each of it's elements?
The Luchot - blue, The Hebrew letters taf and ayin - white on blue, Name - white on blue banner, Wheat - yellow, Olive branch - green, Scythe & pitchfork - grey / silver with brown / wooden handle
On what chag and in what year was Bnei officially established?
Lag BaOmer 1929
What do we understand 'Avoda' to mean?
living a Modern Orthodox lifestyle and contributing to the State of Israel
Avodah is an aim to make the Jewish people productive as a nation by rebuilding the land of Israel. Rather than just being a group of individuals, Avodah calls for the nation to begin to rebuild itself through creativity and physical labour.
What natural occurance convinced R’ akiva that he could learn?
drops of water wearing a rock away
Who composed the Himnon
It was composed by Rabbi Moshe Zvi Nerya
Random - what are the Shiva haminim
wheat, barley, grape, fig, pomegranates, olive and dates
73
Who coined the phrase Torah VeAvoda?
Rabbi Shmuel Chaim Landau
What was the first shevet of Bnei Akiva called?
Garin Aleph. BONUS 400 points: What Garin number did they go to until starting unique names for every shevet?
what are the correct words to the part that everyone mumbles
Rasheinu b’imkei Toratah
Kapeinu b’rigevei admatah
Our minds are filled with her Torah,
Our hands are immersed in her soil.
As a team you have to give reasons for every element on the semel:
The Luchot, The Hebrew letters taf and ayin, Name, Wheat (2 reasons), Olive branch, Scythe & pitchfork
The Luchot - two stone tablets representing the Torah, the framework by which we live our lives.
The Hebrew letters taf and ayin - ת (taf) and ע (ayin) stand for Torah Va’Avodah, Bnei Akiva’s motto.
Name - The name of our movement in Hebrew on a banner wrapped around the luchot.
Wheat - symbolizing the seven species of the Land of Israel, and representing the agricultural heritage of Bnei Akiva.
Olive branch - representing the peace that we hope all Jews will live together by.
Scythe & pitchfork - representing the tools used to work the Land of Israel.
In what year did the Israeli and Diaspora groups merged to form the modern Bnei Akiva Olami?
1958
Competition - give the best definition of 'Torah VeAvoda' (have 2 minutes)
** up for debate **
Name the past 10 merakzim of Bnei Sydney
Doron, Georgia, Gidi, Ayelet, Miri, Schneidz, Noam, ...? people who know pls help