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10 April, 2019

By Rabbi Chaim Cowen Each week at Yavneh, some 71 students rise early to daven at our Hashkama minyan so that they can attend extra lessons of Gemara before the teaching day formally commences. These students are not necessarily our academic elites, rather they are distinguished by their motivation....

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08 April, 2019

Welcome to our New College Chairs, Gerard Max and Ari Schachna. On behalf of Leibler Yavneh College we would like extend our congratulations to Gerard Max and Ari Schachna for being elected to the role of Co-Chairs of the Leibler Yavneh College Executive. Gerard has two children...

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02 April, 2019

Last weekend was our annual Year 6 Mother-Daughter weekend at Anglesea Valley Lodge. Ahead of a very important Batmitzvah year, over 20 families went away for a beautiful weekend of bonding, laughter, fressing, discussions, drumming, singing, dancing, and ALOT of ruach. There were so...

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29 March, 2019

A personal reflection on the Christchurch tragedy. Listening to and reading about the tragic events that occurred in Christchurch last week and the Masterclass of Leadership executed with such compassion and humility by New Zealand’s young Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has restored my view of humanity...

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26 March, 2019

In our Yeda Klali unit this term, Year 5 has been reviewing the topic of brachot. In addition to our work in class, the students have been working in groups across the year level to create their own interactive brachot games which they will be playing with the Prep students...

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12 March, 2019

Purim at Yavneh college is always such an exciting day. And this year it was no different with costumes galore, Megillah readings, mishloach manot, singing, dancing, and of course, hamentashen. The creche and kinder kids enjoyed a lively carnival of animal farm, bubble games...

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01 February, 2019

On Thursday 31st of January, we welcomed our Year 1 – Year 12 students to their first day of school but for many of us, the planning started 2 weeks before as preparations were made for the year ahead. Some of our youngest Yavnehrians had...

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