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Thursday night 7 Adar began the first of many joyful nights of music and dancing to enhance spirit of Adar. Music was Deejayed by Erez Safar and Levi Martinez (teacher at Aliya's iJam school of music). The music and dancing went strong well into the a.m. hours and then developed into a high energy farbrengen. Aliya will continue to celebrate the 2 months of Adar with different artists every week including Moishe Okunov, Mendy Chazan as well as many other young talented Aliya members. Tonight will be exceptionally jovial as it is Purim Katan! Scroll down for pictures.

Purim @ Aliya and around Crown Heights was absolutely pumped with positive energy. Our Purim began with lots of young people coming to Shule at 7:30 Motzoi Shabbos to hear the Megillah. After Megilla we joined a party at Bais Rivka which was organized by “The Shule” and “Itchkes”, (both shules which were pioneered by Aliya Alumni). The following day we met up at my house 1353 Carroll St. and boarded a stretch Hummer Limousine and drove around Crown heights blaring Jewish dance music and delivering Mishloach Manos To Aliya supporters. Following the trip we had Yitzchok Geizinsky Lein the Megilla and then enjoyed a lively Purim Seuda which went well into the night.

One Thursday night we had Mr. Yaakov Rosenthal, renown graphologist who is able to read into your subconscious through understanding and analyzing your handwriting. Initially many were a little apprehensive but once a few of us did it and learnt many interesting things about ourselves, everyone else waited for their turn in line. My Rosenthal was seeing about 5 people per hour from 930 till 230am. Friday morning many guys called me to thank me for arranging this very informative and introspective program

Monday night we celebrated an amazing Yud Shvat gathering @ Aliya, it began with watching some of our guys recording and mixing a niggun and continued with great food and lots of interesting discussions on what our role is in this generation and how we are the most important people ever with the greatest responsibilities on our shoulders. Click here for some pictures. More will be on their way.

One Chanuka night over 20 young men packed onto a 25 foot Mitzvah Tank and set of from Aliya to Manhattan in search of Jews who had not yet lit a Menorah. It proved to be a truly powerful night (and morning). We discovered that the best place to find Jews late Thursday night and early Friday morning was outside bars and clubs. Fortunately we had lots of help locating them all. We pulled up outside and invited people standing in line in subzero temperatures to come in for a warm bowl of cholent, some latkes, and a chance to light the Menorah. Many took advantage of this hard to resist offer. Plenty even joined us for the ride and said later it was the best Jewish experience of their lives.

Shabbos Bo was the Ninth annual Ski Shabbaton in Tannersville, NY. It truly lived up to its reputation as an amazing Shabbos, spiritually and physically. Delicious Shabbos meals were thoroughly enjoyed and were filled with song and inspirational words from the Rabbis. After Shabbos many confessed that it was the most meaningful Shabbos they had experienced possibly forever and many made resolutions to take Shabbos more to heart from now on. Motsoi Shabbos included a barbeque and bowling. Sunday morning we woke up at 7 to daven, eat and head to the slopes. Sunday was a truly amazing day and the ride back to Crown Heights was very quiet and sleepy

4 great Rabbi's, 30 awesome guys, Rebbetzin Feiglin's and Adam's delicious cooking and a grand celebration of the Baal Shem Tov and Alte Rebbe's B'day.
All equaled one full energy night (and morning) of inspiration.

Monday morning we loaded the cars headed North-West to the Delaware river bordering new York and Pennsylvania. We reached the destination early afternoon, loaded our rafts and started rowing down the river. As it began getting dark we pulled over to the side of the river to make a fire and camp out for the night. It was a freezing night and even the fire and sleeping bags could warm anyone enough to fall asleep. So it was an all night kumzitz. AS the first crack of light showed up on the horizon we said brochos and boarded the boats prepared the boats for the second leg of the journey. WE rowed down the river as the sun was rising. It was a truly beautiful sight. After we reached our destin