BT Middle School Sends 34 Students to Chidon HaTanach National Finals

Over the past six months the students studied, and were tested on, 81 chapters of Tanach, including the whole book of Bereishit (the Book of Genesis), a majority of Sefer Yehoshua (the Book of Joshua), and 16 chapters of Tehillim (Psalms). The students will compete against 200 other students from across the US for the chance to reach the international competition in Israel, in 2019. Names in bold are students who were top scorers in their grade category:

Isabelle A. ’23, Ami A.  ’23, Jacob A. ’22, Blake B. ’23, Sarah B. ’22, Michael B. ’23, Lindsay B. ’23, Ari B. ‘21*, Aviva C. ’23, Gabriella C. ’22, Matan C. ’23, Stanley D. ’23, Alexandra E. ’23, Anna-Elise F. ’23, Aidan G. ’23, Sam H. ’23, Zacky H. ’23, Erela I. ’22, Sophia K. ’22, Ariella K. ’22, Nora L. ’23, Nathanial L. ‘21*, Brandon L. ’23, Gaia P. ’23, Sabrina S. ’23, Andrew S. ’23, Phillip S. ’22, Matthew S. ’23, Tal S. ’22, Jasmine S. ’23, Jordyn V. ’23, Elan V. ’23, Micah W. ’23, Eliora Z. ‘22

Thank you to Rabbi Mordechai Abrahams, Rabbi Elie Levi, and Rabbi Jonathan Marvin for helping our students prepare for this challenging and exciting competition. Nesiah tovah – bon voyage! – to Ryan J. ‘21, winner of last year’s Chidon HaTanach English Division national competition, who will travel to Israel following Pesach to compete in the International Competition!