International Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos Finalists Announced

The International Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos is coming up, and hundreds of children from schools and Yaldei Hashluchim from around the world are getting ready to compete.

1,832 chayolim from 45 Tzivos Hashem bases across America, Canada, Australia, and England have been studying the 613 mitzvos. Three qualifying tests over the past 6 months challenged students to the utmost, determining who is eligible to join the International Chidon Shabbaton in Crown Heights.

As difficult as it was, 629 children made it. Two finalists from each grade will have the honor of representing their schools in the Chidon’s championship tournament, taking place on Beis Nissan (April 10) for boys and Chof Daled Adar Beis (April 3) for girls.

When the Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos was first reinstated 3 years ago, 45 contestants participated. Last year the number went up to 239, and in its third year the Chidon boasts participation of over 600 children.

“We can only imagine the tremendous smile on the Rebbe’s face, as so many of his children dedicate many long hours of free time to studying for the international Chidon tournament,” affirms Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch.

“Our goal is for every soldier to have a clear understanding of all 613 mitzvos of the Torah as codified by the Rambam, so that for the rest of their lives, when they study the daily shiur, they will be able to understand it properly,” says Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, executive director of Tzivos Hashem.

We are all looking forward to the Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos, where we will get to see the children shine!

Chidon Participants

Boys:

Anash Kinder Boys:

Eliyahu Nochum Israel
Yisroel Baruch Itzinger
MM Korol
Dovid Shurpin

Chassidus Club New Haven Boys:

Lior Bongart
Avraham Yakov Borenstein
Yossele Borenstein
Yackov Caroline
Avrumi Meltzer
Laizer Roth
Mendel Roth
Shmuel Yaffe

Cheder at the Ohel:

Arik Deren
Mendely Feder
Bentzy Geisinsky
Shuey Geisinsky
Mendel Konikov
Sholom Konikov
Mendel Lieberman
Yitzchak Meir Michelashvili
Menachem Mendel Peles
Aharon Moshe Rosenzweig
Mendy Schulman
Sruly Shifrin
Dovber Stein
Dovid Wolowik
Yerachmiel Wolowik

Cheder Chabad Baltimore Boys:

Mendel Bukiet
Leible Druk
Levi Slavaticki

Cheder Chabad Monsey Boys:

Shmuel Glick
Gershon Jacobson
Schneur Zalman Jacobson
Levi Yitzchok Korer
Menachem Mendel Korer
Menachem Labkowski
Yaakov Yitzchok Plotkin
Levi Silverman
Menachem Mendel Simpson
Yankel Sirota
Eliyahu Teitelbaum
Menachem Mendel Teitelbaum
Menachem Mendel Touger
Menachem Mendel Weber

Cheder Chabad of Philadelphia Boys:

Matti Brennan
Mendel Brennan
Eli Goldman
Levi Goldman
Menny Gurevitz
Leibel Kaplan
Menachem Lowenstein
Srulik Lowenstein
Yossi Sherman
Menachem Mendel Strasberg

Cheder Chabad Sydney Boys:

Avrohom Feldman
Yehuda Leib Kaye

Cheder Chabad Toronto:

Levi Aisenbach
DovBer Bernstein
meir bernstein
Menachem Cohen
Menachem Davidov
Noach Dolhan
Levi Yitzchok Kamman
Mendel Kamman
Shneur Zalman Mann
Nochum Plotkin
Yisroel Plotkin
Sholom Rappaport
Nochum Serebryanski
Menachem Mendel Slavin
yehoshua slavin
Mendel Steiner
Levi Yitzchok Steinmetz steinmetz
Levi Yitzchak Vorovitch
Dov Yehuda Wagner

Cheder Lubavitch Chicago Boys:

Yitzchok Chaim Atkins
Nochum Baron
Yisroel Benjaminson
Shlomo Bergstein
Sholom Hertz
Nochum Raices
Avromel Slavaticki
Moshe Turk
Meir Twersky

Cheder Lubavitch Morristown Boys:

Menachem Mendel Benjaminson
Bentzi Blesofsky
Menachem Mendel Blesofsky
Dovber Eisenberg
Menachem Mendel Herson
Nechemia Herson
Eliezer Halevi Levin
Menachem Mendel Pikarsky
Zushe Rivkin
Moshele Rosenblum
Yosef Schapiro
Baruch Shmotkin
Tzvi Halevi Shusterman
Zalmy Wagner
Nochum Wilhelm
Sholom Dovber Wilhelm

Cheder Menachem LA:

Yechezkel Binstok
Yossi Bistritsky
Mendel Fischer
Chananya Gottlieb
Yossi Heidingsfeld
Yisroel Levin
Zali Raichik
Mendel Rivkin
Sholom Rivkin
Mendel Rubashkin
Levi Yiftach
Meir Zirkind

Cheder Menachem NJ Boys:

Mendel Gourarie

Cheder Menachem Wilkes Barre Boys:

Sholom Brownstein
Yossi Brownstein
Mendy Green
Tzvi Levitin
Moshe Newman
Sholom Zwiebel

Lubavitch Boys Junior School:

Koppel Pruss

Lubavitch Educational Center Florida Boys:

Yaakov Friedman
Menachem Mendel Gancz
Levi Gopin
Yirmeyahu Gourarie
Mendel Raskin
Yossi Rubenstein
Dovid Schutz
Mendel Smith
Mendel Steinberg
Shneur Zalman Steinberg
Meir Tauber
Rrabbi Menachem tauber
Mendy Tevardovitz

Lubavitch Educational Center Florida Mesivta:

Menachem Mendel Rubinstein

Lubavitcher Yeshiva:
Mendel Adelist
Shmuel Baron
Chaim Benshimon
Yoel Beyderman
Elimelech Hecht
Yosef Yitzchok Hertzel
Meir Levy
Chananya Moskowitz
Moshe Nelken
Mendel Rimler
Avraham Sender Schapiro
Yosef Schapiro
Shmuli Silver
Levi Simons
Mendel Teichman
Yakov Yarmush

Maimonides Hebrew Day School Boys:

Eli Gordon
Menachem Mendel Rubin
Mendel Rubin
Nesanel Sussman

Maimonodes Jewish Day School Portland, Oregon Boys:

Shneur Zalman Rivkin

MyShliach Boys:

Menachem Mendel Bitton
Menny Greenberg
Moshe Zeev Groner
Avraham Dovid Krinsky
Nochum Labkovski
Dovber Laufer
Dovid Tzvi Lifshitz
Shneur Zalman Lifshitz
Chaim Yehuda Pewzner
Chaim Naftoly Volfman
Yosef Yitschak Volfman
Levi Wilhelm
Yehuda Leib Wilhelm
Avremi Wolvovsky
Shneur Zalman Zirkind
Yechiel Zirkind Zirkind

Ohalei Menachem Postville IA:

Levi Hertzel

Oholei Torah:
Meir Avtzon
Zevi Barnett
Shneur Zalman Baumgarten
Mendel Berkowitz
Shmuel Blesofsky
Sholom Block
Yackov Binyamin Brashevitzky
Yehuda Brawer
Yitzchok Brown
Rafi Brusowankin
Moshe Butman
Reuven Donin
Mendel Drizin
Menachem Mendel Feigenson
Meir Friedman
Baruch Schneur Gansburg
Shneur Gerlitzky
Shimon Goldstein
Mendel Greisman
Mendel Halberstam
Mendel Heber
Berke Hendel
Shmuel Hendel
Zalmy Hirsch
Levi Kirsh
Yishai Klein
Mendel Kogan
Shalom Kugel
Yanky Lando
Avrohom Dovid Lehrer
Mendel Lein
Sholom Lerman
Yisroel Lewis
Mendel Mathless
Nachman Mathless
Avrohom Mintz
Avrohom Mochkin
Peretz Mochkin
Levi Yitzchok Moshiach
Mendel Moya
Menachem Mendel Munitz
Nissim Kalman Polter
Yossi Rabinowitz
Mendel Rapoport
Yitzchok Rapoport
Chaim Rotenberg
Mendel Rubinson
Shmuel Rubinstein
Mendel Sandhaus
Israel Sanowicz
Shlomo Yehuda Segal
Boruch Shusterman
Tzvi Spielman
Chaim Eliyahu Sternberg
Mendel Stock
Yanky Strassberg
Uriel Sztabzyb
Shraga Telsner
Yosef Vaisfiche
Yosef Vernik
Mendy Vogel
Shneur Vogel
Menachem Mendel Weisfish
Mendel Wertheimer
Bentzi Wolowik

Torah Day School of Houston Boys:

Belles Menachem Mendel
Moshe Dovid Trusch

Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh Boys:

Yaakov Friedman
Leibel Hexter
Fuli Markel
Yaacov Moshe Peltz
Nochum Rosenblum
Sholom Shur
Abba Taub
Yankel Vogel

Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch:
Chonon Fischer
Yechiel Fischer
Zev Hamburger
Eli Chaim Hendel
Menachem Mendel Lison
Sholom Myhill
Avraham Menachem Nelken
Menchem Mendel Plotkin
Mendel Stern
Shmaya Teitlebaum
Yossi Teitlebaum
Sholom Traurig
Yosel Vaisfiche
Motti Wenger

Girls:

Anash Kinder Girls:

DL Alperovitch
DL Halbershtam
Esther Freda Halevy
Chaya Mushka Kievman
Shaina Chava Perlow
Chana Simpson
Shaina Brocha Weiss

Bais Chaya Mushka Crown Heights:

Mushka Alperowics
Chaya Mushka Avichzer
Rivka Braun
Chaya Mushka Feldman
Yehudis Goldshmid
Chana Hendel
Sara Rochel Hertzel
Baila Doba Kagan
Devorah Leah Liberow
Rivky Liberow
Shternie Plotkin
Rochelle Popper
Sara Popper
Rochel Stone

Bais Chaya Mushka IA:

Mushka Frimerman

Bais Chaya Mushka LA:

Nava Andrusier
Shira Benzaquen
Chaya M. Brook
Simcha Cunin
Shaina Fischer
Mushka Friedman
Mushka Levitansky
Batsheva Lipskier

Bais Chaya Mushka Toronto:

Chaya Mushka Altein
Hadassa Altein
Malka Sima Bortman
Menucha Rochel Ceitlin
Chayale Chaikin
Sara Chaikin
Liba Forer
Menucha Goldberg
Shaina Goldstein
Mushkie Hecht
Chana Rodel Karpilovsky
Chayale Klasner
Dina Gittel Korol
Shaina Bracha Landa
Chana Miriam Marmulszteyn
Chaya Marmulszteyn
Liba Shur
Mussie Shur
Chanale Vidal
Mushka Wilhelm
Raizel Wilhelm
Chayale Zaltzman

Bais Rebbe LA :

Chana Begun
Frayda Hecht
Mushka Heidingsfeld
Mushka Newman
Sara Newman
Mushka Rivkin
Gnesha Schapiro

Bais Rivka Crown Heights:

Cheyena Avtzon
Leah Avtzon
Rivka Belinitzki
Rosie Belinitzki
Mushky Berghoff
Chaya Blackman
Doba Brikman
Chava’le Bronstein
Chenchie Bronstein
Nechama Bronstein
Chana Butman
Faige Chein
Rivka Chein
Chaya Mushka Dubrowski
Esther Malka Friedman
Miriam Raizel Friend
Tamar Friend
Malka Futerfas
Chaya Mushka Gansburg
Chanie Geisinsky
Chaya Geisinsky
Sara Geisinsky
Chaya Mushka Goldman
Missy Goldstein
Batya Hadad
Leah Hadad
Yehudis Heber
Chana Hershkop
Chaya Esther Hershkop
Feiga Khutoretsky
Itta Khutoretsky
Sara Mattil Kievman
Batsheva Lazaroff
Chana Leah Lesches
Shternie Levin
Menucha Liberow
Chaya Mushka Lipskier
Chaya Mushka Mahatuf
Esther Morozow
Fraida Kraindel Morozow
Malky Moss
Shterna Sara Rodal
Chaya Sasonkin
Rochel Sasonkin
Shaina Sasonkin
Chanie Schmerling
Mussia Shifrin
Shaina Sorkin
Mushky Steinmetz
Shaina Steinmetz
Mushky Strassberg
Mushky Stroh
Freida Vaisfiche
Mushky Weinbaum
Tzivia Weinbaum
Nechama Dina Weiss
Chaya’le Wilhelm
Yocheved Wilhelm
Bassie Zarchi
Chaviva Zarchi
Mushky Zarchi
Bracha Zelda Zellermaier

Bais Rivka Montreal:

Miriam Ashkenazi
Devorah Leah Banon
Chaya Mushka Brand
Rochel Ceitlin
Necha Charytan
Bracha Cohen
Chaya Mushka Cohen
Menucha Cohen
Rivka Drihem
Devorah Leah Gurary
Goldie Hershkop
Leiba Shaina Kreisman
Chaya Mushka Kremer
Chana Man
Goldie Marasow
Nechama Marasow
Shaina Mirel Marasow
Chaya Mellul
Chaya Mushka Minkowitz
Devorie Plotkin
Chana Raskin
Mushka Tzilya Reikhtman
Shterna Sara Scheiner
Esti Schwartz
Chaya Mushka Smetana
Fraidy Vaisfiche
Naomi Yemini

Bnos Menachem:

Mushka Brenenson
Shaina Bracha Chyrek
Devora Hendel
Chaya Sara Israel
Elkie Silver
Chaika Wilschanski

Chassidus Club New Haven Girls:

Tziporah Drukier
Musia Lustig

Cheder Chabad Monsey Girls:

Chaya Mushka Borenstein
Machla Gleyzer
Raizy Glick
Chana Grossbaum
Leeba Grossbaum
Ita Labkowski
Aliza Leverton
Elka Lipszyc
Chaya Litzman
Chaya Mushka Litzman
Muki Litzman
Mili Rosenbluh
Chani Schild
Sossie Shain
Chaya Mushka Simpson
Shaina Teitelbaum
Chana Mushka Zaltsman

Cheder Chabad of Philadelphia Girls:

Rosie Baram
Sarah Baram
Sarah Leah Brennan
Devorah Leah Gerber
Sara Gerber
Faigel Gurevitz
Sora Chana Gurevitz
Tzaita Gurevitz
Hudi Lipsker
Chana Sherman
Shani Weber

Cheder Chabad Sydney Girls:

Fraida Nechama Feldman

Cheder Lubavitch Chicago Girls:

Esther Benjaminson
Chana Cohen
Liba Posner
Chaya Bluma Rosenbloom
Shayna Schanowitz
Chaya Mushka Twersky
Mussie Wolf
Leah Zlatopolsky

Cheder Lubavitch Morristown Girls:

Mussie Baumgarten
Yocha Deitch
Mushkie Hecht
Rikel Hecht
Chana Kornfeld
Chana Paul
Shaina Piekarski
Sussie Rosenberg
Fraidy Rosenblum
Mushka Shusterman
Zissel Tenenbaum

Cheder Menachem NJ Girls:

Mussi Azimov
Esty Schapiro
Esther Weinstein
Hinda Weinstein

Cheder Menachem Wilkes Barre Girls:

Simmi Hershkop
Chaya Mushka Levitin

Hebrew Academy Community School Margate:

Mushky Gancz

Lubavitch Cheder Day School Minnesota Girls:

Chana Feller

Chana Goldberg

Chanchi Goldberg

Mushky Goldberg

Sara Goldberg

 

Lubavitch Educational Center Florida Girls:

Golda Aaronson
Sarah Andrusier
Leah Barash
Mushkie Barash
Chayale Brody
Rivka Brody
Chavi Bromberg
Elisheva Brusowankin
Racheli Camissar
Rivky Cheruty
Rochele Cheruty
Sari Cohen
Rivkah Gansburg
Sarale Goldberger
Baila Gopin
Libby Gopin
Chana Harlig
Tova Harlig
Rivkah Kalichman
Mushka Kaplan
Sara Fraida Katan
Roza Kleinman
Mushky Korf
Shaina Korf
Yehudis Korf
Golda Kotlarsky
Kaylee Kotlarsky
Chana Levin
Goldie Lieberman
Gitty Lipszyc
Tzipa Lipszyc
Sara Raizel Marlow
Esti Smith
Miriam Smith
Batya Srugo
Chaya Tauber
Rochele Tevardovitz
Chayale Tevardoviz
Chaya Unsdorfer
Nechama Weiss
Rochel Wolff
Rivkah Zavdi

Lubavitch Senior Girls School London:

Esti Alperowitz
Chaya Baila Austin
Chaya’le Citron
Chana Dubov
Menucha Dubov
Mushka Itzinger
Rosa Junik
Bunia Schwei
Mushky Sudak
Yachet Tiefenbrun
Menucha Rochel’le Vogel

Maimonides Hebrew Day School Girls:

Riki Volovik
Esther Wildman
Devorah Leah Kochman
Shira Levin
Bassie Rubin
Chaya Rubin

MyShliach Girls:

Risha Chana Boyarsky
Chana Deren
Devora Leah Fajnland
Sara Fajnland
Chana Feigelstock
Devorah Leah Feigelstock
Chana Goldberg
Moussia Goldman
Basya Gorelik
Chaya Gurevitz
Chana Kaplan
Sara’le Kivman
Gitty Krinsky
Mushka Krinsky
Bluma Laufer
Chaya Mushka Laufer
Sara Levertov
Chassi Mochkin
Esther Hadassa Pewzner
Chaya Mushka Raichik
Nechama Schmerling
Chana Shemtov

Ohr Temimim Buffalo Girls:

Chaya Mushka Greenberg
Brocha Hecht
Ruti Holzman
Ita Khanin
Mussia Kleyman
Rivky Munitz
Sheindel Munitz
Yehudis Munitz
Bassie Okonov

Torah Day School of Houston Girls:

Bayla Fishman
Devori Fishman
Chayale Goldstein
Rivky Lazaroff

Vancouver Hebrew Academy Girls:

Rivka Feigelstock

Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh- Girls:

Menucha Itkin