The DRS Melave Malka

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This past Motzei Shabbat, DRS held their annual Parent-Son Melava Malka. The night began with a beautiful kumzitz in the DRS Beit Medrash. DRS Menahel Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky strummed his guitar, accompanied by other talented DRS rabbeim, as the students and their parents sang beautiful songs of praise to Hashem. Each song was introduced with a message from Rabbi Kaminetsky, Rabbi Eliyahu Wolf, and Rabbi Dovid Weinberg. The highlight of the night featured a moving Siyum, made by the students of DRS, in memory of Rabbi Dovid Friedman’s grandchild, who passed away just a month ago. The tragedy inspired the students to complete the entire Shisha Sidrei Mishnah. Rabbi Friedman spoke to the boys, telling them how wonderfully helpful and caring the Chevra Kadisha and community of Lakewood were in helping the family deal with their loss. Rabbi Friedman expressed to the students that “it shouldn’t take a tragedy to bring people together, and perform wonderful acts of Chessed.” Following the moving kumzitz, the students and their parents walked to the gym for a wonderful Melave Malka dinner and a video, recapping all of the events from DRS this year. Additionally, every year at the Melava Malka, DRS gives out two special awards to its students. The first is the Torah Growth Award, given to a student from each class last year who their Rebbe felt grew most in their Torah learning. The second award is the Middot Award, which is voted on by the students of each grade. The award is given to the student who the grade feels best exemplifies what a true Ben Torah with proper Middot should be. We wish a Mazel Tov to all of the winners of the various awards. The night ended off with leibedik dancing and celebration with students, parents, and rabbeim.