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