At Seeach Sod, you never have to guess the date – you can sense it through the activities! This is certainly true on Chanukah, when the abundance of holiday-related activities combined for a truly exciting week.

The following is only partial list of what went on here over Chanukah:

The Chanukah lights are meant to stay with us through the dark and cold winter.

If the lights are that powerful, then so are the smiles of our students. The excitement and enjoyment our students, vocational members and residents felt the week of Chanukah will certainly last through the cold winter and beyond!

One of the greatly anticipated traditions at Seeach Sod is the yearly Simchas Bais Hashoeva event, where Seeach Sod students get to interact with the community in a most meaningful and exciting way.

On the third day of Chol Hamoed Sukkos, we hosted our Annual Simchas Beis Hashoayva at Seeach Sod!

The Purim celebration at the men’s vocational program was joined by world class musicians and Minister Aryeh Deri.

The residents of our residential program enjoyed an unforgettable Chanukah party on the third night of Chanukah. This time, R' Dovid Reicher, director of enrichment programs, truly outdid himself, preparing an especially sensational program for the evening that captivated both the residents and their guests – their family members.

As its usual tradition, the students of Ma’oz Yerushalayim, Seeach Sod’s girls’ school, pulled off a fantastic fair in honor of Rosh Chodesh Adar. The fair was attended by children of staff members, students’ siblings and children from the neighborhood.

On Tuesday night of Sukkos, the first night of Chol Hamoade, Seeach Sod held their 10^th annual Simchas Beis Hashuava on the rooftops of its main building on Yirmiyahu Street.

An estimated 2,000 men, women and children participated in this grand event!

The orchestra playing on stage was "The Malchut Choir" which included 5 musicians and they played with great enthusiasm from 6pm until after midnight!

The students at Yeshivat Otzar HaTorah enjoyed a special Tu B’Shvat tisch with Rav Aharon Samet shlita, who gave brachot and distributed fruit to all of the young men.

The tisch was accompanied by the music of keyboard player Itzik Weingarten and singer Sendy Dinkel.

Sarah Nathan

Happiness. It’s a curious thing. External reality tries to pin it on us. It tries to suck us in; force feed what it exclaims is true, unadulterated Simcha. Yet, how many of us have found ourselves standing in what should be a fantastic and jubilant ambiance, only to feel alone and sad inside? On the contrary, as most things in life are ironic, how many times have we found ourselves in a reality of sorrow only to discover our inner serenity is still smiling? The reason for this is that happiness or joy is an emotional state of well-being, thus it is an internal existence that has nearly no guaranteed outcome when correlated to any given situation.