This year, the AMIT Hammer Jr. and Sr. High School for Boys initiated a “Torah and Creativity” national competition, as part of an effort of the school staff to develop unique projects to empower students throughout the year.
Students in grades 7-12 from around the country were invited to submit projects and articles on the topic of Torah creativity, dealing with the interplay of Torah and all aspects of life: society, state, technology, science and Tikkun Olam. Hundreds of junior and senior high school students from dozens of schools participated in the competition. There were even submissions from students at a secular high school in Rehovot, who chose to explore the concepts of dreams from both a spiritual and scientific angle, the Big Bang theory from the perspective of the Torah, and the creation of the world.
At the concluding ceremony of the competition, which was held last week in Rehovot, all of the selected works were displayed at an exhibition. Hundreds of students, teachers and parents attended the ceremony. The students of the music track at AMIT Hammer played accompanying music throughout the evening.
The winning works were chosen by RabbiYuval Cherlow, Rosh Yeshiva of the AMIT Orot Shaul Hesder Yeshiva in Kfar Batya and Rabbi Eliyahu Blumenzweig, Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeruham HesderYeshiva, both of whom are members of the spiritual council of AMIT. First prize on the high school level went to Reut Bloch of AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga Beit Shemesh, and to Elisheva Frank of Ulpanat AMIT Lehava Kedumim on the Jr. High level.
Dani Rahat, Assistant Director of education and strategy at the AMIT network commented, “The Torah Creativity Competition unites the principles of the AMIT network’s educational compass: Torat Hayim (Torah as a way of life), along with promoting excellence and self-potential, and the inclusion of the entire Jewish people. Hundreds of students from all over the country devoted their time and energy to research and study, and united in their desire to acquire more Torah.”
