On Tuesday, December 8, Yeshiva of Central Queens had their first Torah Bowl meet of the year. The Torah Bowl is an educational tournament started more than a decade ago by Rabbi Mair Wolofsky, former principal of Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett for students in yeshivas and Orthodox day schools. It is a competition where several yeshivot spend time learning and studying two or three parashiot with their perspective Rashis with their coaches. They then compete against other Yeshivot in tournaments throughout the year
However, this meet was different than all others. Rabbi Wolofsky, the founder of Torah Bowl, has been battling CoVid-19 and is on a ventilator. Usually he writes the questions given to the students during the competitions. This year, he was unable to write the questions for the first game of the year. This didn’t stop the amazing coaches who stepped in to prepare us. The first event of the year was held in the zchut of Rabbi Wolofsky.
All the yeshivot participating in Torah Bowl were given a few perakim and their perspective Rashis of the parashiot of Bamidbar, Naso, and Bhalotcha to learn and compete on. Ms. Rosenblum, the YCQ girl’s Torah Bowl coach, took all the questions and made a large Kahoot game out of them. On Tuesday at the meet, all about 14 schools joined a Zoom meeting to engage in playing the Kahoot game. Elmira Kohen, YCQ eight grader, said “The main reason I like playing against other schools is because I realize that all the hard work and studying that I did has paid off.” Gabriella Badalov, a sixth grader, said “Even though we could not have an actual meet this year, studying and learning Torah for the refuahsSheleima of Rabbi Wolofsky meant a lot.” This was an unbelievable and incredible experience for all the student participants as well as the coaches.
By Channah Owadeyah
YCQ First Virtual Torah Bowl Meet
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