On Motzei Shabbat, December 5, Yeshiva of Central Queens had it’s third-grade virtual Intergenerational Melave Malka. During the past few weeks leading up to the Melave Malka, the third-grade students practiced and rehearsed their songs with their morot and music teacher, Morah Tali Spector in order to prefect them for the presentation. Each of the four third-grade classes was pre-recorded singing one song and all four songs were shown on at the Melave Malka on Zoom to YCQ administrators, faculty, and the families and friends of the third graders. One student in each class presented a d’var Torah about the song their class sang. Benjamin Niyazov introduced the song Shabbos is Going Away, the song Eliyahu Hanavi was introduced by Eliyahu Babaev, the third song, La’ner Besamim was presented by Allie Daniel, and the fourth and final song, Dovid Melech, was presented by Eliana Aulov. “My favorite part was singing the songs. I liked showing the songs to my family,” said Eliana Pleshtiyev, a third-grader. Suri Lalo said that, “I liked when we saw the video at the Melave Malka and when my mom saw the video.”
On Friday, December 4, morot and teachers delivered packages to the third-grade students, which included ingredients that were provided by Bravo Pizza, to make their own personalized pizza pies. After the presentation, Rabbi Ribalt, elementary school Judaic studies assistant principal, dressed up as an Italian pizza maker and taught the students how to create their own personal pizzas. Each student designed their own pizza and was able to share their creations on Zoom. Both Elisha Faigen and Joshua Borukhov said, that “Making and eating the pizza was their favorite part of the night.” After they created their delicious pizza pies, a raffle was held, and prizes were awarded to two students per class. Later, during the night, Shlomo Levinger, a magician, performed some amazing magic tricks for the third-grade students and their families. “I liked the balloon trick that the magician did. The magician swallowed the balloon. It was really cool,” said Suri Lalo.
Students and guests were all excited to still be able to enjoy such a special event, even if the venue was not the same as past years. The teachers along with their students put a tremendous amount of work into make this a special and memorable event.
By Sarah Owadeyah
YCQ Enjoys Annual Intergenerational Melave Malka
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