YCQ Torah Bowl Competition

On Tuesday, March 9, Yeshiva of Central Queens had our first real Torah Bowl match of the year. Torah Bowl is a competition where several teams study two or three parashot with their perspective Rashi’s and compete against other Yeshivot. For this competition, we had to study the parashot of Shelach, Korach, Chukat, and Balak . Unfortunately, because of COVID, we were unable to have the competition in person. But this didn’t stop Rabbi Wolofsky,  the founder of Torah Bowl, from trying to find a way  for all the Yeshivot to compete.

All the school’s logged onto a Zoom hosted by Rabbi Wolofsky. Then each student logged onto a buzzing website. Rabbi Wolofsy put up a question on the screen and whoever knew the answer, would buzz in and answer. Gabriella Badalov, a seventh grader, said, “It felt good to be back competing. Even though we did it virtually, it was really fun to get back to studying and competing against other teams!”

For this competition, we competed against Ben Porat Yosef (BPY), HALB, and HAFTR. YCQ took the lead, completing with a total of twenty-nine points. Sarah Owadeyah, and eighth grader, said, “After studying four parashot along with all of their Rashi’s, winning the meet felt amazing! After winning the meet, I felt that all of our studying paid off. It gives us the motivation and encouragement to start learning the next set of parashot.” All in all, this was an amazing game and we hope to win again next time.