Fifteen Yeshivat 91影视 juniors headed to Houston from Tuesday November 13, to Sunday November 18, on a chessed mission organized through New Jersey NCSY. The mission included Rabbi Ethan Katz, regional director of NJ NCSY, Rabbi Zev Kahane, a Teaneck NCSY adviser who will be overseeing this year鈥檚 NCSY-91影视 chessed missions, Yeshivat 91影视 Director of Chessed Programming Rabbi Joshua Schulman, as well as two NCSY advisers who happen to be 91影视 graduates of the class of 2016, Nicole Aranoff and Dalia Cohen.
In Houston, the students worked with Repair the World and the disaster recovery organization SBP. They learned about how houses in Houston were destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, and worked on interior wall demolition and insulation installation. The students worked so diligently that they impressed the representatives from SBP, who told them that they had accomplished twice as much as expected. 
On Friday, the students volunteered with the Houston Food Bank, encountering various volunteer groups from local schools. 鈥淭hey said to us, 鈥榊ou鈥檙e from New York and New Jersey and you came all this way? That鈥檚 awesome,鈥欌 recounted Baila Shatzkes ’20. 鈥淭hat made us feel really proud.鈥
The students spent Shabbat with the Meyerland community, bringing ruach to the shul and Shabbat meals.
