תושדח Inside the Academy - Hebrew Academy of Cleveland
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תושדח Inside the Academy - Hebrew Academy of Cleveland
חדשות: Inside the Academy January 8, 2016 | פרשת וארא | כ'ז טבת תשע''ו בס''ד www.hac1.org Educationally Speaking JANUARY 9 Rabbi Simcha Dessler, Educational Director Mother Daughter Melava Malka 8:30 p.m. at Young Israel A prominent pulpit Rabbi tells of the offer he received in 1981 to assume the spiritual leadership of a congregation in a small but prominent southern Jewish community. Having absorbed the atmosphere of one of New York's prominent yeshivos for twenty years, the Rabbi was concerned that the southern community might not offer his children adequate opportunities for spiritual growth and was apprehensive about accepting the position. He turned to Rabbi Mordechai Gifter, zt"l, late Telshe Rosh HaYeshiva, for guidance. The Rosh HaYeshiva confidently responded, "You take care of the Ribono Shel Olam's children and He will take care of your children." With these words Rabbi Gifter strongly encouraged him to accept the position that he successfully holds until today. The Rabbi was concerned about his children’s environment and had the foresight to seek—and follow— the guidance of daas Torah. Our environment has a profound—if not always perceived— impact on each of us and our families. • • • • • • JANUARY 10 Uncle Moishy Concert 2:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. at Notre Dame College • • • • • • JANUARY 16 Yavne Jr. High Melava Malka 8:00-9:30 p.m. • • • • • • JANUARY 23 In Parshas Vaera, Moshe and Aharon came before Pharaoh and, as Hashem commanded, Aharon threw down his mateh, staff, whereupon it was miraculously transformed into a snake (7:10). FEBRUARY 17 Rabbi Meir Shapiro, zt"l, Rav of Lublin and founder of the Daf Yomi movement, shared an important insight regarding the mateh which bore the Shem HaMeforash, G-d’s name. This unique staff was passed down from generation to generation: from Adam to Shais; from Avraham Avinu to Yitzchok Avinu; from Yaakov Avinu to Yosef; from Yosef to Moshe Rabbeinu. Held in the sacred hands of these spiritual giants, the mateh performed wonders sanctifying the Name of Hashem. From Aharon’s hand it was cast down to become the lowest of all creatures, a snake. The Lubliner Rav drew from this that even the holiest of objects can be affected by its surroundings. Thus, one must be cautious in choosing the proper environment since an inappropriate setting can affect even the greatest of individuals. For this reason, Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Prachya mandates, “ Knei lecha chaver, acquire for yourself a friend” and Nitai HaArbali cautious us to distance ourselves from an evil neighbor or from associating with a wicked individual (Pirkei Avos 1:6,7). Community-wide Lecture Dr. David Pelcovitz “Raising Your Child to be a Mentch” 8:30 at Yavne Are guilt by association and the influence of a negative environment truisms? Rabbeinu Ovadia Bartenura maintains they are. He employs the parable regarding one who leaves a tannery and though he did not work the hides or take one with him, he nonetheless smells of the vile solutions used by tanners. Kollel Ateres Nochum Zev Melava Malka 8:30 p.m. at Yavne • • • • • • FEBRUARY 3 Midwinter Vacation • • • • • • 4:55 Children are particularly impressionable and vulnerable, and parents must realize that their child’s environment has the potential to be transformative and cause real and possibly permanent change in attitude, outlook and behavior. Parents need to be vigilant and knowledgeable regarding their children—especially after school and on weekends. As always, the best approach is to balance restrictions by teaching children to use good judgment and make appropriate decisions. Have a wonderful Shabbos! I NSIDE T HE A C ADE MY P AGE 2 Yeshiva High School Monday marked the yahrtzeit of the Telshe Rosh HaYeshiva, Rabbi Mordechai Gifter zt”l. Commemorating the yahrtzeit, the Yeshiva was addressed by his son, Rabbi Zalman Gifter who shared divrei Torah from his father. The concept of maasei avos simon labanim was brought to the fore and how the middos of the Avos are ingrained within us. Also mentioned was how the mere fact that the Avos dwelled in Eretz Yisrael gives us claim to the land. The lessons shared created awareness of the richness that each one of us possess as a member of Am Yisrael and the obligations that we must live up to. As an enhancement to the hilchos tefilin learned in the seventh grade, Rabbi Lichtenstein’s class viewed a "Torah Live” video depicting many of the practical halachos. From a demonstration of how tefilin are actually made to the different customs of donning tefilin, “Torah Live” enabled these halachos to come to life. The Yeshiva will utilize this tool to depict the lessons of the classroom and to simplify some of the more complicated halachos. Lights, cameras, extra-curricular action! The Yeshiva is now in the midst of creating a video of its own. Under the guidance of Rabbi Yosef Grodko, many of the high school talmidim are now remaining on Tuesday nights for supper and learning the many facets of creating a production. From script writing and acting to video and editing, the talmidim are developing their natural talents and putting them to good use. This is a tremendous opportunity to shine in other areas besides the classroom and to enhance the talmidim’s self-esteem. The Yeshiva wishes Rabbi Grodko and the talmidim hatzlacha in this endeavor and we can’t wait to see the finished product! Mazel tov to Rabbi Maimon's and Rabbi Margulies' shiurim on finishing the second perek of Meseches Sukkah. This perek was learned during the bekius seder where the talmidim concentrate on covering more ground and finishing the mesechta. May they continue to go m’chayil el chayil. Yeshiva Ketana The atmosphere in Rabbi Elias’s classroom is energizing as his 5 th grade talmidim continue to learn Gemara with a geshmak! Rabbi Elias has begun a new learning motivation in which boys who demonstrate notable effort during class earn chances to extract a prize from a special machine. This week, the boys were privileged to learn a portion of Tosofos’ commentary on the latest excerpt of the Gemara, machruzos shel dagim, that the class has been working on. After posing Tosofos’ question, Rabbi Elias challenged the class to use their critical thinking abilities to suggest a potential answer to Tosofos’ query. While most of the boys were stumped by the question, less than a minute had passed when one budding talmid chacham, Shmuel Burgess, insisted that he had an answer. Shmuel proceeded to explain his solution, which turned out to be identical to the explanation that Tosofos suggests! Mazel tov to Shlomo Aryeh Blech, grade 5, and Mordechai Blech, grade 4, who both completed Meseches Beitzah and made a siyum this week. Mazel tov to the proud parents and grandparents and may they continue to have much nachas! J AN U ARY 8 , 2016 P AGE 3 Girls Elementary Division Mrs. Yuspeh’s fifth graders celebrated their completion of Parshas Yisro. One of the highlights of the parsha was learning about Matan Torah. After the giving of the Torah, the halochos of shechita and forbidden foods became known to Bnai Yisroel. The utensils which they had previously used were therefore not kosher and so they ate dairy foods until they had an opportunity to kasher their dishes. The girls felt it would be appropriate to celebrate their siyum with a type of dairy food…ice cream sundaes. Yum! Sixth grader, Tzivia Drazin, was one of four winners in the Yated’s Chanukah Miracle Essay Contest. The following is her beautiful essay that depicts the nissim and hashgacha pratis that occurred in her family. Sirens were blaring, people were screaming, Jewish blood was being spilled. My grandparents heard all these bloodcurdling sounds, but they weren’t from those people who were hysterical, as they were safe in their home. However, Opa, my grandfather, could have been one of the injured, chas v’shalom. My Opa lives in Eretz Yisroel, and as his usual custom, he called a taxi to drive him to shul for shacharis, as he uses a walker. He waited for the taxi to come, but it didn’t arrive. My grandfather repeatedly called the taxi company, nevertheless, it never came. Opa always davens with a minyan, but since he was already late, my grandmother begged him to come inside and daven by himself, which he did. Moments later, sirens were heard. The shul my grandfather always davened at was being attacked. This day was known as the Har Nof Masascre. Opa davens at Bnei Torah, and because his taxi never came, he wasn’t in shul that day. In addition, my grandfather always sits in the back row in his shul. The terrorists came in from the back and all the people in the back row were killed or injured, besides my grandfather. The night before this tragedy, my uncle from the United States had left my grandparents after visiting them and returned to America. If my uncle had still been in Eretz Yisroel, he would have driven Opa to shulBaruch Hashem he had left. It was hashgacha pratis my grandfather was not in shul for this terrible massacre. Yavne High School Wow! What a busy month Teves has been for Yavne! The theme of the month is “A Time to Embrace.” To encourage ahavas Yisroel, the G.O. introduced the PIO program (Pass It On). Acts of kindness were passed on and went all over- as far as California, Georgia and North Carolina. The girls enjoyed “hug” drinks, “free smiles”, a new G.O. charm and “free Shabbos hugs”. This past Shabbos Yavne had a most memorable Shabbaton at Embassy Suites with the theme of “Sheva Yipol Tzaddik V’Kam.” Our guest speaker was the very popular Miss Chevy Garfinkel. Her dynamic style and engaging personality, coupled with genuine inspiration, kept our girls riveted. The combination of inspirational divrei torah, beautiful decorations and kits, moving kumzitzes, a student newspaper, workshops and skits ensured that our students enjoyed every moment. (Continued on page 4) J AN U ARY 8 , 2016 P AGE 4 Yavne High School (continued) On Motzei Shabbos, the girls enjoyed spirited dancing with live music and pizza. A special thank you to Rabbi and Mrs. Greenwald for all of their assistance in making this Shabbaton a success, especially for the phenomenal food. Our students’ efforts under the capable direction of Mrs. Berkowitz truly paid off. Thank you, Mrs. Berkowitz! This past Sunday, the Jr. High celebrated Achdus Day. The girls spent the day enjoying various activities such as swimming and designing T-shirts with a spirit of unity. It was a most enjoyable day. The Jr. High is currently busy preparing for our Gala Melave Malka where we will explore the theme of Eretz Yisroel. Please feel free to stop by on Motzei Shabbos, January 16 th when you drop off your daughters to see the beautifully decorated lunchroom. General Studies Division Writers’ Workshop Second graders in Writers' Workshop are busy learning how to write book reviews. They are writing these reviews in letter form and mailing them to their friends and family. The final fun step is putting the letters through the postage meter. Watch your mailboxes. Classroom Close-Up - Sixth Grade Team The sixth grade boys have been hard at work this year, and have many upcoming projects to look forward to. In Language Arts, Mrs. Miller’s group has been working on a new novel study approach called “The Book Buffet.” They have been reading Escape from Warsaw and this will be their culminating project. The project allows boys to either choose a partner or work alone to complete projects from the “buffet.” By giving the boys autonomy to choose which parts of the project they want to complete, they are actively engaged in their learning. This type of project allows for children with different learning styles to share their knowledge. The first “book buffet” will be completed by the end of January. Projects will be displayed in our classroom. There will be two additional projects before the school year ends. Mrs. Schabes’ Language Arts group has embarked on a foray into journalism, taking turns writing different columns for their bi-monthly newsletter. The “roving reporters” produced a wonderful first edition, and are gearing up to produce the upcoming January edition at the end of this month. This project combines non-fiction writing such as expository and narrative writing with human in- terest interviews, jokes and puzzles – all the elements the students agreed make for an interesting newspaper! The boys are also learning to work with a deadline and with a word count. Furthermore, they are honing their computer skills at the same time by typing their own columns, including pictures and captions, and formatting the pages. In Math, Mrs. Silber’s classes have finished the first third of the Core Curriculum. In order to review all the concepts they have learned about, groups of boys prepared new board games that included problems reflecting their skills. Each group or individual designed a theme oriented game board for 2 to 4 players that had math concepts as the main component of the game. They also wrote directions for the game and “tested” it out on other students. In Science, both classes have started to explore the rocks and minerals that make up the Earth. While learning about crystals, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock, they have been able to model how rocks are formed. Using magnifying glasses and a crystal guide, individual crystals were identified, and particles of different types of sand were cemented together to form personal sandstone rocks. The boys have collected rocks from around the school yard and are learning to classify them by category and then into individual types. P AGE 5 J AN U ARY 8 , 2016 General Studies Division (continued) In Social Studies, both classes are laying the foundations for an end of the year “Eastern Hemis-fair.” Concurrent with their geography studies of map skills and timelines, the boys are beginning an independent study of several countries located in the eastern hemisphere, reading select informational tour books and solving mystery packets as a review of the information learned. The boys are aiming to gather stamps on their “passports” to demonstrate their mastery of each country’s information. Eventually, boys will choose a country to highlight at the Fair, again integrating non-fiction reading and writing skills with computer skills as they create travel brochures and displays through which they will share this information with others. In honor of this week's letters p and j we had PJ party! We loved making pizza and decorating our paper bags to fill our delicious popcorn (see above). Early Childhood Division The mitzrim didn’t like the eser makos (ten plagues), but our preschoolers certainly do love learning about them. Each of the makkos provides our moros with opportunities to connect them with science, math, language, fine motor skills, and gross motor skills. Each of these are goals that we want to develop in each of our young children. For the makka of dom (blood) some of the three year old classes mixed red Kool Aid with water and made faces as they were drinking. For tzefardea (frogs) the children learned about how frogs develop and then they jumped around the room, strengthening their leg muscles and imagination. Some of the classes developed their fine motor skills by painting and making tzefardea hats. For kinim (lice) they did lots of pretending and scratching. Morah Feifer and Morah Gitti’s children performed an experiment connected to the makkah of sh’chin (boils). Hashem told Moshe to hold the ashes from both his and Aharon’s hands in his hand. The children tried to fill their hands with Lego and place all of them in one hand. They realized how impossible this was and what a neis Hashem made. Barad is one of our favorite makkos. This provided the children with the opportunity to see how ice is made and the effects fire has on ice. The children were fascinated to see how fire melts the ice and how the ice turns to water when it gets too close to fire. And of course, this made the neis of this makka even more remarkable to the children. In this week’s parsha, the middah of hakoras hatov, appreciation, was stressed. The children learned how Moshe Rabbeinu had hakoras hatov even for inanimate objects, the Nile and the sand because they both helped save his life years before. After discussing this important middah, Morah Feifer and Morah Gitti’s children each told the morah to whom they have hakoras hatov and why. We try so hard to make learning relevant to the children. In this way we are, hopefully, raising mentshen with good, solid middos. We want to thank all our parents for attending parent-teacher conferences earlier this week , enabling us to share your child’s progress. We encourage your communication with the teachers at any time that you want to ask a question or discuss a concern. Of course, we all want the best for “our” children. J AN U ARY 8 , 2016 P AGE 6 2016-2017 School Year The first day of school for next year will be Thursday, September 1, 2016. Midwinter vacation in 2017 will be February 1 through February 7. The current calendar is always available on our website www.hac1.org. Condolences to Rabbi Nochum Sokol on the loss of his mother, Mrs. Susan Sokol, ע“ה .המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים Mazel Tov! ! מזל טובMazel Tov! ! מזל טובMazel Tov! !מזל טוב Rabbi Calman Fishman on the birth of a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter Mr. & Mrs. Herschel Itzinger on the birth of a great-grandson Dr. & Mrs. Brian Wolovitz on the engagement of Amira to Moshe Berger of Miami HAC January 2016 LUNCH MENU All lunches will include 1/2 cup of salad, 1/2 cup fruit, whole grain bread and 2oz meat alternative. The salad bar will have a variety of fresh vegetables, tuna salad and flaked tuna and legumes. 8oz milk will be served on all dairy lunch days. Due to religious purposes, juice will be served on meat days. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 NOON DISMISSAL NO LUNCH 4 5 6 7 8 sloppy joe pasta w/ sauce breaded chicken baked ziti bagels mashed potatoes cheese slices rice carrots cream cheese tacos/peas green beans 11 ROSH CHODESH broccoli 12 tuna/yogurt 13 14 15 chicken nuggets pizza bagels deli sandwiches fish sticks potatoes rice soup corn soup scrambled eggs broccoli pickles 18 19 cole slaw 20 yogurt 21 22 hot dogs toasted cheese roasted chicken mac and cheese bagels chicken nuggets soup rice green beans cream cheese baked beans/pickles broccoli 25 26 tuna/yogurt 27 28 29 meatballs fish sticks hot dogs pasta w/ sauce waffles rice soup chicken nuggets cheese slices scrambled eggs broccoli cole slaw baked beans green beans yogurt In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, religious creed, disability, age, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Yavne and Yeshiva High Schools January Lunch Menu All lunches will include ½ cup salad, ½ cup fruit, whole grain bread and 2oz meat alternative. The salad bar will have a variety of fresh vegetables, tuna salad and flaked tuna and legumes. 8oz milk will be served on all dairy lunch days. Due to religious purposes, juice will be served on meat lunch days. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday (1) No Lunch (4) (5) Hamburgers Baked ziti Mashed potatoes (6) Falafel, salad Baked potatoes Mixed Vegetables Rice Pita bread, tehina Minestrone Soup Peas and carrots Cream of zucchini Soup Tuna (11) (12) Grilled cheese Pasta salad w/ Vegetable Soup (13) (14) Chicken nuggets Lasagna Rice Mixed Vegetables (18) (19) Mashed potatoes (20) Macaroni with cheese Cholent Mixed Vegetables Carrots (25) Grilled cheese Rotini pasta Potato dill Soup Mushroom barley Soup Tuna (21) (22) Pizza Baked potatoes Roasted potatoes French fries Vegetable Soup Peas and carrots Mixed Vegetables (26) Hotdogs (15) Bagels w/cream cheese Peas and carrots Carrots, peppers, olives Fish sticks (8) BBQ Chicken Deli Carrots (7) (27) Chicken nuggets (28) Tuna (29) Pizza Bagels Bagels w/cream cheese Rice French fries Peas and carrots Mixed Vegetables Mushroom barley Soup Tuna No lunch for Yeshiva High School on Fridays This organization is an equal opportunity provider and employer 1 ticket for $100 Early Bird Special: $500 Heinen’s gift card (drawing on February 15, 2016) The grand drawing will take place on ג‘ אדר ב‘ תשע“ו March 13, 2016 at the 73rd Annual Scholarship Dinner Last year’s winner: Mr. Kerry Landis, Grandparent, Atlanta, Georgia Keep the flame of Torah burning in the hearts of 970 children. Support our school! To purchase tickets or for more information, please call 321-5838, ext. 160 Tickets can be purchased at the school website www.hac1.org Girls’ Health Day Monday Afternoon, January 25, 2016 Grades K-6, 12:30-3:30 Torah message from Mrs. Hefter Health Information from Medical Doctors Art Experience Fitness with Mrs. Chavie Cohen Dance with Frannie Hand Washing with GoJo Healthy (Pareve) Smoothie Tasting and Trivia Rainbow Eating For Students Only Sponsored by GoJo, Mustard Seed, Trader Joes and our PTA Boys’ Health Day Thursday Afternoon, January 28, 2016 Grades K-6, 12:30-3:30 Torah message from Rabbi Burnstein Health Information from Medical Doctors Fitness with Joe Solomon Build a Food Pyramid Hand Washing with GoJo Healthy (Pareve) Smoothie Tasting and Trivia Ninja Warriors with Allen Roth Rainbow Eating For Students Only Sponsored by GoJo, Mustard Seed, Trader Joes and our PTA בס‘‘ד PRESENTS A COMMUNITY-WIDE LECTURE ON “Raising your Child to be a Mentch” Featuring Dr. David Pelcovitz Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Internationally at 8:30 p.m. renowned psychologist, lecturer and author Hebrew Academy of Cleveland Strauss Chair in Beatrice Stone Yavne High School Psychology and Jewish 2475 South Green Road Education Beachwood, Ohio Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, Yeshiva University Yavne High School Proudly Presents Almost home Dear Friend, We are pleased to inform you of the upcoming annual Yavne production “Almost Home”. Our performance will be held at Yavne High School on Monday, February 22nd. The Yavne students will present an inspiring evening of drama, song and dance which promises to be most enjoyable. We hope you will support our efforts and help us defray expenses by sponsoring our performance and/or by placing your ad in our enhanced playbill which will be distributed to the large audience on February 22nd. Preferential seating will be reserved for those with sponsorship tickets. Only holders of a sponsor ticket will be allowed to sit in the reserved section. The deadline for sponsors and ads is Monday, January 25th. We thank you most sincerely for your support. We look forward to greeting you on February 22nd. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________ SPONSORSHIP TICKETS $350 Benefactor, 6 tickets $250 Patron, 4 tickets $140 Sponsor, 2 tickets $75 Supporter, 1 ticket ADS $75 Full Page $50 Half Page $25 Quarter Page Please include the text of your ad on a separate sheet of paper and submit to the Yavne office. You may also email your ad or any questions to [email protected] . Please make checks payable to Yavne. Please be aware that ads will not be printed until payment is received. Sponsor tickets can be sent home with a Yavne High School student, or picked up at the door on production day. For any questions please call the Yavne office 216-691-5838 ext. 100.