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FIRST GRADE GIRLS CHUMASH PLAYS

I S S U E Parshas Mishpatim

Hadlakas Neiros : 5 :00 PM

Shabbos ends: 6:20 PM 15 February 5, 2016

Dear Parents, The parsha begins with the letter “ו” with...ואלה המשפטים. Rashi explains that if there is no “ו” prefix to אלה, that would indicate that the topic at hand is discon-nected from and independent of the previ-ous one. Because it says ואלה, that means it is connected to the previous ענין. Rashi continues to state how they are connected:

ואלה מוסיף על הראשונים. ” “ מה הראשונים מסיני אף אלו מסיני.

Just as the עשרת הדברות were given mentioned in דינים so too the ,מסיניParshas Mishpatim are מסיני. We see from this that the manner in which people interact with one another, in business and all matters of בין אדם לחבירו are part of תורה מסיני. The ל“זצ ,צמח דוד , says that the words have an even ואלה מוסיף על הראשוניםdeeper meaning. The mitzvohs that are are only between Man and בין אדם למקוםG-d, whereas the משפטים are מוסיף on the in that besides being matters of ראשונים they are in addition to ,בין אדם לחבירו It is also important to note .בין אדם למקוםthat as an introduction to Parshas Teruma, we read about the בין אדם לחבירו. When a person treats his fellow man in the proper and correct way and there is adchdus among K’lal Yisrael, the שכינה dwells amongst us. Therefore, following Parshas Mishpatim is the parsha of

“. ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם” In Parshas Yisro, ( ג“י , ח“פרק י ), it says;

“.ויהי ממחרת וישב משה לשפט את העם ” Rashi explains that the word ממחרת refers to the day after Yom Kippur. It was 80 days after מתן תורה when Moshe Rabbeinu came down from הר סיני and immediately started judging the nation and resolving interpersonal issues ?What was the rush .בין אדם לחבירו

Why did he go straight to the mundane matters of his people, after having been elevated to such great heights in שמים, learning Torah from Hashem, not eating or drinking all during that time? The ל“זצ ,קרן ישועה explains that on Yom Kippur (the prior day) משה had seen truckloads of עבירות committed by עם being dumped in the (figuratively) ישראלriver after the כפרה of יום הכיפורים. After all, we say in our Yom Kippur tefillos; “מלך מוחל וסולח לעוונות עמו בית ישראל ”,

which means we are forgiven for our sins by Hashem. Suddenly Moshe saw a tremendous pile of sins that had remained completely intact. When he asked Hashem about this, Hashem responded: “These are the עבירות בין אדם לחבירו, which are not forgiven on Yom Kippur ( ח“מסכת יומא,דף פ ). As soon as Moshe realized what this horrific sight was “ ויהי ממחרת... ” immediately after he came down from the mountain,

“ וישב משה לשפט את העם ”, he quickly got to work dealing with matters of בין אדם .לחבירו We see how much of an emphasis is put on how we deal with one another and what an integral part of our mesorah this is. It is so important for our children to learn and even more importantly, for them to see how one should treat another and that honorable interaction among people according to the Torah will bring השראת to us as a nation and to each השכינהindividual family. Have a wonderful Shabbos, Rabbi Berel Leiner Menahel

MESSAGE FROM OUR MENAHELMESSAGE FROM OUR MENAHEL

Beautiful makkos scrapbook designed by fifth grade girls to

enhance their Chumash lessons

Geography Bee Finalists

Monday, 22 Shevat (2/1) In memory of Rachel bas

Eliezer, on her first yahrtzeit, grandmother of Rafi (6B) and

Esther (2G) Karfunkel, sponsored by the Karfunkel

family

HOT LUNCH WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8:

All NEW substitution requests for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

required. Please email goodshabbos@optimum.net

Monday and Wednesday: Pizza Tuesday: Pasta and meat sauce, potato side dish, green beans,

pickled tomatoes Thursday: 2 slices French toast & 1 large pancake, syrup on side, applesauce (regular, strawberry

& cinnamon), peaches Friday:

Fresh bagel and cream cheese* (*or substitute American

cheese, jam, butter, egg salad or tuna salad), Dipsy Doodles or

potato chips, fruit Pareve substitutions available on

Tuesday and Thursday: Tuna or egg salad wrap (whole

wheat or regular), fish sticks, falafel and pita bread, 2 hot

potato bourekas, 2 hot potato knishes, 2 Belgian waffles with

syrup, potato & onion perogies, pasta with ketchup or marinara

(please specify) Dairy substitutes available on

Thursday are: 2 grilled cheese sandwiches,

3 cheese blintzes with chocolate drizzle

*All side dishes are included with substitutions.

If you have a substitute request, please e-mail

goodshabbos@optimum.net by Sunday evening. Include your child's first and last name, grade

and morning teacher’s name. Substitutions will remain in place

unless you change them via email request only

to goodshabbos@optimum.net.

ט מלאכות“ל PRESENTATION Parnes Hayom

Learning was dedicated on the following days:

The seventh grade girls enjoyed an interactive

presentation by Rabbi Josh Rossman, who demonstrated

many of the 39 malochos that are asur on Shabbos.

The girls had the opportunity to spin raw wool into yarn,

grind wheat kernels into flour and use a winnowing shovel to separate the wheat chaff

from the kernel. Thank you to the PTA for

sponsoring and Mrs. Perlowitz for arranging

the presentation. It was a fantastic opportunity

to bring our lessons to life.

GIRLS’ LIMUDEI KODESH UPDATE

MAZAL TOV TO…

Ms. Chaya Yehudis Aron (3G Morah) on her marriage to

Yanky Hess

Mr. David & Mrs. Miriam Sheril, Shlomo (2B) & Dassa (Pre1A),

on the birth of a son

Dr. Jonathon & Mrs. Paula Gold on the birth of a granddaughter

to Ahuva & Eli Weisenfeld

Mr. Shmuel & Mrs. Esther Seewald & Leora (Pre1A) on the birth of a daughter

Mr. Mordechai & Mrs. Hinda

Rosner (ECD perm. sub) on the birth of a son

Rabbi Bin & Mrs. Penina Goldman

& family on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Yehuda

Eitan Schulman (7B) & family

on his Bar Mitzvah

Rena Stern (6G) & family on her Bas Mitzvah

Yakira Rothberger (6G) on

winning the YBH Geography Bee

CONDOLENCES TO

Rabbi Dovid Hirsch on the loss of his father, Mr. Phillip Hirsch

Mrs. Chani Zimmer on the loss of her brother, Yisroel Meir Skurnik

Mrs. Corinne Judasin on the loss

of her mother, Mrs. Margot Zarny

Dear Parents, I hope a wonderful and restful vacation was en-joyed by all! It is great to see the girls back at school looking refreshed and eager to resume their limudim. Chazal teach that tefillah stands at the highest point of the world. However, the significance of tefillah lies not only in its heavenly quality, but also in the very earthly place in the human heart. Therefore, it is so important to understand the workings of our tefillos and what our prayers can accomplish. The founda-tions of tefilla and con-necting to Hashem are laid in the younger years. The way children are intro-duced and encouraged to daven and bentch properly establishes patterns that will remain with them throughout their lives. With this in mind, there are many programs imple-mented throughout the school year that explore the concept of tefilla and create an understanding of tefillos according to grade

level, helping the girls cherish the beauty and zechus of tefillah. I was very proud of the girls in grades 1-6 who participated in the mid winter break tefillah program. Many of them submitted completed charts showing that they had davened regularly during vacation. This is just one example of how the girls internalize and con-nect the lessons imparted at YBH. They will be re-warded with prizes for ele-vating their vacation in a meaningful way. Keep up the great work! I was also delighted to hear from the 2nd grade morohs that they have begun the unit on tefillah , introduc-ing the girls to the brachos of Shemonah Esrei which they will add to their daily tefillos in 3rd grade. The girls are learning inspira-tional songs to connect to the meaning of the brachos and are also designing a creative scrapbook in rela-tion to that concept.

Our Chodesh Shevat program for grades 1-5 focusing on reciting brachos aloud and answering Amen has really taken off! The walls in the classrooms are filled with crowns (too many to count) displaying the names of girls who have been vigilant about saying their brachos aloud with the proper kavana. Yasher Koach to Morah Weiss and the 4th grade girls for performing a Tu B’Shevat play in Ivrit! The girls sang meaningful songs about recognizing and appreciating that everything comes from Hashem. They also acted out a story in Ivrit about the importance of giving maaser. Kol Hakavod! It was a huge nachas to see their talents and Ivrit skills shine. Have a wonderful Shabbos, Mrs. Chana Frumit Stern, Assistant Principal, Girls Division

Middle School Update SAVE THE DATES:

Plans are under way for our Mother-Daughter Learning brunch, to take place on Feb 15th, Presidents Day from 10:00 AM until 12:00 noon.

We are looking forward to an inspirational and enjoyable morning.

The 7th grade girls are auditioning for the upcoming 7G production which will take place on Sunday, March 20th. We look forward to seeing the girls showcase their many talents! Thank you to Morah Millman (6G), who will

once again be directing the production.

A Peek Into Our Week A Peek Into Our Week:

Morah Rosenberg’s Kitah Daled: The girls of 4G-R are exercising with dikduk, jumping up when morah calls out a rosh milah indicating a word in asid (future tense) and sitting down when the sofei mila of avar (past tense) are called out. We are becoming pros at finding the shaim haguf and translating Chumash and Navi words into Hebrew and English. In Ivrit, to practice our vocabulary and dikduk skills, we each made a beautiful aron for clothes and we labelled each article of clothing in Ivrit with correct adjectives. We also wrote chiburim about our favorite doll in Ivrit, which are beautifully displayed in the lobby. In honor of Tu B’Shevat and to focus on our bein adam lachaveiro middos, we each brought home a basket filled with “fruit filled compliments” from our classmates. Morah Bechhofer’s Kitah Beis: We have been focusing on the school-wide middah for Chodesh Shevat. The girls are very enthusiastic to make their brachos out loud so that everyone can answer Amen! An entire wall in our classroom is covered with crowns for each bracha that was said out loud. We are very excited to start our new program “Keep warm with good middos” to help instill middos tovos. The girls will receive “wintery” tickets for displaying good middos, enabling them to earn delicious “wintery” treats.

Mrs. Aisenman’s Fourth Grade Class: Now that we are back after a nice winter break, the girls are busy again with our learning. Before break we had the opportunity to visit the computer lab several times – we researched the planets in our solar system learning how far each planet is from the sun, size, average temperature, and other facts. We also had fun playing games to learn the planets based on given clues. In Social Studies, each girl completed a creative mobile answering five questions she researched on New Jersey. These mobiles are hanging in our classroom. In writing, we have been focusing on writing a proper paragraph and using descriptive words to allow the reader to visualize what they are reading. Students recently wrote about hot cocoa; each girl used sensory words to describe hot cocoa. We will also be starting our story writing project in which each girl will write her own creative story. We have begun reading The Cricket in Times Square. In Math, we completed multiplication of 2-digit by 1-digit numbers and are almost done learning division by 1-digit numbers. Next we will delve into factors, multiples and number patterns.

Science E2K began this week. The students are performing open experiments regarding capillarity in plants. They meet every Tues-day evening for an hour of sci-ence enrichment with Rabbi Wieder.

ECD HIGHLIGHTS SNOW MUCH FUN!

The K-K children enjoyed the mild

weather while displaying their

artistic talents by painting the snow. What better way

to enjoy a beautiful day?

Morah Weiss’s Kitah Daled: We recently reviewed all the shorashim we learned since the start of the school year. We spent all week reviewing approximately 75 shorashim using flash cards, games and white boards and then held a class wide Shorashim Bee. Congratulations to all the students who put much effort into mastering their shorashim and Mazal Tov to the winners of the Bee; Devorah Rothenberg, Sara Wiener, Yocheved Weinstein, Talya Schulder and Shayna Bashist.

3G completed their unit on ecosystems with a diorama project.