Message by Rabbi Yamin Levy, LIHA Rabbi

Shabbath Shalom My Dear Friends, The Perasha this week continues the theme of last week’s reading which teaches us the fundamentals of creating a

community with G-d and Torah at its center. Hashem’s command, Ve'asu li mikdash Ve'shakhanti Be'tokham, "Make for

Me a Sanctuary and I will dwell in their midst" - is now given true shape as the Children of Israel depart from the Mount

Sinai and begin to move and settle as a camp, as a community. The Sanctuary, G-d's presence, lives in the center of the

camp, and the tribes are arranged, each with its distinct position, each with its banner, around the Mishkan the Sanctuary. The Jewish people have left Mount Sinai the place where G-d was revealed and the Torah given. The description found in

the Perasha is in itself a powerful lesson. The Jewish people enter into the larger world and remain calibrated towards

Hashem’s presence directing their every action towards G-d and brining Torah to the larger world.

Another important lesson in the description of the Jewish camp in the desert has to do with the definition of “One People”.

One people does not mean that everyone is alike or the same. True unity, creating a bonded, cohesive community, comes

from respecting differences - ish al diglo - each tribe with its own uniqueness, its own distinctiveness preserved. Some are

on the left, some on the right, some North, some South. What held them together was a shared commitment to respect

each other's boundaries, to value their degalim, their distinct flags, their diversity, and to exist together as one people with

a shared orientation towards G-d's presence in their midst. Unfortunately there is an element in Judaism today that

believes that the only Jews who count are those who act within a narrow definition - a definition that is getting narrower

each day. It is a leadership that is fearful of diversity that believes that unity can come only if all Jews act and believe in

exactly the same way - their way. Sephardic tradition has always believed in spreading Hashem's Torah and its teachings, and at the same time teaching a

respect for all Jews. Even those Jews who never enter the Sanctuary can have G-d in their midst. Ours is a tradition that

teaches unity that is fused by a shared orientation, not by sameness, but rather a unity that values and respects difference.

In a world where small-mindedness and intolerance is rife, in a world where Jewish identity and shared values are elusive

concepts, this is a Herculean challenge indeed, but in the striving to achieve it, ours is a community that can do much to

transform our people and our respect for one another. This message seems obvious to many of us. Let us all work together to build a true machaneh Yisrael, with all

its degalim, with all its diversity.

Sharyn Blaustein Volume 21

Principal Issue 30

May 29, 2015

Sivan 11, 5775

Rabbi Yamin Levy

LIHA Rabbi

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Dear Parents, Long Island Hebrew

Academy is pleased to announce that for the 2015-

2016 school year Morah Chaya will be creating and

implementing a new intensive Ivrit Program for our

Hebrew Department. We look forward to this exciting new development and hope that you will join us as it

unfolds. Best Regards, Morah Sara

Ms. Grace’s 3rd Grade

Writing Celebration

Animal Research Project

June 2nd 10:15 &

June 9th 10:15 Notes went home advising

which date

Red Yellow Blue

Kindergarten Bianca D

Daniel G

Lior K

Orah S

Aaron S

Abigail E

Aliyah J.

Hila A. Daniella K

Nathan H

Shira M

Ariel H

Ariel N

Talia N

Ariel R

Adina Z

Aharon B

Adiella B

Ariella F

Chloe N

Aitan T

Chloe N

1st Grade Brandon B

Ariel M

Liat P

Efraim Y

Ella G

Eitan D

Avital S

Kayla L

Yael P

Avigail M

Abigail A

Amalya M

Samuel S

Yoav H

Tehilla K

Nava S

Jacob K

Heleni A

Talia D

Jacob H

Elisha H

Aviva K

Leah M

Tali M

Devorah S

2nd Grade Matthew G

Mishael L

Liyona K

Rochelle S

Aaron D

Mital K

Eliya Y

Tehila S

Evan B

Sherry T

Yossi S

Jonah P

Aylin S

Doron R

Avi R

Yael K

Ronen P

Orah M

Ashira K

Symone Y

3rd Grade Eitan M

Joshua P

Michael Y

Nathaniel D

Shaina S

Sara K

Reena H

Elianna K

Noyah M

Natan M

Coby K

David D Benjamin T

Adiel T

Rachel M

Joey A

Sharlene D

Joshua H

Orel H

Noach D

Gabi G

Adelle H

4th and 5th Grade Michael G

Daniel Sh

Briana B

Ranana D

David H

Daniel M

Liel A

Joshua H

Danielle A

Shira B

Kyleen K

Daniel S

Eitan Z

Ornella A

Yosef K

Gil P

Yoel H

Take A Look At LIHA

Toddler

This week the children read the book "Five Little Monkeys, Swinging on the Tree" which taught them to count from 1 to 5. We also learned the first letter of each of our names and are

able to point them out. The children are also practicing for our Shalom Party.

Shabbat Abba was Benny and Shabbat Ima was Keren. Shabbat Shalom :)

Nursery I

We hope everyone had a wonderful Shavuot and enjoyed reading our “Mitzvot Book”. We are continuing to work on our “academic sheets” in order to complete our recognition of the alphabet. In addition, we are practicing cutting with scissors, reviewing numbers 1-10, the Hebrew alphabet, colors and shapes. We are also re-reading some of our

favorite books such as, “Maybe A Bear Ate It”, “Refus Goes To School”, Pinkalicous”, “The Aunts Go Marching” and

“Peppa’s Sleepover”. Our Shabbat Ima & Abba were Sara & Michael Shabbat

Shalom

Nursery II We have been busy this week discussing how much

fun we have in school. We’ve been comparing some of our favorite things like colors, toys in class and books. We’ve been working on something very

special for the end of the year. Shabbat Ima & Abba were Michal & Yosef

Shabbat Shalom

Pre K We hope you had a restful Memorial Day weekend and are

ready for the rest of the school year. We are busy

reviewing all the letters of the aleph bet, the alphabet, our

numbers, opposites, more or less and everything we

learned this year. We are also busy practicing for our

graduation. Invitations will go out in a timely fashion.

Please keep Wednesday, June 17th free!

Our Abba & Ima were Eitan K. & Rina.

The following

parents have

donated a book

to the LIHA

Library in honor

of their

children’s

birthday…

Mr. & Mrs.

Marc Dorwitt

for Noach’s

birthday

Mr. & Mrs.

Ashir Pirouzian

for Yael’s

birthday

Mr. David

Soleimani & Ms.

Shula Ograd for

Jordana’s birthday

Kindergarten English

This week we read an informational text titled Building Beavers. We learned so many facts about beavers. Our amazing words were beaver, lodge, paddle, river, stream and lake. We discussed the main idea, telling sentences, prepositional phrases and the vowels a, e, and i. We are still working on three dimensional shapes in math. The night and day sky have been

our topic in science and we've been learning about Marc Chagall.

Kindergarten Hebrew

Hope you had a wonderful “Shavuot”, since we have come back we have been very busy too! We learned

another letter of the Alef-bet this week; the letter koof ( )

and the words were Kadosh (Holy ), kar (cold ) and

keshet (rainbow ). Parashat Nasso explains about “Birkat Ha-Kohanim” the mitzvah of kohanim blessing all the Bnei Yisrael and we made a small project on that and

the Bracha for lighting the candle for Shabbat. The children will bring it home next week B-ezrat H. We are

all looking forward to our trip next week.

Our Shabbat Imma & Abba were Hila & Natan this week. Chag Sameach & Shabbat Shalom

1st Grade Hebrew – ‘

All week we practiced answering questions in Hebrew like, How are you?, What is your name? and more. This week we learned

the different time of day like (morning)

(noon) etc. We learned the name of

each meal of the day and some foods we eat in each meal. We finished the week

learning Parasha .

1st Grade English

This week the first grade began chapter 11 in their math book. In science we began unit 3 we are going to be learning about animals.

2nd

Grade English

2nd grade had another great week. In math, we began working on

graphing. We continue to work on becoming better readers and writers. Please check your children's folders and make sure they are doing all of their homework and reading every

night. Have a great weekend!

2nd

Grade Hebrew

We have successfully finished the study of Houmash through Parashat Bereshit. We are working on the present time and matching the verbs

with their subject.

3rd

Grade English

This week the third grade began putting together there posters for their animal project. They are also working hard in

math. They are really enjoying fractions. We will be sending home invitations for

our writing celebration. The students are really looking forward to presenting their

research projects for their families.

3rd

Grade Hebrew

We learned about (sheli, shelka…). We are also reviewing the present tense and how to match the verb with the adequate subject.

4th

Grade English

The fourth grade class has been working so hard that they earned themselves a pajama party. They had a great time; however I’m sure

they missed class learning time during the party!

4th

Grade Hebrew

The class is very excited for the “Oneg Shabbat” presentation next Monday. They have been practicing for the show. We also have been reviewing the

grammar we learned from this past year.

5th

Grade English

5th grade began graphing data and line plots in math as we continue to work on improving our reading and writing skills. They are getting excited about graduation and are doing a great job practicing for it. Please practice their parts with them at

home. Shabbat Shalom!

5th

Grade Hebrew

This week we reviewed a lot of Jewish concepts that we learned

during the past year. We also practiced a lot of Hebrew conversations in class.