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January 10 2020 WE ARE ONLY GUESTS 4 13 PM Rashi explains that this Parsha is there are no spaces in a separating it from Parshas Vayigash because this Parsha discusses the petirah of Yaakov Aivnu Once Yaakov died the Yidden began feeling the effects of Egyptian bondage The Gur Aryeh quotes the words of Rashi in on the words that the Torah relates the lifespan of Levi to demonstrate that the bondage did not start until all the Shvatim died Levi lived the longest so the slavery began after his death This apparent contradiction in Rashi as to when the bondage began explains Gur Aryeh can be resolved by accurately translating the words of Rashi In Parshas Vayechi Rashi defines the as beginning with the death of Yaakov In Rashi utilizes the words The actual bondage and backbreaking labor didn t begin until after Levi died The however started with the death of Yaakov After Yaakov died a certain stress tension and element of Anti Semitism began to appear During Yaakov s lifetime the Jews were regarded with respect and treated with dignity This began to erode when he died In the last possuk of Parshas Vayigash the Torah states The literal translation of this possuk is that Klal Yisrael began increasing they took hold of the land and settled there However the word is pronounced which accurately translates as And they were held by the land Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch points out that with the passage of time the culture of Egypt began infiltrating Jewish life and Yidden started to be held by the land and its ways As the Jews began to feel part and parcel of Egyptian civilization there was a parallel rise in anti Semitism to accentuate their difference The more they assimilated the more the Egyptians discriminated We have to remember to feel like we are guests and outsiders and be for the January 20 Faculty Professional Development Day no classes for students March 23 Torah Academy 38th Anniversary dinner The bulletin is sponsored in honor of our mechanchim and educators by Rabbi Ochs to 4G on completing Sefer Beraishish Thank you Mrs Sternfield and Miss C F Leff Excitement is building as our students are preparing for the science fair Their creativity shines as they design engineer implement and test their projects We can t wait to greet you at the fair 3rd grade boys finished Parshas Vayeitzei and celebrated with a siyum Thank you Rabbi Polter We are deeply grateful to the many parents and friends who filled in to teach during the week of December 25th Mr Shaya Atar Rabbi Eliezer Bercuson Ms Roberta Miller Ms Marilyn Patt Mr Zev Sack Ms Shana Rivka Shanske Rabbi Shmuel Silberman and Mr Sam Tarlin Thank you to Mr Sammy Simnegar who presented to our 6th and 7th grade classes during Club Hour on the Ins and Outs of the Stock Market We are so proud of all the boys in grades 3 8 for their extra mishnayos learning during the month of Kislev for Chemdas Yosef Mazel tov to the raffle winners Grades 35 Elchanon Frohlich Ephraim Kashnow Dovid Uri Knisbacher and Aron Dovid Luria grand prize Grades 6 8 Moishy Blumberg Akiva Bressel Yosef Yaakov Mermelstein and Chatzkel Wilhelm grand prize Thank you again to the Halperns for sponsoring the special program Perakim learned to date Grade 3 30 Grade 4 74 Grade 5 95 Grade 6 156 Grade 7 265 Grade 8 90 Torah Academy Total to date 710 perakim of mishnayos Keep Shteiging Grade 5 girls is celebrating the unit they learned with a Native Americans Fair today

Bulletin Board DAY OF LEARNING 26 Kislev sponsored by Rabbi Ochs and Rabbi Frohlich in honor of our dear fourth grade rebbe Rabbi Yonasan Rodkin for leading the choir and for running the Chemdas Program 5 Teves by the Goldman Family l ilui nishmas Ruchama Elka Yitel bas Reb Moshe Chaim a h 6 Teves sponsored by Rabbi Aaron Mrs Rena Krochmal in memory of Mrs Eva Satran a h grandmother of Mrs Rena Krochmal MAZEL TOV TO Yossi TA 94 Brochi Soll on the birth of their son and to grandparents Dr David Mrs Rochel Soll Chaim TA 95 Ayala Soll on the birth of their If you move or change your home phone or Soll cell phone numbers or you change your cell Rabbi Shea Mrs Sharone Williston Sunday Secretary carrier let us know immediately Zuber on the birth of a great granddaughter to Yosef We use text messaging to connect to parents Zlata Tovah Hershlog on an issues of an immediate nature such as Rabbi Chonon Mrs Malky Fontek on the bar mitzvah of with return times for field trips Simcha Esti Fireman TA 07 Berman on the birth of their daughter and to grandparents Rabbi Eli Mrs Rivki Fireman and to great grandparents Rabbi Avrohom Mrs Karen Fireman and to Rabbi Eli Mrs Edie Dovek We need your help daughter and to grandparents Dr David Mrs Rochel their son Yaakov 7B HELP US HELP YOU Avi TA 02 Hollander on his upcoming marriage to Mirav Hazan and to parents Dr Y D Mrs Rikki Hollander Thank you

PRESCHOOL SNAPSHOTS 1 2 2 3 4 K1 plays an game Construction workers in PreK and Daycare During H week Hat Day in PreK classes Children in K1 drew self portraits then wrote what the wish for while they daven from their siddur Wearing their Rosh Chodesh crowns in K1 K2 s bulletin board Thank you Morah Sara Roditi and the kinderlach 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 6

WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 6 1 2 3 4 5 Winners of the grades 3 5 Kislev Chemdas contest 4B book reports 2B on a noun hunt Classes prepare for the STEM fair Rabbi Ochs holds the check for Boxtop money we receive Thank you to all who participated and to Mrs Zuber for coordinating the program 5 4 4 6 7 Mr Sammy Simnegar presenting the ins and outs of the stock market to 6B and 7B during Club Hour 7th and 8th graders making temporary magnets without a permanent magnet present The winning magnetic connection held 17 pieces 7

HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 Teves bulletin board created by 5G girls 5G preparing projects for Native Americans Fair 7G intense math with Mrs Yee 2G winter cardinal painting in art class Playing a math game in 2G 4G conducts tests and experiments with their catapults in preparation for the STEM Fair

Torah Academy is proud to menschen the following Talmidim who had MIDDOS ALL DAY in both Kodesh and General Studies 1st GRADE Baruch Marshall Aron Luria 7th GRADE Dov Bercuson Asher Nesanel Mintzes Yehoshua Gelernter Dovid Plotnik 5th GRADE Dovid Tzvi Krochmal Shua Schwarz Dovid Sebbag Mordy Bier Moishe Leff Aryeh Silverman Moshe Segal Shlomo Feldman Mendel Meyers Jakey Wiesenfeld Tuvya Sternfield Eli Feuerstein 8th GRADE 2nd GRADE Yaakov Wallin Ephraim Kashnow Aaron Bier Nechemia Berzansky 3rd GRADE Asher Katz Henoch Blumberg Zelig Bier Netanel Atar Shmuel Loketch Akiva Feuerstein Nochum Dessler Eli Benmergui Naftoli Ochs Ahron Fireman Yitzy Fine Yehoshua Kashnow Tzvi Posy Yitzy Gould Yehuda Greenblatt 4th GRADE Tuvia Schonberg Nechemia Ochs Avrohom Halpern Dovid Menachem Feldman 6th GRADE Mendel Rodkin Levi Yitzchok Horowitz Uri Hain Levi Meir Klompas Ezra Klompas Nesanel Luria David Uri Knisbacher Uri Katz Yehuda Leib Feldman Yehuda Feuerstein Daniel Simnegar SHNAYIM MIKRA MIKRA Mazel Tov to learners forSHNAYIM Parshas Vayeshev S Vayislach V Mikets M 5B Mazel Tov toOchs learners V Mikets M0 Naftoli All for Parshas ShlomoVayeshev S Rosmarin All Vayislach 8B Shlomo Hirsch Feldman Mordy Bier V Tuvia Schonberg All 7B Shlomo Hirsch Feldman S M 6B Moshe Leff All Yehuda Ezra Feuerstein S Binyomin Septimus All Ephraim Kashnow S M Nechemia Ochs All S M Naftoli Ochs All Raffle Winner Mordy Bier V Shlomo Rosmarin V M Tuvia Schonberg V