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Message May 9, 2025 ה״פשת רייא א''י םישודק-תומ ירחא תשרפ Dear Parents,One of the many mitzvos of this week’s Parsha is the mitzvah of orlah: םכל ׳יהי םינש שלש לכאי אל םילרע – for the first three years of a tree’s growth, the fruits of that tree are forbidden and should not be eaten. ׳הל םילולה שדק וירפ לכ ׳יהי תיעיברה הנשבו – and in the fourth year of the tree’s growth, the fruit is שדוק and can only be eaten within the walls of Yerushalayim. This is referencing the mitzvah of יעבר עטנ – the fruit of the fourth year of the tree’s growth has the same תוכלה as ינש רשעמ. The Ramban writes that part of the reason for this mitzvah is because the fruit of a new tree is of inferior quality and quantity during the first three years of its growth. It is only in the fourth year since a tree’s planting that it begins to produce superior fruit that is sweet and tasty. These are the fruits that we use to perform the mitzvah of יעבר עטנ. The שרדמ in רבדמב provides an alternate טשפ in this mitzvah. The purpose of הלרע and טענ יעבר is to instill within us the הדימ of patience. Human nature seeks immediate gratification. The Torah therefore requires us to wait three entire years until the fruit of newly planted trees can be eaten. A human being is compared to tree – הדשה ץע םדאה יכ. The fruit of the tree is a לשמ to our children. We all want our children to be well-adjusted, healthy, resilient and successful adults. One of the qualities necessary for successful chinuch is patience. A child’s development and emotional growth takes time and maturity. Each child needs to be nurtured and guided according to his/her potential, and patience is integral. As a great mechanech once stated: “רעטעפש ראי א טימ לודג א ןייז טעוו רע – he will become a לודג one year later – don’t pressure him unnecessarily.Thank you to all the guests for joining us for Grandparents and special friends day. We are thrilled to have you and hope you enjoyed spending quality time with your grandchildren.Continued Yiddish תחנ from them. תבש טוג Rabbi Ochs 7:35 PM● Sun, May 18 - Torah Academy Auction (women only)Mon, May 26 - 12:00 Hamilton dismissal, 12:15 - Williston dismissalWed, May 28 - GS staff meeting, 3PM dismissal all gradesSun, June 1 - regular scheduleJune 2-3 - No school, ShavuosWed, June 4 - Late start at 10:15 AMSun, June 8 - Rebbeim mtg, dism. 11:30June 15- Girls graduationJune 16 - Boys graduationJune 19 - Last day of school, 12:00 Hamilton dismissal, 12:15 - Williston dismissalPATIENCE

BULLETIN BOARD● We welcome Grandparents and Special Friends to Torah Academy! Over 60 grandparents and special friends are visiting the school today.● This Monday, TA students were treated to a presentation on the Beis Hamikdash by Yitzy Kasowitz of JBrick. Using a Lego model of the Beis Hamikdash and the Har Habayis - built to 1:613 scale! - Yitzy presented first to the girls in 7-8 grade, followed by a boys’ presentation to 5-7 grade. The students got to see a detailed model of the layout, and learned a little about the history of the 2nd Beis Hamikdash and the surrounding areas. It was both educational and enjoyable for students and teachers alike.● Mrs. Wallach's students throughout the grades are busy earning points for great work. All points are tallied up to win some exciting end of year prizes- from the prize box or for double points, a special treat from Amazon. Points are tallied on a large sticky note in the Learning Center to bring more excitement to the competition. Keep up the great work!● The boys robotics club went on a trip to Passaic, NJ to compete in the annual robotics competition. Mr. Berman and Mr. Tarlin were the devoted chaperones. We wish our boys lots of luck, and hope they all enjoy.● As a build up for our upcoming Vocabulary Parade, each day, our students learn one new vocabulary word which they are challenged to include in a sentence. The words for this week were: BURROW, TRANQUIL, EMPATHY, and EPIPHANY.● PreK learned the ois Raish this week. On Monday both PreK classes had a special visitor. Tzvi's mom, Mrs. Rubin, came to talk to the class about what a rofe /doctor and other medical professionals do to make sure people stay healthy. She let the children try her stethoscope and hear how their doctor can hear them breathe. On Thursday, they took at trip on a real rakeves and made a big Kiddush HaShem by sitting quietly and saying thank you to the conductor!●● Wow! Under the supervision of Miss Shanske, three middle school girls teams competed strongly at the CIJE Robotics Competition in Passaic, NJ this past Thursday! One of our teams made it to the Finals out of 50 teams! Our girls withstood the intensity, were positive and collaborated wonderfully! After taking pictures, they enjoyed a pizza dinner to celebrate their accomplishments! Thank you Mrs. Ledewitz, Mrs. Feldman and Ms. Shanske for chaperoning the trip.● In culmination of their unit on ratios, 5G painted beautiful sunset landscapes, using their math knowledge to create the correct shades of paint by mixing the primary colors using ratios. ● Mazel tov to 6G on finishing Parshas Shelach! They will be celebrating with a siyum next week! Chazak chazak v’nischazek!● K1 had so much fun decorating their very own smiley face cookies in honor of learning the mishne in Pirkei Avos- havei mekabel es kol haadom b'simcha!● The 4th grade girls performed skits retelling how the Givonim tricked Bnei Yisroel in Sefer Yehoshua.● In honor of Grandparents’ Day, the second grade girls interviewed one of their grandparents. The projects are displayed on the bulletin board outside their classroom.● 4G loves spending time with their Pre-K buddies. They were working on a story about a student whose kippah flew off his head at recess. So what could he have used instead? Some suggestions compiled into a book were: a banana, a clock, a sink, and a doughnut!Uniform Gemach AnnouncementMazel Tov! Condolences Day of LearningCondolencesMazel TovPlease come check out our LOST AND FOUND in both buildings before the end of the school year. Everything that is not claimed will be discarded on the last day of school.

BULLETIN BOARDUniform Gemach AnnouncementCondolences Day of LearningMazel Tov!● To Mr. Yitz and Mrs. Sorah Kashnow, on the birth of their daughter, and to grandparents Rabbi Dovid andMrs. Esther Kashnow.● To Ari and Adina Kadish on the birth of the twin boys.CondolencesLost and Found ● A man’s black wool coat, size 36S was left at the Kohn’s Shalom Zachor last week. Please call (617) 505-2613Day of Learning● 8 Iyar - sponsored by Rabbi and Mrs. Naftoly Bier as a z'chus for a Refuah Shelaima and for a successful surgery for Dov Ber Reuvain ben Chana Bryna. ● 9 Iyar -sponsored by Mrs. Bluma Mermelstein Liluy Nishmas Chana bas Dov a"h on her yahrtzeit.● Friday night, Parshas Shemini - Shalom Zachor for Futran Baby Boy at Khal Tiferes Yosef (53 Parsons St., Brighton) at 9:30 PM.Community Events● Friday night, Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim - Shalom Zachor for the Kadish baby boys at 9:15 PM at the Kadish residence - 57R Union St., Brighton MA. ● Shabbos Acharei Mos -Kedoshim - Aufruf of Shimon Yechiel Ochs at the Congregation Chai Odom, 77 Englewood Ave. Shacharis at 8:30 AM. Kiddush following davening.Lost and FoundPlease come check out our LOST AND FOUND in both buildings before the end of the school year. Everything that is not claimed will be discarded on the last day of school.

BULLETIN BOARDUniform Gemach AnnouncementCondolences Day of LearningCondolencesLost and Found ● A man’s black wool coat, size 36S was left at the Kohn’s Shalom Zachor last week. Please call (617) 505-2613● Friday night, Parshas Shemini - Shalom Zachor for Futran Baby Boy at Khal Tiferes Yosef (53 Parsons St., Brighton) at 9:30 PM.SHNAYIM MIKRAHMazel Tov to learners of Parshas Tazria-Metzora!3BAvrohom Abba Kohn, Levi Yehuda Ostashinsky, Shalom Yaakov Shanske4BBinyamin Schonberg, Yehuda Shlomo Shanske5B6BDov Netanel Bercuson, Zalman Lerner, Shimshon Nulman, Moshe Rosmarin7BZelig Bier, Noah Blank, Avrohom Halpern, Levi Yitzchok Horowitz, Tuvya Sternfield8BMoshe Bark, Eliyohu Boruch Benmergui, Baruch Bleich, Shmuel Lieberman

Here are 10,11,12 - they are also different9.9.1B Lag Ba’Omer Trip1B Learning about Summer Safety and IngenuityWILLISTON SNAPSHOTS1. Indoor recess on rainy days2. Learning Kriah3. 1B role played the daily vocabulary word... TRANQUIL (restful, peaceful.) They also came up with this sentence. "Our class was being very tranquil, and we all fell asleep."9.9.4. 5-7B Lego Presentation 5. 5B Robotics6. Boys robotics competition7. 2B working on a project for grandparents day.

HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS4.Here are 10,11,12 - they are also different9.9.1. 5G ratio painting 4. 7-8G Lego presentation 7. 2G Bulletin board2. 4G Navi skits 5. 5G Reading party3. 5G working on a History project 6. 4G and PreK6G working on their sukkos project.

ROBOTICS TRIP4.Here are 10,11,12 - they are also different9.9.6G working on their sukkos project.

PRESCHOOL SNAPSHOTS4.Here are 10,11,12 - they are also different9.9.6G working on their sukkos project.