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September 7 2018 CHOOSE LIFE 6 49 PM Dear Parents Welcome back to school It is such a to see all the and back in their classrooms smiling and learning A huge thank you to all the teachers for setting up their classrooms so beautifully and for so warmly welcoming all the students The this week describes two paths that are laid out before each of us Behold I have laid out before you the path of life and good or the path of death and bad Further on in the the possuk reads I bear witness among you today that life and death I have placed before you and you shall choose life The Torah does not simply specify the two paths of life it exhorts us to choose the path of life The Medrash comments on these psukim and informs us that the grants us an extraordinary favor He gives us a choice and instructs what to choose However this begs the question If someone is faced with a choice of life or death would he not naturally choose life Rav Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld based on a Medrash in explains Obviously one would choose life However by commanding us to choose life the is elevating our choice into a This will persist regardless if we are able to practically implement our choice We will be rewarded just for the choice This concept is particularly appropriate for Rosh Hashana On Rosh Hashana as we review our actions of the past year and begin to map out our dreams for the coming year it is reassuring to recall this idea of Let us make the choice to choose life and even if we ultimately fall short in Hashem s great kindness He will account for that decision of choosing life May we all be to a and September 12 Tzom Gedaliya Early dismissal 5 8G 12 00 noon 6 8B 12 30 PM September 18 19 Erev Yom Kippur No school September 23 October 3 Erev Succos No school The bulletin is sponsored by Rabbi Ochs Welcome to all our new staff members Mr Bakke Mr Carey On Tuesday morning before school began we held teachers back Rabbi Frager Mrs Fisher Miss B Fontek Miss R Gould to school meetings We focused the sessions on addressing the Mrs Greenblatt Mrs Rosenbleet Ms Valentine feedback we received from parents and teachers We rolled out new Welcome to Mrs Gluckin in her new assignment as assistant to initiatives in each building Mrs Moskovitz in the preschool September 9 11 Erev Rosh Hashana No school The new basketball hoop at the Williston Building has graciously We want to welcome to TA the following new families been donated by Rabbi Mrs Chaim Schwarz and Rabbi Mrs Block Bronstein Chiquar Rabinovich Cuhna Faibish Frager Yosef Schwarz Lakewood in memory of their grandparents Goldbrenner Gvirtsman Horowitz Khazanovich Klompas Yisroel ben R Yosef z l and Pessa bas R Chaim a h Knisbacher Kohn Naon Nulman Riesel Schwarz Shepard Tuchman Wallach Mazel tov to grade 8 girls on completing

Bulletin Board DAY OF LEARNING 18 Elul sponsored by David and Sara Kramer Keep shteiging Boston 19 Elul sponsored by Torah Academy in memory of Mr Bert Koenig z l father of Mrs Claudia Perle 20 Elul sponsored by Torah Academy as a zechus for a refuah shlaimah for Sinai Yosef HaKohen ben Esther Malka 23 Elul sponsored anonymously in honor of Rabbi Mermelstein and Rabbi Frohlich 24 Elul sponsored anonymously in honor of Rabbi Ochs 25 Elul sponsored anonymously for Hatzlacha and Zechus for Klal Yisroel HAMILTON SAFETY ALERT For the safety of our students When dropping off and picking up students park only between the signs designating school parking zone Do not park in front of the tow zone sign The crossing guard has notified us of near mishaps CONDOLENCES Mrs Claudia Perle and family on the passing of her father Mr Bert Koenig z l Mr Jordan Wagner and family on the passing of his brother Daniel z l Dr Yitzchak Metchik and family on the passing of his father Mordechai Yehuda ben Yehoshua Metchik z l NEW BOXTOPS CONTEST Torah Academy continues to collect Boxtops For Education We hope you have collected them over the summer We are having a contest by family that will end October 15 1 1 2 weeks after Sukkos Please put your boxtops in a bag labelled with your family s name and send them in to the office before that date K sivah V chasimah Tovah Boxtops co ordinator Mrs Sharone Zuber 617 731 0983

MAZEL TOV TO Baby Boy Rabbi Moshe Mrs Esther Faigy Kaufman Rabbi Yonasan 4B Mrs Rochel Leah Rodkin Shimon Tzippora Levin 02 Eisen and to grandparents Rabbi Tzvi Mrs Dina Esther Levin Yossi and Michal Marchette 05 and to grandparents Mr Dov Ber and Mrs Esther Leah Marchette Avrohom 99 and Chaya Rivka Cohen Scaly and to grandmother Mrs Irit Cohen Scaly Ari Batsheva Hollander 08 Katz and to grandparents Dr Y D Mrs Ricki Hollander Baby Girl Shimon Menucha Rochel Zuber 99 Helfgott and to grandparents Rabbi Shia Mrs Sharone Sunday Williston Office Zuber Avromi 00 Raizie Zuber and to grandparents Rabbi Shia Mrs Sharone Sunday Williston Office Zuber Yaakov Tzvi Chava Rivka Dovek 10 Lewin and to grandparents Rabbi Chaim N Mrs Leah Dovek and to great grandparents Rabbi Eli Mrs Edi Dovek Moshe 06 Goldie Dovek and to grandparents Rabbi Chaim N Mrs Leah Dovek and to great grandparents Rabbi Eli Mrs Edi Dovek Rabbi Shemuel Mrs Shulamit Hamaoui 09 and to grandparents Rabbi Aaron Mrs Ruti Hamaoui Mr Eliezer Mrs Tova Kahn Rabbi Akiva Mrs Ettel 3G Posy Aryeh Leib and Shoshana Klerman Leff and to grandparents Rabbi Yaakov and Mrs Lois Klerman Rabbi Aryeh Mrs Rachelle PK1 Laks Bar Mitzvah Yishai Wasserman and to parents Dr Noam Chairman of the Board Dr Chana Wasserman Manny Tarlin and to parents Mr Sam Mrs Sara Tarlin Meir Hain and to parents Rabbi Dovid 5B Mrs Miriam Hain 96 and to grandparents Rabbi Avrohom Esther Leah Levine and to great grandparents Rabbi Eli Mrs Edi Dovek Yonah Gluckin and to parents Rabbi Tzvi Mrs Ruth K Gluckin Shmuel Meir Solomon and to parents Rabbi Zvi Mrs Yehudis Solomon Daniel Youshei and to parents Mr David and Mrs Gilat 1G Youshei Mr Shaul Mrs Barbara Hamilton Office Goldstein on the bar mitzvah of their grandson Yaakov Sholom Goldstein Mr Tzvi Mrs Sarah Miller 92 Zilberstein on the bar mitzvah of their son and to grandparents Mr Herschel Mrs Risa Miller Dr Saul Mrs Leah Miller 92 Feldman on the bar mitzvah of their son and to grandparents Mr Herschel Mrs Risa Miller Engagement Hadassa Klerman to Avraham Moshe Avi Schwartz and to parents Rabbi Yaakov and Mrs Lois Klerman Moshe Eliyahu 09 Marchette to Dina Duetsch and to parents Mr Dov Ber and Mrs Esther Leah Marchette Wedding Mr Andy Mrs Sarah PK Daycare Sherman on the marriage of their son Michael to Chaya Pomeranz Rabbi Shia Mrs Sharone Sunday Williston Office Zuber on the marriage of granddaughter Chaya Tova Bader to Binyomin Goldstein Rabbi Shia Mrs Sharone Sunday Williston Office Zuber on the marriage of granddaughter Zlata Tova Zuber to Yosef Hershlog Mordechai 04 Rynderman to Samantha Mellman and to parents Mr Michel and Mrs Sima Rynderman Chava Sack to Eytan Darrison and to parents Mr Zev and Mrs Norit Sack Sorie Pichey to Yaakov Leib Zimmerman and to parents Rabbi Eli and Mrs Shaindy Pichey

WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 6 7 6 1 Boys enjoy new classroom computer lab 2 Playing at new basketball court at recess 3 New 2B teacher Miss Gould 4 Our special new first grade boys 5 New teacher Rabbi Frager in grade 4 6 Mrs Johnson explaining math concepts in grade 3B 7 Middle school learning 8 7and 8B science working with microscopes 8 8

HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 2 5 4 6 7 8 5 1 2G enjoy recess 6 Shabbos Totty and Mommy at the PreK2 Shabbos party 2 3G art Rosh Hashanah apples 7 PreK1 baking apple cake in honor of Rosh Hashanah 3 5G Rosh Hashanah card project 8 Learning centers in K2 4 Davening in K1 5 K2 on the way to mail Rosh Hashanah cards