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December 21 2018 HOW WHAT WHEN 3 57 PM In this week s Parsha Yaakov Avinu gathers his children before his passing and addresses each one While the majority of the received obvious Reuven Shimon and Levi were given The manner that Yaakov Avinu rebuked these three sons provides us with guidelines for the appropriate method of delivering Firstly when Yaakov chastised and he said cursed is their anger for it is strong Rashi notes in the words of Chazal even when rebuking Yaakov did not curse them but only their anger It is critical to label the misbehavior not the individual The possuk defining the mitzvah of reads As many mefarshim comment is a directive not to label the individual for his sin Secondly Yaakov did not rebuke his sons until right before his death That was the most appropriate time and place for him to deliver his mussar He felt they would be most receptive at that point Giving Mussar when someone is not in the position to accept that rebuke is counter productive Thirdly when Yaakov blessed and he crossed over his hands so that his right hand the more dominant rested on Efraim and his left on Menashe Rashi explains that the word is derived from the word meaning wisdom and intellect The Chizkuni furthers this idea by noting that if Yaakov wished to express that Efraim would be the greater of the two brothers he could have asked them to switch their locations completely Efraim would stand on Yaakov s right and Menashe on his left This way Yaakov would not have been required to cross his hands However Yaakov retained Menashe on his right side and Efraim on his left He did not want to hurt Menashe more than necessary by requesting that he switched sides for after all Menashe was the biological firstborn It is very possible that his recognition of his grandfather s attempts to preserve his dignity enabled Menashe to bear the humiliation of his demotion December 23 Rebbeim meeting 2 8B dismissal at 11 30 AM January 1 11 50 dismissal for Preschool and grades 1G8G 12 00 noon dismissal for grades 1B 8B The bulletin is sponsored by When we are faced with a situation where we must express some form of unpleasantness to another individual we should choose our words and actions with care When Tochacha is given in a way that demonstrates the giver s consideration for the receiver s self respect it is much more readily accepted Have a Rabbi Ochs In conjunction with Asarah B Teves Morah Bracha s Kindergarten built a Kossel with each brick containing a special message It had a chain around it and the wall was surrounded by children The kinderlach decorated the children Among the other special programs for Asarah B Teves grades 2G5G watched a video from the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation presentation on the importance of maintaining loyal friendships Grades 6G 8G watched a powerful video on the theme of They listened to interviews of Lt Birnbaum Pearl Benish and Yosef Friedenson zichronam l bracha The girls were inspired by the abilities of the survivors to rebuild their lives after the Churban Today the girls in grades 2 4 girls participated in a chiddon on Sefer Bereishis Their knowledge of the material was amazing Keep up the wonderful learning Thank you Moros Fontek Posy and Sternfield We are so proud of all the boys in grades 3 8 for their extra learning during their free time towards the Chemdas Yosef Mishnayos program Thank you Rabbi Menchel for creating an extra program for the 6th grade helping them achieve a class total of 257 Perakim Mazel tov to the 8th grade on completing Seder Moed to commemorate the sheloshim of Mr Jerry Kohn z l the father of Mrs Ledewitz Thank you Rabbi Moskovitz for arranging it Thank you to the Halpern Family for sponsoring the program in memory of his father Perakim learned in Chodesh Kislev 3B 10 4B 52 5B 36 6B 257 7B 136 8B 113 Torah Academy total for Kislev 604 Continued on page 2

Bulletin Board business to 8G on being misayem Parshas Matos Thank you Mrs Ochs Our two PreK classes just completed learning their unit They celebrated with a delicious joint brochos party Torah Academy girls have had a very good year with the Shomrei Halashon monthly raffles Girls in grades 5 and 6 have already won We are proud to announce that Tzipora Bier from grade 4 is the winner of a chocolate fountain Also in 5G Gary Alpert directed an Understanding Our Differences program about intellectual disabilities Marie and her Mom came to speak to the girls Thank you to the Ruderman Family Foundation for sponsoring this special program and to Gateways for facilitating it The 5th grade boys completed learning their first blatt ever of gemara in Perek Eilu Metziyus What a huge accomplishment and milestone Thank you Rabbi Hain Dr Noam Wasserman Chairman of the board during club hour presented to 6B about starting and running your own Thank you to Dr Jeff Forman for presenting to 7 and 8G about the human bones and joints part of their unit about the human skeletal system Thank you Mrs Ochs for arranging the program Mr Berman s science classes have completed their recent STEM design challenge constructing propeller planes out of plastic cups paper clips and rubber bands The boys had an opportunity to perfect their models each week until they produced their final version They now move on to the next design challenge to build the tallest tower out of a deck of cards They boys will be working on teamwork collaboration skills using an original framework designed by Mr Berman called TWQ Talker Writer Questioner Thank you Mr Berman The Middle school boys have begun their winter weekly physical education program at West End House gym Thank you Mr Berman and Mr Looper Thank you to the parent drivers Mrs Ledewitz Mrs Schwartz and Mrs Youshaei WEEK OF LEARNING Teves 8 15 sponsored in memory of Rabbi Moshe Feder z l by his daughter and son in law Ricki David Hollander DAY OF LEARNING Teves 11 sponsored by Rabbi Mrs Aaron Krochmal in memory of Mrs Eva Satram a h grandmother of Mrs Rena Krochmal Teves 11 sponsored by Rabbi Mrs Sholom Fine as a zechus for a Refuah Sheleimah and a successful surgery for Nechama Simcha bas Leah Liba Teves 11 sponsored by the Loketch Family in honor of the first yahrtzeit of our great grandfather Mordechai ben Yosef Shimon HaKohein z l Murray Hoffman A man who was always happy and loved to make others happy May his memory be a blessing for Klal Yisroel Teves 13 sponsored by Torah Academy for a refuah sheleimah for Diana Korzenik Teves 13 sponsored by Drs Sacha and Ora Zyto l iluy nishmat Ilya ben Yaakov z l MAZEL TOV TO Rabbi Binyomin Executive Director and Mrs Naomi Mermelstein on the birth of their son Binyamin Shoshana 06 Exler Aronowicz on the birth of their daughter and to grandparents Mr Binyomin Mrs Rachel PreK2 Exler Ephraim Esti 10 Rabinowitz Felsinger on the birth of their son and to grandparents Rabbi Yitzchak and Mrs Tova Rochel Rabinowtiz COMMUNITY EVENTS Men are invited to the Mermelstein Family Shalom Zachor this Friday night Parshas Vayechi in their home 27A Priscilla Rd 2 7 30 PM 9 30 PM

WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS 1 2 9 4 3 10 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 5B started exploring word processing options on the new set of school laptops Students have been learning about computer safety such as how to carry and use the computers and how to store files safely 6B complete learning Loshon HaTorah chelek daled Dr Noam Wasserman presenting to the 6th grade during club hour on the topic of Starting and Running your own business As a part of their science unit 2B made squishies using 3 different materials flour sugar and rice The students compared the consistency of each material Winners of Chemdas Grades 6 8 Raffle 6 7 8 11 2B student hard at work on their new unit on penguins Winners of Chemdas Grades 3 5 Raffle 3rd graders are learning a unit on the Mayflower They measure how much space each person occupied 9 Hands on learning In 4B students learn about the melacha of Dosh by making freshly squeezed grape juice 10 6B science class working as TWQ Talker Writer Questioner 11 Card tower winner for middle school 7th grade using TWQ

HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1 1 1 2 3 1 5 4 6 6 1 4G study and learn how to make electromagnets 2 Dr Jeff Forman presents about bones and joints 6 to 8G 3 1G practice their writing skills 4 2G celebrating a siyum on Parshas Noach 1 5 Gary Alpert and girls in grade 5 work on Understanding Our Differences Intellectual Disabilities Some of the silhouettes that girls in 5G decorated bedeck the halls of the Hamilton building 1

PRESCHOOL SNAPSHOTS 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 Prek celebrate completing a unit on brochos nehenin with a brochos party working at the different centers 2 Acting out the parsha story of Yaakov giving the bracha to Ephraim and Menashe in K1 3 PreK growing green grass for G week 4 K1 students build the Bais Hamikdash 5 K1 children build the Kosel with bricks and decorated children 4 5 5 5

Torah Academy is proud to menschen the following Talmidim who had MIDDOS ALL DAY in both Kodesh and General Studies 1st GRADE 3rd GRADE Yosef Polter Yitzchok Gould Zelig Bier Uri Hain Aaron Sanieoff Eliezer Markov Avrohom Halpern Aron Luria Daniel Simnegar Nechemiah Ochs Levi Horowitz Levi Meyers Yehuda Wolf Eitan Shkap Levi Meir Klompas 4th GRADE 6th GRADE 8th GR ADE Asher Nesanel Mintzes Eliezer Moshe Feuerstein Jonathan Faintuch Meir Hain Tzvi Sussman Naftoli Ochs Yisrael Feldman Yaakov Wallin 5th GRADE Dovid Tzvi Krochmal 2nd GRADE Moshe Blumberg Moshe Leff Natanel Atar Asher Bressel Chatzkel Wilhelm Ari Block Yehoshua Feldman 7th GRADE Nesanel Wilhelm Elchonon Frohlich Yehuda Leib Feldman Akiva Bressel Daniel Youshei Yosef Hoffman Yehuda Ezra Feuerstein Akiva Feuerstein Yehuda Zyto Yehuda Leib Rodkin Yisrael Leib Greene JJ Ledewitz Shmuel Meir Solomon Manny Tarlin Yishai Wasserman SHNAYIM MIKRA Mazel Tov to learners for Parshas Vayigash 5B 6B 7B Yehuda Ezra Feuerstein Yoni Faintuch Malkiel Miara Yisrael Leib Greene Yisrael Feldman Shlomo Rosmarin Moshe Leff 8B Moshe Leff Aaron Sanieoff Chaim Mordechai Moshe Rodkin Meir Hain Noam Youshaei Binyomin Septimus Noam Youshaei Raffle Winners Meir Hain Shmuel Meir Solomon