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January 11 2019 MODEL YOUR COMMITMENT In the psukim read The Jews acted according to the word of Moshe and they requested vessels of gold vessels of silver and clothing from the Egyptians Rashi comments on the words that these words were stated in a previous possuk when Moshe transmitted the word of Hashem to the Jewish people that they should request from their neighbors If the possuk here explicitly states that the Jews followed the word of Moshe and asked their Egyptian neighbors for items why does Rashi need to explain that the words are referencing the previously stated possuk where Moshe told the Jews about asking Do not the words make it obvious that this was The Vilna Goan clarifies that the Moshe s request of in the previous possuk differs from what did here in these psukim The previous possuk states The word according to the Gemara in only describes a Jew Rashi was bothered that if Moshe wanted Bnei Yisrael to ask the Egyptians for wealth as indicated in this possuk why then did the possuk containing that employ the term Therefore Rashi clarifies that is referring to the previous possuk because there were actually two requests The first request was that Bnei Yisrael borrow from each other They were instructed to perform chassodim with one another and create an environment and culture of Once they had infused their surroundings with this spirt of kindness then they could fulfil the second request and ask the Egyptians for their vessels and clothing After viewing the performed among the Yidden the would be more inclined to give their goods to such a special people Thus it was the first possuk that was the catalyst for the second possuk What a powerful lesson in Chinuch If we want our children to be they must see us modeling Chessed So too for all areas of Yiddishkeit If we want our children to be committed to they need to see our commitment We welcome Morah Brochie Fontek to PreK1 The kinderlach are so excited We wish Morah Rachelle Laks a refuah shalaimah Mazel tov to 3B on receiving their first Mishnayos They were generously donated by Rabbi and Mrs Klerman in memory of their parents The talmidim are very excited at achieving this milestone Thank you Rabbi Polter Rabbi Ochs explained to the talmidim why Rabi Yehudah Hanasi is called Rebbe January 21 No classes Teacher s Professional Development Day January 27 Rebbeim meeting Dismissal at 11 30 AM The bulletin is sponsored by Have a 4 14 PM 8B had a special Rosh Chodesh seudah at Chai Odom together with their Rebbe They were served chicken nuggets and French fries Thank you Rabbi Moskovitz Thank you Mr Marshall for presenting during the 6th grade club hour on the challenges and benefits of running your own business Gary Alpert visited the 5th grade class with Mr Aaron Levinson an autistic adult as part of the Understanding Your Differences Program of Gateways sponsored by the Ruderman Family Foundation The girls in grades 2 through 8 are busy practicing for a special concert that will take place on March 7 First grade girls are almost finished learning all their script letters They are doing a beautiful job 4G stared working on their scrapbooks The girls are extremely creative We can not wait to see their finished products 7G began a unit on study skills with Mrs Feldman The first topic covered was organizational skills 8G G O presented all students in Hamilton building with a delicious Rosh Chodesh treat accompanied by a creative poem

Bulletin Board DAY OF LEARNING 2 Shevat sponsored by Rabbi Mrs Zalman Leff in memory of R Yosef Aryeh ben Zalman Yehuda z l MAZEL TOV TO Dr David Mrs Holly PreK 1 Kagan on the birth of their twin grandson and granddaughter to parents Mickey Zissy Binson UPCOMING TORAH ACADEMY EVENTS January 30 Williston STEM Fair details to follow February 6 Hamilton STEM Fair details to follow March 7 Torah Academy Girls Concert featuring girls in grades 2 8 details to follow March 17 Torah Academy 37th Gala Dinner COMMUNITY EVENTS January 12 Shabbos Parshas Bo Aufruf of Yisrael Miara at the Congregation Chai Odom Kiddush following davening

WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 Melachos in 4B Hands on learning of the melacha of tochein grinding After working in the computer lab there were three winners of the 2B goldfish raffle Yosef Hoffman pictured Eliyahu Benmergui and Yaakov Bier 3B learning mishnayos for the first time The 5B science fair projects are coming along wonderfully The amount of frenzy that comes from scientists and engineers discovering new breakthroughs and challenges push them further into their projects 6B students during the It s weird but it s true round of Mr Bakke s National Geographic Geography Bee Chemdas Raffle Winners 3 5 B 7 8 Chemdas Raffle Winners 6 8B Nachie Halpern 7B receives a certificate for completing his current Aleks level in math 9 The first boy in 6B to finish Chelek Daled of Loshon Hatorah At first I hated it but then I started to understand it and I just kept doing it and it wasn t so bad I even like it a little kind of ish says Dovid Tzvi Krochmal 6th grader extraordinaire 10 Gary Alpert visiting the 5th grade class with Aaron Levinson an autistic adult as part of the Understanding Your Differences Program 11 Mr Marshall presenting the challenges and benefits of running your own business to 6B students

HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 8 4 6 7 5 8 1 4G collect data as they test their catapults for accuracy and distance chips from the field 2 PreK 1 with Morah Brochie learning parsha with Paroh in Mitzrayim 6 3 Shifra Shanske 8G received a special certificate for completing the Aleks Algebra program level PreK2 jogged through the Jungle with the binoculars they created while looking for animals during J week 4 4G Art watercolor pencil underwater scene 5 Prek learning about the makka of arbeh Clearing all the chocolate 7 2G learned about Sally Ride in their social studies unit and got to watch a real space craft launch into space 8 5G hands on algebra activities

Torah Academy is proud to menschen the following Talmidim who had MIDDOS ALL DAY in both Kodesh and General Studies 1st GRADE Elchonon Frohlich Moishy Blumberg Dovid Tzvi Krochmal Zelig Bier Yehoshua Kashnow Asher Bressel Moishe Leff Nochum Dessler Eliyahu Youshei Yehoshua Feldman Chaim Mordechai Moshe Rodkin Yehuda Leib Feldman Binyomin Septimus Yitzy Fine Yehuda Greenblatt 3rd GRADE Yehuda Feuerstein Chatzkel Wilhelm Avrohom Halpern Aron Luria Yisrael Leib Greene 7th GRADE Levi Meir Klompas Levi Meyers Yosef Polter Malkiel Miara Nesanel Luria Yaakov Septimus Shlomo Rosmarin 8th GR ADE Aaron Sanieoff Meir Hain Baruch Marshall Asher Nesanel Mintzes 4th GRADE Daniel Simnegar Shmuel Meir Solomon Tzvi Sussman Eli Feuerstein Yehuda Wolf Manny Tarlin Naftoli Ochs 6th GRADE Yishai Wasserman Yoni Faintuch Nesanel Wilhelm 2nd GRADE Natanel Atar 5th GRADE Yisrael Feldman Daniel Youshei SHNAYIM MIKRA MazelTov to learners for Parshas Va arah 5B 6B Noam Youshaei Raffle Winners Yehuda Leib Feldman Yoni Faintuch 7B Yehuda Leib Feldman Yehuda Feuerstein Yisrael Feldman Malkiel Miara Yehuda Feuerstein Meir Zev Gelernter Yaakov Fontek Nechemia Ochs Nesanel Wilhelm Yisrael Leib Greene Moshe Leff Shlomo Rosmarin Dovy Posy 8B Aaron Sanieoff Chaim Mordechai Moshe Rodkin Shmuel Meir Solomon Chatzkel Wilhelm Nesanel Wilhelm