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SUPERIOR SENSITIVITY 4: 35 PM January 28, 2022 כ‘‘פשת טבש ו‘ב םיטפשמ תשרפ Sunday, January 30 –5B Hascholas Gemara Wednesday, February 1– Shmittah Fair, 10:00 am – for women only Tuesday, February 15 - STEM Fair Parent Teacher Conferences - see the schedule on page 3 Dear Parents, The Mishnah in Avos in ז״י הנשמ ׳ג קרפ states: ץרא ךרד ןיא הרות ןיא םא, if there is no Torah, there is no ץרא ךרד, and הרות ןיא ץרא ךרד ןיא םא, if there is no derech eretz there is no Torah. This Mishnah seems to contradict itself. The second half of the Mishnah informs us that ךרדץרא is a prerequisite for Torah. However, the first part clearly indicates that one can only attain ץרא ךרד after one has learned Torah! The Rabbeinu Yonah resolves this contradiction by defining two distinct forms of ץרא ךרד: 1. Derech eretz as essential good manners and interpersonal skills. 2. An exceptional and heightened sensitivity that is sourced from immersion in הרותה דומיל. When the latter part of the Mishnah states ןיא םאהרות ןיא ץרא ךרד, it is referencing the first form of ץרא ךרד. Good conduct and interpersonal skills are a perquisite for Torah. The first part of the Mishnah is teaching us that ןיא הרות ןיא םאץרא ךרד, through ones’ toil in Torah, he achieves a heightened sensitivity towards others and achieves a superior level of ץרא ךרד. Rav Eliyahu Lopian ל״צז points to two illustrations of this superior form of derech eretz in this week’s parsha. The first example is ירבע דבע. The Torah demands that the master of the slave care for his slave’s needs on par with his own. We thus find in Chazal the expression ומצעל ןודא הנוקכ דבע הנוקה לכ, one who acquires a slave has acquired a master for himself. If the master has only one bed, that bed is given to the slave. If he has one suit for Shabbos, he must give it to his slave. This is despite that fact that this person became a slave because he stole and was unable to pay back his thievery! Similarly, the master of an הירבע המא, a female Jewish slave, has a mitzvah to arrange her marriage with either himself or his son. This girl is the daughter of poverty-stricken individual who was forced to sell his daughter into slavery. Hardly a girl that people would be hurrying to marry. Both these acts of ץרא ץרד do not come naturally to the individual. However, through Torah one develops a super-sensitivity and heightened ץרא ךרד that enable them to fulfill these commandments. !תבש טוג Rabbi Ochs Mazel Tov to 4G on completing Parshas Vayeshev. They will celebrate with a siyum next week. Thank you Mrs. Sternfield. PreK 1 designed a kosher kitchen, distinguishing between milchigs and fleishigs. They learned the letter M, mastering how magnets work and building with Magna Tiles. They are also very proud of how they can put puzzles together . Thank you Moros, Mrs. Wolf and Mrs. Kagan. During this cold week, K1 appreciated their hot cocoa party. They also had fun playing the Steal the Salami א-ב game. Thank you Mrs. Simon. Girls in grades 1-8 have been very busy preparing for the Shmittah Fair next week. Excitement is palpable as each grade prepares their creative displays. Boys in grade 5 are excitedly preparing for their Hascholas Gemara which will take place this Sunday. Rabbi Ochs and Mr. Tarlin have begun weekly Friday assemblies with the boys elementary classes. Assemblies are a great opportunity to emphasize community in the school, celebrate birthdays together, and share news. For the next few weeks, they are also working to build the culture of respect. Continued on page 2

Bulletin Board continued DAY OF LEARNING 23 Shevat – sponsored by Mrs. Shaina Miller as a zechus for a refuah shleimah for Yael bat Yaffa and Youshua ben Esther. 26 Shevat – sponsored by Walovitch Family in honor of Rabbi and Rebbetzin Reuven Sebbag. Teachers and Rebbeim are noticing when students exhibit respectful behavior and are writing it up on behalf of their grade. Each week a class will be recognized with the "Culture of Kavod" Award for the week. Please check the bulletin for the previous week's winner. The boys in Middle School began a new round of electives on Wednesday during 2nd period. Boys chose between Woodworking (Rabbi Benmergui), Chess (Mr. Ludu), Games Strategy (Mr. Berman), Scratch Coding (Mr. Thumim), and a speaker series. A special thank you to Mr. Sammy Simnegar who spoke to the group at this first session about money management, principles of investing, and his job, all the while taking student questions. Miss Ostashinsky (5G Kodesh) who supervises lunch has designed a creative bentching incentive. Each grade must fill their basket with shivas minim. They are rewarded for appropriate bentching. 2B students are busy preparing for the STEM Fair. Eliyahu Faibish conducted a very exciting science experiment. In General Studies, the boys are learning about compound words and they put on skits using the words they learned. 1B has begun a special program called Reading Buddies. 6G had such a fantastic siyum for Parshas Behaaloscha! The decor was so beautiful and chashuv. Thank you to all the girls who brought in things from home to set up. Special thank you to: Orlee Lefman for her beautiful centerpieces, to Mimi Lowenstein for her adorable poster, and to Devorah Bakke on her very special dvar Torah. The did such a great job with their cake decorating competition. Each group had such creative ways to depict the parsha, and present it. Congratulations to our first place winners: Dassi Halpern, Bina Meyers and Esti Shimanovich. The siyum ended with the girls learning how to make real sushi. A great time was had by all. Thank you Mrs. Reifman. 6B had the opportunity to teach 4th grade the Gemara they learned. They shared a skit with them. Thank you Rabbi Nulman and Rabbi Selevan. 2G students are about learning proper nouns in grammar. They are also learning about germs in their science unit. SHNAYIM MIKRA Mazel Tov to learners for Parshah Yisro 4B Zelig Bier Avrohom Halpern Levi Horowitz Tuvya Sternfield 5B Natanel Atar Moshe Bark Eli Benmergui Aryeh Block Yosef Hoffman Shua Kashnow Gavriel Zazula 6B Dovid Menachem Feldman David Kamoun Ezra Klompas Aron Dovid Luria Yaakov Septimus Moshe Uminer Mendel Zaklos 7B Yosef Chayim Armin Mordy Bier Shlomo Hirsch Feldman Eliezer Moshe Feuerstein Shmuel Lerner Naftoli Ochs Tzvi Posy Tuvia Yosef Schonberg Yonatan Zazula 8B Moishe Blumberg Shua Feldman Yehuda Ezra Feuerstein Eliyahu Meyers Shlomo Rosmarin Aaron Sanieoff Yehuda Wolf

Parent Teacher Conferences will take place according to the following schedule: Online scheduling is now open. Please see the email for details. Looking forward to seeing you at the conferences! PreK and Kindergarten conferences will take place on Tuesday, March 22. Date Grades Location Monday, February 7 Boys grades 1-8 and Boys Support Williston building Wednesday, February 9 Girls grades 2-8 and Girls Support Hamilton building Sunday, February 13 Mrs. Gershonowitz (Support) ZOOM Monday, February 14 Grade 1G Miss Ochs (Math 6-8G, additional night) Rabbi Benmergui, Mr. Berman, Mr. Casey (6-8B, additional night) Hamilton building Monday, February 14 Miss Adena Malka Yudkowsky (Support) ZOOM

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Dear Family and Friends, With mounting excitement, we are completing our final year at Bais Yaakov of Boston. We are currently working on our high school yearbook, and it would mean so much to us to include your message. Checks should be made payable to Bais Yaakov and mailed to: Bais Yaakov of Boston P.O. Box 351004 Brighton, MA 02135 Please write yearbook on the memo line. Ad prices: Full page: $100 Quarter page: $25 Half page: $50 Greetings: $10 The Graduates Gili Atar Nechama Baila Blumberg Naomi Brecher Chaya Greene Shaindel Greene Lily Grinberg Nechama Devora Hoffman Avigayil Krochmal Adina Ostashinsky Tali Rosenberg Rivka Polter Chani Posy Hadassa Rachel Schwarz Ilana Shkap Rivkah Weinreb