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RECOGNITION 7:39 PM May 13, 2022 י‘ב״פשת רייא ב רומא תשרפ Thurs, May 18 - Lag B’Omer. Monday, May 30 - Memorial Day. Special dismissal, 11:50 AM Hamilton, 12:00 noon Williston. Dear Parents, The הבר ארקיו שרדמ comments: “Do not allow the הוצמ of רמוע to be trivialized. It was because of this Mitzvah that Avraham Avinu merited inheriting Eretz Yisrael”. The obvious question emerges. What is the significance of this Korban that it is so critical to inheriting Eretz Yisrael? The ףסוי ראב explains: The nature and atmosphere of life in the Midbar was markedly different than how it was once we crossed the Yarden and entered Eretz Yisrael. Life in the Midbar was completely focused on תוינחור. All physical needs were provided for via the ןמ, the ראב, and the דובכה יננע. All this changed once Bnei Yisrael entered Eretz Yisrael. There, Hashem wanted us to live a physical existence, and to elevate the physical to the spiritual; a far greater achievement than life in the Midbar. Each day in the Midbar לארשי ללכ experienced the miracle of the Mon. Food was miraculously dropped daily onto their doorstep and there was no doubt as to the Source of this sustenance. This recognition was reinforced and embedded within their DNA over the course of living through this daily miracle during the forty years in the desert. But now that Klal Yisrael was transitioning to a physical existence, how would they remember that although they were toiling for their food, the source of everything was Hashem? The answer is the Korban Omer. The רמוע ןברקwas brought from barley that was תישארםכריצק, the first reaping of the new year’s crops. After all the months of hard work: plowing, sowing, nurturing and watering; we take the first crop and bring it as a Korban to Hashem. We acknowledge that Hashem is the source of our success no less than He was the source of our Hatzlacha in the Midbar. This is why the possuk writes that the we offer the Omer תבשה תרחממ– חספה תרחממ . The timing is significant. Pesach was the day Hashem demonstrated through revealed miracles that He controls the world. With the Korban Omer, we demonstrate that very same involvement is necessary for our daily success. Thus we can understand why, in the z’chus of the Omer, we can be zoche to inherit Eretz Yisrael. !תבש טוג Rabbi Ochs Close to 30 boys, in grades 4 through 8 were able to participate in the Grand Chemdas Trip last Sunday. Through countless hours of learning Mishnayos and completing the tests, our students - together - learned over 10,000 Mishnayos! The boys first went to Urban Air in CT, and then enjoyed hot dogs for lunch. For the trip's grand finale, the boys attended the Annual National Siyum Mishnayos of Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of America. Our boys celebrated their accomplishments together with almost a thousand other boys! Thank you to the Halpern family for founding the Chemdas program in memory of Rabbi Halpern's father, R' Yosef Halpern, z"l, and enriching our boys’ lives with more learning. Thank you Rabbi Sebbag for all your hard work and dedication to the program, and for sharing your love of Torah with the boys. Thank you Rabbi Ochs for everything you did to make this trip happen. Thank you Mr. Atar for joining the boys on this extraordinary trip. Thank you to the Rosmarin family for their help in sponsoring the trip. The students were really inspired and invigorated by the trip! Continued on page 2

Mazel Tov to 1B on completing Perek Gimmel of Parshas Bereishis. They celebrated with a special siyum. Thank you Rabbi Sebbag. Mazel Tov to 4G on completing Parshas Shemos. Thank you Mrs. Sternfield. The siyum will be on Monday, iy’’H. K1 students were busy with different exciting א- ב and nekudos games. In one game, the students tossed one die with letters and one die with nekudos, and then they had to read the results and paint it on the board. In another game, the kinderlach were split into two teams, and each person on the team had to read a word. When the whole team finished reading the words, they started eating licorice with their hands behind their back. The team that finished first, won. In conjunction with their science unit on the inner planets, 6G took a field trip to explore the surface of Mars, and check if it's suitable for human settlement. Baruch Hashem, they are now safely back on Earth! In K-2 STEM unit this week, the kinderlach built “a directing structure”. PreK-2 has started their unit “Things That Grow”. Children are learning about plants, they made their own seed books to document the growth of seeds in the classroom. And for letter Y, the students watched how yeast grows, and they also formed alef bais and ABC letters out of dough. 2G students made beautiful projects in honor of Mother’s Day. MAZEL TOV TO Shloimy & Ora (‘01) (Goldstein) Stern on the birth of their son, and to grandparents, Mr. Shaul & Mrs. Barbara (Office Manager) Goldstein. Rabbi Dovid (8B Kodesh) & Mrs. Devorah (Preschool Director, Girls Kodesh Coordinator) Moskovitz on the bar mitzvah of their grandson, Shimon, and to parents Rabbi Meir & Mrs. Sara Moskovitz. Efraim & Esti (’11) (Rabinowitz) Felsinger on the birth of their son, and to grandparents, Rabbi Yitzchak & Mrs. Tova Rabinowitz. Miss Rivka Kaila Jakubowicz (4B General Studies) on her engagement to Yaakov Nath. Dr. Nick & Mrs. Sara Block on the birth of their daughter. Dovid (‘94) & Rochie Chajes on the birth of their son, and to the grandparents, Mr. Shmuel & Mrs. Ellen Chajes. Chanoch (‘99) & Tzipora Kogos on the birth of their daughter, and to grandparents Mr. Moshe & Mrs. Elena Kogos. Mr. Meir & Mrs. Yael Schwab on the birth of their son. BULLETIN BOARD continued DAY OF LEARNING 8 Iyar — sponsored by Eric & Melissa Shalolashvilli in honor of the Mermelstein Family. 8 Iyar — sponsored by the Miller & Bulmash Families in memory of Mrs. Shirley Bulmash a”h. 9 Iyar — sponsored by Mrs. Bluma Mermelstein in memory of Chana bas Dov a”h on her yahrtzeit. 11 Iyar — sponsored by Tara & Ashky Hedvat in memory of her beloved grandmother - and great-grandmother of Chana, Ava, Bella, and Sophia Hedvat - Mrs. Chana Shonfeld a”h on her yahrtzeit. 12 Iyar— sponsored by Torah Academy as a zechus for refuah sheleimah for Yerachmiel ben Shayna. COMMUNITY EVENTS Schwab Family Shalom Zachor - Shabbos Parshas Emor, at their home - 19 Portina Rd., Brighton; Bris will be on Shabbos, at the Kollel of Greater Boston. Davening 8:00 AM, Bris 10:30 AM, followed by Kiddush.

THANK YOU We’d like to express our tremendous בוטה תרכה to Rabbi Sebbag for undertaking the תדמח program and making it a huge success!! THANK YOU RABBI SEBBAG!! We’d also like to take the opportunity to thank the Halpern family for sponsoring and bringing the תדמח program to Torah Academy! Thank you Rabbi Ochs for all that you did to make the trip happen! Thank you Rosmarin Family for your help in sponsoring the trip! Grateful Chemdas Parents

SHNAYIM MIKRAH Mazel Tov to learners of Parshas Acharei Mos! 4B Zelig Bier Avrohom Halpern Levi Yitzchok Horowitz Moshe Segal Tuvya Sternfield Yaakov Wallin 5B Natanel Atar Moshe Bark Eli Benmergui Yosef Hoffman Shua Kashnow 6B Dovid Menachem Feldman Ezra Klompas Aron David Luria Yaakov Septimus Moshe Uminer Mendel Zaklos 7B Yosef Chaim Armin Mordy Bier Eliezer Feuerstein Naftoli Ochs Tzvi Posy Tuvia Schonberg 8B Yehuda Feuerstein Eliyahu Meyers Shlomo Rosmarin Aaron Sanieoff WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS

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