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CLOSER TO HASHEM 7:31 PM May 6, 2022 ה ‘ב״פשת רייא םישודק תשרפ Thurs, May 19 - Lag B’Omer Monday, May 30 - Memorial’s Day, Hamilton - 11:50 AM dismissal, Williston - 12:00 noon Dear Parents, In Parshas Kedoshim, the possuk reads: ׳ה ינא ורמשת יתותבש תאו וארית ויבאו ומא שיאםכיקולא. A person should fear his mother and father and guard the Shabbos, I am Hashem. Chazal derive from the juxtaposition of the two ideas that if a parent demands that a child transgress a Mitzvah, a child may not obey the parent, because םכיקולא ׳ה ינא, I am your Hashem, ידובכב ןיבייח םכלוכ. Both the child and parent are obligated in my honor. Hashem’s honor supersedes honoring one's parents. Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, ל״צז asks: What is the connection between םירוה דוביכ and תבש תרימש that the Torah employs this Mitzvah to teach the concept of ׳ה ינאםכיקולא? He answers by noting that those who believe in the evolutionary progress of animal to human thus believe that as more generations distance themselves from their animal origins they become more human. According to this reasoning, the older generations should honor the younger ‘more evolved’ generation. However, as םינימאמ ינב םינימאמ we believe that םדא was ה״בקה לש ויפכ ריצי. Hashem created Man and the further we are from that creation, the more distant and smaller we are from the greatness of the original construction of Hashem’s direct Hand. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the younger generation to venerate older תורוד as they are closer to that G-dly experience. Since Shabbos is the mechanism we employ to remember תישארב השעמ, the Torah connects the mitzvah of Shabbos with honoring one's parents. !תבש טוג Rabbi Ochs Our 40th Anniversary Gala was a beautiful event. The evening honored the Rebbeim, Moros, Teachers, Specialists and Staff. Mrs. Ruth Gluckin was inducted into the Esser Club. Mrs. Barbara Goldstein, who will be moving to Lakewood at the end of the school year, was honored for her 30 years working in Torah Academy. The Emcee for the evening was Rabbi Shea Plotnik, speakers included: Rabbi Meilich Horowitz on behalf of his father, the Bostoner Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel Ochs, Menahel, Mr. Mark Bressler, Chairman of the Board, and Rabbi Mermelstein, Executive Director. Thank you Rabbi Plotnik, Mrs. Michal Blumberg, and the dinner committee for all your efforts to make such a lovely evening. In honor of Rosh Chodesh, grades 4-8 girls watched a powerful Chofetz Chaim Heritage video entitled Yarok. It focused on jealousy and submitting to group pressure. An animated discussion followed highlighting the salient points of the presentation. On Monday, 3-6B had an assembly introducing the ךומכ campaign, a nationwide program that focuses on the Torah way of treating others. From Pesach to Shavuos, each class will work on a classroom challenge that emphasizes how to think, feel, and care for their classmates in a more positive way. There will be lots of activities and videos for the boys to enjoy throughout the program. Continued on page 2

For letter S week, PreK-1 and Morah Kagan worked on their Sea collage, and made Sugar Scrubs for their mommies for Mother’s Day. PreK-2 made a paper chain to help them understand the transmission of our precious mesorah. PreK-2 students enjoyed making “stained glass windows” as they finished their unit on shadows and reflections. They explored natural sources of light (created by HaShem) and artificial light (created by people) and how they impact our world. They also explored the effects of light on reflective, opaque, translucent, and transparent materials. K1 moros created an amazing obstacle Kriah course! K1 also enjoyed a music lesson with Morah Leah Nussbaum. K2 made a bulletin board for their STEM unit on “Structures”. 3G enjoyed their siyum for Parshas Vayeitzei. Each group had to decorate a cake with a scene from the parsha. Thank you Miss Chava Gittel Yudkowsky. Mazel Tov to 5G on completing Parshas Tetzaveh. They will celebrate with a siyum later. Thank you Miss Ostashinsky. 6G celebrated a siyum on Parshas Shlach. The girls prepared and enjoyed a delicious salad bar. Thank you to Malka Block and Dahlia Weisenfeld for the beautiful paper goods and setup. Thank you Dassi Halpern for your creative and delicious centerpiece. Special thank you to Devorah Bakke for her inspiring Dvar Torah. The class also made delicious strawberry/mango/banana smoothies. The siyum ended with the girls playing a fun game of ‘steal the salami’ using different examples from our Parsha. It was impressive to see how well the girls remember what they learned! Thank you Mrs. Reifman. The boys in grade 6 are working on creating a newspaper as part of their Language Arts unit. They prepared cover letters and resumes to apply for positions on the newspaper. The staffing of the paper is now complete. Once the newspaper board has finished meeting, work on the publication will ensue IYH. The girls and boys in second grade are studying a unit on telling time. 4G is working on a STEM project - Who can build a marble maze using Newton's Laws of Motion with the winning marble taking the longest time to go through? Stay tuned for more. MAZEL TOV TO Yehoshua ( ’09) and Dafna Sack on the birth of their daughter, and to grandparents, Mr. Zev & Mrs. Norit Sack. Aryeh and Annika (Tarlin) (‘13) Vegh on the birth of their daughter, and to grandparents Mr. Sam (General Studies Principal - Boys’ Division) and Mrs. Sarah Tarlin. BULLETIN BOARD continued DAY OF LEARNING 3 Iyar - sponsored by the Kahn Family in memory of Gittel Udya bas Reb Moshe Eliyahu a”h. May her neshamah have an aliya. 5 Iyar - sponsored by Steve and Miriam Spear in memory of Eliyahu ben Avrohom, z”l, Rabbi Eliyahu Dovek. May his neshamah have an aliya.

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SHNAYIM MIKRAH Mazel Tov to learners of Parshas Metzoreh! 4B Nechamia Berzansky Zelig Bier Avrohom Halpern Levi Yitzchok Horowitz Moshe Segal Tuvya Sternfield 5B Natanel Atar Moshe Bark Eli Benmergui Yosef Hoffman Shua Kashnow 6B Ezra Klompas Aron David Luria Yaakov Septimus Moshe Uminer Mendel Zaklos 7B Mordy Bier Eliezer Feuerstein Naftoli Ochs Tzvi Posy Tuvia Schonberg Yonatan Zazula 8B Yehuda Feuerstein Aaron Sanieoff WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS

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