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May 7 2021 CLEARLY DIVINE Dear Parents The possuk states The Mitzvah of requires that we let the land rest Rashi quoting Toras Kohanim wonders why the Torah explicitly mentions s current location Har Sinai when introducing the mitzvah of shmittah Weren t all mitzvos transmitted at Har Sinai Rashi famously responds that just as the mitzvah of shmittah the details of which are extensively delineated in the coming psukim was transmitted at Sinai all mitzvos were given in a similarly detailed manner at Sinai A question still remains Why was shmittah singled out to demonstrate this principle Rav Schwab explains that the unique nature of this mitzvah proves that the Torah was indeed given at by the Had the Torah been authored by human hands and minds this mitzvah would have never been included People would find such a mitzvah absurd allow an entire country s crop to lie fallow for a full year Though crop rotation allows land to replenish its nutrients and ensures greater harvest in future years one would never decree that every field vineyard and orchard simultaneously remain uncultivated for a full year People would view such an idea as a surefire method of precipitating an economic crisis Furthermore no human would extend this further and command that the land lie fallow for two consecutive years as occurs when a Yovel year follows shmittah And certainly no human would have the audacity to guarantee that there would be sufficient abundant crops in the sixth year of the cycle to suffice for the seventh and eighth year Clearly only Hashem in His infinite wisdom could have devised such a mitzvah 7 32 PM May 16 Erev Shavuos 2 8B 12 00 noon dismissal May 17 18 Shavuos No School May 19 School begins at 10 00 AM Thus shmittah is the perfect choice to serve as the example that mitzvos were given in all their detail at Sinai Shmittah is so clearly divine that it must follow that all the other mitzvos are divinely given as well Rabbi Ochs On Monday the boys in grades one through 8 enjoyed their Lag B Omer trip to Millennium Park Rain rain go away come again another day While we need the rain to make things grow the Lag B Omer trip to the zoo for the girls in grades 1 8G had to be postponed We look forward to going this coming Wednesday Mazel Tov to the girls in grade 3 on completing Thank you Mrs Posy With the beginning of the month of May the end of the school year is fast approaching The Hamilton classes are preparing their end of year performances 2G is preparing for their Rus play next week Grades 3 is preparing for the annual Shmoneh Esrei play Due to the Covid shutdown grade 4 did not preform the Shmoneh Esrei play and will do it this year In the Preschool the PreK classes are practicing for their Aleph Beis shows The Kindergarten kinderlach are so excited that they will soon be receiving their siddurim at the upcoming siddur play Of course our eighth graders are anticipating their end year trips and graduations Batsheva Schapira a social worker visited 7G and 8G on Zoom She shared with the how to use the five senses to lessen anxiety and answered many questions about what she does in her daily work Thank you Mrs Benmergui for coordinating the Zoom session

Bulletin Board DAY OF LEARNING 22 Iyar sponsored by the Kaufman Family as a zechus for a refuah sheleima for Shira Elisheva bas Rochel Guta and Tinok ben Shira Elisheva 23 Iyar sponsored by Rabbi Shmuel and Mrs Leah Ochs for a refuah sheleima for Refoel Yaakov ben Leah MAZEL TOV TO Chana Faiga 14 6G Kodesh 4B General Studies Leff and Yisroel Gorelick on their engagement and to parents Rabbi Zalman Mrs Gittie Leff Ezzie 11 Gluckin and Amalia Gantshar on their recent marriage and to parents Rabbi Tzvi Mrs Ruth Assistant Preschool Director K2 Gluckin Cheli 12 Fireman and Ezzie Rosenbloom on their recent marriage and to parents Rabbi Eliezer Mrs Rivki Fireman and to grandparents Rabbi Eli Mrs Edie Dovek and Rabbi Avrohom Mrs Karen Fireman

HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1G enjoying a nice day at the park grades 7 8G First grade s Blending Our Words bulletin board After learning about how archeologists discovered Viking remains in Newfoundland Canada students in 4G become archeologists as they unearth artifacts and make inferences about them 1G played bingo to practice some sight words Social Worker Batsheva Schapira presents the five senses to

PRESCHOOL SNAPSHOTS PreK1 celebrates Lag B Omer with a bonfire Playing nekudos musical chairs Shabbos Mommy and Tatty in K2 Puzzle solving PreK takes advantage of a sunny day to go to the park Writing words on the board for the class to read As part of parsha learning the kindergarten discusses shmittah They have several related activities including decorating our farmer s beis medrash for him to learn in during shmittah year and making a Siddur for him Going on an observation walk Checking on our butterflies Kindergarten builders

WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS The boys in 2B enjoyed a Lag B Omer treat of popsicles 5B hard at work 1B students enjoy working with manipulatives SHNAYIM MIKRA Mazel Tov to learners for Parshas Emor 4B 6B 7B 8B Netanel Atar Mordy Bier Yehuda Ezra Feuerstein Moshe Beilin Yosef Hoffman Eliezer Feuerstein Aaron Sanieoff Yisrael Feldman Naftoli Ochs Shlomo Rosmarin Uri Katz 5B Tzvi Posy Moishe Leff Ezra Klompas Tuvia Schonberg Yosef Yaakov Mermelstein Uri Knisbacher Mendel Meyers Yaakov Septimus Binyomin Septimus Noam Youshaei