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November 22 2019 ASSIST DON T FIX Eliezer the of was not only a faithful servant but was also Avraham s greatest disciple Chazal on the words describe him as Thus when Avraham announces that he is looking for a wife for Yitzchak it is not surprising that Eliezer suggests his own daughter for the shidduch As Rashi quotes from Chazal the word is spelled without a to allude to his own daughter as a possible match Rav Yitzchak Isaac Sher points out that this was not an outlandish suggestion As Avraham s devoted servant and star it seems most fitting and appropriate for him to join Avraham s illustrious family However Avraham is most deliberate and clear that such a marriage was impossible His son Yitzchak was blessed and it was unthinkable that he should marry a descendant of who was We can only conjecture s emotions when faced with this reality However says Rav Chatzkel Levenstein the psukim describe in great detail how faithfully and minutely Eliezer strove to fulfill the mission of his master to find a shidduch for Yitzchak He faced his challenge set aside his personal feelings and grew from the experience We then find that when he finally arrives at Rivka s home he is greeted with the words The Medrash comments that overcoming this nisayon elevated Eliezer from the status of to His sixty seven years of devoted servitude and exemplary dedication to Avraham s teaching was not enough to change his status It was only overcoming a great personal challenge that transformed him from cursed to blessed It is our natural instinct to wish to protect our children from any challenge or hardship no matter how minor Parental fix it intervention should not necessarily be the first resort Hashem is sending our children these challenges and it our job to give them the tools to overcome them and help them build resilience that will be so beneficial when we can no longer fight their battles Assist don t fix unless there are truly no other options 3 59 PM Thurs Nov 28 Sun Dec 1 No school Thanksgiving break Motzei Shabbos Dec 21 Torah Academy Gala Auction The bulletin is sponsored in honor of our mechanchim and educators by Rabbi Ochs On Tuesday and Wednesday this week Torah Academy hosted Ms Ruth Culham for a two day professional development workshop as part of our continuing drive for excellence Over the two days we examined the foundational traits of writing and deepened our understanding of how to build concrete skills within pieces of writing and across the years by focusing on Ideas Organization Voice Word Choice Sentence Fluency and Conventions Ruth shared that from her 30 plus years of leading Professional Development workshops that she had rarely found such an eager and dedicated team to work with Our teachers have jumped in and are already implementing the strategies Welcome to the Nadler family who recently arrived from London Their son Aaron is in first grade and their daughter Aviva is in our kindergarten A special yosher koach to Mrs Tamar Klompas a professional gardener who kindly volunteered to run an educational gardening program in our four preschool classes The first workshop was leaf pressing The children and moros thoroughly enjoyed the session We look forward excitedly to the future the workshops Thank you Mrs Klompas The Understanding Our Differences Program sponsored by The Ruderman Family Foundations and facilitated by Gateways presented a session about autism to the 5th grade girls
Bulletin Board DAY OF LEARNING 20 Cheshvan sponsored by Sacha Zyto l ilui nishmas his grandmother Simcha bat Abraham a h MAZEL TOV TO Moshe Chava Rivka TA 10 Ochs Baum on the birth of their son and to grandparents Rabbi Shmuel Menahel Mrs Leah 7 8G Kodesh Science Ochs and to great grandparents Rabbi Dovid 8B Kodesh Mrs Devorah Preschool Director Girls Kodesh Coordinator Moskovitz Mendy Schulgasser Tzivya TA 12 Wilhelm on their recent marriage and to parents Rabbi Moshe Dovid Mrs Bassie Wilhelm UPCOMING TORAH ACADEMY EVENTS Sunday November 24 5B Hascholas Gemara Friday December 13 1G Chumash Mesibah Tuesday December 17 PreK Chanuka Shows Motzei Shabbos Dec 21 Torah Academy Gala Auction Sunday March 15 Torah Academy Gala Dinner SHNAYIM MIKRA Mazel Tov to learners for Parshas Vayera 5B Shlomo Hirsch Feldman 6B 7B 8B Raffle Winner Ephraim Kashnow Aaron Sanieoff Yisrael Fledman Nechemia Ochs Naftoli Ochs Naftoli Ochs Moshe Leff Aaron Sanieoff Tuvia Schonberg Dovi Posy Binyomin Septimus Binyomin Septimus Noam Youshaei
GRANDPARENTS DAY
PRESCHOOL SNAPSHOTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 Kindergarten 1 prepared a Hachnosas Orchim table for Grandparents Day Parsha and learning are fun in kindergarten begins with They made beeswax candles for the parsha Creating colorful words How much water does a camel drink in 15 minutes Ask a 7 7 Kindergartern boy Dr Klompas visited the PreK classes this week for D week They learned about the doctors job Thank you Dr Klompas K2 leaf pressing with Mrs Klompas Kindergarten 2 learning centers
WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS 1 2 1 2 3 4B configure character webs Professional Development Day and Speaker Ms Ruth Culham Cooperative learning second and third grade reading buddies 1 2 1 3
HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 For the siyum of Parshas Miketz 2G decorated cupcakes with scenes from the parsha Science in 4G creating electromagnets For Grandparents Day 2G interviewed their grandparents and used it to make a bulletin board display Understanding Our Differences session about Autism in 5G 3G oil pastel s inspired by Van Gogh s Starry Nights 4 5
Torah Academy is proud to menschen the following Talmidim who had MIDDOS ALL DAY in both Kodesh and General Studies 1st GRADE Tuvya Sternfield 6th GRADE Dov Bercuson Yaakov Wallin Yehudah Leib Feldman Aaron Sanieoff Noey Kahn Shimshy Nulman 3rd GRADE Aryeh Silverman Netanel Atar Jakey Wiesenfeld Yosef Hoffman Daniel Simnegar 7th GRADE Yisrael Feldman 2nd GRADE 4th GRADE Nechemia Berzansky Dovid Menachem Feldman Zelig Bier David Knisbacher Nochum Dessler Aron Luria Uri Katz Dovid Tzvi Krochmal Moishe Leff Mendel Meyers Yitzy Fine Yehuda Greenblatt 5th GRADE Avrohom Halpern Mordy Bier Levi Yitzchok Horowitz Eli Feuerstein Levi Meir Klompas Ephraim Kashnow Nesanel Luria Asher Katz Baruch Marshall Shmuel Loketch Asher Nesanel Mintzes Naftoli Ochs Dovid Plotnik Tuvia Schonberg Dovid Sebbag Moshe Segal 8th GRADE Aaron Bier Akiva Feuerstein Mendel Rodkin