December 6 2019 HASHEM HELPS UNTIL HE HELPS 3 54 PM A chossid came to the Ruzhiner Rebbe and requested that the Rebbe bentch him and promise him a for a he was experiencing His turn arrived and the Rebbe duly bentched him When he left the Rebbe s room the Rebbe s young child Dovid Moshe the future Chortkover Rebbe asked the chossid to tell him what his father had told him The chossid answered that the Rebbe had said that the Hashem will help and send a yeshuah Little Dovid Moshe told the chossid to go back into the Rebbe and ask him what will be until Hashem provides the help The chossid reentered and repeated Dovid Moshe s question The Rebbe responded Until Hashem helps Hashem will help Upon hearing the Rebbe s response Dovid Moshe quoted the possuk from this week s parshah Yaakov Avinu asked Hashem to protect him from Lavan and the promised not to forsake him I will not forsake you until I fulfill that which I have promised Many times we face challenges in life be it in the area of chinuch parnassah or health At times the actual salvation may be far away and the challenge can be daunting and difficult We need to realize that even through the period of tribulation Hashem is not forsaking us but continues to help until He helps What a kiddush Hashem This week we were so gebentched Despite a snow day each of our Rabbeim ran a learning program by phone or in a local beis medrash for their talmidim A parking ban and snow emergency can t stop our kinderlach from learning Torah Motzei Shabbos Dec 21 Torah Academy Gala Auction The bulletin is sponsored in honor of our mechanchim and educators by Rabbi Ochs Before Thanksgiving break there were two special events The first one was the Hascholas Chumash for the first grade boys The boys preformed a series of songs They danced in celebration with fathers and grandfathers Rabbi Sebbag their rebbe told them stories of his Rosh Yeshivah s father mesiras nefesh getting him to yeshivah to learn the heilige Torah Rosh Kollel Rabbi Bier a class grandparent gave a charge to the boys Rabbi Frohlich animatedly told them about learning Chumash The Bostoner Rebbe shlit spoke to the boys prior to presenting each talmid with his first Chumash Bereishis Rebbi Sebbag and the boys then learned their first passuk of Torah The program culminated with a special seudah Thank you to the Riesels and Rabbi and Mrs Schwarz for helping with the refreshments Thank you Rabbi Sebbag for such a beautiful and inspiring program Haschola Gemara took place on the Sunday before vacation The event began with a suedah The boys sang songs Eliezer Feuerstein Tzvi Posy and Tuvia Schonberg presented divrei Torah Rabbi Frohlich described his personal joy and fulfillment that comes from learning Gemara The Bostoner Rebbe shlit a gave a charge to boys about learning Gemara and then presented each boy with his Gemara Baba Metziah The program concluded with each boy saying words about the chashivus of Gemara followed by dancing with parents grandparents and a greatgrandparent Thank you to the Hain family and Rabbi and Mrs Bier for the setting up the room with beautifully arranged tables Yosher Koach to Rabbi Hain for the inspiring program The Understanding Our Differences program in 5B focused on the subject of Autism The program is facilitated by our social worker Mrs Rivka Edelman 3G on completing They celebrated with a siyum this week Thank you Mrs Posy Preschool registration for school year2020 2021 5781 is now open A copy of the application form is included Return your form to school as soon as possible to assure you a spot for next year 1 8 girls are working on a unit on respect which covers talking respectfully cooperating and displaying positivity Useful advice from the girls appears on the bulletin board display
Bulletin Board DAY OF LEARNING 4 Kislev sponsored by Louis Loketch l zecher nishmash Meir Lior Eliezer ben Dov Ber z l 8 Kislev sponsored by Richard Slifka in memory of Mr Abraham Slifka z l MAZEL TOV TO CONDOLENCES Rabbi Shia Mrs Sharone Williston Sunday Secretary Zuber on the birth of great grandson to Mr Mrs Gershon Norkin on the birth of twin great granddaughters To Mrs Miri Rosmarin and family on the petirah of her father Azriel Mechuel Ben Avrohom Dovid HaLevi Houpt z l to Mr Mrs Toviah Norkin and the engagement of Yaakov Yisroel Norkn and to grandparents Mr Shalom Mrs Chaya Norkin Mr Eli Edi Dovek on the birth of a great grandson UPCOMING TORAH ACADEMY EVENTS Friday December 13 1G Chumash Mesibah Tuesday December 17 PreK Chanukah Shows Wednesday December 18 K1 Chanukah Show Motzei Shabbos Dec 21 Torah Academy Gala Auction Wednesday December 25 K2 Chanukah Special Parent and Child Activity Sunday March 15 Torah Academy Gala Dinner SHNAYIM MIKRA Mazel Tov to learners for Parshas Chayei Sarah C and Toldos T 5B 6B 7B 8B Raffle Winner Ephraim Kashnow C Shlomo Rosmarin C T Yisrael Feldman C Nechemia Ochs C Naftoli Ochs C T Aaron Sanieoff C Moshe Leff C T Ephraim Kashnow C Naftoli Ochs C Tuvia Schonberg C T Binyomin Septimus C T Noam Youshaei C
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PRESCHOOL SNAPSHOTS 2 1 3 3 4 1 3 5 6 Learning centers in K1 Shabbos Mommy Chaya Wallin and Tatty Yanky Halpern in K1 After the snow day this week PreK ers enjoyed making snow angels in the yard Hoola Hoop game in K2 PreK1 celebrated reaching the halfway milestone to 100 days of school They celebrated half day with half a cake and lots of other half items Siyum breakfast in K1for finishing their kulam gibborim victory jar Getting ready for Chanukah 5 7
WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS 1 3 2 1 4 5 6 1 8 7 1 2 3 4 5 6B learning b chevrusha in the Bostoner Rebbe s shul Rabbi Hain inspires the boys about the middos program for grades 6 8 Chemdas Yosef winners for the month of Cheshvan in grades 6 8 Chatzkel Wilhelm Moishe Leff Chaim Moshe Mordechai Rodkin David Simnegar Chemdas Yosef winners for the month of Cheshvan in Junior division Chaim Septimus Aron Luria Naftoli Ochs Ephraim Kashnow 2B decorates the box for Rofeh toy drive for children in hospitals 6 7 8 9 9 7B group learning 4B watch Shanghai miracle about Yeshivas Mir escaping in conjunction with their unit on risks and consequences 5B on a snowy day engage in an activity of recycling parts from old equipment for future projects They are glad for any donations of old wood or equipment 2B engaged in learning math
HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1 1 2 5 3 4 1 3 A delicious scent permeated the Hamilton Building when 5G baked Challos for Shabbos 2G enjoys music with Morah Linda Nussbaum 3G siyum for Parsha Chayei Sarah included a dvar Torah and delicious treats It is Kislev and the Chanukah spirit reigns in the Hamilton Building The girls in sixth grade decorated the hall bulletin board 6 2G bleeding tissue paper art project 2G outdoor winter fun After finishing a unit about Shabbos the girls in grade 1 made bencher napkin holders for their Shabbos table Students in 4G wrap up their magnetism unit using the KWL know what we learned chart 7 8
Torah Academy is proud to menschen the following Talmidim who had MIDDOS ALL DAY in both Kodesh and General Studies 1st GRADE Baruch Marshall Dov Bercuson Asher Nesanel Mintzes 5th GRADE 7th GRADE Eliyahu Feldman Dovid Plotnik Benny Bark Yisrael Feldman Baruch Gelernter Dovid Sebbag Mordy Bier Uri Katz Noey Kahn Moshe Segal Shlomo Feldman Dovid Tzvi Krochmal Aharon Nadler Tuvya Sternfield Eli Feuerstein Mendel Meyers Shimshy Nulman Yaakov Wallin Ephraim Kashnow Chatzkel Wilhelm Akiva Riesel Asher Katz Mosher Rosmarin Shmuel Loketch 8th GRADE Shua Schwarz 3rd GRADE Naftoli Ochs Aaron Bier Aryeh Silverman Netanel Atar Tzvi Posy Henoch Blumberg Jakey Wiesenfeld Yaakov Bier Tuvia Schonberg Akiva Feuerstein Yehuda Leib Rodkin Yitzy Gould Gavi Rosenberg Ezi Markov 2nd GRADE 6th GRADE Nechemia Berzansky Yehudah Leib Feldman Zelig Bier 4th GRADE Nochum Dessler Dovid Menachem Feldman Yitzy Fine Uri Hain Yehuda Greenblatt Aron Luria Avrohom Halpern Noach Weiner Levi Yitzchok Horowitz Levi Meir Klompas Nesanel Luria Yehuda Feuerstein Aaron Sanieoff Daniel Simnegar Yehuda Wolf Mendel Rodkin
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