March 27, 2015 ניסן תשע ה פרשת צו שבת הגדול. MIAMI CANDLE LIGHTING 7:17pm. Pg: 1. Kes Class Events Pages Pg 2

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1 March 27, 2015 ז ניסן תשע ה פרשת צו שבת הגדול MIAMI CANDLE LIGHTING 7:17pm Pg: 1 Kes Class Events Pages 7-15 Pg 2

2 School Announcements T o Rabbi and Mrs. Ephraim Shapiro and Family on the birth of a son Shop with us before you shop with them and help the Yeshiva earn cash! Don't forget to buy your SCRIP before heading to the store. As Pesach is quickly approaching we've added some new stores to our program. Please check out our large selection of gift cards at ytcteam.org/scrip. P esach break April 1-12 Classes resume April 13, regular time. School assemblies: Thursday April 23 Yitzchok Shmuel ben Pesha Sarah Yehuda Pinchas ben Osna Yochanan Baruch ben Frumma Etta Yisroel Mordechai ben Rivka Rochel Elchonon ben Rochel Leah Chaya Rivka Rochel bas Bronna Mina Yehudis bas Masoudi Marsel Raizel bas Pessel Kalman ben Sara Hinda Malka Esther bas Sima Mordechai ben Miriam Rus bas Ahuva We hope everyone has a Refua Shelaima. A new list will start after Pesach

3 School Announcements HELP! I M A LIBRARY BOOK AND I M LOST! The deadline for registration for the school year is quickly approaching. If you haven't already registered your child(ren) please send in the paperwork and payment by March 26th. All registrations received after March 26th will be a charged a $150 late fee per student. If you have any questions or need duplicate copies of your registration forms please contact Mrs. Rashi Levy at x221. We look forward to greeting all of our students for the school year. A large number of library books are overdue from the school library. As you embark on your chometz cleaning, give yourself a prize for finding and returning our missing library books. Please keep in mind that no books may be checked out of the library over the Pesach vacation. KIDS FOR KOSHER FOOD BANK P lease remember the Food Bank as you are making your Pesach food purchases! This month they request: Applesauce Matzo Meal Jelly Macaroons Oil Ketchup Mayonnaise Cake mix Potato Starch Tomato Sauce Candy/ Chocolate Grape Juice Hasmoda and Chemda Programs We thank the following who have already stepped forward to sponsor these Pesach programs. The Baumann Family The Glatt Family The Mayer Rosenberg Family Additional sponsorships available Contact Rabbi Baumann

4 Shabbos Parashas Tzav Shabbos HaGadol 5775 Dear Parents, In the struggle to come to terms with and make some meaning out of the Flatbush fire tragedy, Rabbi Yisroel Reisman, Shlita, articulated a beautiful and poignant message for all of us. In categorizing such an unfathomable event as a community tragedy and not an individual tragedy, Rabbi Reisman called upon all of us to hear the message and take action. What is the message? What is the point? We have no Navi (prophet) to explain Hashem s inscrutable ways. We cannot hope to understand. Explanations for such an occurrence are simply beyond our ability to comprehend. However, there is a message for each of us. And, in the absence of a Navi to articulate the message, our Rabbis tell us the following: When an unusual event occurs, especially of this horrifying magnitude, it should spur us on to work harder on those areas of personal and communal growth we are already working on. We make no pointed or direct connections and calculations but we do redouble our efforts in those areas of self-improvement that we know need work. This requires personal self-reflection and self-examination. I have no doubt that many of us have already embarked on that path. It is an effort that proceeds in the innermost chambers of one s heart, and is not appropriate for public discussion. There are, however, dimensions of improvement that can and should be discussed. As a school community of parents, educators and children, I would like to focus on perhaps an obvious point, given the nature of the tragedy, and our responsibilities as parents and teachers child safety. Keeping our children safe is an effort that is requires constant vigilance, is ever changing and absolutely essential. Children need to be safe -from emotional, physical and sexual abuse, abduction, safe from hazards in their environment, and safe from unhealthy foods. Responsible parents and educators will ensure chil-

5 dren are protected appropriately from communicable diseases, have children practice bike safety by wearing a helmet, train children how to cross streets safely, ensure proper supervision at all times, improve & upgrade playground safety and will educate their children to refrain from risky behavior. As providers and caregivers to our children, our responsibilities extend to our own behaviors. Do we drive safely and responsibly? Is the cell phone distracting us? Are our children properly seat-belted whenever our car is moving? Do we follow posted signs and cooperate with carpool procedures? Does our need to rush somewhere come at the expense of focusing on our or others children s safety? We, along with every other member of Klal Yisrael, have been given a potch, a jolt that cannot leave us the same as before. Let us show ourselves that we are alive to Hashem s message that our efforts at self-improvement must intensify. There is no better place to start that process than in the realm of our children s safety. May Hashem grant success to our renewed efforts and spare us and our people from any more excruciatingly painful lessons. Best wishes for a safe, growth-filled Shabbos, Rabbi Kalman Baumann

6 How many words of three or more letters can you find within the word Less than 10 Keep trying! Good! Very Good! Excellent! Super! All correct answers to the challenge will be entered in a raffle to win a prize! What falls but doesn't break, and what breaks but doesn't fall? The answer to last week s CHALLENGE is: A Sponge פּ ר ש ת צו The winner for the Last פּ ר ש ה Which in ס פ ר ש מוֹת has the letters צו as part of its name? Is: Devorah Cohen Please come to the Girls office to claim your prize Last week s answer Honey cannot be offered on מ ז בּ ח. the )פּ ר ק ב' פּ סוּק י"א )

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9 Third graders had as blast as they learned through hands-on centers. They had various activities to reinforce what is being learned in class. Activities included: fraction fun, more in-depth learning of the geography of the 50 states of the United States, brainstorming and illustrating homophones, book review presentations, working in the writing center on books and poems, and analyzing and created drawings of different land forms ( the desert, the Everglades, and life in a pond).

10 This Tuesday, the boys in grades 3, 4, & 5 who participated in our Mishnayos Contest celebrated their accomplishments at our siyum. The boys enjoyed a gala luncheon, received certificates, and our winners received beautiful Sefarim for them to continue their learning. The boys heard divrei bracha from Rabbi Yekusiel Stern of the Miami Beach Kollel as well as from two of our fifth grade winners. Mazel Tov and may you continue to learn, and love to learn, for the rest of your lives!

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14 The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary visits 2nd Grade 2nd Grade enjoyed a visit from Commander Aberbach of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. He taught the boys and the girls about the importance of water safety. They also discussed ways to keep our environment clean with Reduce, Reuse and Recycle which also helps protect our oceans and animals. The students helped do surgery on Tommy the Sea Turtle who was sick from pollution.

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