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O R A S E M E S A C A D E M Y O F M I A M I בס''ד JANUARY 18, 2013 EAM Spirit SAR SUDENS פרשת בא CANDLE LIGHING 5:35 pm Shirel Bendahan S.S. amar Brody S.S. Esther Simcha Botton.S. Sarah Cohen.S. Odaya Cohen -.

1 O R A S E M E S A C A D E M Y O F M I A M I בס''ד JANUARY 18, 2013 EAM Spirit SAR SUDENS פרשת בא CANDLE LIGHING 5:35 pm Shirel Bendahan S.S. amar Brody S.S. Esther Simcha Botton.S. Sarah Cohen.S. Odaya Cohen -.S. ehila Cohen.S. Leah Corcos.S. Elisheva Franklin S.S. Rochi Gassner.S. Rivka Jablon S.S. Rebecca Katz S.S. Perri Ruck S.S. Esti Schwartz.S. Abigail Shapiro S.S. Racheli Sova.S. Yosef Alber S.S. Simcha Bistritz.S. Gavi Feigenbaum S.S. Asher Goldenberg S.S. Asher Greenberg.S. Adam Hyman S.S. Mordechai Shapiro S.S. Dovid Suissa S.S. Moshe Waisman.S. MID-WINER VACAION HAS ARRIVED! School will be closed from Sunday, January 20 through Sunday, January 27. Classes will resume at 8:30 AM on Monday, January 28. ENJOY!!!! Odaya Cohen Sarah Cohen ehila Cohen Aliza Feldman amar Feldman Dina Malka Holzer Yael Kanoff Atara Laks Avigail Maya Chaviva Peromsik Esther Chaya Rubinov Esther Shaffren Abigail Shapiro Sara Simcha Waisman EAM PLAYERS Shalom Deutsch Nataniel El-Gad Gavriel Feigenbaum Joseph Feldman Avos Greenberg Meir Liberman Benyamin Mendoza Shea Rosenberg Binyamin Rubinov Simcha Shaffren

2 28th ANNUAL JOURNAL DINNER O ur 28th Annual Journal-Dinner this past uesday evening at Jungle Island was a most memorable and successful event. Enjoying the delicious food and warm atmosphere, nearly 500 people shared in this outstanding evening showing appreciation to our Honorees, Dr. and Mrs. Richard and Jody Bennett, and the Kesser Shem ov Awardees, Dr. and Mrs. Stan and Marla Frohlinger and the Kesser orah Awardees, Mr. and Mrs. Chaim and Samantha Hirsch, accepting in loving memory of his father, Marvin Hirsch z l. Once again, the dinner enhanced our feeling of pride for oras Emes and oras Chaim, and captured the essence of our ultimate goal to imbue our talmidim with a love of orah, Midos ovos and intellectual growth. he many parents who participated in the journal and attended the dinner are the linchpins of our success. We are sorry for those who were unable to attend the dinner you missed a spectacular evening. PESACH CANDY SALE he Pesach Candy Sale is now in progress! All orders should be turned in to the office by the deadline on uesday, February 5. Please remember to return the top two pages of the order form in the envelope with the money collected. Check that all orders and tallies are correct, your child s name and grade is written clearly and that the amount collected corresponds with your order. Keep the bottom page in a safe place at home so you will know who to deliver the candy to when it arrives. GIRLS GALORE BRUNCH & MORE irst and foremost, we want to thank Mrs. F Chava Mann, our event chairperson, for her efforts to make this an event to remember for all the women and girls in attendance. Yasher Koach to Mrs. Sarah Palgon for a very inspiring Dvar orah and opening words. o Mrs. Bonnie Schwartzbaum, JCS Kosher Food Bank Coordinator, for teaching us more about the Kosher Food Bank and how everyone can help! o our event Sponsors: Mrs. Entin Mrs. Kon Mrs. Nash Mrs. Leonoff o our Raffle Sponsors for the great prizes: Give Wink Lilian Berkowitz Paola Leonoff Sandra Getzel Dayana Benmergui Etti Waisman Karen Feldman Raquel Benarroch Learning Express Aventura Snip-It Aventura Clothes and Bows Rachel Wigs CV-Advisors o the ladies who helped set up the room: Mrs. Entin Mrs. Fried Mrs. Benarroch Mrs. Leonoff Mrs. Getzel (and their wonderful and helpful daughters!) o Fresko Café for the amazing food platters! hank you all! We can t wait until next year!

ASSEMBLIES O ur assemblies on hursday were thoroughly enjoyed by those in attendance. o commemorate Inauguration Day on January 21, Mrs. Saks second grade classes performed a play about the U.S. Presidents and their pets, complete with interesting facts, Presidential lore, and song.

Naomi Bloom and the E.C.E. Staff for preparing the comprehensive Guide to South Florida Attractions, listing places to enjoy with your children during the vacation.

3 ASSEMBLIES O ur assemblies on hursday were thoroughly enjoyed by those in attendance. o commemorate Inauguration Day on January 21, Mrs. Saks second grade classes performed a play about the U.S. Presidents and their pets, complete with interesting facts, Presidential lore, and song. Yasher Koach to Rabbi Yaakov Dreyfuss and Rabbi Zelig Privalsky for their Divrei orah at the assemblies. VACAION POINS OF INERES OUR FIELD DAY WINNING EAMS W e once again thank Mrs. Naomi Bloom and the E.C.E. Staff for preparing the comprehensive Guide to South Florida Attractions, listing places to enjoy with your children during the vacation. Please ask your children for the booklet. BOYS - GREEN EAM GIRLS - PURPLE EAM GENERAL MILLS BOXOPS FOR EDUCAION o date, the General Mills Boxtops for Education Program is going great! Over the midwinter vacation, collect and save all of the boxtops from the food and health & beauty products you use and send them in to school with your children when school resumes. Check for Boxtops on all types of products - you won t believe how many you will find! Please bear in mind, the more we collect, the more we are able to do for our school! Grandparents and neighbors love to help collect don t forget to remind them as well. he Boxtops for Education project is ongoing, so please keep collecting after the February 28 deadline. We can continue to benefit throughout the year. MISHNAYOS PROGRAM he Mid-Winter vacation is an excellent opportunity for our participants in grades 3B-5B to fill in their charts with many new Mishnayos.

REFUAH SHELAIMA Leah bas Rochel Leah bas Freida Yoel Efraim ben Baila Shifra Pua bas Rochel Mordechai Yehuda ben Esther Rochel Chaim Berel ben Shoshana Binyomin ben Sarah Yosef ben Rus Rochel bas

4 REFUAH SHELAIMA Leah bas Rochel Leah bas Freida Yoel Efraim ben Baila Shifra Pua bas Rochel Mordechai Yehuda ben Esther Rochel Chaim Berel ben Shoshana Binyomin ben Sarah Yosef ben Rus Rochel bas Rivka Leah Yechezkel ben ova Ariella Sara bas Elisheva Malka Yehuda Pinchas ben Asna Shlomo Meir ben Aviya Nechama Malka Rivka bas Devorah Shoshana bas Miriam Shmuel Yitzchak ben Zisa Sara Chaya Shaina Sara bas Chana Esther Meir Yitzchok ben Pessel Rochel Gittel bas Yehudis Ettil Leah Lilach bas Sara Chana Peretz ben Gittel Yaakov Dovid ben Pava Aryeh Meir ben Aidel Fraidel Ariela Rivka bas Yocheved Yaakov ben Malka Miriam bas Itzilah Aida Rafael Menachem Meir ben Raizel Aidel Devorah bas Victoria Avraham Shlomo ben Ita Masha bas Chaya oiba Penina bas Ashira Yehudis Malka bas Rivka Perel Naftuli ben Rivka Dovid ben Golda Yitzchak ben aiba We pray that everyone listed here have a Refuah Shelaima. New names will be compiled beginning with the first newsletter after midwinter vacation. Contact Mrs. Zisquit if you would like a name included on the new list. MAZEL OV o Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Atkin and family on the marriage of their daughter Mimi to Corey Fuchs. ZAISCHEM L SHOLOM o Sarah, Odaya and ehila and the entire Cohen family who are relocating to New York. You will be sorely missed. B Hatzlacha Rabba! RAISING G.R.E.A.. CHILDREN Rabbi Baumann s Parenting Class takes place on uesday mornings, 8:45-9:30, in the Library. Please join us on uesday morning, January 29 following the mid-winter vacation! opic: Handling Sibling Issues CHEVRA KADISHA CLASS he annual review class for members of the Chevra Kadisha will take place, IY H, on uesday evening, January 29, 8:15 at Levitt Weinstein Memorial Chapels, West Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach.

5 OUR CHODESH SHEVA ASSEMBLIES FEAURING 2B & 2G

6 Erev Shabbos Parashas Bo 5773 Dear Parents, In conjunction with the reading of the Parshiyos in the orah that detail the Jewish People s tortured sojourn and back-breaking work in Mitzrayim, we are witnessing, LeHavdil, a great level of activity in the construction of a new building on our campus. We can easily observe the bricklayer, slowly but surely placing brick upon brick, until he has accomplished something noticeable. An entire wall of a building has gone up in a short amount of time. he mindset of the bricklayer, between that first brick and the completed edifice is worthy of our attention and analysis. We can assume the bricklayer s goal in all his efforts is to build a complete wall or building. he question that we need to ask is how does the bricklayer keep from giving up? He can work a very long time and put brick after brick after brick into the building. However, after placing each brick he may be left wondering each brick is so small and the building so large - what motivates him to continue after much effort and little to show for it? Apply that question to your children they and you have a goal of becoming educated, upstanding members of society. But what happens after a few years, a lot of work and their goal hasn t been achieved? Will they maintain the necessary effort or become burned-out at the age of 10? hey struggle in math and chumash, their things are very disorganized, they don t have as many friends as they would like, the goal is becoming more and more elusive and they become angrier, more frustrated and less motivated. he answer to our children s struggles can be found in the lesson of the bricklayer. Despite his goal of constructing the lofty edifice, the bricklayer perseveres because he can savor the accomplishment and importance of each individual brick. It is akin to the famous encounter of Rabbi Akiva and the drips of water on the rock (Avos D Rabi Nosson 6:2). An ignoramus at the age of 40, he nearly aborted his superhuman efforts to achieve even a basic level of learning because he couldn t discern any measurable movement towards his goal. It was only once he could appreciate the effect and value of even one drip of water on a rock that he was able to persevere and ultimately achieve greatness. -continued-

7 page 2 Imagine a non-speaking toddler who utters the sound wa. Any normal parent will get very excited and happy and respond to the wa with cheers and the requested water. Would a parent not respond to the child until he can clearly articulate I want water? Is that any different than a child who struggles in any area of academics, behavior, socialization or athletics? Do we stifle our cheers until there s a 100 on a test, until a non-interested reader completes an entire book, until a socially awkward child brings home half a dozen buddies? How often do we (unwittingly) set goals that are way too high for our children? If a child who usually can t sit down to homework spends five minutes at her own initiative on homework one night, it s time to celebrate! Just as the toddler won t get to water without experiencing the joy of his parents for his wa so too do we jeopardize our children s chances of being independent workers if we don t show appreciation for the minimal attempt at five minutes of study. Our children have just completed five months of sometimes intense efforts at mastering work we have decided is important for them. If they ve improved in any area, and they all decidedly have to some degree, ask yourself which path will sustain and increase that effort. Remember what worked at the age of 14 months that s your key throughout life. Savor small gains, appreciate reaching bite-sized goals and you have the greatest guarantee for achieving monumental goals and sustained success throughout your child s life. Enjoy your week reveling in the joy that you have children with unlimited potential to change themselves and the world. Best wishes for a wonderful Shabbos, Rabbi Kalman Baumann

T O R A S E M E S A C A D E M Y O F M I A M I

T O R A S E M E S A C A D E M Y O F M I A M I בס''ד JANUARY 4, 2013 TEAM Spirit פרשת שמות שבת מברכים CANDLE LIGHTING 5:25 pm Reserve Now! 10 days to go! Toras Emes Academy 28th Annual Dinner Nossie Bergida