Message from Rabbi Yamin Levy. LIHA Rabbi

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1 Sharyn Blaustein Volume 22 Principal Issue 26 May 20, 2016 Iyar 12, 5776 Rabbi Yamin Levy LIHA Rabbi THE VOICE OF OUR CHILDREN A WEEKLY PUBLICATION Please visit our website for the FULL newsletter in color! Shalom My Friends, Parents and Supporters, Message from Rabbi Yamin Levy LIHA Rabbi The Parasha begins with the words: Emor, and Hashem said unto Moses, speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and speak unto them (Vayiqra 21:1). The Chakhamim ask why repeat the words speak unto them? They reply with a timeless message. The Torah repeats the words Speak Unto them in order to emphasize the importance of speaking appropriately to everyone even the simple people. How we speak to each other reflects so much about who we are and the quality of our character. At LIHA, character development, Midot is the most important thing that we teach. Excellence academically is worthless without good Midot. Next week is Lag Ba omer a celebratory time between Pesach and Shavu oth. The tradition has it that Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai came out of a cave on Lag Ba Omer. He spent 24 years running away from the Romans. During those years he lived miraculously and spent his time studying Torah. Like Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai the study of Torah today, while available, requires sacrifice and commitment. This is what we strive to achieve at LIHA. Tuition is difficult, especially when there are options that are free in our community. Yet we have to be strong and recommit ourselves to make whatever sacrifices necessary to educate our children so that Torah remains alive and well into the next generation. About 10 years ago the New York Times ran a lead article about a stenographer who retired after serving in the White House for over 40 years. He was asked which of the presidents he would rate the highest. President Truman was his immediate response. When asked why he responded by saying: Truman was the only president who knew who I was and bothered to call me by name. For this stenographer great people are remembered by the way they relate to the simple people. Shabbat Shalom Mishmar participants enjoyed an afternoon Rock Climbing on Thursday. Parashat Emor Shabbat Candle Lighting time is at 7:56 p.m. Havdalah time is at 9:02 p.m.

2 Reminder Thursday, May 26 th Field Trips Kindergarten Long Island Children s Museum 1 st & 2 nd Grade NY Hall of Science 3 rd, 4 th & 5 th Grade Bronx Zoo Monday, May 30 th School Closed Memorial Day LIHA Registration forms for School year have been sent home & are also on our website.

3 Take A Look At LIHA Toddler This week we started practicing for our graduation. Also we are continuing with the caterpillar book. The kids are learning names of different types of foods and numbers. Shabbat Shalom! Nursery This week the children enjoyed a wonderful booksto-life production from the Great Neck Library. Each day our class is re-reading our favorite books and the children enjoy hearing them again and again. Our Shabbat Ima & Abba were Abigail Y & Daniel. Pre K Our caterpillars have each climbed to the top and formed a chrysalis. We transferred them to our garden and can't wait to see what will happen next. The seeds we planted are starting to grow! First we noticed roots. Then we had some sprouts and now there are leaves beginning to grow! We began working on a special book all about ME! Each child is working carefully to write and illustrate their books page by page. We know you will love the end results.

4 Kindergarten English We reviewed pronouns I and me, and prepositions in, on, over and under. This week we learned how to spot prepositional phrases. We read the book Old McDonald had a Woodshop. The amazing words were drill, hammer, saw, screwdriver, file and chisel. In math we worked on three dimensional shapes. For science we learned how matter can change. Shabbat Shalom and enjoy the weekend. Kindergarten Hebrew In Parashat Emor, we learned that it is very important to be respectful to everyone and everything around us at home and especially outside!! All the chagim (Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Succot) were mentioned too. Our is coming along beautifully we learned the letter shin ( ) and the words were; Shamayim (sky ), Shabbat ( ), Shema (listen ). We have been counting the Omer everyday and we spoke about Lag BaOmer, the children are excited about our trip on!! Our Shabbat this week were: Gavriella & Moshe The Great Neck Library Came to LIHA 1 st Grade English This week the first grade had a very busy work week. They practiced keyboarding in the computer lab. They have also been busy documenting how our caterpillars began the process of becoming butterflies. The first thing they do every morning is run over to see if there has been any changes. We have also been learning about our town, state, country and continent in social studies. They love singing the 50 states song! 1st Grade Hebrew My kids enjoyed learning about (animals) this week. They know the animals name, color and parts of the body like (tail) in Hebrew. Please make sure to read with your child every day. On Friday we reviewed about the holidays mentioned in the and about. Every day after we count the Omer.

5 2 nd Grade English 2nd grade had a great week that started with our Mother's Day tea. I hope you enjoyed yourselves! We began learning all about 2D and 3D shapes. They continue to work on improving their reading and writing skills. Please make sure your children are reading every night. Have a great weekend. Shabbat Shalom! 2 nd Grade Hebrew We continued to work on Houmash, through Parashat Bereshit. Please make sure your children review at home, so they are prepared when the come to class. We also learned about the Parasha of the week: Parashat Emor Shabbath shalom 3 rd Grade English This week the third grade took the chapter 9 test in math. We have been working very hard gathering information for our famous person research project. The students are having a great time with this. We are looking forward to presenting our projects to the parents sometime in June! 3 rd Grade Hebrew We successfully finished the study of Parashat Toldot. This is going to end our study in Houmash. The children have learned to work independently and to understand Rashi... I am very proud of each one. We will celebrate by having a very nice party. We also learned about the Parasha of the week: Parashat Emor. Shabbath Shalom

6 4 th Grade English This week the 4 th grade has begun chapter 12 in math, which is how to convert customary units of measurement and metrics. They are also continuing their reading of, I Survived the Attack of th Grade Hebrew This week in 4 th grade we studied Lag BaOmer. We covered in great detail the difficult times Jews had to endure under the Roman rule. In Humash we learned about Jacob s last wish on his death bed to be buried with his once slaves in the promise land. 5 th Grade English 5th grade had a nice week. They are researching and finding out a lot of information about their states. They have been working on converting fractions into decimals and percentages and continue to work on becoming better writers. Please make sure your children continue reading for 30 minutes nightly and please encourage your children to work to the best of their ability through the end of the school year. Have a great weekend. Shabbat Shalom! 5 th Grade Hebrew The end of the school year is coming fast. The class is practicing for their graduation. We have also reviewed our Hebrew grammar that we learned throughout the year

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