Highlights. A Message from the Principal. Upcoming Events. January: 7 Monday. 8 Tuesday. 9 Wednesday. 10 Thursday. 14 Monday.

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1 HILLEL TORAH Highlights NORTH SUBURBAN DAY SCHOOL ח טבת, תשע ג פרשת ויגש הדלקת נרות : 4:02 Lighting: December 21, 2012 Vayigash Candle Upcoming Events January: 7 Monday HT: Turkey Sub JV/V vs Cove, Home 4:15/5:15 8 Tuesday HT: Pizza Day SV: Pizza 3rd 8th Grade MAP Tes ng Begins K 4th Gr. AimsWeb Tes ng Begins JV/V vs Sears, Home 4:15/5:15 9 Wednesday HT: Pasta with Meat Sauce 6th vs Kenilworth Travel, Home 4:30 10 Thursday HT: Soup and Grilled Cheese SV: Chicken Nuggets 7th/8th Girls vs Baker, Home 4:15/5:15 Baker, Away 4:30/5:30 14 Monday HT: Turkey Sub 8th Gr. NNN Interview Week Begins 7th Bannockburn, Away 4:45 6th/JV vs Bannockburn, Home 4:45/5:45 15 Tuesday HT: Pizza Day SV: Pizza V vs Schechter Gold, Home 4:15 A Message from the Principal Dear Friends, Mazal tov to Kita Bet on receiving their first Chumash this past Sunday! With crowns on their heads and in front of an audience of over 200 in physical a endance and over 60 more in virtual a endance, via a new live stream broadcast the children sang, danced and celebrated their new adventures in Limud Torah. With great excitement and an cipa on, the children immediately started learning with their new Chumashim with reading every night. What a Chagiga! Kindergarten through 8th grade students and faculty danced their hearts out last Friday at what we will hope will become our annual Chanukah Chagiga. It was the perfect culmina on to an incredible week of Chanukah celebra ons in school this year. Thank you to the PTA for sponsoring this event. Our 8th graders began to set their sights on their future as they spent a great day at the ICJA this past Tuesday, seeing the school in ac on, si ng in on classes, and hearing from the administra on. It was great to see so many HT alumni and to hear from them how well prepared they felt for the rigors of high school. Mazal tov to Morah Ariela Haymberg on receiving the Hartman Family Educator of the Year Award this week at the ATT Annual Banquet. Morah Hamberg joins previous winners Mrs. Gayle Kopin and Mrs. Lior Kakon, and has helped Hillel Torah become the only school that has had a teacher win this award every year since its incep on three years ago. As part of our 21st Century Learning ini a ve, all Middle School students have recently received school accounts which will enable them to communicate more effec vely with their teachers and classmates, and u lize 21st Century Learning tools such as Google Docs, Blogs, Forums and Voice Thread (an audio blog). We wish all our students and families a safe and res ul Winter Break. We look forward to seeing you back in school recharged on January 7th! Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Menachem Linzer בס ד Winter Break December 24-January 4 Sessions Resume Monday, January 7, 2013

2 SCHOOL-WIDE SCOOP Winter Academic Screenings Dear Parents, All K 8 students will be screened in reading and math upon their return from winter break. Children in grades K 4 will take the AimsWeb Curriculum Based Measures between January 8th and January 14th. Children in grades 3 8 will be screened with the MAP assessment between Jan. 8th and January 18th. These assessments are a midpoint of the year check in which helps our teachers differentiate instruction and guides curriculum development. On screening days, as on all school days, please make sure that your child is well rested and has eaten a good breakfast. Thank You from the PTA Thank you to our great PTA volunteers for all your hard work in helping to make the following PTA events and projects a success! Thank you to: Ramesh Soleymani and Juli Bell Book Fair Audrey Chavel & Dena Levy Teacher Apprecia on Chanukah Lunch Laura Schneiderman & Rachel Gradstein Students Chanukah Gelt Karen Neuman & Pam Carl Teacher's Gi s Traci Aberman, Melissa Perlman & Sarah Kutliroff A er school ac vi es Jill Lakser Gi cards Pam Friedman con nued work with box tops Gi cards are s ll available for purchase please contact Jill Lakser if you are interested. Please con nue to collect box tops for our school! With some of our fundraised dollars the Hillel Torah PTA donated $180 to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund'. This fund will provide support services to the families and community that has been affected. Stay tuned for the coming PTA projects: Spring Couples Event, JUF Insights Event, Winter Social This is OUR Kehillah. We support it! Oct HT Allocation: $8,798 Total since 2004: $829,028 HT KJEF Members: 91 פרנס היום Parnes Hayom The Week of Learning of December 17th-21st/4th-8th of Tevet was sponsored by The Bruckenstein and Parnass Families in loving memory of their wife, mother, and grandmother Rachel Bruckenstein, z"l Commemorating her 13th Yahrtzeit - Always on our minds, forever in our hearts May all our students' learning merit an aliyah for her neshama Tuesday, December 18th/5th of Tevet was sponsored by Jacob, Joshua, and Emma Felix in honor of their grandfather, Ed Plotkin on the occasion of his birthday! Happy Birthday! We love you! December 19th/6th of Tevet was sponsored by The Wallach and Bell Families in commemoration of the third yartzeit of Gila's father (6 Tevet) Rabbi Alexander Bell, z"l Harav Tzvi Alexander ben Reuven May all our students learning merit an aliyah for his neshama Thursday, December 20th/7th of Tevet was sponsored by David, Margo, Jacob, Noah, Jonah, & Maya Strahlberg in memory of our grandmother and great grandmother, Muriel Borks, aka "White Nana," z"l on the occasion of her fourth yarzheit on the 5th day of Tevet May all our students learning merit an aliyah for her neshama Friday, December 21st/8th of Tevet was sponsored by The Levy and Gerstein Families in commemoration of the Fifth yartzeit of Dena s mother (19 Tevet) Marilyn E. Gerstein z l Mara Leah bat Shlomo May all our students learning merit an aliyah for her neshama

3 SCHOOL-WIDE SCOOP Parsha Perspective פרשת ויגש Parshat Vayigash By: Morah Krupnick & Morah Rochelle s Nursery Class The name of this week s parsha is Vayigash. Yehuda came to Yosef. Yosef said to give Binyamin to him as a slave. He said no because he said to his Abba Yaakov that he s taking charge of him because Menashe found Yosef s cup in Binyamin s sack. Yosef said to the Mitzrim to leave the room. Menashe kicked the walls of the place and it started to shake. Yosef told his brothers that he was the lost brother. They were afraid. He said don t be afraid because Hashem planned everything to throw him into jail and into the pit. The brother s came back with the wagons of food. That s how Yaakov knew Yosef was alive. Serach was singing Yosef is alive. She played a harp. Everyone came down to live in Goshen. Yaakov was davening Shma and he didn t stop. Everybody bowed down to Yosef and his dream came true. Bilha bowed down to him. Yaakov saw that Yosef was still a Tzadik. Middle School Moments Spotlight on 8th Grade Science: "Hillel Torah Automotive" This week in 8th grade Science, students took their studies from the theoretical to the practical. After studying Bernoulli's principle and its application to hydraulic breaks, students used the information and explained how automobile breaks actually work. But that wasn't all; each student paired with a partner and created an imaginary auto repair shop. Each group then issued a business letter describing why an imaginary customer was having difficulty with their breaks and what was required to fix them. The letters were properly formatted and students even designed their own letterheads. What a fun way to examine the principles of forces in fluids! Ms. Elyse Levine, 8th Gr. Science Teacher Visit from a Soldier Oryah Rudick's brother Yair who serves as a soldier in an elite unit in Tzahal presented today to our 6th graders and shared his military experiences and mission. Thanks, Yair. Stay tuned for details of the 6th Grade Tzahal Winter Supplies Drive! Good and Welfare Mazal tov to Aliza and Menachem Rosenbaum on the birth of a baby girl, Devora Tehilla! Mazal tov to big brother Ezra. May the baby grow to a life of Torah, Chupah, and Maasim Tovim! Mazal tov to Alida and Danny Harris on Dodi s bat mitzvah last week. May Dodi con nue to be a source of nachat to her parents, family, and Klal Yisrael. HT Flames Scoreboard Mazal tov to Miriam & Eytan Dallal on Tamar s bat mitzvah. May Tamar con nue to be a source of nachat to her parents, family, and Klal Yisrael. K-8 Pizza Tuesdays The new session of Pizza Tuesdays begins Tuesday, January 8th. Please sign up on the hot lunch website (below)! vs. Arie Crown Varsity vs. Roycemore 7th Girls th Girls vs. Bannockburn 6th JV vs. Lycee 7th girls th girls JV 26-7 V vs. Schechter Gold Varsity beat K-8 Hot Lunch Update New session of Hot Lunch begins Monday, January 7. Go to to order beginning Friday 12/21! Health Corner Please click here for an article on Warts from Chana Goldstein, RN, CPNP.

4 Winter is Here! We have budding ar sts in our nursery classes. A er being introduced to the works of Michelangelo, Seurat, Roy Lichtenstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Jackson Pollack and others, the children experimented with colors and techniques to create their own original masterpieces. The pre nursery children are totally taken with Pete the Cat. This week, during B Yachad, they read and reread Pete and His Four Groovy Bu ons and played a Pete the Cat memory game. Another favorite is Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes. Take a walk down the hallway and check out their bulle n board, because the pre nursery children are rocking in their own originally designed groovy school shoes. With the onset of the new season, the children are immersing themselves in learning and ac vi es about choref WINTER!!! The experiments in kindergarten science progressed from observing water to finding out about the proper es of ice! The children loved experimen ng with ice cubes, salt and yarn and were great scien sts, making observa ons, experimen ng and drawing conclusions. December 21 st is the first day of winter, the last day of school before winter break and it is the day that we extend a Tzeitchem L Shalom to the Shamir Family as they return to Israel. Itamar began in kindergarten just a few years ago. And now Yotam is in our kindergarten and Bnaya is in our nursery. We have become so a ached to the children and to the en re Shamir Family that at the same me that we wish them well, we are so sad to say goodbye. We wish them con nued nachat from their wonderful children and hatzlacha as they make their return journey to Israel. We plan to stay in touch with them the children will be our Israeli correspondents. We wish all our families a Shabbat Shalom and an enjoyable res ul and safe winter break! Early Childhood Chit-Chat Shabbat Shalom! Spotlight on Nursery A: Fine Artists This week our Nursery class learned about fine ar sts. The children drew pictures using primary colors and sharpies in the style of Roy Lichtenstein, collaged cut paper shapes in the style of Henri Ma sse, spla ered paint in the style of Jackson Pollack, and colored on the underside of the table inspired by Michelangelo. The pictures adorn our classroom wall, making us feel as if we have entered an expensive art gallery or the finest art museum in the world! Morah Rebecca Singer Enrollment Open for Fall 2013 We invite you to begin the application process for all new incoming students to our Early Childhood Program. If this will be your child s first experience at Hillel Torah, our applications for the upcoming school year are now available. Please contact Margot Parnass, Director of Admissions, for more information or margot.parnass@hilleltorah.org. Thank you and we look forward to welcoming your child to Hillel Torah in the fall. A partner in serving our community, supported by the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federa on

5 Hillel Torah PTA Presents FYI Community Notes Hurricane Sandy Relief: The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is accepting donations to help those impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and its related storms along the Eastern seaboard. Chicagoans may contribute online at by calling (312) , or by sending a check to the Jewish Federation Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund, Room 3022, 30 S. Wells St., Chicago, IL All funds collected by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago will be directed to social welfare agencies in the affected areas serving both the Jewish and general communities. The Chicago Federation will absorb all administrative costs, ensuring that 100 percent of all donations go directly to aid those most grievously affected. Please join us for a Hilula dinner in honor of the Baba Sali, Rabbi Yisrael Abichatzeira zt l. Featuring guest speakers Rabbi Dr. Hanania Elbaz of New York, Rabbi Reuven Matusof of France, Rabbi Daniel J. Raccah, as well as live music by Isaac Bitton of Raya Mehemna fame. Monday January 14, 2013, 7:30 pm promptly (doors open at 7:15 pm) at Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie, 4059 Dempster. Limited seating, advance reservation required, online at or (847) Chanukah Family Funland brought to you by the Suburban Alliance for Jewish Education Torah Academy of Buffalo Grove is once again be open this year in Buffalo Grove Town Center 144 McHenry Rd. Only 30 minutes from the city! Chanukah Family Funland will still be open on Sunday, December 16th and on Tuesday, December 25th and is sure to be a ton of fun for the whole family. CFF will include Chanukah crafts and activities, carnival, music and entertainment, raffles, prizes, cartoonist, tot area, photo opportunities, gift items, food court and much more. You can purchase advance discounted tickets at Use coupon code HillelTorah15 for an additional 15% off already discounted tickets. Chanukah Funland is sponsored by YAM Management, United RX, IDT, Claremont Rehab & Living Center, USI, Deja Views and Jewel Osco. This Sunday don't miss all the fun plus special attractions puppet show, Mad Science with Kinetic Kenny, Ben's Bubble Show, face painting, balloons and more. For more information see call , go to or chanukahfamilyfunland@gmail.com. Advanced Periodontics and implants Grand Opening Special: Complimentary gum health assessment and/or Implant consultation plus a New patient $35.00 credit on any dental service, 1 per patient. Most dental insurances accepted. Dr. Nikisha Jodhan, a board certified periodontist trained at prestigious NYU. Open Tuesdays and Fridays and some Saturdays. Call and schedule your appointment today! (847) , 4905 Old Orchard Center, Suite 501 in Skokie (located in the Old Orchard Shopping Plaza professional Building, across from Starbucks) Luxurious Skokie House for Sale At 9111 Kedvale. 5 bedrooms, 5 full bathrooms and one half bath, huge kosher kitchen with fleishig and milchig appliances and sinks, 3 car heated garage. Serious inquiries only. Call Rivkie Lafer at For Sale: Barclay condo, 4545 W.Touhy, Lincolnwood, 2 ND floor, corner unit, 6 rooms, 2.5 baths, lots of closet space. Call Ron Remember to think of Zichronot Video the next time you make your next family Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Enhance the celebration by having a beautiful and sentimental Photo/Video Montage made to celebrate the Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Think about Zichronot Video whenever there is a Simcha. Whether it's a Wedding, Bris, Anniversary, or any other celebration, Zichronot Video will video, edit, and produce a high quality DVD to keep the memory of the event right at your fingertips. Zichronot Video Productions info@zichronotvideo.com JCC Chicago is proud to present a world class 2 day Basketball Camp with premier coach and former NCAA and professional player, Tamir Goodman, on December 26 and 27 from 10am 3pm at Bernard Weinger JCC (300 Revere Drive, Northbrook). The cost is $100 for both days. The camp is designed to improve skills for 3rd 7th grade boys and girls of all levels, in a positive and Jewishly spirited environment. For more information or to sign up, please call or go online at gojcc.org. Register today to reserve your spot! To advertise in FYI, please Dov Shandalov at dov.shandalov@hilleltorah.org

6 בגני Ani B Gani אני Ani B Gani A NEW Hebrew Immersion Program for Toddlers and their Caregivers For Toddlers ages 14 months to 3 years Led by Morah Sarit Miller 9:15-10:00 am on Tuesdays: Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29 Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26 Mar. 5, 12 Ten Sessions for $50 Hillel Torah Pre-School Building 8825 East Prairie in Skokie For more information, please contact Ilene Cutler at or htearlychildhood@hilleltorah.org Spaces are limited. Register Today!

7 בגני Ani B Gani אני Ani B Gani Registration Form Time: 9:15-10:00am Days: Tuesdays: January 8, 15, 22, 29 February 5, 12, 19, 26 March 5, 12 Cost: Ten Sessions $50 Child s Name Parent s Name Address Phone Numbers Home Cell Address Please Note: Full payment is due with registration and may be submitted at your first session. Spaces are limited. Refunds will not be given for missed sessions For more information, please contact Ilene Cutler at or htearlychildhood@hilleltorah.org