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 MARCH 8, 2013 TEAM Spirit STAR STUDENTS פרשת ויקהל-פקודי שבת מברכים פרשת החדש CANDLE LIGHTING 6:08 pm Avia Bennett S.S. Racheli Breier S.S. Elly Feldman S.S. Chaya Mushka Greenberg T.S. Sophie Jacobs S.S. Rachel Kirzner T.S. Denise Mann S.S. Elisheva Raab T.S. Batzie Rubin T.S. Abigail Rubinov S.S. Perri Ruck T.S. Arielle Serwatien S.S. Rafi Bisker T.S. Netanel Dovid Corcos S.S. Dan Leonoff S.S. David Mann T.S. Benny Rottman T.S. Yitzy Siegel T.S. & S.S. Yaacov Suissa - T.S. Shelomo Sutton S.S. Uri Toronczyk T.S. TEAM PLAYERS Turn your clocks one hour ahead this Motzei Shabbos, as we spring forward to Daylight Savings Time. PLEASE NOTE: Next Friday, March 15 we resume our 2:30 Friday dismissal. Penina Bergida Tamar Feldman Noa Gutfreund Tamar Hyman Rachel Kirzner Shoshana Lesnik Yael Lesnik Avigail Maya Gitty Rubin Elisheva Sharfman Esti Weinberger Mindel Weinberger Shoshana Wunsch Eden Zabari Yoseph Baroukh David Bisker Benjy Heller Dovid Koskas Noam Richmond Aaron Riesel Ailee Shanes Tzvi Stern Tzvi Winter Yoseph Chaim Zaig
MISHNAYOS SIYUM M azel Tov to all of the winners and participants! Prizes were distributed to our top achievers at our Grand Siyum on Wednesday. Yasher Koach to the Flamholtz family for their sponsorship of this program. We are still looking forward to the Mishnayos Auction, which will take place after Pesach! INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (5) Mishnayos Kehati - Ariel Hahn Mikraos Gedolos Yosef Alber Mikraos Gedolos Avraham Homnick Mikraos Gedolos David Mann JUNIOR DIVISION (3-4) Mishnayos Kehati Netanel Hendel Mikraos Gedolos - Ephraim Dudovitz Mishna Brura - Natan Mizrahi Chumash with Rashi - Daniel Chattah, Yaacov Suissa, Adam Dennis, Shmuel Feigenbaum, Tzvi Lehrer, Reuven Shaffren, & Uri Toronczyk Yasher Koach to our top fourth and fifth grade learners, Ariel Hahn and Ephraim Dudovitz, who delivered articulate and sophisticated Divrei Torah at the Siyum. We are honored to have had Rabbi Yehuda Alber deliver inspiring Divrei Bracha and words of Chizuk to our boys, and we are grateful that he took the time from Rohr Middle School to join us. A very special thank you to Mrs. Chava Mann for purchasing paper goods and delicious cupcakes. SCIENCE FAIR A magnificent exhibit of our students projects was on display at our School Science Fair this past week. Everyone enjoyed viewing the interesting projects created by our 4th and 5th graders and discovering the exciting results of the various experiments. Many thanks to our Science Teacher, Mrs. Weisskoff, for her efforts in directing and guiding our students with their projects these last few months. The quality of the students projects is evidence of Mrs. Weisskoff s input coupled with the efforts of the students and parents. We are so proud of all our participants! Certificates will be handed out and winners will be announced at our assemblies on Thursday, March 14.
HELP! I M A LIBRARY BOOK AND I M LOST! 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. RAISING G.R.E.A.T. CHILDREN Rabbi Baumann s Parenting Class takes place on Tuesday mornings, 8:45-9:30, in the Library. Please join us! This week s topic: KEEPING YOUR COOL WITH YOUR KIDS (AND SPOUSE AND OTHERS): A PRE-PESACH PRIMER ASSEMBLIES REFUAH SHELAIMA Yosef ben Rus Ayala bat Yehudit Yehuda Pinchas ben Asna Leah Devorah bas Rachel Yoel Efraim ben Baila Avraham Shlomo ben Ita Yechezkel ben Tova Rafael Yoel Ozer ben Chaya Malka Aryeh Yitzchak ben Ilana Tirtza Yitzchak Reuven ben Malka Shmaryahu ben Malka Bracha Chasiba bat Perla Zahava Mazal bas Batya MAZEL TOV T o Mr. Michael Greenberg and family on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, our alumnus, Yackov. T he next monthly assemblies will take place this Thursday, March 14. Girls at 1:30 and boys at 3:00 PM. Official uniforms must be worn all day on Thursday, including white knee socks for all the girls.
HASMODA PROJECT W e are looking forward to our Annual Pesach Hasmoda Program for all of our elementary school children. With less than two weeks of school until Pesach, we are issuing our semi-annual call for sponsors to dedicate this program for a Refuah Shelaima, in memory of a beloved departed, or simply to honor someone. Sponsorships are welcome, beginning with a $50 contribution. Please call Rabbi Baumann in the school office. 4B VISITS THE FOOD BANK T he fourth grade boys visited the Kosher Food Bank on Monday and delivered the many, many contributions to our Boot The Loot Campaign. It was a wonderful opportunity for the boys to see what a necessary and valuable service the Food Bank provides to our community. Thank you to Mrs. Chanie Dudovitz, Mrs. Debbie Rosenberg, and Mrs. Dena Rubin for accompanying the class. PESACH CHOCOLATES WRAP UP I f there were any mistakes or missing items in your Pesach chocolate orders, please call Mrs. Adina Dreyfuss at 305.493.1031 before Monday. Our thanks to Mrs. Chani Deutsch, Mrs. Esther Entin, Mrs. Sara Goldsmith, and Mrs. Esta Rosenberg who helped sort and give out the orders. The winning class was 4G who will, IY"H, get an ice cream party and the runner up was 3G who will get extra recess! REGISTRATION E nrollment packets have gone out and you should have received yours in the mail. For any questions, or if you did not receive the forms, please call our financial office at 305.944.5344 X221 Rashi Levy or Julie Kirschenbaum X220. We encourage all our parents to take advantage of the early-bird registration fee of $400 for first child $350 each additional child. Early-bird ends March 12 th.
5G SIYUM This week, Kitah Hey (5G) celebrated the completion of Parashas Shmos with a beautiful and exciting Siyum. Divrei Torah were excellently delivered by Tehila Alfassy, Cila Ginsparg, and Naomi Klecky. Thank you to all the responsible girls who brought in their agreed upon snacks (quite healthy!), drinks, and paper goods. We played a fun review game and are ready to plow ahead and begin Parashas Va eira! מזל טוב! חזק חזק ונתחזק!
Erev Shabbos Parashas Vayakheil-Pekudei, Parashas HaChodesh 5773 Dear Parents, The Chofetz Chaim writes in Sefer Chomas HaDas (Fortress of Faith) (Maamar 2, towards the end) that just as there is an obligation to set aside appointed times for Tefilla, for Torah learning and for many Mitzvos, there is an absolute obligation upon parents to set aside a specific time for strategizing and planning the upbringing of their children (on a regular basis). This is both a global directive, and a specific one. It is particularly relevant now with the changing of the clocks this weekend. In addition to the short term drowsiness you can anticipate, it is time to plan what your afternoons will look like. It will be light outside until 7:30 PM, and the urge and opportunity to play extensively outdoors until late, will tug at our children. Do you have a plan? It s perfectly fine to change your after-school schedule to accommodate the new found long afternoons. The question is whether it will just happen or will you be proactive in thinking about it, discussing it with each other where relevant, and then coming up with a plan that will work for you, your children and your entire family. There s no one way to do it, but it s important that you first have a plan before the situation overwhelms you and adversely affects your children s homework, eating, bathing and sleep schedules. In Pirkei Avos (2:13) Rabbi Shimon says in response to Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai s directive to Go out and see if you can discover which good path each person should follow, that HaRoeh es HaNolad - Before you do something think of what it will lead to. This applies to everything, but our newly expanded afternoons are a perfect example of an opportunity that can be seized successfully with forethought, or have unfortunate unintended consequences, that could result from poor or no planning. Enjoy the Bracha and pleasure of more daylight, and may the sun shine on all your plans and efforts on behalf of your children! Have a wonderful Shabbos, Rabbi Kalman Baumann Principal
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