Sharyn Blaustein
Principal
Volume 21
Issue 17
February 13, 2015
Shevat 24, 5775
Rabbi Yamin Levy
LIHA Rabbi
THE VOICE OF OUR CHILDREN
A WEEKLY PUBLICATION
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By Rabbi Yamin Levy
Shalom My Dear Parents, Friends and
Supporters,
I trust this message finds you well. The cold
weather continues to present all kinds of
challenges and obstacles to so many. It is
important that we all make ourselves available to
help one another. Please be especially vigilant of
the elderly and those that have young children.
Last week we celebrated the First Grade Siddur
party. I congratulate all our Talmidim and
Talmidot. I especially want to congratulate and
thank Morah Miriam and Morah Orly for a
beautiful presentation. This week we celebrate
the Chumash Play of our second graders. I
congratulate our Talmidim and Talmidoth and
especially their teachers Morah Sylvie and Morah
Simona.
This Shabbat is called Shabbath Shekalim which
commemorates the Mitzvah of the Half-Shekel
that was prevalent during the Temple era. The
Torah tells us that each individual adult man had
to give a Half-Shekel coin to the Cohen so that
the census of the people can be taken. The Torah
is very specific “the rich is not to give more and
the poor cannot give less than the Half-Shekel”.
The money was used to count the people and for
the maintenance of the Bet HaMikdash.
The greater symbolism of the Half-Shekel maybe
the fact that the community of Israel is defined as
an entity, based on an exact number of
individuals that made up that entity. In other
words the people of Israel is not complete if even
one individual is not counted. The group’s entire
identity and viability depends on the groups
responsibility to each individual.
Our Chachamim tell us that Mosheh Rabbenu
was initially perplexed by the Torah
commandment calling for each Jewish male to
give a Half-Shekel offering to be used in the
making of the Mishkan. Finally, Hashem showed
Mosheh a coin of fire and said: "This is what must
be given."
What was it about the Half-Shekel that was so
difficult for Mosheh to comprehend? What
possible difficulty could a mere coin have
presented Mosheh Rabbenu? We must assume
that what the Sages intend to relate is that Moses
was perplexed by the conceptual significance of
the Half-Shekel.
The responsibility of the leader to care for the
flock while at the same time be concerned for
each and every individual is daunting. Moshe was
shown a burning coin suggesting the significance
of its message.
Mishpatim
Shabbat Candle Lighting time is at 5:07 p.m.
Havdalah time is at 6:19 p.m.
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The entire staff of LIHA send
their condolences to the Yegansh
Family on the loss of their
mother. May her Neshama
have an Aliyah and may her
family be comforted among the
mourners of Zion and
Jerusalem
REMINDER!!
School will be Closed on
Feb. 16th & Feb. 17th for
President’s Day
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Take A Look At LIHA
Toddler
This week the children started learning about the
story of Purim. They enjoyed singing the Purim songs
and shaking the raashanim. We also began working on
our "Very Own Megillah".
Shabbat Shalom :)
Nursery I
Purim is coming! The children were introduced
to the holiday of Purim through story, songs and
books. The children began coloring their
Megilot and singing some Purim songs.
Each week we work on “academic sheets”,
practice cutting with scissors and review the
English and Hebrew Alphabet.
Our Shabbat Ima and Abba were
Agam and Michael
Shabbat Shalom
Nursery II
We started this week with icy, icy weather. We moved on
to a very busy week. We learned about both
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We are
excited to bring home our Presidents book that we made.
We also had a visit from the dentist, it was so much fun.
We then read a Clifford magazine about taking care of our
teeth.
Shabbat Abba and Ima were Imanuel and Yael.
Shalom
Pre K
This week we learned the letter O for oval, orange, owl, oven,
onion, and octopus.
We learned the Hebrew letter “ ” (mem) for
Queen
(water) and
(candleabra). In
Parsha we learned that we don’t cook or eat milk and meat
together.
Our Shabbat Abba was David G and our Ima was Gavriella
Kindergarten English
We have been learning much important information regarding our first president, George Washington and our sixteenth,
Abraham Lincoln. The class was most fascinated to learn that while George Washington did not wear a wig he put white
powder in his hair to make it look fancy.
In science this week we discussed teeth and had a pediatric dentist come to our school and talk to us.
We performed an "eggs-periment" to show the effects of tooth decay. We took an egg and placed it in a jar filled with
vinegar overnight. The vinegar is the acid that forms when bacteria or plaque feeds on foods with high sugar. We saw,
the next day, that the vinegar ate through the shell. The children know that's why they must brush their teeth twice a day
and floss! In the middle of one of our "talks" and experiment Joshua's tooth fell out! Mazel Tov! By the way in George
Washington's time there were no dentists. The children saw a picture of his fake teeth which were made of elephant
tusks and gold. They were not a pretty sight, even though very valuable! Our main story was “Rooster’s Off to See the
World”. We reviewed the letter/sound "h" and nouns in sentences. We are almost finished learning all the uppercase
letters! Shabbat Shalom and enjoy President's Weekend.
Kindergarten Hebrew
For this week’s Parasha “Mishpatim”, we specifically
focused on the idea that “no milk and meat should be
eaten together.” Therefore, our dishes, cutlery and pots,
etc need to be kept strictly separate. As a result we
made kashrut labels for the kitchen and we hope that
they will be useful. In addition we learned a new song
too which is written in the Parasha book. We have been
reviewing the Alf-bet letters and learned the vowel of
“chirik” which has the sound of “e” as in “big”
Shabbat Ima & Abba were Ariella and Daniel this week.
1st Grade Hebrew – ‘
Kita is moving to the next level – reading
comprehention, we stated to work in
reading stories and answering
questions in Hebrew. Please practice reading with
your child every night. We reviewed the Parasha of
the week.
1st Grade English
This week the first grade had a fun time learning about presidents Abe
Lincoln and George Washington. They learned many fun facts like,
Washington's teeth were made of hippo tusks and Lincoln used to keep his
speeches in his hat. Hope you Have a nice long weekend!
2nd Grade English
2nd grade had another great week. In math, we are working on regrouping with
subtraction and we are reading all about the importance of working together. Have a
great weekend!
2nd Grade Hebrew
Dear Parents, Family and Friends,
Thank you so much for joining Kitah Beh in celebrating this occasion. We hope you enjoyed our
presentation. May you have nachas from your special children now and always. May Hashem help
them to keep this enthusiasm and use it for the learning of his Torah and for all
for the rest
nd
of their lives. Most sincerely, Morot of the 2 Graders
3rd Grade English
This week the third grade began
chapter 5 in math. We also had
fun learning about Presidents
Lincoln and Washington. The
students really loved listening to
the stories of what times were
like when these two great men
were living. Hope you enjoy your
long weekend!
3rd Grade Hebrew
We moved on in our study of Paroshat Lech Leche. We are proud to announce that the Yeledim are able to
understand a story and to do the avoda by themselves. We also talked about Paroshat Mishpatim: after
revealing the 10 commandments. G-d gives us a long list of laws for the Bne Israel
4th Grade English
The 4th grade just finished their
unit of division. Now we are going
to start fractions. Great job 4th
grade.
4th Grade Hebrew
Soon we will be having a big test on chumach Parashat vayeshev. The class is going
to start parasha “Miketz”. The class is having a lot of fun practicing Hebrew
conversation.
5th Grade English
Another good week for the 5th grade as they continue to work on strategies to become
better readers and writers. They have also been working on how to problem solve in math.
Shabbat Shalom!
5th Grade Hebrew
The class is so excited Purim is
coming and we started practicing
reading from the Meglia. They have
been reading and learning the Rashi
explanation. Class is also practicing a
lot of Hebrew conversation.