TORAS EMES ACADEMY OF MIAMI
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Friday Candle Lighting 7:17 PM
! gnye xyk bg PESACH VACATION
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njoy a well-deserved vacation, make the most of an inspiring Pesach holiday, and return to school rested and renewed on Thursday, April 8, ready to have a productive, final nine weeks of the school year.
INTERNET SAFETY
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ee attached flyer for information about the April 21 event. Mark your calendars!
YEDIOS HATORAH PROGRAM
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he children are underway in their preparations for our Torah knowledge contest. They have received their booklets and they can get up to 30 minutes a day Hasmoda Project credits for studying the material. Make it a family project - especially at meal time!
HASMODA PROJECT
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he students received their packets today for our 23rd Annual Pesach Hasmoda Program. We wish you hatzlacha in using your vacation time wisely and productively. Please read the instructions and information carefully. We would like to thank the generous sponsors who have already stepped forward and have dedicated the children’s learning in honor of, or in memory of loved ones, or for a Refuah Shelaima. We are most appreciative of our sponsors, and credit them for the success of this learning program. Thank You to: The Baumann Family The Brass Family The Zalmy Cohen Family The Flamholtz Family The Glatt Family The Yaakov Mizrahi Family The Roth Family The Schwab Family The Sobol Family All boys have the opportunity to participate in the Pirchei Hasmoda program as well. These sheets were sent home today and should be returned directly to the address shown on the sponsor sheet.
TV/VIDEO CONTROL
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e look forward to our third and final TV/Video Control Program of the year, which will run from Tuesday, April 20 to Thursday, May 20- during Sefiras HaOmer. Those students who complete this TV Control Program will celebrate at a banquet and view an exciting show, which will take place during school in June.
DATA BANK
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e are proud to announce the following students who are winners of this month’s Data Bank and will be joining the previously announced winners at our upcoming Data Bank Luncheon after Pesach. 4G Chana Alber Malka Anton Riki Grossbard Sora Chana Gruenstein Brendel Jablon Shoshana Sapirman Chaya Sharfman Sara Winter 5G Gabi Breier Sara Dudovitz Chaya Glazer Elisheva Homnick Miriam Lesnik Yocheved Miriam Sapirman Shoshana Shapiro Tzipori Wechsler 4B Daniel Danan Yonatan El-Gad Joshua Hopen Yonatan Klecky Dani Levy Shmuel Dov Palgon Eli Sandhaus Noam Schultz Shaya Schwab
SCIENCE FAIR
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asher Koach to the following students who received Honorable Mention at the Science Fair. We apologize for inadvertently omitting their names from last week’s newsletter. Joshua Hopen, Joshua Herzek, Noam Schultz
REFUAH SHELAIMA ¨ Ruchama Aliza Sara Chana bas Esther Liba ¨ Bina bas Chaya ¨ Chana bas Shaindel ¨ Zelda Masha bas Itta Anna ¨ Shalva Yakira bas Yardena Meira ¨ Mordechai ben Ora Yehudis ¨ Moshe Chaim ben Chana We pray that everyone listed above have a Refuah Shelaima. New names will be compiled beginning with the first newsletter after Pesach vacation. Please contact Mrs. Zisquit if you would like a name included on the new list.
THANK YOU
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o all the families who donated books to the library!
s”xc Rabbi Kalman Baumann
Dr. Deborah Lerer
Principal
Secular Studies Principal
Rabbi Noam Grossman
Mrs. Naomi Bloom
Assistant Principal
Early Childhood Director
Pesach 5770
Dear Parents, Our celebration of Pesach, the highlight of a Jew’s year, has too often been thought of in terms of the challenges brought in its preparation. The beauty and uniqueness of the Chag can sometimes be overshadowed. To counteract that, it might help to focus on what a special occasion can do for us and especially our children. We know that the weekly Shabbos imbues the weekdays with greater meaning and purpose. Similarly, and to a much greater extent, the entire celebration of Pesach uplifts and enlarges the meaning of what it means to be a Jew. Rather than continuing with the calm, predictable rhythm of mundane life, we upend our existence, bring chaos to what was a controlled environment, spend well beyond what we would have otherwise, and eventually reach the finish line of hosting or participating at a lavish banquet, as if we were a member of some royal family. What happens to the children in this whole process? What is the payback at the end for all the tension, expenditure, disruption and general craziness we subject ourselves to? The answer is - the greatest gift any parent could ever give to their beloved child. We are reliving the greatest event in history, and in so doing we imbue our child’s Neshama with the pride and glory of being an heir to the most illustrious family on the planet. We fill them with the self-esteem and self-confidence that comes from believing in Hashem’s omnipotence and His intervening in the affairs of mankind, for the betterment of His people. The Pesach celebration is not a Hollywood set or a Madison Avenue make-over – it’s the real thing, and it is the very foundation of each family’s and each individual’s identity. It’s only through the ‘specialness’ of the Pesach experience that we transform our children’s lives throughout the entire year to ones of purpose, meaning and of love that flows to Hashem through their family, through Klal Yisrael and through all of creation. When the going gets rough – stop yourself and remind yourself – this is definitely worth it all. How else could I ever give the ultimate gift to my children – the gift of pride in being who they are. Best wishes for a calm pre-Pesach and an exciting and uplifting Pesach,
Rabbi Kalman Baumann Principal
Debbie Nash 7 years old
Mendy Itzkowitz 7 years old
This book is dedicated in honor of
Your Child on the occasion of a birthday by you, the parents
Yitzi Eisenberger 8 years old
Avi Nash 11 years old
Pictured here with Ms. Grossman, school Librarian, are children who were honored with donations to the TEAM library on the occasion of their birthdays.
For $18 you may honor your child’s birthday with a book. A bookplate with the student’s name is placed on the inside of the cover; the student takes the book home for a week before it becomes a part of the library; the student’s picture appears in the TEAM Spirit. Thank you to all who are participating in this effort to increase the volumes of our library. Sincerely, Mrs. Dennis, PTA Volunteer
