Was Moshe’s Name Mentioned in Parshas Tetzaveh?

W e have all learned that when Hashem threatened to destroy the Jewish people because of the Cheit HaEgel, Moshe said, “erase me from Your book.” So, instead, Hashem withdrew

his decree, but, because a tzaddik’s words must be fulfilled, Hashem only erased Moshe’s name from this parsha. Therefore, the parsha begins with the word “You” instead of Moshe’s name. But how can any part of the Torah not include Moshe? Moshe and the Torah are one. We even call it “Torah of Moshe” and “The Five Books of Moses.” It is impossible to “erase Moshe from the Torah” in any way at all even in such a seemingly minor way. In reality, Moshe’s name is not erased in this Parsha. He is mentioned, though not by name. A name is not the highest aspect of a person. It does not represent a person’s essence. It is just an identification used by others. Deep down, a person has an inner self that goes way beyond his name. It turns out that, in our Parsha, Moshe is mentioned. The words “You should command” refers Moshe’s essence that is higher than his name. Moshe’s essence was that he was the leader who taught us the mitzvahs and how to fulfill them.

Student Dvar Torah By Sosha Krause 8G

Parshas Tetzaveh Shabbos Zachor

12 Adar 5770 February 26, 2010

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Dvar Torah: Parshas Tetzaveh By Rabbi Yisroel Margulies

Zmanim for Passaic

Candle Lighting 5:26 PM

Krias Shema M”A — 8:45 AM Gra — 9:21 AM

Zman Tefilla M”A — 9:53 AM Gra — 10:17 AM

Shkia 5:45 PM

Motzei Shabbos 6:45 PM

... )כ:כח... (ויקחו אליך שמן זית זך

…And they should take for you pure olive oil…

R ashi points out that the oil for the Menorah needed to be pure, but this was not a require-ment for the menachos (meal offerings). The menachos were eaten, so if a person con-

sumes something which isn’t totally pure, his body has different “filters” (kidneys, liver) to re-move the impurities. The Menorah, however, represents the mind. (The Gemorrah says that if one wants wisdom, he should daven toward the south, the place of the Menorah in the Beis Hamikash.) The mind doesn’t have filters to remove impurities, so whatever goes in must be totally pure. Science has shown that through touching different parts of the brain, even childhood memories which have been long forgotten can be “tapped” and recalled. Everything stays in the mind, even of we don’t remember it consciously at the present time. Rav Moshe Aharon Stern would point out that there were road signs to assist an acci-dental murderer to reach one of the Arei Miklat (city of refuge), but there were no signs for those who came for the festivals to reach the Beis Hamikdash. If someone were lost, he would need to knock on a door and ask for directions. The children of the house would notice and ask the father about it, and he would explain about the mitzvah of being “olah l’regel”. This would be a positive memory for the children. The Torah wanted to protect children, however, from the nega-tive experience of seeing a murderer, so there were road signs to make sure he wouldn’t need to stop anywhere.

THE YBH OF PASSAIC—HILLEL

Feb 28 NO SESSIONS Purim

March 1 Shushan Purim 10 AM Start

March 2

PTC Boys (Gr. 1—8) & Nursery 3:15 PM Dismissal (ECD—Gr. 8)

March 6 Girls Melava Malka 8:15 PM

March 8 YBH 65th Annual Dinner Journal 4 PM Dismissal

Apr 24 YBH Boys Shabbaton

March 10

PTA Meeting

March 14

Turn Clocks Ahead 9 AM Shacharis (Gr 5—8) 10 AM Start (Gr 1—4)

March 16

PTC for Girls (Gr 1—8) and Pre1A & Kind. 3:15 PM Dismissal (Gr 1—8 Boys & Girls Div) ECD dismissal at regular times.

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פיה פתחה בחכמה

Dina Zuckerman (1G) loves saying תהילים with the class! Chana Rothenberg (1G) excels at the מצוה of השבת אבדה!

She is always careful to return all lost objects to their rightful owners.

Rebecca Bral, Esther Sebbag, and Nechama Rosenblum from 1G, are doing חומש beautifully every day!

Leiba Joran (1G) shares her supplies very nicely with her classmates.

Elisheva Weiner (1G) recognized many Hebrew words in .חומש and translated them from תהילים

When Michali Mandel (1G) was reading תהילים at home, her mother asked her where the words “… ואני ברב חסדך“ were from, and Michali figured out that she says this פסוק in !מה טובו

Chaya Karfunkel (1G) learned with her father over vacation. She reviewed her חומש and תהילים beautifully. We are so proud!

Racheli Hack (1G) finished יום ראשון in תהילים! Miri Horowitz (4G) asked why we say העץ on grapes and

.on grape juice הגפן Chana Ruder (6G) was able to figure out the S’forno’s

answer as to why the כיור is not mentioned with the other .משכן of the כלים

Shoshana Rosenthal (6G) figured out the explanation of the in regard to the connection between the topic of בעל הטורים . כיור and the מחצית השקל

Zissie Strum (7G) asked why it says in the פסוק that the if we learned that they were הר סיני went up on זקניםpunished for not going to פרעה with Moshe and Aaron and were told they wouldn’t be able to go up on Har Sinai.

Miriam Pittinsky and Sarina Karfunkel (7G) figured out Rashi’s question and answer on the words “בתוך מלותם“.

Parnas Hayom

The students of YBH of Passaic—Hillel were privileged to dedicate

their learning on:

8 Adar– February 22 In commemoration of the yahrtzeit of Rose Goldbrum, Rachel bas Yeshaya, great grandmother of Moshe (5B), Zahava (2G), and Shifra (Pre-1A-R) Giloni. Spon-sored by Barbara and Yehudah Giloni, Anya and Avi Giloni and family.

10 Adar— February 24 In commemoration of the yahrtzeit of Yehudis Mosk-ovitz, great grandmother of Zevi (7B), Eitan (4B), Atara (2G) and Ilana (K-B) Zoldan. Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Fred Moskovitz.

11 Adar—February 25 In commemoration for the yahrtzeit of Leeba bas Lipa, Leila Chernotsky, great grandmother of Rina (2G), Chaim (1B) and Neima (K-B) Glasser. Sponsored by Paul and Rachel Glasser. As a zechus for a refuah shleima for Bella bas Chaya Dina, Great Aunt of Moshe (2B) and HIllel (Pre-1A M) Muehlgay. Sponsored by Yehuda and Adina Muehl-gay. To dedicate a day of learning, please contact Ruth Glasser at (973) 365-1797 or Rachel Novick at (973)472-8842. Although we try to accommodate last-minute dedications, we would greatly appreciate a week's notice, when possible.

Nurse

Mrs. Gloria Clyman

T he average American consumes 350 to 475 calories’ worth of added sugars each day. That’s 22 to 30 teaspoons!

A 20 oz. Coke has 16 and 1/2 teaspoons of sugar!

“Added sugars either crowd out healthy foods, or they make you fat if you eat them in addition to healthy foods,” explains Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health.

A 20 oz. Sunkist Orange Soda has 21 teaspoons of sugar! Says Linda Van Horn, professor of preventive medicine at North-western University: “There’s no question that (added) sugars are a major culprit in obesity, because they’re a source of empty calories. They have no nutritional benefit whatsoever.”

Learning From Our Leaders Morah Rabinowitz (2G)

T his week the Passaic Community suffered a great loss with the passing of Rabbi Isser Wolfson, צל’’ז .

Rabbi Wolfson was a huge תלמיד חכם, a genius with a photographic memory. He used all of his talents for As a young man, Rabbi Wolfson learned .לימוד התורהin the Lakewood Yeshiva where his extensive knowl-edge in all areas of תורה was well-known. Many people asked him questions they had in learning. After a few years, Rabbi Wolfson left Lake-wood to learn in the Brisker Yeshiva in Yerushalayim. Because he was a great Anav, he decided not to let his greatness be known; he sat quietly and learned. Only later did his genius mind become known. People who had previously learned with Rabbi Wolfson in Lakewood came to learn in the Brisker Yeshiva. The obvious way for them to have their questions answered was to ask Rabbi Wolfson. At first, others were perplexed about why they chose to do this. They knew Rabbi Wolfson as a quiet man who kept mostly to himself. This was the way in which Rabbi Wolfson’s greatness was then revealed.

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Dr. Szwergold

T he 8th graders are nearing the end of our long journey through the organ systems of the hu-

man body. This unit has been challenging but the time we spent on it will serve our students well in their future studies and in life. Besides the final, comprehensive test, on the interrelations of the various organ systems, the unit is concluding with a report that the students have re-searched and written on a major development in medicine over the last few hundred years. Each student was as-signed a different topic which covered (among others): dis-covery of the circulation of blood, discovery of x-rays, devel-opment of the “germ theory of disease” and development of techniques for organ transplants.

Class Acts Middle School Science

Morah Davis

S eforno, Ramban, Eben Ezra, Ohr Hachayim, Rashbam—7th grade girls have been getting a

taste of shivim panim le’torah, how many different interpretations there are of the pesukim. While sitting together with their chavrusas during Chumash class, the girls have the opportunity to prepare meforshim on their own, using guided questions, and to com-plete review assignments. We have just finished Par-shas Korach with Korach Kolorwar and our Korach freeze frame project and are heading into Parshas Chukas. The girls wrote and designed children’s story books containing a mashal and a nimshal in conjunction with the mashal that Nosson Hanavi uses to rebuke Dovid Hamelech in Sefer Shmuel Beis. Using visual aids, we are learning basic hilchos bishul. In tefillah, we are seeing the repeating themes throughout ka-balas shabbas of creation and geula. We have been busy this week preparing dinei Purim using the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch and working on our Megillah pro-jects.

Class Acts 7G

Mrs. Grossman

T he 6th graders are studying a chapter on earthquakes. We have talked about earthquake waves, and how

these waves are measured. An article was read about the tragic earthquake in Haiti. They now understand which plates caused the earthquake. The 7th graders are busy learning about cellular biology. We have just covered the unit on photosynthesis. They have learned the steps needed by the plant to make glucose. They have found it pretty amazing that a small cell can perform so many complicated functions. We look forward to starting a unit on genetics in the future. The students are doing great in lab. We are doing a unit on nutrition. We tested for simple carbohydrates using Benedict solution. We have built a calorimeter to measure the amount of calories found in marshmallows. We even got to roast marshmallows, after our experiment, with can-dles!! (very scientific) The students are very enthusiastic about what they are learning!!

Class Acts Middle School Science

Sarina Karfunkel (7G) donated 15 inches of her hair to Chai Life-Line. What a מצוה!

On Monday, February 15, we once again had the privilege of hosting the Goodness Group. Our 7th graders did a super job in volunteering with the chil-dren. The girls were enthusiastic and really provided a fun and enjoyable morning for the children! Amidst all the exciting Purim preparations, 6G was off to the Daughters of Miriam on Wednes-day. They brought the happy and festive spirit of Pu-rim to the residents by baking Hamentashen. The girls also put on an adorable skit depicting the story of Purim in a rhyme!

Kesser Shem Tov

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Purim—Can’t Wait!

P reparations for Purim are multifaceted here at YBH! Every class is abuzz with learning הלכות פורים and the fascinating details of the Purim story. Hat day brought much simcha and creativity to the girls

and Morahs as you can see! ונהפוך הוא was experienced by our 6—8th graders last Thursday. The girls transformed their classrooms into a palace, safari and under-the-sea themes. They expressed much ex-citement and 7 !אחדותG, our winning class, enjoyed a delicious breakfast. There is more in store...the 8th grade girls have subdivided into groups, working on books, prizes and more for our upcoming carnival! The 5th graders gave an amazing performance on Thursday, which was enjoyed by all!. A spe-cial thank you to Morah Gold for all her efforts in practicing and putting together the entertaining Purim play!

A Message From The Mechaneches

Morah Yocheved

O ur kindergarten classroom is full of excitement in preparation for Purim. Listening to the Purim

story, making megillos, graggers, and shalach manos are just some of the things that have been keeping us busy. We have been singing our Purim songs and baking delicious hamatashen. We can hardly wait for Purim day to come!

Class Acts Kindergarten

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INK CARTRIDGES  

B ring your used printer ink cartridges into the YBH office.  The empty car‐tridges  are  recycled,  and  the  yeshiva earns money back for each cartridge. 

Mazel Tov: To Rabbi Dovid and Mrs. Gloria Clyman

(Nurse) on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Eph-raim.

Condolences: To Dr. Miriam Cohen on the passing of her

beloved brother, Yosef Jacob (Rifka 5G, Tzvi 1B, Yocheved Pre1A-R).

YBH Journal Dinner—Monday, March 8th

FOR THE WEEK OF March 1st

Boys have Art.

Girls have Library.

If you haven’t turned in your response card, please do so ASAP.

CLEANING FOR PESACH? Be sure your children return all of their library books before taking

out new ones to read over Yom Tov.

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YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR THE

ADAS ISRAEL PURIM BBQ BASH

MOTZEI SHABBOS February 27, 2010

8:00 PM

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Adas Israel Wine Sale

Once again Adas Israel is running its annual wine sale in conjunction with Shoppers Vineyard. The deadline for placing orders through the Adas Israel Office is March 14, 2010. Wine sale orders will be available for pick up at the shul on Sunday morning, March 21, 2010. To receive an order form or for any questions, please contact the shul office at 973-773-7272