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Message from Rabbi Yamin Levy, LIHA Rabbi
Parashat HaChodesh
Shalom My Dear Friends,
Three Torahs this Shabbath! One for the Perasha
of the week, one for Rosh Chodesh and one for
Shabbath HaChodesh.
One cannot be an atheist in the springtime. I
find that the very season in which we celebrate the
colorful and meaningful holiday of Pesach lends
itself to a spiritual awakening. Spring is the
rebirth of nature and with it is reborn our faith and
our spirit. It is as if Hashem is recreating the
world for us anew. The blooming flowers, the
chirping birds, the beautiful sunbeams all come
together and shout: Ma Rabu Ma’asecha Hashem,
how wonderful are your creations Hashem!
The name of the holiday, Pesach, comes from the
biblical formulation which describes G-d passing
over the houses of the Jewish people in Egypt as
an act of protection and providence. The very
name suggests that G-d wants mankind to be free.
G-d abhors suffering and hears the cries of those
in need. Pesach is the holiday that reminds us to
soften our hearts with compassion for those who
cannot fend for themselves.
The student of the Torah knows that Hashem’s
signature is: “I am the Lord who took you out of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage”. In other
words Hashem reveals his glory as the G-d of
Freedom. Pesach renews our faith in the coming
of a day when all of mankind will be free from the
shackles of tyranny and will see the truth and
beauty in our Torah.
A few years ago one of my children noted how
Pesach which is the holiday of freedom imposes
upon us the most restrictions. It is the holiday in
which we are not free to eat what we want, we
need to use new dishes and rid our homes of
Hametz. It is the holiday that requires of us the
most discipline. Interesting how freedom is
intimately related to obedience of law and
tradition.
The truth is my dear friends, Pesach teaches us the
most important lesson of all. We live in the freest
country in the world and yet so many are held in
bondage by their prejudice, their greed, their
habits and even their success. Pesach calls upon us
to exercise our inner discipline and truly learn to
be free.
Chag Sameach
Sharyn Blaustein Volume 22
Principal Issue 22
April 8, 2016
Adar11 29, 5776
Rabbi Yamin Levy
LIHA Rabbi
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Parashat Tazria
Shabbat Candle Lighting time is at 7:13 p.m. Havdalah time is at 8:19 p.m.
THE VOICE OF OUR CHILDREN A WEEKLY PUBLICATION
LIHA Registration forms for
2016-2017 School year have been
sent home & are also on our
website. The families who apply
for scholarships need to apply
on the SSS website before the deadline.
Reminder
April 13th thru 15th – Grades 3 thru 5 NYS Math State Test
April 20th thru May 1st – Passover No School
Benjamin Azzizadeh
Malka Partovi
Daniel Simhai
Orion Yazdanpaneh
Ethan Ashir
Adiella Babayev
Shirah Misaghi
Orah Mahgerefteh
Avraham Rismany
Doron Rismany
Benjamin Tehrani
Ornella Amsellem
Take A Look At LIHA
Toddler This week we are going over our Passover Hagaddah. The kids are learning the order of the Seder, the story of Moshe in the basket and Passover songs. Shabbat Shalom!
Nursery
Our class is very busy with the holiday of Pesach. The children are working very hard on their Hagadoth and learning the traditions and customs of the Seder. In addition, the children enjoy acting out the Pesach story and pretending to be Moshe, King Pharoah, the Jewish Slaves, Yocheved (Moshe’s mother), Miriam (Moshe’s sister) and Batya (King Pharoah’s daughter). Some of our books of the week were, “What is Passover Seder” and “The Ten Plagues of Egypt”. Our Shabbat Ima & Abba were Maytal & Yosef
Pre K
This week we continued working on our very own Haggadah. Frogs are jumping everywhere, 4 cups of wine are painted and we made matzah with Lego boards! The Jewish people built pyramids in Egypt so we built pyramids in the block area and on a paper in our Haggadah.
We also learned about the beautiful Seder plate, , and made a wooden one to hold the different
foods. We can't wait to bring everything home before Pesach.
The following
parents have
donated a book
to the LIHA
Library in honor
of their
children’s
birthday…
Mr. & Mrs.
Marc Dorwitt
for Noach’s
birthday
Mr. & Mrs.
Ashir Pirouzian
for Yael’s
birthday
Mr. David
Soleimani & Ms.
Shula Ograd for
Jordana’s birthday
Kindergarten English
We enjoyed learning about different weather for science. The children were so interested in tornados and enjoyed videos about tornados on the smart board! We learned that in, on, under, over and by are prepositions. Our amazing words are haul, trucker, cab, trailer, steering wheel and headlights as we enjoyed reading, “Trucks Roll”. In math we completed numbers above 20 and the children are experts at counting by tens to 100!! Shabbat Shalom and stay warm!
Kindergarten Hebrew
It has been a very busy week!! Pesach keeps us busy not just at home!! But at school very much so! Too! We are busy learning songs for Pesach, going through Hagadas and making our own Hagadas too. We painted our Seder plates " " and they look amazing!!!
We have been revising our Alef- Bet letters with the תודוקנ that we have learned so far. Parashat Tazria, again emphasis on NO SPEAKING LASHON HARA and Brit Mila for the baby boys. We are entering new month on Shabbat! Rosh Chodesh Nissan Tov to all of you. This week's Shabbat were; Sarah &
Eitan.
1st
Grade English
This week the first grade had a great time reading and listening to many different poems. April is National Poetry month. We will be learning to write our own poetry. In math we are learning how to read bar graphs and picture graphs. The students are doing well with this unit.
1st Grade Hebrew – ‘
This week we started working on our own (Haggadah). We learned the steps of the
Seder night the of and we practiced reading from the . Vocabulary words
related to the season (spring). In parashat we learned about the mitzvah of doing
when the baby is eight day old. !
2nd
Grade English
2nd grade had another good week. They learned how to measure different items in centimeters and will have a math test on Wednesday. We learned about firefighters and how important they are, and continue to work on improving reading and writing skills. Please make sure your children are reading every night and filling out their reading logs. Have a great weekend. Shabbat Shalom!
2nd
Grade Hebrew
We learned about the upcoming holiday, Pesach, its different names, their meanings, and all about the Seder. We talked about what we have to do in order to get ready for the holiday. We finished the week learning about Parashat Tazria. It was about the laws of Tumah V’taharah, ritual impurity and purity. Shabbat Shalom & Hodesh Tov
3rd
Grade English
This week the third grade took the New York State English Language Arts test. The students really worked hard preparing for this test. I'm very proud of them!
3rd
Grade Hebrew
We are learning about the holiday of Pesach. We are practicing and translating the beginning of the Haggadah. We practiced our vocabulary words and also learned new ones. We finished the week learning Parashat Tazria. In our learning of middos we traveled in the United States, where we learned about chessed. Working on chessed means focusing on what would be best for others. Shabbat Shalom and Hodesh Tov.
4th
Grade English
The 4th grade has just finished taking the 2016 Common Core Language Arts Test.
They practiced very hard for them, but they’re relieved it’s over. Have a great weekend 4th graders. You’ve earned it!
4th
Grade Hebrew
In fourth grade we are totally immersed in our Passover studies. We learned about the preparations for the holiday and the story of the Israelites in Egypt from slavery to freedom. Next week we will learn all about the Seder.
5th
Grade English
5th grade had a busy week. They took the NYS ELA exams this week and will take the NYS Math assessments beginning next Wednesday. Please have your child get a good night's sleep and come prepared with at least 3 sharpened No. 2 pencils. The class started reading Percy Jackson, “The Lightning Thief”. Please make sure your children continue reading for 30 minutes nightly. Have a great weekend. Shabbat Shalom!
5th
Grade Hebrew
We are learning about Pesach and all the Halachot and dinim. We are
reading and translating the “Hagada” of Pesach. The class has been learning
all the songs in the Hagada. In Chumach we learned Parashat “Bo”
which spoke about Passover and Yesiat Mitrayim.