CALENDAR SCHEDULE CHANGE:

SUNDAY, MAY 15: REGULAR START TIME

SUNDAY, MAY 22: 10 AM START (GR. 1B-8B) NO MINYAN IN YESHIVA

BOYS GRADES 6-8 GR. 1-5 DAVEN IN YESHIVA

******* MON. MAY 16 - FRI. MAY 20

STANDARDIZED TESTING GRADES 2-7

******* THURSDAY, MAY 26

LAG B’OMER BOYS FIELD DAY

******* SUNDAY, MAY 29

& MONDAY MAY 30 PRE-1A SIDDUR PLAYS

******* MONDAY, MAY 30

MEMORIAL DAY 12:15 PM DISMISSAL ECD-8

******* SUNDAY, JUNE 5

CELEBRATE ISRAEL PARADE YOM YERUSHALAYIM

******* MON., JUNE 6-WED., JUNE 8 KINDERGTN. GRADUATIONS

******* FRI. JUNE 10

12:30 PM DISMISSAL BOYS GR. 1-8

NO SESSIONS - GIRLS & ECD *******

SUN. & MON. JUNE 12 & 13 SHAVUOS- NO SESSIONS

TUES. JUNE 14-ISRU CHAG 9 AM ARRIVAL (ECD-8)

9 AM SHACHARIS (GR. 6-8) *******

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY JUNE 15 & 16

NURSERY GRADUATIONS *******

SUNDAY, JUNE 19 6G GRANDMOTHER-MOTHER-DAUGHTER

BAS MITZVAH CELEBRATION

I S S U E Parshas Kedoshim Hadlakas Neiros : 7 :48 PM Shabbos ends: 9:07 PM

25 May 13, 2016

Dear Parents, This week’s parsha begins with the words and is prefaced with the words קדושים תהיו ;Chazal say .דבר אל כל עדת בני ישראל

“ פרשה זו בהקהל נאמרה”י( “)רש , which means all men, women and children had to be gathered and present when Moshe imparted the mitzvohs to them. The Chasam Sofer says that קדושים תהיו was said בהקהל, to teach that if one thinks that in order to be holy, he must separate himself from people, he is mistaken. The opposite is true. In order to be holy, one should mingle amongst people and be very much a part of society. People think the Chofetz Chaim was a quiet, introverted person, since he wrote so much about shemiras halashon. On the contrary, he was very friendly and talkative. Rabbi Chaim Vital says in his sefer שער קדושה that middos are not included in the ג “תרי-הכנות עקריות because they are מצוותfundamental to the mitzvohs. Therefore, Chazal say that מדות רעות are even worse than the עבירות themselves. The Gemarah says in שבת:

ה(“)דף ק ; כל הכועס כאילו עובד עבודה זרה ” A person who has a temper is -ממש“ considered as if he actually worships avodah zara. It also says מי שיש בו גסות ”

“ הרוח הוא ככופר בעקר -Someone who is haughty is considered as a denier of ה“הקב . According to Rabbi Chaim Vital, the mitz-vohs mentioned in parshas Kedoshim, i.e.

לא תקם,לא תשנא את אחיך,ואהבת לרעך... are mitzvohs we can draw lessons of middos from. Therefore, they are said ;As Rashi explains .בהקהל רוב גופי תורה ” “תלויים בה ; fundamental aspects of Torah,

not just quantitatively, are derived from them. My rebbe, Rav Pam, ל“זצ , spoke to us on the yartzeit of his mother about how full of Ahavas Yisrael she was and how careful she was in shemiras halashon.

He once shared with us that when his mother heard about the concept of מחסום in which people chose certain times of ,לפיthe day to be extra careful not to speak lashon hora, she was bewildered and said ”How can one say lashon hora if they have Ahavas Yisrael? We all know that the first Beis Hamikdash was destroyed due to עברות חמורות‘ ג and the second one was destroyed due to שנאת This teaches us that they are equally .חנםegregious. The Gemara notes that during the second Beis Hamikdash, the Jews were yet it was destroyed ,גמילת חסדים in עוסקdue to שנאת חנם. How is this possible? The Manchester Rosh Yeshiva explains that it’s easier to beגומל חסד when doing things without another person’s involvement. However, once someone else gets involved in the chessed and has differing opinions as to how to carry it out, then שנאה can enter the picture. The competition in the chessed program can cause jealousy and מדות רעות. The עבירה of שנאת חנם can in some ways be worse than the עברות חמורות‘ ג . In the latter, at least one is aware that it is wrong, whereas when it comes to שנאת חנם, there can be total denial of wrongdoing. The sefer יסוד ושורש העבודה says that only through both mitzvohs of ואהבת לרעך כמוך and בצדק תשפט עמיתך can a person achieve a level of קדושה. The path to and not ואהבת לרעך כמוך is through קדושהnecessarily by doing extreme forms of in- בהקהל That is why it was said .עבודהfront of all of klal Yisrael. In these days of sefirah, as we consider being מתקן ourselves in preparation for we have clear direction from ,קבלת התורהchazal how to go about this process. Let us take this on together with our entire family! Have a wonderful Shabbos, Rabbi Berel Leiner, Menahel

MESSAGE FROM OUR MENAHELMESSAGE FROM OUR MENAHEL

8B visited the Bialystoker shul

on their tour of the Lower East Side

Monday, 1 Iyar (5/9)

In memory of Miriam bas Avraham,

Great grandmother of Shimmie (8B), Daniela (5G), Ahron (2B)

and Ilana (K-K) Hahn, sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Steven Schuss

Thursday, 4 Iyar (5/12)

In honor of Yom Ha’Atzmaut Sponsored by

Mr. and Mrs. Yehuda Giloni

HOT LUNCH

PLEASE SEND ANY HOT LUNCH QUESTIONS OTHER THAN SUBSTITUTION REQUESTS

TO: abhahn@hotmail.com

Week of May 9: MONDAY & WEDNESDAY: Pizza

TUESDAY: (MEAT or PAREVE SUBSTITUTION)

Assorted deli on challah roll, potato, condiments on the side,

surprise dessert THURSDAY : (DAIRY or Pareve)

Hot pasta with ketchup and marinara on side, fresh rye

bread, fruit/veggie Pareve *substitutions available

on Tuesday & Thursday: Tuna or egg salad wrap, 4 fish sticks, falafel and pita bread, 2 potato bourekas, 2 potato knishes, 2 Belgian waffles, 5

potato & onion perogies, pasta with ketchup or marinara

(Tuesday) Dairy *substitutions available

on Thursday: 2 hot grilled cheese sandwiches, 3 cheese blintzes w/choc. drizzle

*All side dishes are included with substitutions

If you have a NEW substitute request please e-mail

goodshabbos@optimum.net by SUNDAY EVENING. Include your

child's first and last NAME, GRADE and MORNING TEACHER. Substitutions will remain in place

unless you change them via email.

FRIDAY: Fresh bagel with cream cheese*, chips/Dipsy Doodles/

onion rings, fresh fruit. *(alternate topping of tuna, egg salad, American cheese, butter

or plain bagel). To request substitute bagel topping, email:

goodshabbos@optimum.net

YOM HAZIKARON & YOM HA’ATZMAUT Parnes Hayom Learning was dedicated on the following days:

On Wednesday, Yom Hazikaron, Israel Remembrance Day, YBH marked the day by honoring those members of the IDF who have made the

ultimate sacrifice in defense of our land and the unfortunate victims of terror. We lit a yahrzeit candle near the main office in memory of the fallen

soldiers and terror victims. We also commemorated the day with a visit from Rabbi Shmuel Greene, Director of Teen Initiatives at the Partnership for Jewish

Learning in Greater Metro West, a former IDF soldier. He showed a video to grades 5-7 called Under the Helmet, which followed five high school graduates

through their Army training in the IDF. The students in grades 1-4 wrote letters of thanks to soldiers for their service and for risking their

lives to protect Eretz Yisrael by serving in the IDF.

On Thursday, we celebrated Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Rebbeim focused part of their day on מצוֹות הּתלּויֹות ּבארץ in connection

with פרׁשת הׁשבּוע. All students were treated to a falafel lunch, courtesy of the PTA. In the afternoon, grades 1-4 boys enjoyed a special program that

focused on the land and places in ארץ ישראל. The 5th-8th grade boys watched and discussed a video describing Israel’s War of Independence in 1948,

called Toldot Am Yisrael; Fighters of 1948.

The eighth grade boys class enjoyed a trip to the lower East Side where they visited the Bais Medrash of R’ Moshe

Feinstein, zt’l, the Bialystoker shul, the 9/11 Memorial and Tower Observatory

and the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The students, their parents and the entire YBH family thank the PTA for

sponsoring this important, exciting and memorable trip.

We encourage YBH families to join us this SUNDAY, MAY 15

at 11:00AM for the Israel Flag Raising at Clifton City Hall

900 CLIFTON AVENUE corner Clifton & Van Houten Ave.

A few weeks ago there was a Palestinian Flag raising at this

same location where hundreds of people showed their support.

It is therefore very important to have a large turnout from our community. Please make the

effort to attend – even for part of the time if need be.

SPRING HAS ARRIVED!

MAZAL TOV TO…

Rabbi Berel and Mrs. Shaindy Leiner on the engagement of their

son, Yissochar to Sara Gittel Schreiber

Miss Ariella Baum (3G GS teacher) on her engagement to Yehuda Vale

Mr. Sender & Mrs. Bracha Benkhen

(K-K asst.) on the birth of a daughter

Mr. Yaacov and Mrs. Rochel Rena Davis, Sara (1G) & Yossi (N) on the

birth of a son

Mr. Sam and Mrs. Sara Zuckerman & Yitzi (K) on the birth of a son

Mr. Boruch and Mrs. Sora Mandel

(1G morah) on the birth of a daughter

Elimelech Wachsberg (7B) & family

on his Bar Mitzvah

PTA CORNER We're thrilled to hear that the 8th grade classes enjoyed their

PTA sponsored trips to the World Trade Center Memorial

and Observatory this week!

Falafel lunch on Yom Ha'atzmaut was a hit once again. A huge thank you to Adina Hahn for

making it happen! A special thank you to

Anya Giloni and Amanda Lyman for coordinating.

Thank you to all volunteers who helped prepare and serve falafel

to the whole school:

Anya Giloni, Amanda Lyman Aviva Levin, Tova Moskowitz

Carmit Schmutter, Gila Solomon Elisheva Stein, Devora Polak Chedva Feigin, Malkie Adler Andrea Stein, Shira Schmidt

& Penina Goldman

A Peek Into Our Week:

Rabbi Goldberg’s Kitah Alef: We started our second sefer of kriah, called kriah brurah, and we’re learning about the preparation and events of the teiva in parshas Noach and learning all about Shavuos. We have also started a contest to encourage the boys to go to sleep by 8 PM nightly and before Havdalah on Shabbos. Mrs. Rosenzweig's Second Grade Class: B.E.A.R. stands for Be Excited About Reading and we held an exciting reading contest over the last two months. Every time a student completed a book, he wrote the main idea of the story, the title, characters, setting and his favorite part of the book by writing the information in a bear. The goal was to read and write 100 books and we reached our goal, with Gedalia Wisotzky having read 17! books, Asher Kreimerman came in second place with 12 books and Dovi Solomon came in third place, having read 11 books! All the students got beary excited about reading and the class was rewarded with a pizza party on Tuesday.

Rabbi Mendlowitz’s Kitah Beis:

Yaakov Pianko’s grand- father, Dr. Zalman Berger, a renowned scientist, showed the boys a rare phenomenon known as the transit of Mercury, as it passes between Earth and the sun. We were able to see this unusual event that occurs only once every ten or more years through two high powered telescopes he set up in his backyard, where each boy got to see the wonders of Hashem.

Rabbi Hirschman’s Kitah Beis: Rabbi Perlstein farhered the second grade (2B-M) boys on the last two aliyos of parshas Chaya Sara and they celebrated with a siyum on Friday. The class bought two Kids Speak books for the school library with the money they collected in their pushkes. Mrs. Weissmann, School Librarian: The children have been enjoying the beautiful YBH of Passaic school library. We have acquired new books throughout the year to keep up with the interests and requests of the students. Pre-schoolers look forward to visiting the library for story time and perusing the books. Pre1A can't wait until first-grade when they will have a library card and be able to bring books home! The children who are signed up for the birthday club have had the pleasure of choosing new books for the library in honor of their birthdays. I want to extend a big thank you to Zipporah Gasner and Hindy Lifshitz for volunteering to help shelve the books each week. I also want to thank the parents who have donated their used books to the library. The children love seeing more of their favorite series on the book shelves.

ECD HIGHLIGHTS

Yom Haatzmaut was celebrated by the ECD children with stories, songs and dance

and special treats.

honoringRABBI & REBBETZIN

AARON & CHANIE COHENfor

126th ANNIVERSARY DINNER

YEARS OFSERVICE

May 22nd, 2016 • 14 Iyyar 5776 • Tifereth Israel, Passaic, New Jersey

You are invited to join us as we pay tribute toRABBI & REBBETZIN COHEN

for their extraordinary service to the kehila and the community,and as we honor the legacy of our wonderful shul.

DINNER CHAIRLorraine OchsCAMPAIGN CHAIRPinchas MilchmanJOURNAL COMMITTEEAviva RosenbergRena Schaikewitz

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEER’ Mordechai FishmanDr. Jonathan Gold Eliezer GreenbergerR’ Binyomin HalberstamR’ B.Z. HalberstamOzer Herzog

Amitai LevinShlomo Levy R’ Moshe LuchinsR’ Moshe Perlmutter Aaron SolomonAvi Turkel

Reserve a seat or place an ad in our dinnerjournal online with our secure form at

https://www.tifereth-passaic.org/dinner.Please direct any questions todinner@tifereth-passaic.org