A Message from Rabbi Yamin Levy

LIHA Rabbi

Shalom My Dear Parents, Students, Friends and Supporters, We had a great week in school this week.

There was a lot of learning and a lot of fun.

The students held their own election – I

only wish the adult election was as much

fun. A careful reading of a famous passage in

this week’s Perasha invites us to reflect

upon a beautiful lesson of life. Hagar in

desperation calls out to G-d to save her and

her newborn child Yishmael. The Torah

reports as follows: “Then G-d opened her

eyes and she saw a well of water; she went

and filled the bottle with water and gave

her child to drink”. The Torah does not tell

us that Hashem created a well for Hagar or

made some great miracle like bringing

water out of a stone but rather Hashem

gently opened her eyes to that which was

right in front of her, the obvious - and thus

her prayer was answered. I often wish that G-d would do for us that

which He did for Hagar – simply open our

eyes to the countless glories that surround

us, to the manifold blessings, which sustain

us. If only we could live with

the consciousness of the daily miracles

which attend us every morning, noon, and

evening. On Yom Kippur, I urged my beloved

congregation to remain mindful of what we

are blessed with and not be preoccupied

with that which we lack. Helen Keller

wrote about the people around her who

were blessed with sight and good health:

“They have the sunset, the morning skies,

the purple distant hills, yet their soul’s

voyage through this enchanted world with

nothing but a barren stare.”

I once shared with you how distressed I

was when as a young boy I was asked to

turn in an essay on the Musk Deer. The

Musk Deer spends its entire life in search

of the Musk smell not realizing that the

smell actually emerges from its own

snout. As a child I thought it was sad, as

an adult I think it’s tragic to spend so much

energy in search of something when it is

right under our nose.

Dalia Shabatian Volume 24

Principal Issue 6

November 6, 2020

19 Cheshvan, 5781

Rabbi Yamin Levy

LIHA Rabbi

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Pre K

FAMILY is people and family is love that’s a family. We loved learning about the different families we each have. Some have one brother some have two. Some have a sister some don’t. Some have many people in the family and some only a few. We loved making a family book which we added to our class library. We were introduced to the letter F. We named words like family, friend, forest, fireman, fire truck and so many more. Thank you to our letter getters Avi and Aharon for bringing things beginning with F. We introduced the letter ו and added it to our machberet. We named words וילון (curtain), ורד (rose). We learned the number 4! We made me 4 and loved how he juggles 4 fours on his head. In this week’s parasha, Parashat Vayera, we heard about Avraham inviting guests into his tent. Three guests come in announcing Sara will have a baby. We loved playing under our tent all week. We made a beautiful Avraham tent project. Shabbat Abba is Oren Shabbat Imma is Eliana

Kindergarten English

We answered the question why flowers are unique while reading the book, “Flowers”. Some of our amazing words were fruits, seeds, stem and petals. We talked about nouns that are more than one and know we usually add the letter s. The K class completed the assessment in math, chapter 2, and began learning about the number 6. In science, the children learned about the 5 senses. This past week for STEM we experimented and observed liquids that have acid (bubbles) using baking soda. That was fun! We discussed why we don’t have school this coming Wednesday because of Veteran’s Day and learned what veterans are. Shabbat Shalom and have a great weekend.

Kindergarten Hebrew The letter “Hay ה” was the letter of the week!! The words for this letter were; Harbeh (a lot= הרבה), har (mountain = הר) and horim (parents = הורים). We also learned the “Segol vowel”. Once again the children enjoyed the Parasha time; Parashat Vayera, in which Abraham welcomes his guests (the מלאכים) to his tent. Our באשבת אמא וא this week were; Abigail & Ethan.

1st

Grade English

The days are getting shorter, but the children continue to learn a lot! In math, we will start our next chapter that focuses on addition strategies. They will practice adding numbers to 10 or greater using different strategies. In Fundations, the children will review and practice how to blend and read words with short vowel sounds. Trick words will also be introduced. The words have to be memorized. In STEM, the children made a model of a playground or a park a pet can play in. They used their blueprint to help with their model. The children were very excited about voting in school and can’t wait to have the winning candy!!

1st Grade Hebrew

First grade is counting learning new punctuation.

This week we learn about kubuz and Shruk. Children are reading words that are combined with different sound. We reviewed the first ten letters. The children learned about the two important mitzvot that are mentioned in this parasha: inviting guest and visiting a sick person. We made a cute Parsha project about שלימה רפואה. Shabbat shalom

2nd

Grade A English

We had a great week at school. The students finished their chapter one math book. We will be having a test on Wednesday. We started working on our writing skills. We discussed the 5 W’s. The students love reading out loud and sharing their ideas in class. Our STEM lesson consisted of different ways of being a great and helping friend. The students are working on being kind to one another and being respectful. We are so happy to be learning together every day! Shabbat Shalom

2nd

A Grade Hebrew

The Second grade is doing amazing! We learned singular male זכר singular female יחידה and plural. We also learned about Abraham and Sarah, Lot and Sadom. Please encourage them to tell you about parashat Hashavuah and sign the sheet. We are practicing our spelling words every day in class the kids should know it please make sure they practice every day. Shabbat Shalom

2nd

Grade B English

We had a great week at school. The students finished their chapter one math book. We will be having a test on Wednesday. We started working on our writing skills. We discussed the 5 W’s. The students love reading out loud and sharing their ideas in class. Our STEM lesson consisted of different ways of being a great and helping friend. The students are working on being kind to one another and being respectful. We are so happy to be learning together every day! Shabbat Shalom

2nd

B Grade Hebrew

There was so much excitement in class 2B when many candy letters joined our Alef bet family! So, our Morah decided to give out candy canes lichvod Shabbat Kodesh. Everyone enjoyed greatly learning the parsha as well and we learned singing a beautiful CHESSED sang in ivrit. The students made their first sentences in Hebrew and read their first short story. All their hard work is well appreciated!! Keep it up!! Have a great Shabbat!

3rd

Grade English

This week, we finished up chapter two in math and learned how to read graphs. We went over the different classification of animals and were able to sort animals into each category. In STEM, we were able to see how long we could make paper chains by using 12 inches of tape and two pieces of construction paper. We were able to talk about the presidential election and make posters. We also got to vote in our very own election.

3rd

Grade Hebrew

It was a busy and wonderful week. It was great seeing the children dressed up and looking so beautiful for picture day! It is so great to see the students more active and involved in class. The children that are doing their homework are progressing well in all subjects. Soon we will start begin learning to read from the Torah(the Bible) and decode it. Please remind them to read, do the homework and study for tests. Thank you Wishing you all Shabbat Shalom

4th

Grade English

This week we worked hard on multiplying two digit numbers using many different strategies. We were able to determine what animals go through complete metamorphosis. In STEM, we were able to see how long we could make paper chains by using 12 inches of tape and two pieces of construction paper. We were able to talk about the presidential election and make posters. We also got to vote in our very own election.

4th

Grade Hebrew

In Chumash, the 4th grade is learning about Pharaoh’s dream.

The children are using Rashi to explain each pashuk. We learned that every word or even a letter in the Torah are there for a reason and comes to teach us something. The Parasha quiz is on Monday. Shabbat shalom

5th

Grade English

Wow- this has been a very busy week for us! We completed our first unit in math and sang the “PEMDAS” song to remember the order of operations for our first math test we took. Our reading unit culminated with our class presentations of our biography book reports! STEM has been so much fun in our class! The students loved building a tower out of Paper cups and sticks! They should be very proud of their hard work this week!

5th

Grade Hebrew

Fifth-grade is learning about Havdalah, the ceremony at the end of Shabbat. They enjoy Learning about the characters of the book of Barasheet. Please remind them that we have spelling test on Monday and parasha test on Tuesday. Shabbat Shalom