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June 20, 2018 | ז' תמוז תשע''ח | פרשת חקת

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Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, zt"l, Rav of Yerushalayim, would dance with hundreds of

children as he celebrated the fes val of Simchas Torah.

One Simchas Torah, a child approached the venerable sage and asked the following

ques on: Toward the end of Musaf we recite Ein Kelokeinu, There is none like our G‐d,

There is none like our Master, followed by Mi Kelokeinu, Who is like our G‐d? Who is like

our Master? Should the prayer not be reversed? Shouldn't we first ask: “Who is like our

G‐d" and then respond that "There is none like our G‐d!"

The Rav responded with a smile, a compliment, and the following parable: A wise individual

navigates a long, darkened cave by crea ng various markings in order to find his way back

to safety. The fool, however, rushes haphazardly into the cave, fails to create a path for

himself and is therefore at risk of starva on or worse.

So, too, explained the Rav: We are required to establish signs and boundaries for ourselves

lest we stray from the derech hachaim, the proper way of life and the path of our

ancestors. Thus, first and foremost, we must acknowledge: "There is none like our G‐d,

there is none like our Master!" Firm in our convic on, we are now on the correct path – the

King's Road – ready to ask: Who is like our G‐d? (See reference in this week’s parsha to

derech hamelech nelech, we will travel on the King’s Road).

This child was soon to leave Yerushalayim for an extended period of me and Rabbi

Sonnenfeld cau oned him to establish his own points of reference to remember his Jewish

iden ty and the path set forth by his ancestors who preceded him.

Forty years later, the child – now an adult and a Holocaust survivor – returned to

Yerushalayim tes fying that throughout the horrors and atroci es of World War II he was

o en ready to give up but each me this happened he remembered the advice of Rabbi

Sonnenfeld and he never forgot his message. Indeed, he endured pain and suffering but

merited to emerge from the abyss because of the boundaries he established for himself.

In our lives, any transi on requires a plan for success. As we enter a well deserved summer

vaca on, we, too, ought to establish signs and points of reference for our children.

Youngsters of all ages thrive on rou ne and structure. Vaca on is a welcomed me, but it

can come at a steep cost if we fail to u lize it properly and reinforce the past year’s

produc ve schedule of learning. If we set goals, objec ves and boundaries for our children

over the summer, we will prepare them for a win‐win opportunity: a reinforcement of the

past year's academics and a chance to relax a bit and energize for the coming year as well.

Let’s celebrate a year of fabulous growth, development and success! And let’s also u lize

the vaca on period for con nued growth, mechayil el chayil, from strength to strength!

Have a wonderful Shabbos!

Inside the Academy | | June 20, 2018

Yeshiva Ketana

Where do we begin to describe all that has been happening in the Yeshiva Ketana during these

last few days of school? On Monday, we went on our end of the year trips. Although the

temperature was warm, all of the boys had a fantas c me (we brought lots of drinks with us!).

Grades 1,2 had a fun morning at the JCC Park and Grades 3‐6 went to Fun‐n‐Stuff with their

Rebbeim. Right before the trip, Aryeh Gurwitz had his upsherin in Rabbi Ellis’s second grade

classroom. Mazal tov to his parents and family – may they

only have nachas!

The sixth grade boys had a class BBQ and

baseball game last week at Cain Park. On

Sunday a ernoon, they had their annual

Gedolim Fair at school. The boys each chose a

gadol who they presented in a short oral

presenta on for parents. The auditorium was

filled with tri‐folds displaying pictures and

informa on about each Gadol. Parents who came to view the displays were very

impressed with all of the effort that was obviously put into these projects. A

special thanks to Rabbi Fleisher and Rabbi Sokol for all of their efforts on behalf of

their talmidim the en re year! It is always bi ersweet as the sixth grade boys

move on to another campus but we look forward to their growth in limud

haTorah and middos tovos. Hatzlacha Rabbah to all of them!

Immediately following the Gedolim Fair, our annual BEAM Siyum and Raffle took place

with the usual excitement. Mazel tov to the following boys who took part in the Siyum:

4th Grade: Yaakov Margulies, Yuma / Moed; Meir Rokowsky,

Sukkah / Moed 5th Grade: Gad Zuckerman, Nezikin / Bava

Basra; Moshe Gold, Beitzah / Moed 6th Grade: Reuven

Schlanger, Pesachim / Moed Shlomo Zalman Kutoff,

Zevachim/Kodshim. A er a delicious meal (special thanks to

Mrs. Greenberger for all of her prepara ons), the boys saw

an amazing slideshow about BEAM’s year in pictures which

they watched in awe. (Special thanks to Rabbi Weimer for crea ng the video and to Rabbi Klein for

all of his efforts in se ng it up with the right equipment!) The highlight of the gathering was the

Grand Raffle. The prizes – seforim and toys ‐ were amazing and the boys had hundreds of ckets for

all of the learning that took place over the past few months. Thank you to all of the parents and

talmidim at the Siyum who were so helpful se ng up, serving and cleaning up as well.

Close to 15,000 Mishnayos and lines of Gemara – this year l’zeicher nishmas Reb Mendy Klein, z”l ‐ were learned by Yeshiva

Ketana boys in grades 3‐6 ‐ truly an accomplishment to be proud of! Everyone went home very happy and excited to have

par cipated in the program. Thank you to all of the fathers who came with their sons and who helped clean up a erwards – it

was very much appreciated.

Thank you to Rabbi Weimer for spearheading this program which the boys appreciate and par cipate in enthusias cally.

Thank you to the Klein Family for sponsoring this event ‐ our hakoras hatov is boundless for your support and generosity. May

we con nue to have much nachas from all of the learning of our talmidim!

Our school year ended with our end‐of‐the‐year slide show, a recap of all of the good memories the boys shared during the

school year. We wish everyone a safe, healthy and enjoyable summer. We are already looking forward to the many

wonderful changes in store in the upcoming school year. Remember that learning goes with fun in the summer! Have a great

summer!


Junior High School

All three seventh grade classes received bechinos this Monday by Rabbi

Zev Busel, Rosh Kollel, Kollel Ateres Nochum Zev. Rabbi Busel commented

how impressed he was how well the boys knew the Gemara!

Mazel tov to Yosef Fertel and Yeshaya Weinberg upon comple ng 1000 daf

of chazara!!

The 8th grade went on an amazing gradua on trip. The trip began with

kayaking down the Portage River in Port Clinton, Ohio. They con nued to

South Bend where they were graciously hosted by the Yeshiva of South

Bend. They had an evening of

fun with a Barbeque and

indoor/outdoor sports. A er a short night of sleep, the next day began with

an upli ing Rosh Chodesh Shacharis at the Telshe Yeshiva in Chicago,

followed by breakfast and an inspira onal message from Rabbi Eisenbach,

the Mashgiach of the Yeshiva. From there, the boys began a tour through

mul ple a rac ons in Chicago beginning with Play and Spin, a new, fun

game center, followed by an amazingly fun Segway tour on the Lakefront of

Downtown Chicago. They con nued on a speed boat tour on Lake Michigan,

viewing the Chicago skyline. As the day was coming to an end, the boys were

treated to a special supper at Taboun Grill. The trip culminated with a

special night swim at Skokie Water Park where the boys enjoyed a private

pool and water slides. The boys were accompanied by Rabbi Sturman, Rabbi Meisels and Rabbi C. Dessler. It was a

great experience which the boys will treasure forever.

In General Studies, the students had numerous culmina ng

projects in science. Each seventh grader built his own eco

system, populated it with wildlife and observed how it

flourished.

In Geography, the boys researched and presented a mul ‐

faceted display on a state of their choice. This included a trifold

full of informa on, maps, and a diorama of their state.

Mishpacha Magazine

The summer Mishpacha subscrip on begins this week. Please pick up your magazine outside the doors closest to

Blanche Ave. There is a box outside the door marked “Mishpacha”. If you have any ques ons about your subscrip on,

please contact Mrs. Modes at 321‐5838 ext. 122. If you have not yet paid for your subscrip on, your magazine will be

in the school’s Main Office.


Girls Elementary

It is so hard to believe that the school year has ended! The girls have

learned so much and grown so much! The year ended with so many

celebra ons of learning and accomplishment. The 6th grade girls

performed a beau ful cantata on the theme of the zayin nevios for their

mothers and rela ves. Their enthusiasm as they sang, danced and acted

was great fun to watch.

A erwards the gym was

transformed beau fully by Mrs.

Aliza Koval and Mrs. Shana

Goldberg, and a sumptuous

brunch was served. It was a truly wonderful ending to their years at Taylor

Road!

The fourth grade girls worked

extremely hard this year to learn all

of the lamed tes melachos. This

week they organized a fair in the auditorium where each girl displayed her

melacha with an ac vity and prize to reinforce it! The girls knew their

melachos cold, and we are confident that their shemiras Shabbos will be much

enhanced!

Last but not least, we commend these girls who have the impressive

dis nc on of comple ng the en re SPARK program (yedios klallios) —this

means that they learned more informa on than was required for their grade level: Sorah Berkowitz (6th) Chayala

Maimon (4th) Nechama Marcovich (4th) and Rashi Klahr (3rd).

Camp STEP

If you have not, as of yet, registered for a fantas c summer at Camp STEP, registra on forms are a ached for your

convenience. Camp begins for all divisions on Monday, July 2nd.

Please note that we will be using the “Remind” program over the Summer to send out important messages. To sign up

for this group, please text @step613 to 81010.


General Studies Division

Our third

graders are

truly scaling

great heights!

A er enjoying

a much earned

extra play me

the group proves

they truly have

became a team

and they stick

together

through work and fun. We are very proud of our third

graders!

Our Brain Muscles have Grown Throughout the Year

We are proud of the growth our students have had over the

course of the year and we look forward to a wonderful

summer.

Dr. Schwartz & Mrs. Stelzer

GIRLS

1st Grade Working Hard: Dassi Silver, Malki Silver, Chana

Liora Gunzburg Academic Excellence: Liora Brummer,

Esther Sommers

2nd Grade Working Hard: Chava Miriam Marcovich, Yaeli

Kutoff Academic Excellence: Ahuva Kiss, Tzipporah Adler

3rd Grade Working Hard: Minna Halpern Academic

Excellence: Batsheva Ro enberg

4th Grade Working Hard: Shira Katz, Chani Sturman

Academic Excellence: Rochel Malka Perman

5th Grade Working Hard: Adina Keller Academic Excellence:

Penina Kaplan

6th Grade Working Hard: Avigail Lichtenstein Academic

Excellence Award: Chana Marozov

BOYS

1st Grade Working Hard: Daniel Gutman, Yehuda

Lichtenstein, Shlomo Michoel Maimon, Doniel Perlstein

Academic Excellence: Mordechai Chaim Abed, Rafi Diamond,

Moshe Dov Salamon

2nd Grade Working Hard: Dovid Blech, Shai Hersh, Daniel

Simcha Israeli, Yehuda Aryeh Thav, Yaakov Ribiat, Chaim Tzvi

Freedman Academic Excellence: Tzvi Strauss, Akiva

Lovinger, Chanoch Lovinger, Gideon Salamon, Moshe

Weimer

3rd Grade Working Hard: Ahron Fer g, Yehoshua Graiser,

Chaim Ozer Jacobovits, Shlomo Schwager Academic

Excellence: Tuvia Leib Benne , Daniel Fischer, Aryeh Leib

Goldbaum, Yishai Wolf

4th Grade Working Hard: Dovid Hoffman, Yaakov Steinfeld

Academic Excellence: Shmuel Lichtenstein, Menachem

Mendel Gancz

5th Grade Working Hard: Chaim Joseph, Gad Zuckerman,

Moshe Yehuda Feldman, Mayer Zelig Mann, Jeremy Reich,

Shmuel Davidovich, Sachi Nueman Academic Excellence:

Nesanel Weisman, Dovid Ro enberg, Nechemia Dunoff

6th Grade Working Hard: Menchem Shifrin, Zelig Silverberg,

Ben Koval Academic Excellence: Mo Sturman, Gavi

Covitch, Chaim Tzvi Langsner

End of Year Culmina ng 6th Grade STEM Ac vity”

To end off the year in sixth grade Science, the boys did an

EGGcellent experiment. The boys were asked to create a

packing that would hold a

raw egg which would

be dropped from the school’s

roof. The container was

limited in size, but not in

material. The boys had to

consider how far and fast

the egg would fall. The goal

was to build a container that

would prevent breakage. Many

boys were successful, while

others had "egg" on their

face. No ma er how

each drop ended, the students were "cracking" up with the

ac vity!


Early Childhood Division

Last Friday, Morah Chanie and Morah Bassy’s four year olds marched

up on stage, one child at a me, adorned in lovely blue capes and

gradua on hats. For an audience of extremely proud parents,

grandparents, rela ves, siblings, and friends, their gradua on began.

Mrs. Scho enstein expressed her hakoras hatov to Hashem for placing

her in such a special seviva, first as a morah, then as an administrator

for the last 37 years. She informed everyone that she would be re ring

at the end of July and that Mrs. Rivky Wolf would be taking over as

administrator. She then expressed her hakoras hatov to the talented

moros, to the parents, to the children, and to Mr. Yudi Silber and gave

divrei brocha. Then the real program began with a medley of wonderful songs by the children whose personali es

shown through as they came up to the microphone. Next, the children all stood up behind colored hoops and followed

the songs direc ons, walking inside and outside the circles, hopping, jumping, skipping, and it was evident to all that

they were having a great me. The audience really enjoyed watching these children in ac on. The program ended

with Morah Chanie invi ng all the parents to her classroom for a party.

Many of our classes have worked on an end‐of‐the‐year project to be taken home to enjoy. Some of our classes have

even had each child create a journal, a memory of this year in preschool and of how much each has grown.

Next year, IY”H, Morah Dina Platschek and Morah Chasi Rosner will be teaching a four year old class. Morah Naomi

Compton will be taking over their three year old class for the full day. In addi on, Morah Devorah Freund and Morah

Chanie Moseson will be working together in a four year old class.

The year has come to an end and it has flown by. B”H all of our children have grown in so many ways. Most of our

k’tan‐tan children have had their upsherin and are now wearing yarmulkes and tzitzis. All of our children have grown

physically, are taller, can navigate the stairs and our playground equipment with ease, are learning how to assemble

puzzles, to cut, to color, to draw, to paint. They now have preschool friends and have learned how to be an

appropriate part of a group, how to take turns, how to share, how to communicate clearly their needs and wants, how

to problem‐solve, and how to be pa ent. They have improved their language skills and can understand and respond

properly to ques ons. They have had the skill of “using their words” modeled for them constantly by their moros.

They have grown tremendously in their enthusiasm for learning Torah, knowledge of the mitzvos, and love for

Yiddishkeit. And all of this growth is due to the hard work, dedica on, crea vity, caring, love, and devo on of their

unbelievable moros who invested this year in accomplishing all of these goals. They have toiled endlessly on our

children’s behalf, deserve our extreme hakoras hatov, and can now sit back, relax, shep nachas, and then plan for the

coming year, for a new group of Yiddishe neshamos to be molded and shaped.

We wish all our families, parents and children, a safe and relaxing summer, a me to spend with one another, enjoying

the beauty and specialness of having families together.


Yavne High School

The Yavne High School gradua on was celebrated on Monday

evening at the Beatrice Stone Yavne High School building. It was a

beau ful culmina on of the girls’ educa on and an cipa on of the

wonderful adventures that await them. We were honored to hear

inspira onal words from our Limudei Kodesh Valedictorian, Tzippy

Ma a, the Limudei Kodesh Salutatorian and General Studies

Valedictorian, Devorah Goldbaum, and the General Studies

Salutatorian, Dasi Chafetz. The Beatrice Stone Middos Award and

Scholarship is presented to a

Yavne graduate who is judged

by her teachers to be most

exemplary in good middos and

service to the school. While

there were many candidates,

this year the award went

to Devora Goldbaum. We wish

all our well‐deserving graduates hatzlacha as they con nue to go m’chayil el

chayil.

Special thanks to our MC of the program, Dr. Shlomo Koyfman. Thank you to 11th grade parent volunteers, Mrs.

Milana Gofman, Mrs. Bassy Gutman, Mimi Solomon and Shoshana Vitebskiy and Mrs. Esther Keller for coordina ng

the recep on following the ceremony.

This past Sunday night, Yavne High School students took a break from their studies, and a ended a deluxe G.O.

closing banquet. G.O heads, Dena Freedman and Tammy Gutman worked hard to coordinate the event. Rabbi

Yitzchok Kahn addressed the girls. His message was powerful, charging the girls to “PLEASE” make their summer

produc ve and posi ve in all aspects. Menaheles Kohn then read a le er wri en by a student expressing “hakaras

hatov” for all that her teachers had done for her. The sen ments in the le er are definitely shared by most of our

students. There was music and some dancing and the very exci ng announcement who next year’s G.O., chessed,

and mishmeres heads will be. The evening was a fi ng finale to a wonderful year in Yavne!

Mazel tov!

Mr. & Mrs. Shmuel Feuer on the upcoming marriage of Nomi to Tzvi Newman.

Mazel tov to Mr. & Mrs. Murray Koval.

Mr. & Mrs. Marcelo Weiss on the marriage of Poey to Tzvi Konegsberg

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