Sharyn Blaustein
Principal
Volume 21
Issue 30
June 5, 2015
Sivan 18, 5775
Rabbi Yamin Levy
LIHA Rabbi
THE VOICE OF OUR CHILDREN
A WEEKLY PUBLICATION
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Message by Rabbi Yamin Levy, LIHA Rabbi
Shabbath Shalom My Dear Friends,
This Torah Portion begins with an instruction to Aharon Hakohen regarding the lighting
of the Menorah in the Mishkan, Temple. The commandment begins
with Be’Ha’alotecha et HaNerot which means when you light the candles. The Hebrew
word BeHa’alotech literally means when “you lift”. Our Hakhamim note the strange
usage of the word and suggest that the Torah is actually teaching us an important
lesson. Aharon’s task was to light the candle and make sure the flame
was rising before he finished his task. His task would not be complete unless he did
everything he had to do in order to make sure the flame was secure and sustainable.
What a powerful lesson for all of us.
Take our role as parents for example. This task never ends. It doesn’t matter if our
children are 5 or 50. Our goal as parents when our children are young is to afford them
an environment that is conducive to growth and exploration so that they learn about
themselves and the world around them. Our goal as parents is to “Raise our children”
like the flame of Aharon so that they excel in our complicated world.
The same is true of us as teachers and rabbis. Our task is to raise our students and
our community to a point of sustainability. The task is not complete, no matter the
sacrifice, until we can confidently say we are not needed anymore. My dear friends
this is also true of our lay leadership. Our goal is to ensure sustainability of all the
important projects and institutions in our community. It is not enough to make a
contribution or a pledge. We must all take upon ourselves the promise to RAISE our
community to be a source of pride for all of us now and in the future. Sustainability is
measured in spiritual terms, capital terms and financial terms.
Shabbath Shalom!
Parashat Beha’alotecha
Shabbat Candle Lighting time is at 8:03 p.m.
Havdalah time is at 9:14 p.m.
We are happy to
announce that
Nursery I is full and
we are now making
reservations for
Nursery II
5th Grade
Commencement
June 9th at 7:00
Social Hall
Congregation
Ahavat Shalom
Synagogue
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Ms. Grace’s 3rd
Grade Writing
Celebration Continues
Animal Research
Project Presentation
June 9th 10:15
Challah Baking for
Reoua Shlema
Avital Bat Dina
REMINDER!!
June 16th 9:30
Nursery 1 & 2
Tefilah & Breakfast
June 17th 9:30
Pre-K Graduation
June 18th 9:30
Kindergarten Graduation
Eitan Behmanesh
Ayden Sedaghat
Aaron Kohansieh
Eitan Kohansieh
Rachel Rahmani
Ethan Shamash
Nathan Hedvat
Ariel Nassimiha
Elisha Hanasab
Eliya Youssefia
Sharlene Davaran
Gabriel Gluck
Yosef Kimyagarov
Yoel Haiimpour
Take A Look At LIHA
Toddler
This week the children continued practicing songs for their
graduation party. We are also continuing to work with the
children about the first letter in their name.
Please Save The Date for our Graduation Party!
FRIDAY JUNE 12 at 11:00 AM SHARP
please be there on time so we can start promptly, thank you.
Shabbat Shalom :)
Nursery I
Wow! It’s hard to believe our school year is almost
finished. This week the children seemed to enjoy playing
with all the toys in the room – especially “washing the
kitchen toys”. The class water-colored bright pictures,
finished their Father’s Day surprises, practiced cutting with
scissors, played Alphabet Bingo and re-read many of our
favorite books.
Our Shabbat Ima & Abba were Tamar & Yoel
Shabbat Shalom
Nursery II
We have been busy this week discussing how much
fun we have in school. We’ve been comparing
some of our favorite things like colors, toys in class
and books. We’ve been working on something very
special for the end of the year.
Shabbat Ima & Abba were Michal & Yosef
Shabbat Shalom
Pre K
We hope you had a restful Memorial Day weekend and are
ready for the rest of the school year. We are busy
reviewing all the letters of the aleph bet, the alphabet, our
numbers, opposites, more or less and everything we
learned this year. We are also busy practicing for our
graduation. Invitations will go out in a timely fashion.
Please keep Wednesday, June 17th free!
Our Abba & Ima were Eitan K. & Rina.
Kindergarten English
The highlight of this week was our trip to the Jewish Museum. The children had a wonderful time.
We are busy completing our books and practicing for the graduation. “Resh” was our letter of the
week and the words were; Rosh ( head
), Rofeh (doctor
), Ra-kevet (train
).
We had 2 shabbat Ima’s & Abba’s this week they were
Bianca & Aitan
Chloe & Aaron
Kindergarten Hebrew
Hope you had a wonderful “Shavuot”, since we have
come back we have been very busy too! We learned
another letter of the Alef-bet this week; the letter koof ( )
and the words were Kadosh (Holy
), kar (cold ) and
keshet (rainbow
). Parashat Nasso explains about
“Birkat Ha-Kohanim” the mitzvah of kohanim blessing all
the Bnei Yisrael and we made a small project on that and
the Bracha for lighting the candle for Shabbat. The
children will bring it home next week B-ezrat H. We are
all looking forward to our trip next week.
Our Shabbat Imma & Abba were Hila & Natan this week.
Chag Sameach & Shabbat Shalom
1st Grade Hebrew – ‘
This week we studied the
(blessings)
we say before eating different types of food.
In connection to
we learned names
of some fruits and vegetables in Hebrew,
and the
we say before eating them.
This week we learned the Parasha
.
1st Grade English
The week the first grade completed chapter 11 in math. We will take the chapter 11 test
on Monday June 8th. The students are really enjoying our animal unit in science. We are
learning about what animals need to live. This unit is also overlapping with our stories in
our reading textbook. This weekend ask your children about what they are learning in
class. You may learn some great facts about animals!
2nd Grade English
2nd grade had another nice week. In math,
we will be having a test on Chapter 10 on
Tuesday. We continue to learn strategies to
help them become better readers and
writers. Please continue to check your
children's folders and make sure they are
doing all of their homework and reading
every single day. Shabbat Shalom!
2nd Grade Hebrew
We finished studying the mail rule of Dikdouk through Yessodot Halashon. The
children are going home with the list of the verbs that we learned during the year.
They have to complete and learn the booklet in order to be ready for next year.
3rd Grade English
The third grade is wrapping up our unit on
Animal research. They worked very hard
finding information on a wild animal of their
choice. Half of the class presented this week
the other half will present Tuesday June 9th at
10:15. Their projects will be displayed In the
hallway for all to see. Please ask your children
about what they learned from this experience. I
am very proud of all their hard work!
3rd Grade Hebrew
The yeladim are returning home with their Yessodot Halashon. We finished
the curriculum in Dikduk. We are reviewing all the rules in the classroom
and putting whatever we learned through the practice of Hibourim. I hope
that your children will practice whatever we learned through the summer.
4th Grade English
The fourth grade class has just
finished the first park of geometry
and they found it challenging but
pulled through. They also learned
about paradoxes like how a catfish is
a typical example of a paradox as
cats eat fish.
4th Grade Hebrew
The class had a great “Oneg Shabbat” presentation for their parents and
family. They performed beautifully. We also worked very hard this week on
Hebrew grammar.
5th Grade English
5th grade took their last math test this year. They are getting excited about graduation. Please practice
their parts with them at home. I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday night. Shabbat Shalom!
5th Grade Hebrew
The graduation is coming soon
and the class is very excited. They
are working very hard to get ready
for the performance. We also
finished sefer shoftim.