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AARON & RANDY GROFFMAN

P lease see our first journal update later in this newsletter.

Malka Anton – S.S. Avia Bennett – S.S. Miriam Bisker – T.S. Sarah Cohen – T.S. Meira Entin – S.S. Shaindel Farmer Tamar Feldman – T.S. Riki Grossbard – T.S. Avigail Levine – S.S. Batel Levi – S.S. Tehila Palgon – T.S. Sara Salame – S.S. Rivki Sapirman – T.S.

Joshua Hopen

Tzvi Lehrer

Shmuel Dov Palgon

David Sharbani

Aryeh Sova

Shaya Steinberg

Tzvi Stern

Yaacov Sutton

Efrem Wasserman

Orel Zaig

Yael Aminov

Pnina Bergida

Miriam Bisker

Ariella Fellus

Rivka Jablon

Daniella Katz

Rivky Lefkowitz

Rivka Chaya Lisbon

Yardena Reboh

Shoshana Sapirman

Elisheva Sharfman

Rivka Sheinkopf

Shalom Deutsch – S.S. Shmuel Feigenbaum – T.S. Uriel Heiney – S.S. Netanel Hendel – S.S. Michel Korff – S.S. Kalmi Rosenberg – T.S. Zevi Roth – S.S. Simcha Seltzer – T.S. Reuven Shaffren – S.S. Yaacov Sutton – T.S.

Friday, November 5, 2010 Candle Lighting 6:18 PM

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TEAM PLAYERS

FALL BACK!

DON’T FORGET TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR THIS MOTZEI SHABBOS.

FRIDAY DISMISSALS ARE AT 2:00 PM STARTING

NEXT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12.

FATHER-SON KICKOFF BRUNCH

THIS SUNDAY! Program begins at 10:00 AM

in the classrooms

ASSEMBLIES

O ur next monthly assemblies are scheduled for this Tuesday, November 9 featuring performances

by Mrs. Lefkowitz’s fifth grade girls and Rabbi Goldenberg’s third grade boys. Girls’ assembly is at 1:30 PM and the boys’ assembly is at 2:45 PM. Official uniforms must be worn all day on assembly day, including white knee socks for the girls. Seating for parents and guests is in designated areas. Look for the signs.

KONEI OLAM

T his week we wrapped up our trip to France with a visit to the Eiffel Tower. We learned the importance of doing Mitzvos right away and how we should respond to our parents and teachers immediately. We have concluded the segment of Zrizus. Next week we will be visiting England and learning about Emes. Stay tuned!!

MISHNAYOS PROJECT

O ur annual extracurricular program of Mishnayos learning by the third, fourth and fifth grade boys, begins with a Kick-off Brunch this Sunday, November 7, Rosh Chodesh Kislev. The learning program runs until

Rosh Chodesh Adar I in February. Sponsorships of this program begin at $100. The zechusim generated by the hundreds of Mishnayos learned voluntarily by our Talmidim is enormous, and they can be channeled to an Aliyas Neshoma of a departed one, zechus for Parnasa, or for a Refuah Shelaima. Tizku L’ Mitzvos!

MASMIDIM PROGRAM

(VOLUNTARY MISHMAR)

T o encourage our fourth and fifth grade boys’ participation in the Mishnayos Program, we will have a voluntary Mishmar on Thursdays, 4-5 PM, through February 3. Notes were sent home with the boys today.

CHANUKAH BOUTIQUE

A ll women are invited to a Chanukah boutique in the Toras Emes Social Hall on Monday evening, November 22, from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. If you are able to volunteer, or would like to exhibit your wares, please call Mrs. Roth at 786.252.1074 or Mrs. Lehrer at 646.238.4877.

READY, SET

....READ!

T his year’s Book Fair will take place from November 16 through November 22. We are still in need of volunteers to help with set-up, sales during that week and making decorations for display. Volunteers are the heart of a successful Book Fair.

The time and energy shared by you not only promotes school spirit, it is crucial in helping us achieve our goals of making the Fair most meaningful and worthwhile for the children. Please share your time to help make this year’s Book Fair a resounding success. To learn more please see the attached information.

WEEKLY PARSHA CLASS

R abbi Baumann’s weekly Parsha class takes place every Thursday morning 9:15-10:00 AM in the office. All parents are welcome.

REFUAH SHELAIMA

♦Ruchama Aliza Sara Chana bas Esther Leba ♦Sara Nechama bas Chaya Yehudis ♦Moshe ben Miriam ♦Shlomo Moshe ben Heeyena ♦Yehuda Pinchas ben Asna ♦Yehoshua ben Chaya

PILGRIMS VISIT 2G-W

T he girls of 2G-W read the novel Molly’s Pilgrim. They created and designed their own modern pilgrims as a culminating project. Thanks to Mrs. Dreyfuss for her help and creativity!

1B HOLDS ELECTIONS

O n November 2, 2010, the first grade boys held their classroom election! The post the boys were vying for was that of line leader for the whole month of November. They had to nominate their classmates and then had to campaign for them as well. When pointing out the qualities that a good line leader would have, they mentioned such traits as, "listening to the teacher to know when to line up", "behaving on line", "getting along well with the other boys in the class", and finally, "being strong enough to hold the door open". After a very close vote conducted by secret ballot and an amazing job by our three nominees, it was determined that Yehuda Bloom would be the right boy for the job. Mazal tov to Yehuda- you're doing an amazing job and we're proud that you won the election!

ONGOING PROGRAMS Homework Club

Monday-Thursday 4-5PM Miss Rottman tobirottman@gmail.com Girls’ JAG

Tuesday & Wednesday, 4-5PM Miss Gruenstein 786.357.0210 Boys’ After School Sports

Monday & Thursday, 4-5PM Coach Melamed 786.356.8063 Mr. Harkavy 631.612.75

SUMMER REVIEW PROGRAM—

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

T he following students completed the entire Summer Review Program and performed well on the Dikduk test upon their return to school. There will be a grand luncheon this Wednesday complete with pizza, fries and ice cream for our diligent young scholars.

GIRLS

2G-W

Odaya Cohen

Chana Dreyfuss

Esti Weinberger

2G-R

Tamar Brody

Tamar Feldman

Daniella Katz

Esti Schwartz

3G

Sarah Cohen

Abby Dennis

Yael Lesnik

Ma’Ayan Tzur

4G

Arielle Chemtov

Miriam Dreyfuss

Tzivi Elias

Shira Feldman

Tehila Palgon

Rivky Stern

Sivan Zaig

5G

Yafit Cohen

Riki Grossbard

Brendel Jablon

Penina Rosenbaum

Shoshana Sapirman

BOYS

2B

Danny Breier

Adam Dennis

Ephraim Dudovitz

Shmuel Feigenbaum

Avraham Flamholtz

Yechiel Goldman

Shua Jeger

Moshe Kaploun

Tzvi Lehrer

David Oumanski

Aaron Rosenberg

Reuven Shaffren

David Sharbani

3B

Shalom Deutsch

Avrumi Gruenstein

Avraham Homnick

Ezra Kirschenbaum

4B

Yosef Cohen

Elias Mizrahi

5B

Zev Bistritz

Jonathan El-Gad

Reuven Evgi

Eli Sandhaus

Yenon Moshe Sharaby

Dear Parents,

At the end of this week’s Parsha, tucked away in an obscure Rashi, is an enormous lesson with life-long significance.

In telling us how Yitzchak sent Yaakov away, to Lavan’s house, and identifying Lavan as Rivkah’s brother, the Pasuk

concludes by mentioning that Rivkah is the mother of Yaakov and Esav. .אחי רבקה א� יעקב ועשו. . ..ה וישלח יצחק את יעקב:כח ֵאינִי י�ֵדַע ַמה ְמַלְמֵדנ� :ה ֵא� יעקב ועשו"י ד"רש

Rashi, commenting on “ Rivkah, the mother of Yaakov and Esav,” says four immortal words: “I don’t know what

(this) is teaching us.” What honesty! Why say anything? Even the Sifsei Chachomim, supercommentary on Rashi,

asks what’s the purpose of this Rashi. He further points out that Rashi knew of several Pshatim, explanations, but

couldn’t decide which was the most accurate one. This makes the question even stronger – why wasn’t Rashi more

discreet about his not knowing it 100%, why didn’t he state his uncertainty in a less obvious, less incriminating fash-

ion? Why not leave his thoughts unspoken – after all, Rashi doesn’t comment on most words in the Chumash?

Rashi, the master teacher, is teaching us intellectual honesty and integrity. Our trust and reliance upon him is greatly

enhanced, because we see his uncompromising yearning for truth. He is not embarrassed to admit he doesn’t know

what he doesn’t know. This is a powerful lesson for us and especially for our children.

You don’t always have to be right. You don’t always have to know everything. Bashfulness is a wonderful Midah –

but not when it comes to Torah learning. If you’re not sure – ask for help. Most of all, we see the power and central-

ity of Emes – truth.

Learning to be a person of honesty and integrity is critical to your child’s healthy development. Too often, children

are tempted, and succumb, to cheating on tests because of the undue pressure they feel to succeed. In striving for a

few more points on a test that will quickly be forgotten, your child may be trading away his or her good name, when

honesty should be the highest value. Children are starting at a younger and younger age to act in a manner that they

know is dishonest. Parents’ signatures are forged on incomplete homework assignments, extra credit checklists and

tests. All too often, we the parents are (unwittingly perhaps) demanding too much perfection, and possibly conveying

a message of conditional love – you’re loved and appreciated for your outstanding school performance – which trans-

lates to: if you don’t do as well as your parents expect, you’re not as worthy of love.

Let’s keep our eye on the real prize – to raise children who strive for truth over fleeting accomplishment and integrity

over outward appearances. Perhaps in this way we can help restore the natural curiosity and excitement to learn with

which children entered school, and which our great teacher Rashi demonstrated so openly and vividly throughout his

illustrious life.

Best wishes for a wonderful Shabbos,

Rabbi Kalman Baumann

Principal

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Dear Parents,

Please join us at the Book Fair! The Scholastic Book Fair begins Tuesday, November 16 and runs through Monday, November 22 from 9:00am – 4:00pm in the Toras Emes Multi Purpose Room.

Come join us for cake and coffee when you volunteer at the Book Fair, please call Esta Rosenberg 786-390-2767 or fill out the attached form.

Here’s how the Book Fair works: During the week, each child will visit the Book Fair twice with his/her class, the first time to make a request list to bring home for parents and the second time to make purchases. You and your family are invited to come during our open hours and during your child’s class visit. We have books for all ages, and we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the various selections and reasonable prices. Not to mention the benefit to our school from the profits of your purchases.

Besides bringing affordable, appropriate books to our school, a goal of our Book Fair is to increase class-room libraries. One way is with the Classroom Wish List, which allows you to donate books to your child’s classroom in your family’s name. Be sure to look for the Classroom Wish List display when you arrive. Do-nating books to the classroom and school library is even easier with the new Gift Certificate program, see gift certificates attached.

Participating with our 1 for Books program helps the students in our school. All loose change and dollars donated through this program is used to buy books for needy students in our school. Simply fill out an at-tached slip and send it in with your loose change or dollars.

Sincerely,

Rachel F. Breier, Racheli Grossman, and Esta Rosenberg Book Fair Chairpersons

New Opportunity; Clean out your bookshelves and donate your gently used books. All donated book will be sold in our dollar section at 100% profit to the PTA.

P.S. For your convenience, our Book Fair accepts credit cards! Discover, Visa, MasterCard, American Ex-press, and secured debit cards (with Visa or MasterCard logos on them).