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Perasha Beshalach Pharoah by Rabbi Yamin Levy Sharyn Blaustein Volume 21 Principal Issue 15 January 30, 2015 Shevat 10, 5775 Rabbi Yamin Levy LIHA Rabbi THE VOICE OF OUR CHILDREN A WEEKLY PUBLICATION Please visit our website www.lihagn.org for the FULL newsletter in color! Perasha Beshalach Pharoah By Rabbi Yamin Levy Yeztiat Mitzra’im, the Exodus from Egypt, the foundation upon which our expression that took place some 3000 years ago is a of faith in Hashem rests. It is not only the theme that recurs often in our prayers, our dawn of Jewish religious autonomy but it religious practices and in our holiday also establishes the promise that cycle. In fact one might argue that it is the redemption is possible and that prayers most often repeated historical event in our are heard and answered. The Exodus is a liturgy. The Shema Israel which we recite constant reminder that Hashem cares twice daily contains mention of the about us as a nation and as individuals. Exodus. The Teffilin which we wear every We use the Exodus as a precedent for day has the Exodus story rolled up and Hashem’s compassion. While we may, at placed in it. The entire Pesah holiday times feel distant from Hashem, the celebrates the exodus, as does aspects of constant repetition of the Exodus theme Sukkot and Shavu’oth. The night of the reminds us that Hashem is never distant Pesah Seder we relive aspects of the from us. bitterness of our slavery in Egypt and we This is why the Ten Commandments that relive the great joy and celebration of our will be read next week begin with the freedom. Exodus from the oppression of Egypt. Maimonides, HaRambam writes that There are no better credentials for remembering the Exodus is a biblical Hashem than having exercised ultimate commandment equal to our concern for the Jewish people and commandment to remember and observe truthfully for all of mankind. the Shabath. Like Moshe Rabbenu in this week Perasha Why so much emphasis on the Exodus? we too sing Shira of gratitude and joy for The answer is that Yetzia’at Mitzra’im is our daily blessings. Parashat Beshallach Shabbat Candle Lighting time is at 4:50 p.m. Havdalah time is at 6:01 p.m. REGISTRATION IS IN FULL SWING FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR! FORMS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT VIA EMAIL OR CAN BE ACCESSED ON OUR WEBSITE – WWW.LIHAGN.ORG UNDER THE “FOR PARENTS” TAB. LIHA’S newsletter has gone digital! Check our website www.lihagn.org for the Newsletter in full color, photo galleries, homework, and other important announcements!! Check our website for reenrollment and registration contract! REMINDER!! - LIHA’S 2ND Grade Humash party will be February 3rd at 9:45 a.m. in Ahavat Shalom LIHA’s 1st Grade Siddur Party Mr. & Mrs. Take A Look At LIHA The following Marc Dorwitt parents have for Noach’s donated a book birthday Toddler to the LIHA Mr. & Mrs. Library in honor Ashir Pirouzian We began our week learning about how bears hibernate in the winter. The children went on a bear of their for Yael’s hunt, painted bears, and put them in the cave to children’s birthday hibernate all winter long. We are still continuing birthday… Mr. David working on our "Winter Look Book". The books we Soleimani & Ms. read in class were "Sleepy Bear" and "Three Little Shula Ograd for Kittens". Shabbat Shalom :) Jordana’s birthday Nursery I This week the children learned about Tu B’Shevat – the birthday of the trees. The children learned about the importance of trees and all the wonderful fruits that come from trees. Our class created our own big tree by tracing our hands as leaves and gluing brown paper for the truck of the tree. Each week we work on “academic sheets”, review the letters in our names and practice cutting with scissors. Some of our books of the week were “A Tree Full of Mitzvos”, “A Snowy Day”, “Goldilocks and The Three Bears”. Our Shabbat Ima & Abba were Sara & Ayden Nursery II Boy was it COLD this week!! Even though we had a snow day we still did a lot in class. We finished our Shabbat unit. We will be bringing home our Shabbat Boxes that include candle sticks, a challah cover, kiddush cup as well as a challah roll. The children loved the book “The Shabbat Box” by Lesley Simpson that inspired our project. We also started learning about trees and all they give us (in preparation for Tu B’Shevat). We read “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and “Caps For Sale”. Shabbat Ima and Abba were Brielle and Daniel. Shabbat Shalom Pre K This week was a short week due to the snow storm. We learned the letter M for mail, mitten, mouse and muffin. We continued the story of the Exodus of the Jewish People from Egypt (mitzrayim). Our Shabbat Abba was Moshe A and our Ima was Rina. Shabbat Shalom Kindergarten English The "K" class is discussing things "then" (in the past) and "now" (the present). Webcam, newspapers, gears, phonograph, and headphones are examples of our amazing words this week. We are working on addition in math, preparing for Groundhog Day and studying the trees for Tu B'She vat. That's a lot in what became a short week! Looking forward to seeing you all next Wed. @ 9:30. Don't forget to bring/send in your family pictures. Bring in individual pictures of your family members too. Also, if you haven't done so already, after eating grapefruits, oranges or lemons, put the seeds in a ziploc filled with a little water ( so the seeds germinate). Write your child's name and type of seeds. Thanks. Shabbat Shalom and enjoy the weekend. Kindergarten Hebrew In short this week, we have been revising the “Alef-bet” up to letter “yood ”, and the vowels that we have learned so far. In addition we have learned some new words relating to cold weather and we have played a memory game with some items. hat (kovah) boots (magafayim) scarf (tzaeef) coat, jacket (m’eel) gloves, mittens (k’fafote) snow (sheleg) However learning the Parasha is a MUST in our class, please ask your child to tell you about the Parashat “Beshalach” this week! Our Shabbat Ima & Abba this week were Adina & Ariel N. *We wish “refua Shelema” to the children of our class that were sick and did not come in. 1st Grade Hebrew – ‘ We missed a day of school because of the snow storm. The rest of the time we practiced for our Siddur party. We learned about Tu B’Shevat and the special fruits of Israel. We went over the Parasha Beshalach. Shabbat Shalom 1st Grade English The first grade has been preparing all week for the chapter 5 math test, that they will take next week. I think the kids will do a great job! 2nd Grade English The snow this week didn't stop the 2nd graders from learning. We will now have our math test on Monday. Students continue to work on becoming better readers and writers. Shabbat Shalom! 2nd Grade Hebrew We continued to learn how to build Hebrew sentences. We talked about Tu B’Shevat. We finished with the study of Parashat Beshalach and the yeladim are expecting to see you on the big day Tuesday, February 3rd at Ahavat Shalom 3rd Grade English This week the third grade is preparing for next weeks math test. We had a great week! 3rd Grade Hebrew We finished the study of Perek Tet Vav of Parashat Lech Lecha . We talked about the upcoming holiday of Tu B’Shevat. We finished as usual with the Parashat of the week. Parashat Beshalach 4th Grade English The fourth read a story called “What Jo Did?” It was about a girl pretending to be a boy so she could play basketball with the boys. She was afraid that if they knew she was a girl they wouldn’t let her play. 4th Grade Hebrew The class is enjoying the Navi subject in a middle of sefer “yehosua”. This week the class learned a lot of Hebrew new words and used them in sentences and conversation. We are also learning about Tu B’Shevat. 5th Grade English This week 5th graders started multiplying decimals. We are working on strategies to help answer questions about reading passages. Shabbat Shalom! th 5 Grade Hebrew This week we review about the brachot Rishonot and brachot achronot. We also learned a lot about Tu B’Shevat. The class is working very hard on reading comprehension. .
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