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picture day updates ” 24/6 Videos Tuesday, ³ë¬ ¬³ë¬ ¬ ×-Jan. 20 Boys now have the opportunity to watch Rebbe Details to follow videos in the Cheder hallway! Thank you Rabbi Nechemia Kaplan for helping out with this.

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Mrs. Heller First Grade - General Studies

Excitement fills the classroom as we read our readers. We have two reading groups and eve- ryday we grow and learn so much. It is amazing to hear how each and every student reads a story on his own. We get to fill out a compre- hension sheet after each story. First grade is class news a place where we learn each and every day! Rabbi Blotners class watching/learning with gemora academy on projector.

tzivos hashem Thank you Mr. Schaeffer for sponsoring the ge- mara academy program. Tzivos Hashem is looking for a NEW kiosk (I pad) for the boys to use. This is ex- tremely important for the children to monitor all their achievements. If you would like to sponsor a new I pad or if you have a used I pad that you can donate for this important cause please call the Cheder office at 845-356 -1213 ext. 770 or email [email protected]. Thank you! shabbos mevorchim winners

Winners of the ó−ñí³ ó−×þëô ³ë¾ program: Schneur Zalman Jordan won the Map Puzzle, Levi Cohen won the Soccer Ball, Moshe Drew won the Sefer Tehilim and Shaul Zelig Bron- stein won the Gilgul DVD.

A special ì× þ¾− to Zevi Melamed, Menachem Mendel Lehr and Yehuda Moshe Soble for finishing the entire Sefer Tehillim

There was a special contest for the class that says the most Tehillim for each division. The lucky winners were Third and Sixth Grade.

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The following kids received silver awards for the month of Kislev. Keep up your great work! First Grade Moshe Goldstein Michel Simon Chaim Freundlich

Yehuda Goldin Yossef Yitzchok Litzman Yankel Sirota Zalmy Godlsmith DovBer Heidings Menachem Mendel Sandler Mendel Weber Fifth Grade

Yosef Yitzchok Klein Mendel Silverman Fourth Grade Mendel Cohen

Yisroel Dovid Kohn DovBer Teitelbaum Gershon DovBer Jacobson Uziel Rubashkin Yosef Yitzchok Lehr Levi Yitzchak Touger Meir Keller Menachem Mendel Touger Yosef Yitzchok Novack Levi Menachem Mendel Klein Mendel Drizin Ari Rimler Third Grade Yosef Yitzchok Lewis Sixth Grade Avraham Yakov Silber Dovid Arye Wolfson Simcha Liberow Yisroel Bogomilsky Chaim Simpson Yaisef Deitsch Mendel November Shaul Zelig Bronstein Mendel Sirota Michel Rapoport Shmuel Plotkin Menachem Drew Yisroel Wiener Schneur Zalman Bogomilsky Yosef Yitzchok Schaeffer Seventh Grade Shneur Zalman Zaltzman Menachem Mendel Borenstein Akiva Schild Duvy Burston Second Grade Yossi Burston Pinchas Sears Yossi Kagan Yisroel Blachman Levi Cohen Eliezer Siklos Eighth Grade Zushe Borenstein Zalman Leib Farkash Yisroel Silverman Menachem Mendel Amram Moshe Drew Hirsch Ber Goodfriend Eliyahu Teitelbaum Yisroel Cohen Menachem Mendel Gancz Lazer Grossbaum Yehuda Zaltzman Imanuel Rimler Mordechai Goldin Michel Rapoport Yossi Farkas Eli Rosenbluh

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Honoring Sh abbos (I) its deeper meaning as explained in Chassidus. We, on the other hand, have learned about Shabbos both in nigleh and in Chassidus, and we have some A Royal Welcome A Holy Day recognition of its greatness as a holy 24 hours. So if At sunset on erev Shabbos, Rebbi Chanina would When the Mezritcher Maggid passed on, a letter we do not utilize fifteen or twenty minutes of this robe himself and stand up and exclaim, “Come bearing the news arrived at the home of his close special time for avodas HaShem, then we are the real and let us go forth to welcome the Shabbos talmid, Reb Mendel Horodoker. Seeing the content mechalelei Shabbos!” )תשורה צייטלין כ"ד סיון תשע"ג( Queen!” Rebbi Yannai would don his robes and of the letter, his talmidim decided not to hand it lovingly greet the approaching guest, “Come, kala, to him until erev Shabbos, after licht benschn. (Reb come, kala!’ Mendel’s custom was to personally light the HaShem says to the Yidden, “All week long you are Shabbos candles.) When that time arrived and his Before Shabbos one should put on his Shabbos working, but Shabbos should be dedicated to the talmidim handed him the letter, Reb Mendel read it clothes and rejoice over the approaching Shabbos, study of ." One should rise early on Shabbos but did not say a word. During the whole Shabbos just as one feels before going out to greet a king, morning and go to the beis midrash to study Torah, nothing unusual was perceived and everything or a chosson and kalla. and only then should he go home to eat and drink. was conducted as normal, including his divrei HaShem finds tranquility only among those who .Torah, just as on a regular Shabbos. On Motzaei study Torah )שבת קיט ע"א, שוע"ר סי' רסב ס"ד( )תדבא"ר פ"א עמוד ד'( Shabbos, immediately after making Havdala, Reb After bathing in the river on erev Shabbos, Rav Mendel fell in a faint. Hamnuna Sava would sit down for a moment and Reb Michoel der Alter, the in Lubavitch,) lift his eyes in joy. He would explain that he was Motzoei Shabbos commented: “This is fortitude of the soul – to sitting there to see the joy of the lofty angels, Every Shabbos Mevarchim, Reb Yaakov Salchubisky contain himself throughout the whole Shabbos!” some of them ascending and some descending. would travel to his uncle Reb Hillel, and on the following Sunday, he would buy merchandise for )לקו"ס )החדש( ע' תו( Every erev Shabbos a person sits in the world of souls. Fortunate is the man who knows the secrets his store back home. One Motzaei Shabbos Reb Hillel of his Master. The Chida was once a guest for Shabbos in the davened Maariv hurriedly, which was unusual for him, home of Reb Yaakov Yosef of Polonnoye, author recited Havdala, and said Veyitein Lecha with Reb )זוהר פ' תרומה קל"ו ע"ב( of Toldos Yaakov Yosef. On Friday evening before Yaakov, directing the brachos at him. The Shaloh cites a middas Chassidus, an optional Kiddush, the Toldos asked his guest to repeat a “Travel home immediately!” Reb Hillel then pious practice – to abstain from heavy work from dvar Torah that he had heard from his teacher, the instructed. Friday midday, so that one will be able to welcome HaChayim HaKadosh. the Shabbos while his mind is engaged in teshuva Reb Yaakov protested: “But I need to buy The Chida said, “When one recites Yom hashishi he and Torah study. In this way he will also enter merchandise!” is giving testimony on the creation of the world, so Shabbos in a peaceful manner, without the angry like a witness, he must think thoughts of teshuva “Don’t delay!” Reb Hillel urged. “Leave right away!” arguments which can often happen, but which before testifying.” The Toldos was already holding disrupt the spirit of Shabbos. He will then be able Reb Yaakov left in a hurry, and when he finally the Kiddush cup in his hand, but he was so overawed to go to shul with joy, and cleave to G-d joyfully reached home, he was aghast. His wife and children by those words that the cup fell from his hand. He as he davens. were bound in ropes and all his belongings were then retired to his private room for a few hours, and bagged in satchels. His wife related what had )של"ה מס' שבת, נר מצוה, לב( only then did he come out to make Kiddush. occurred earlier that evening. Thieves had broken in, tied them up and packed everything that they )רזא דשבת ע' After chatzos every erev Shabbos, the tzaddik, Reb )161 Elimelech of Lyzhansk, sensing the holiness of planned to take, intending to kill the family when the approaching Shabbos, would hear ringing in Before being appointed personal secretary of the they were ready to leave - but suddenly a fear his ears like a bell. He had to close his ears to Frierdiker Rebbe, Reb Chatche Feigin served as a overcame them. They dropped everything and block out the sound. Anyone in his house during mashpia in several of the underground branches of fled for their lives. This had occurred just as Reb that time would be overcome with a great fear. His Tomchei Temimim across communist Russia. One Hillel was reciting Veyitein Lecha. )שמו"ס ח"א ע' servants had to prepare everything before chatzos, of those branches was located in Poltava. )267 for if any weekday activity were undertaken in his A certain Jewish shoemaker in that city began to home after chatzos, whatever they were holding keep his shop open on Shabbos. Reb Chatche Feigin, would fall from their hands and the contents who lived there for a time, once remarked, "Every Consider This! would be ruined. time I see his store open on Shabbos, for me it's JJ How can we compare our spiritual a stab in the heart. Why? We look at him as a )סיפורי חסידים זוין תורה ע' 219( mechalel Shabbos – but does he really know what observance of Shabbos to practically Shabbos is? How great and holy the day is? The observing hilchos Shabbos? shoemaker especially doesn’t seem to know about

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JJ It is prohibited to bring holy objects into a restroom unless they are wrapped in two coverings, one of which is not designated for it.1    JJ With the advent of the mechanical printing press in the 16th century, a discussion developed whether printed seforim have the same kedusha as written seforim where the writer imbues them with A few years after Reb Mendel Horodoker moved to Eretz Yisroel, Reb Noach kedusha.2 The majority of acharonim3 held that printed seforim are boarded a ship en-route there. On the boat he fell gravely ill. Knowing the law holy since they are printed with the force of the Jewish printer. to throw any deceased passengers overboard, Reb Noach requested from the captian that after he passes away, but before throwing him into the sea, he JJ With the invention of the electric press and later the copy machine should be tied to a board while wearing his talis and tefilin with a note in his the shailo resurfaced. Some4 held that the sefer does not have the kedusha of a sefer, while many others argued that holy text printed hand stating his name. on paper is holy regardless of how it came to be.5 The accepted On one motzaei Shabbos Reb Mendel sent his talmidim to the shore commanding 6 practice is to treat printed seforim with kedusha. them to wait there and greet an esteemed guest — one of their colleagues JJ Whether Hashem’s name written in another language is holy is who would arrive from abroad. After a few days of waiting they heard a great a subject of machlokes. Some say that it has no kedusha and may commotion that a man wearing a talis and tefilin could be seen floating on a even be erased (though lechatchila they advise against it),7 but many board near the shore. The chassidim recognized Reb Noach and brought him for 8 acharonim hold it has complete sanctity. . The Alter Rebbe writes burial in the nearby city of Chaifa. that although it may be erased, one should treat it with respect and )עדן ציון ע' קסא( not mention it in a restroom.9 JJ Poskim argue whether modern day restrooms have tuma, since unlike old-time outhouses our bathrooms remain clean and    odorless10 (like the Persian toilets described in the Gemara11). JJ Because of a combination of all of the above reasons a dollar When Reb Noach came to Beis Din Shel Maalah, they found one thing that he bill does not need to be double covered in a restroom. Some didn’t fix during his lifetime. He was given two choices: half an hour in Gehinom poskim permit uncovering it completely,12 while others say that in or to return to this world. Reb Noach said, "My entire life I never did anything deference of Hashem’s name one should refrain.13 without asking my Rebbe. Now too, I want to ask my Rebbe." The Beis Din Shel Maalah found his words to be true and gave him permission. Reb Mendel Horodoker was sitting with his chassidim and said, “Reb Noach is here now 1. שוע"ר סי' מ"ג ס"ו. 8. ראה אג"ק חכ"ג עמ' ל"ו וכן פת"ש יור"ד and asked me what to choose. I say better half an hour in Gehinom. What do רע"ו סקי"א ,ושד"ח מערכת מ' כלל י"ג. 2. ראה שו"ת חו"י סי' קפ"ד. ,you say, chassidim?" All the chassidim of course repeated their Rebbe's choice 9. שוע"ר או"ח סי' פ"ה ס"ג. Gehinom." At that moment they heard a cry, “Oy Rebbe!” and a mark of a burnt" 3. משאת בנימין סי' צ"ט, ט"ז יו"ד סי' רע"א .hand was seen on the window frame ובאו"ח סי' רפ"ד סק"ב, מ"א או"ח סי' ל"ב 10. ראה אבני ישפה עמ' ס"ט. סקנ"ז. וראה אג"ק חי"ט עמ' צ''א. 11. ראה ברכות כ"ו ע"א. ס' והיה מחניך קדוש )אוצר סיפורי חב"ד חי"ז ע' 294, רשימות דברים ע' 207( 4. ראה יבי"א ח"ד יו"ד סי' כ"א דיעות בזה. פרק ב' סעיף ז'. 5. גנזי הקודש ע' כ"ג סק"ד. 12. ראה גנזי הקודש פרק ד' אות ה' והערה ו' באריכות. 6. שם ע' ס"ג סקכ"ז וכן שמירת כבוד הספרים עמ' רל"ה. 13. ראה מנח"י ח"א סי' י"ז וי"ח, וכן אג"ק ח"ז A Mo ment with the Rebbe עמ' כ"ו שמציין לשוע"ר סי' פ"ה ס"ג ועיי"ש. 7. ש"ך יור"ד קע"ט סקי"א. What’s with the Postcard? Any initiative for spreading Yiddishkeit, regardless of whether or not it was connected to Lubavitch, received incredible support from the Rebbe. Connection Rabbi Zalman Aryeh Hillsrand relates: After serving for a number of years as a rabbi, I left my position and opened Insight without a website. a business. Since the company sent out seasonal mail on a consistent basis, I decided to produce a weekly postcard with a short Torah message on it, sending it out on the business’s account. I added the Rebbe to my mailing list. When after a while I stopped this project, I received a call from Rabbi Chodakov, 347-498-0008 the Rebbe’s mazkir. He wanted to know why the postcards had stopped coming. To this day I cannot understand it. I had never met the Rebbe. The Rebbe received thousands of letters a day. Yet, when one small program halted, the 347.471.1770 Rebbe found the phone number on the card, and encouraged me to continue. [email protected] לזכות ר' שלום מרדכי הלוי שי' בן רבקה www.LmaanYishmeu.com

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