Sharyn Blaustein Volume 21 Principal Issue 13 January 09, 2015 Tevet 18, 5775 Rabbi Yamin Levy LIHA Rabbi THE VOICE OF OUR CHILDREN A WEEKLY PUBLICATION Please visit our website www.lihagn.org for our newsletter in full color!
A Message From Rabbi Yamin Levy
ultimate goal is to fulfill the Mitzvah of love of G-d and that can only be fulfilled through knowing G-d and G-d’s creations. It is easy to
believe everything you are told it is much
harder but much more spiritually fulfilling to pursue knowledge. “Accept the truth for whatever source it comes” writes Maimonides. 2. Maimonides insists that Torah scholars are forbidden to take money for teaching and studying Torah. When knowledge becomes Shalom My Dear Friends, commercial it is corrupted and distorted horded Welcome back from vacation. It was so nice see all the children filling the halls of our school. I too just and sold at the highest price. returned from Israel where I gave classes spoke with 3. Despite life’s difficulties Maimonides faith elected officials and visited wounded soldiers at Tel never waned and his commitment to Torah HaShomer Hospital. scholarship, the Jewish people and the law of This week we read about the birth of Moshe Rabbenu Hashem was never diminished. I sometimes and next week is the memorial of Moshe Ben Maimon wonder how much more productive he would known as HaRambam or Maimonides. The adage goes: From Moshe to Moshe there was none like have been if his life was serene and stable. Moshe. In other words from Moshe Rabbenu to Moshe 4. Maimonides’ entire philosophy is one of Ben Maimon there was no one like Maimonides. tolerance and inclusion. “….never alienate or Let me tell you why HaRambam, Maimonides is my despise the shabbath violator” wrote spiritual teacher and the primary religious influence in Maimonides. Our commandments are a means my life. Here are just a few samplings of his outlook to educating and reaching our community. on life that resonates for me. 1. For Maimonides Torah scholarship must be May his memory be a blessing on all. G-d Bless all of synthesized with general and scientific you. knowledge and the study of humanities. Ours is Rabbi Yamin Levy a search for truth not blind beliefs. Our Parashat Shemot Shabbat Candle Lighting time is at 4:26 p.m. Havdalah time is at 5:37 p.m.
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Picture Retake Day will be th Wednesday January 14 at 9 a.m.
Save the Date - LIHA’S 2ND Grade Choumash party will be January 28th At 9:30 a.m. in Ahavat Shalom
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 want to welcome everyone back to school. Hope for Yael’s you had a happy new year! This week we welcomed a of their new student, Abigail to our class. The children started children’s birthday to learn about the winter. They learned about all the birthday… Mr. David clothing we wear such as, coats, jackets, hats, Soleimani & Ms. mittens, and boots. In addition, we read the book Shula Ograd for "Three Little Kittens" and the children also learned the Jordana’s differences between small, medium, and large. Shabbat Ima was Jordana and Shabbat Aba was birthday Eitan. Shabbat Shalom :)
Nursery I Welcome back! The children were happy to be back in school and begin learning again. It’s a winter wonderland in our classroom. This week we discussed all the clothing we wear in winter such as; coats, hats, scarves, boots and mittens. All the children dip-dotted colorful mittens and made alphabet rubber boots (please look for all their beautiful winter artwork hanging on the bulletin board outside our classroom). Story time is a favorite time in our classroom, this week we read some new books such as “The Little Red Sled”, “Teeny Tiny” and “Silly Sally” and some old favorite books such as; “Pinkalicious”, “The Three Bears”, “Caps For Sale” and “Opposites”. Our Shabbat Ima and Abba were Arielle & Ethan.
Nursery II Winter is certainly here! We returned from vacation and immediately started learning about winter. We read some new books about the cold and about the snow. We had to dress our weather frog for the snow. We painted a giant scarf in a ‘PATTERN’ of yellow, orange, yellow, orange. We had fun taking photos in our winter coats and hats. Even though it’s cold, we’re having a lot of fun. Shabbat Ima & Abba were Shir & Danny. Shabbat Shalom
Pre K I This week we learned the letter J for jacket, jet, jelly-bean, and jar. We learned the Hebrew letter “ ” for tallit “ , telephone “ , and good “ . We also started the Shabbat unit and made our tie-dye challah covers. The children had a great time making snow out of shaving cream and creating their own snowmen! They loved learning this week’s Parasha which told the story of how pharaoh’s daughter Batya saved baby Moshe from the water. Our Shabbat Aba this week was Ethan and our Ima was Rachel R. Shabbat Shalom!
Kindergarten English
We were all excited to come back to school. At least it seemed that way! We accomplished a lot. For Language Arts we read Little Quack (an animal fantasy), learned six amazing words, reviewed letter r and verbs (now and past) and discussed invitations. In math we compared numbers 1- 10 while for science we discussed the characteristics of birds and then talked about the brain. Mark Wed. Feb. 4 @ 9:30 on your calendar. We will be holding our annual Tu B'Shvat workshop! Can't wait to see you there. Kindergarten Hebrew
Welcome back, we started our week by revising our Alef-bets and learned a new letter “Tet ”. The words starting with this letter were: Tov (good ), Ta-ba-at (ring ), Talit ( ). Mazal Tov for finishing the book of Bereshit and starting the second book “shemot”. The children learned that in Parshat Shemot; The Bnai Yisrael became slaves, moreover, pharaoh ordered the Jewish nurses kill every new Jewish baby boys that are born!! Your child will be able to tell you the rest of the story from his/her Parsha book! Thank you, if you have sent in the pictures of different brachot and if you haven’t yet, please do so by Monday. Thank you. Shabbat Ima & Abba this week were Talia & Aitan. Shabbat Shalom!
1st Grade Hebrew – ‘
Kita is very busy practicing for the Siddur party. Please make sure your child learns their part by heart. We learned about (winter) and our spelling words are related to the season. In Parsha we started the second book Shemot.
1st Grade English This week the first grade began chapter 5 in the math book. Please check your child's folder for the parent letter on this chapter. We also began a new unit in social studies. We are going to be learning about geography. We had a great week!
2nd Grade English
Welcome back students! After the long break we jumped right back into learning. In math, 2nd graders began a new chapter - adding 2-digit numbers. We continue to work on reading strategies and how to become better writers. Shabbat Shalom!
2nd Grade Hebrew A big welcome back to our students. We began taking our practice for the Choumash party very seriously. We caught up with the Parashat that we missed because of winter break. We have finished the first book of Bereshit and began the first Parasha in the second book: Parashat Shemot. We also began to learn how to properly build sentences. Shabbat Shalom!
3rd Grade English
This week the third grade began chapter 4 in math. We also read the story How the Desert Tortoise Got its Shell. This story is a myth that is known as a pourqui tale. The animals in the story act like humans. The children used a graphic organizer to show sequencing of the story. We had a very busy week
3rd Grade Hebrew We have practiced a lot on writing Chibourim (compositions). We finished learning the first book of Bereshit and began with the first Parsha of the 2nd book: Parsha Shemot. We continued the limoudin of Parashat Lech Lecha and out Hebrew comprehension.
4th Grade English The fourth grade has just finished reading “I Survived” and they also finished multiplication. They are really excited to be starting division next week.
4th Grade Hebrew This week we put more time into reading comprehension. The class learned how to better use the “makor” in writing and conversation. In Chumash we continue with Parashat “vayeshev” 5th Grade English Happy New Year from the fifth graders. We hope everyone enjoyed the holiday break. This week we are reading a story called Leonardo’s horse. In science, we are learning about digestion and what happens when we swallow food.
5th Grade Hebrew The class really enjoys our daily Hebrew conversations, everyday it’s a different topic. We continue to work hard on our Hebrew grammar. In “navi” we continue on sefer shoftim