Sylvia Burian <[email protected]> Chadashot 5.4.12 [email protected] <[email protected]> Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:46 PM To: [email protected] May 4, 2012 12 Iyar 5772 Parshat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim Candle Lighting: 7:38 pm 28 Omer (pm) Havdallah: 8:41 pm Click here for a pdf version of Chadashot Mazal Tov A Message from Rabbi Krauss To Morah Rita Rivka Lewy and Dear Parents, family on the engagement of her daughter Oriyah Lewy-Neuman to This Shabbat affords us an opportunity to talk ,ערבות Aharon Day-Nitkin of Yeushalayim. to our children about the concept of which we have been focusing on as our To Ariel David and family on his theme of the year. Specifically, the Torah the –פרק יט "לא תעמד על דם רעך upcoming Bar Mitzvah tells us in requirement not to stand idly by when our To Maayan Rosenfeld and family on brother is in distress. This Mitzvah of actively her upcoming Bat Mitzvah accepting responsibility for those around us, is the central idea behind the notion of כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה . כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה . Next week, we look forward to focusing on with special lag baomer cross grade ערבות programming that we will share with you in Condolences greater detail soon. To Bryna Landes on the passing of her beloved mother, Miriam Shuchat. Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Binyamin Krauss QUESTION OF THE WEEK: V'ahavta L'reyacha Kamocha is a mitzvah given to us in this week's Parsha. How do you fulfill this mitzvah? (see quotes throughout) "Play with my friends the way I would want them to play with me." -Raphael Jasper-Brody 2X Academy News The Second Grade “Digs” Dinosaurs! Q: Why are there old dinosaur bones in the museum? A: Because they can't afford new ones! As part of our dinosaur unit, the second grade took a trip to the Museum of Natural History this past Monday. They visited the Halls of Saurischian and Ornithiscian dinosaurs where they observed dinosaur fossils and what they can learn from certain body features. In the Hall of Discovery, second graders saw real tools used by paleontologists and watched real footage of a dinosaur dig. They also watched an Imax film called Born to Be Wild. This cool film exposed the children to endangered animals, their upcoming unit of study! It's so exciting! The first grade Enrichment Cluster www.doyouloveipads.com led by Morah Alana Gelnick can now be followed on Twitter! You can find out about the apps they are investigating. Follow them @TheApplearners1 for their app recommendations and reviews. Learning to Look The dreary weather on Tuesday failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the Kindergarten children for their scheduled trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. K2 and K4 were the first classes to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and even the bus ride was an adventure for the children as they were thrilled to catch a glimpse of Yankee Stadium and Central Park. The class trip to the Met was a culmination of the year- long unit of the “Learning to Look” program. This trip encompassed of all the portraits and landscapes that the children learned about this year. The children were excited about this trip because they would see works by the artists they discussed in class. The teachers were very impressed with the many details the children remembered about the paintings they had learned about throughout the year. They recalled the different styles of painting, about throughout the year. They recalled the different styles of painting, the names of the paintings, as well as the names of some of the artists. They were able to discuss the properties of art – lines, textures, and shapes and apply them to the works they saw. Their extraordinary sense of observation was noted by the astute comments they made comparing the museum paintings to the copies they saw on the smartboard. They noted interesting details about the paintings that were not apparent in the copies. For example, in the museum painting of the portrait of Madame X the children noted the white color of her skin and the fact that she had a wedding ring on her finger. In the painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware they commented on the chunks of ice floating in the water, and in the still life, they remarked on the different textures of the vegetables. One of the most amazing paintings the children saw was by the artist Emanuel Leutze called “Washington Crossing the Delaware”. The painting practically took up the entire wall and the children were shocked to learn that the new frame that it was in weighed almost 3,000 pounds by itself! We thank our “Learning to Look” guides, Tami Weitzman and Amy Michelman, Danielle Fuchs and Stephanie Minkove for a great, artistic, fun filled and rewarding learning experience for the children in kindergarten. Risk and Reward in the Gemara The 8th grade gemara classes are learning bava metzia – specifically about the four kinds of shomrim, Jewish legal guardians, who are entrusted with the custody and care of another's object. Rabbi Krauss explained to the students that there are many modern day practical applications to these laws of shomrim and brought in Professor Leon Metzger to speak to the students. Professor Metzger is a lecturer in finance and is an adjunct professor and lecturer at New York, Tel Aviv, and Yale universities. Professor Metzger is also an SAR parent who has been very involved in SAR for many years. Mr. Metzger was able to reframe Rhoiwd dthlee r emspeo nthsibisilities of the shomrim, and their level of guardianship are really based on the economic principals of “risk and reward”. Using the example of baseball, Professor Metzger explained the concept of “risk and reward” when a team pays a lot of money for a good player who has a history of injuries. The player has the potential to win a lot of games (high reward), but is also prone to injury (high risk). A “shomer chinam” , an unpaid watchman, has a low risk of responsibility, while a “shoel” , a borrower, has a high risk. The students enjoyed how Professor Metzger was able to incorporate what they learned this year with relevant application. Thank you to Professor Metzger for a fascinating discussion about risk and reward, and applying gemara lessons to modern day economics. The students were truly engaged and talking about this interesting topic long a fter the class was over. In last semester's grades 2 - 4 enrichment cluster, Mindbenders: Riddles, Puzzles, & Lateral Thinking Consortium ,the students learned how to become masterminds in four steps. They learned to get rid of assumptions, ask good questions, think creatively and finally, to think laterally. They did brain teasers, math games, logic games and memory games. Here are some riddles for you! Answers will be on the bottom. (Riddles by: Yael Berkowitz, Lev Blumenfeld, Julia David, Yardena Flicker, Adam Nerenberg, Lily Oberstein, Aryeh Padwa, Shmuel Padwa, Matar Rocker, Pearl Shapira-Stern and Joseph Zeltsan.) Riddles: 1. There was a law in a town that all men must be clean shaven and that the men cannot shave themselves. The same law applied for the barber. So, who shaved the barber? 2. There was a duck, a fox, a bag of grain and a man. They all had to get across the lake. Only the man and 1 other thing can go on the boat. How do you get everyone over the lake without the fox being alone with the duck or the duck being alone with the bag of grain and eating it? (Drawing a picture is very useful!) 3. Clarence would like to share his newest riddle with you. “The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Monday,” he confides. “What day is it today?” 4. Two identical cannons are aimed at each other, their shells fired simultaneously at exactly the same speeds. Ignoring wind resistance for a moment, will they hit each other or will they miss? 5. What is the worst animal to play cards with? 6. When does 11 + 2 = 1? 7. There was a man on the street who pointed to another man and said, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is he pointing at? 8. I’m greater than Hashem, I’m what the rich need.I’m what the poor have,and if you eat me you will die. 9. A rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg. What color chickens hatched? 10. When I am young, I walk on 4. When I am middle aged, I walk on 2. When I’m old, I walk on 3. What am I? 11. Judy and Dan are the first to try out the latest ride at the amusement park an enormous mobius strip. If the cars are traveling at the same speed, will there ever be a collision (except possibly Judy’s head on the superstructure)? Answers: 1. The barber w as a w oman 2. Take the duck over and leave it there. Go back to the other side. Then, you take the fox over and leave it there. Take the duck back w ith you, leave it there and get the bag of grain. Go back w ith the grain. Then, you go back to bring the duck. 3. Sunday 4. The cannon balls w ill hit each other 5. A cheetah 6. On a Clock 7. Himself (or his Shadow ) 8.