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BH Shvat

23, 5774 / January 24, 2014

Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District Candle-Lighting: 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org 4:39 Shabbos Ends: produced by Rabbi Mendel & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program 5:44 Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY

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In memory of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneersohn Yartzeit Shvat 22 And in honor of Morah Rochel’s Birthday - Shvat 23 Welcome Back Morah Rochel from Israel!

3-D PRINTING TRIP TO R.P.I. Rabbi Yossi arranged an exciting trip last Friday to the Hass Fabrication & Prototyping Center at RPI in Troy. They were very gracious NOT ENOUGH SNOW? NO PROB! in demonstrating the various machines to our These kids (and others) were so eager to build a students, sharing the history & possibilities of snowman despite the fact that there was so this technology, patiently answering everyone’s little snow on the ground this week. They questions (the staff actually commented that didn’t let that stop them, and in the course of our group had excellent questions). Our one day’s recess they had this snowman built. students learned about different techniques It’s most appropriate for Maimonides students, and new improvements & uses for an older as it reflects the school’s determined drive to technology that has been around for about 30 make the most of limited resources, to try and years. Each student received a blue-ish tint keep financial challenges from getting in the plastic cube made by the 3D printer for the way of passion, vision and new horizons. sapphire-colored Luchot in the Parsha. While students thought it to be a “look and don’t KEEPING CURRENT w/CURRENT touch” trip, it turned out to be much more In Science-Enrich hands-on than they expected. For more on with Mrs. Deloria what we learned about 3D printing, see the Ballard-Hubble, “Hi-5” feature in this week’s newsletter: page 3. these 4/5 students Thanks to Eli K. for these photos. designed their own electronic MAIMONIDES quiz game. They 404 Partridge Street wrote 5 questions Albany NY 12208 on the left, and 5 breeds of dog on the right. By matching the correct dog-breed with the question on left, you’ll get a buzzing sound - because the correct match completes the circuit (as they designed it) and allows the electronic current to flow and ring the buzzer.

APPS PROJECTS DUE ON JAN 30 Please be sure to bring it on by that date.

MT SINAI IN THIS PARSHA, TOO Last week we read the 10 Commandments but there are Giving of the Torah segments in this Parsha, too, including the famous Naaseh v’Nishma the Jewish People saying “We will do” (before they said) “We will listen/ understand”. Kindergarten kids are pictured about their decorated papiermâché Har-Sinai they made last week, and see their Naaseh v’Nishma crowns (based on a Medrash) with the Hebrew words in their own handwriting.


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