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21 Adar I, 5774 / February 21, 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 5:16 Shabbos Ends: produced by Rabbi Mendel & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program 6:18 Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
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HOW THE WEATHER CHANGES!
This week’s newsletter is sponsored in memory of
Hy Rosen
From the beginning of the week to the end, and even from day ot Hy was the long-time “Times-Union” night, such weather Cartoonist, accomplished artist, Sculptor swings! See our High-5 of Albany’s Coat of Arms, and designer of on page 2 for five types a Donald Duck & Ronald Reagan set of of things our students cut-out Purim Masks for Chabad. MAKING MINI HAMANTASCHEN did over this past extended weekend off, as school closed early on Thursday, Friday was off Yartzeit: 20 Adar Morah Dini’s Kindergarten students made and Monday was Presidents Day. Parents, mini-sized Hamantaschen in honor of Purim Katan please be sure kids continue to dress in layers (as weather continues to change) so they can be last week (when we were out for a snow-day). They more comfortable both inside & outside, and used a small L’chaim shot- that younger children bring proper outdoor gear (snow-pants, boots, mittens or gloves, hats glass to make circles that were pinched together to etc) so they can play outside as they love to do! make these delicious and cute Hamantaschen. They GATHERING BLUE “Gathering Blue” (2000) by Lois Lowry is part were filled inside with of “The Giver” series of dystopian social mini chocolate chips. science fiction. This particular book has rich insight into the Jewish biblical significance to the color blue as the Techelet strand (not currently observed by most, though some do), “CHENVONI” OR “SHULCHANI” of the Tzitzit, which also made its way into the Rabbi Shmuly’s 4/5 grade Mishna class is now learning “HaMafkid” the 3rd chapter of Bava colors and stripe of the Israeli flag. Metziah about the difference between money “LORD OF THE FLIES” IS FROM... on the counter of a “Chenvoni” (storekeeper) HS girls learned that the source for the title of vs. a “Shulchani” (banker or money-changer) in cases of doubt or dispute. So he asked his this classic book (another dystopian novel) by William Golding is from Kings II 1:2-3. And in students: How to consider the Wednesday “PAINT & SIP” SIYUM PARTY Navi class with Morah Dini they are currently morning recess 8/9 grade Hot Cocoa Counter? What Halachic issues can arise? How do you Morah Leyee’s 6th grade class recently finished learning Kings II (known in Hebrew as Chumash Parshas Va’era (with almost all the Melachim) about 18 chapters later - about the envision the Mishna’s cases in a setting like this? Integrating studies with everyday life! Rashi commentary!) which tells of 7 of the 10 righteous King Chizkiah or Hezekiah. Plagues in Egypt and celebrated with a special Siyum party. Paint & Sip is a new fad where people go out to paint and sip some wine or beer. Morah Leyee modified the concept and brought in canvases, grape-juice and some nosh. They each got a canvas to paint in four colors or shades, then once the background dried, painted each corner with one of the four cups and Elijah’s Cup in the center, because the four expressions of Redemption (and the 5th, too!) are in this Parsha that they just completed. And the sip? They enjoyed a tasting of four varieties of sparking grape-juice in elegant stemmed plastic wine glasses.
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