BH. Shvat
10, 5775 / Jan 30, 2015
Candle-Lighting: Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District 4:48 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org Shabbos Ends: produced by Rabbi Mendel & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program 5:51 Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
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This newsletter is sponsored in memory of
Moshe “Mike” Sinai Moshe ben Meshullam Yehudah
and in honor of his Albany teachers including Rabbi Rubin & R’ Moshe Losice
on occasion of his Shloshim by Sholom Bochner RABBI ARIEL RAVNOY, OBM Our heartfelt condolences to MHDS alumna Miriam (Stempel) Ravnoy on the sudden and untimely passing of her husband, Rabbi Ariel Ravnoy at age 36, leaving 7 children. They live in Los Angeles. Many “MC” readers remember the Stempels from the years they lived on Peyster Street and were a very active family at Maimonides, before they moved down to Far Rockaway. Some of us knew Ariel, a warm, passionate & animated person, with dynamic energy and enthusiasm and a love for Torah and for people. May his memory be a blessing GUESS WHICH GRADE’S ART? and may Miriam and her family have strength TNT editors had a hard time believing this, and resources in such a difficult time. You can but this artwork was made by first grade with email condolences to ravnoyshiva@gmail.com Mrs. Levin, based on Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”. They even knew the name of the artwork their work was patterned after! Quite MAZAL TOV KUDANS amazing, a tribute to a marvelous art teacher! Now for good news from California: Zalmy and Sterna Kudan had a baby boy! Mazal Tov Here’s a meaningful piece of trivia about to the grandparents Ruvain and Shayna (who “Starry Night”: this gorgeous piece was painted celebrated a birth of a NY granddaughter last by Van Gogh at one of the lowest points of his life, from the window of an asylum. This work week). May we share many Simchas. is a symbol of the power of light and hope, CONDOLENCES TO THE LABERS even in the depths of despair. But it takes looking out the window, even in darkness, as Our condolences to Mrs. Nechama Laber on the passing of her maternal grandmother (great the early dawn approaches… -grandmother of the Laber children at MHDS) “Meme Rachel” who was buried in Israel. Our condolences to Mrs. Laber’s mother, Mrs. Danielle (Wasserman) Katzenberg & family who visits Albany for the Laber Simchas.
MORAH ROCHEL IS BACK Welcome Back Morah Rochel from a trip to Israel to visit her mother. Thanks to all the teachers who ran school smoothly in her absence. It is very good to have her back, and it was very special to have first-hand regards and treats from the Holy Land.
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ROOTING (FOR) PLANTS So much of Tu Bishvat celebration is focused on fruits, but we can’t forget the roots! Morah Devorah’s class is soaking these shoots in water in the hopes of developing roots again so they can be properly planted, and they are starting to see the roots of their labors!
WRITING TABLET Kindergarteners love to practicing their Hebrew alphabet letters on their individual dry-erase boards (mistakes are so easy to fix). They keep improving and are much more familiar with the letters now than at the start of the year.