BH. Iyar
23, 5777 / May 19, 2017
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Candle-Lighting: Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District 7:56 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org Shabbos Ends: produced by Rabbi Mendel Rubin & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program 9:06 Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
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ONE WEEK LEFT FOR JOURNAL EVE KNEZNEK’S 20TH YARTZEIT On Monday, the 19th of Iyar (day after Lag B’Omer) our school marked the 20th yartzeit of Eve Kneznek, Chava bas Baruch, a gracious benefactor of Maimonides. Her generous $400,000 legacy bequest enabled us to finally purchase our permanent home in 2005 after 25 years of rentals at various local synagogues (the old Beth Abe on Federal Street, Temple Bnai Shalom, Watervliet Ave office building, Temple Beth Emeth & Cong. Ohav Shalom). Our classes heard her story and studied Torah in her memory. Her memory is indeed a blessing! A social worker in Albany, Eve lived on Highland Drive, and passed away at age 87 in 1997. We encourage all supporters and friends to please include the Maimonides School in their will to perpetuate their legacy and local Torah study in the Capital Region.
Thanks for your support of this important annual fundraiser, this year honoring Rabbi Mendel and Raizy Rubin, celebrating the Science Lab S.T.E.A.M. Center Campaign (gaining steam!), establishing Salo’s Talmud Studies at Maimonides (in memory of Salo Steper), and highlighting our school’s 3rd year in the Better Together program. The dinner will be Tuesday June 6th at Shabbos House, but journal ads have to be in before that date to be ready in time. Journal ads can be submitted until May 26th, either online: maimonidesschool.org/dinner or via email: maimonidesschool@gmail or regular mail to the school office. Ads arriving after the 26th will go into the Journal supplement.
APPROVAL PROGRESS We are pleased to announce further approval progress from the City of Albany for the school’s Science Lab STEAM Center expansion project. Stay tuned for details!
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ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS Thanks to Hon. Lawrence Kahn, US Federal judge, for a very interesting & detailed courthouse tour in honor of completing the book of Judges—and for the yummy rugelach!
SLIME/GOOP IS A POLYMER! 4th graders in science-enrich made multi- color slime/goop as they learned about polymers. The different color dye was not only to make it more fun, but to differentiate between recipes. All had the same ingredients, but the amount of water varied in each recipe, so keeping them apart by color demonstrated the effect of the water on the texture of the resulting goop/slime. Borax along with glue were the other key ingredients. Borax can be a dangerous substance to handle (though found in household products) that’s why they are still wearing goggles. Mrs. Kirkely made the Borax solution in those pitchers. Regarding the varying water amounts, Rabbi Mendel explained it can be an analogy about “Lachluchis” a Chassidic term for “spiritual moisture” - a warm connective elasticity.