15 Adar II 5776
Shabbat Parshat Tzav
Candle Lighting 6:56 PM
Havdalah 7:57 PM
Mazal tov to Shoshana and Ayol Samuels, big brother Yehuda (1), big brother Shlomo (PK) and the entire family on the birth of a baby boy!
Mazal tov to Ari and Morah Shani Farkas (learning center), big brother Yonatan (3), big brother Daniel (1), and the entire family on the birth of a baby boy!
Mazal tov to Heather and Chaim Kagedan, big sister Atara (1), big sister Dahlia (N), and the entire family on the birth of a baby girl!
Mazal tov to Ari Kutin (7), parents Neshama and Ed Kutin, and the entire family on Ari's bar mitzvah!
Mitzvah Cards:
If you would like to send a mitzvah card please contact Shani at
x10 or
[email protected]
**Food Drive and Shoe Drive Continue**
Sunday (3/27)
9:30AM: Matan Bat Mitzvah Program
Monday (3/28)
Hebrew in Jewish Day Schools Survey Begins (watch your email for more information)
6PM: Girls AWAY Soccer Game at Yavneh
7PM: Boys AWAY Soccer Game at Yavneh
Tuesday (3/29)
9AM: Hazamir Israel Concert
2PM: Eighth Grade Tzeydah LaDerech Program Begins With Rabbi Rothwachs
Last Day to Drop Off Food Drive Donations
Wednesday (3/30)
Grammy's Torah Garden Launch!
Dr. Yossi Elran (Math by Mail) Visit With Participating 4th and 5th Grade Students
Thursday (3/31)
6PM: Girls Soccer HOME Game vs. Kushner
7PM: Boys Soccer AWAY Game vs. Kushner
Upcoming Events:
Sunday (4/3)
11AM and 3PM: BPY Drama Club Willy Wonka Performances
Monday (4/4)
Tuition Agreements Due
2016-17 Lunch Program Early Bird Registration Deadline
Afternoon Adventures Trimester III Begins
Moztei Shabbat (4/9)
9:15PM: BPY Women's Book Club
Sunday (4/10)
5-7PM: Circus Grand Night Out
Monday (4/11)
10:30AM Schools in Session with Assemblywoman Huttle (if you can join, please email [email protected])
Tuesday (4/12)
8:30AM: Third Grade Rashi Breakfast
Thursday (4/21) - Sunday (5/1)
Pesach Break
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Parshat Hashavua Winner
Congratulations to our winning class for sending in the most signed
parsha sheets!
We can't wait to see who next week's winner will be....
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Dedicated Days of Learning
If you would like to dedicate a day or week of learning, please contact Rachel Weiss at x35 or [email protected]
Sponsorships begin at $180
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Thank you to everyone who
has already joined our
ACHDUT ANNUAL CAMPAIGN!
Your generosity is essential to BPY's continued ability to provide innovative and enriching educational experiences for our nearly 500 students each day.
MAKE YOUR ONE TIME OR RECURRING GIFT TODAY AT:
**All recurring, automatic monthly donations are now being matched, dollar for dollar! Any new $10,000 gift will be matched at 50 cents to the dollar.**
To discuss a pledge or gift, inquire about sponsorship opportunities, or volunteer to help with the campaign, please contact Rachel Weiss, BPY's Director of Development
(201-845-5007 x35,
[email protected]) or Josh Drazen, Achdut Annual Campaign Chair (
[email protected]).
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2015-16 Junior High
Sports Seasons
BPY students, parents, and staff members are always invited to attend any of our BPY basketball and soccer games and cheer on our teams.
The BASKETBALL game schedules can be found on the BPY Google calendar, on the BPY website, on the BPY app, or by
The SOCCER game schedules can be found on the BPY Google calendar, on the BPY website, on the BPY app, or by
CLICKING HERE.
Let's go BPY!!!
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Scan to download the NEW BPY APP!
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The NEW BPY App is now available for free download on Google Play and the App Store. Download it today for instant access to pictures/videos, the school calendar, lunch calendar, classroom blogs, daily homework, and more!
Available for iPhone and Android!
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The BPY Store
Stay Warm This Winter With BPY Winter Gear!
- BPY pullover hoodie sweatshirt (navy with BPY on the sleeve in green): $25
- BPY Bling logo zip-up sweatshirt: $35
- BPY Logo zip-up hoodie sweatshirt: $30
- BPY Sweatpants: $20
- BPY Legwarmers: $15
- BPY Pajama Pants: $25
- BPY Winter Hat: $15
Show Your BPY Pride Any Time:
- BPY Polo Shirts: $15
- BPY Glitter Headbands: $8
- BPY Bling Headbands: $10
- BPY Phone Case: $5
Email [email protected] to order your BPY gear today!
$10 each
felt, corduroy, t-shirt, mesh
to order
The 2015-16 / 5776 BPY Discount Card is here!
Only $60 for 2 cards gets you great discounts at many area stores - this card will pay for itself!
Buy yours in the BPY office.
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CAMP KEF/
CAMP MA'ALOT
to register for CAMP KEF
to register for
CAMP MA'ALOT
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BPY Women's Book Club
The next book selection for the BPY Women's Book Club is
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini
Meeting and discus
sion at the home of
Elisabeth Kooijmans
574 Ogden Avenue in Teaneck
Saturday Night,
April 9 at 9:15PM
New (and old!) members are warmly invited to attend!
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BPY Birthday Book Club!
With your donation of $18, $36, or $54, the BPY library will add a new
book to its collection in honor of your child's (or grandchild's)
birthday. Each
book will include a customized dedication bookplate in honor of the child's
birthday with a special message of your choice.
Each
book helps to build our library - what a wonderful way to celebrate a
birthday!
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Community Events and Announcements
Community event listings are included in this newsletter as a service to the community and to our BPY families. Inclusion of community events in this newsletter does not constitute an endorsement by Ben Porat Yosef.
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Shabbat Shalom
From Rav Tomer Ronen
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| In the final seconds of the movie, "Antz," the camera zooms increasingly farther out from the final gathering of the ants. In doing so, it quickly reveals that the "world" in which the entire drama of the movie took place is really a small ant hill, next to a garbage can, in a park, which is itself just a small part of a |
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larger city, which is part of a much larger country and so on.
The message of this scene always struck me. Sometimes we are so focused on a story or an incident that it becomes, in essence, an entire world in itself. It can be difficult to recognize that it may just be a very small part of a much larger picture.
Yesterday, we read the story of Purim in Megillat Esther. Chazal teach us that the story took place during the years between the destruction of the first Beit HaMikdash and the building of the second one. They explain that Achashverosh, under the influence of Haman, had, in fact, prevented the rebuilding the Temple. Beyond that, he mocked the Jews for their desire to rebuild, using the keilim that had been used in the Beit HaMikdash for his parties and having his guests and entertainers dress up like kohanim.
Chazal explain that when Achashverosh told Esther that he would give her anything she requested, up to half of his kingdom, he meant that he would give her anything she asked, except for permission to rebuild the Beit HaMikdash. Why? Because the ten miracles that happened every day in the Temple would be proof that Hashem rules the world and therefore a direct threat to Acheshverosh's power.
Now, like the camera at the end of the movie, let's take a step back. Darius II was the younger son of Acheshverosh - his son with Esther. It is Darius II who becomes king after his father and who later rebuilds the Beit HaMikdash in Jerusalem. So the drama of the Purim story is really a piece of a much larger narrative that eventually leads to the building of the Temple. Often, we don't get to see this larger perspective but sometimes, as in the story of Purim, Hashem gives us this great gift and we can glimpse how many of our own stories and dramas fit into His much larger picture and plan.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rav Tomer Ronen
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| Shushan Purim: Costume and Carnival Day! |
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BPY students and staff alike had a blast celebrating Shushan Purim with Costume and Carnival Day!
There were so many great costumes on display, amazing carnivals for early childhood and elementary school students, ruach-filled dancing, a costume parade, and more! What a great day!
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| BPY Family Megillah Reading |
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Thursday morning for our annual BPY family megillah reading, which included a very special BPY first (mazal tov Kagedan family!) - a baby naming ! After the megillah, Rav Ronen and the administrative team distributed hundreds of mishloach manot to all the children. A tremendous thank you and chazak u'baruch to Shmuel Popper who read the megillah so beautifully for us. What a special way to celebrate the chag together as a school community!
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| Junior High Shushan's Got Talent! |
Junior high students had a lot of fun as they exhibited a wide range of impressive "talents" and answered trivia questions in BPY's own version of "Shushan's Got Talent!"
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Fifth Grade Megillah Reading
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BPY fifth graders read the entire megillah this week and they did an absolutely INCREDIBLE job! Each student read his or her pesukim with the taamim of his or her family's tradition: Sephardic or Ashkenazic. We are sure this experience is something they will remember for the rest of their lives. Kol hakavod and chazak u'baruch to Rav Haim and to all of our fifth graders!!!
The entire reading was livestreamed for parents and relatives. In case you missed it, you can view the unedited recording here:
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Third graders put on some wonderful Purim plays, complete with sets, props, costumes, music, and choreographed dances. They performed for other students and made the story of Purim come alive, all in Hebrew of course! Kol hakavod to Morah Avital, Morah Hani, Morah Keren, Morah Megan and all of our third graders!
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| Tefillat Esther Jewish Unity Event |
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On Taanit Esther, seventh and eighth grade students participated in Tefillat Esther - A Jewish Unity Event at the Kotel. They joined thousands of other students via Skype to learn and say tehillim in memory of victims of terror in Israel. The program concluded with a moving rendition of "Acheinu Kol Beit Yisrael" led by Chaim Dovid, live from Israel.
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On Wednesday, the BPYPTO sent each BPY student and staff member home with his or her very own mishoach manot full of healthier treats, all packed in a beautiful BPY keepsake metal lunchbox. Thank you to the BPYPTO for organizing this special project and to everyone who participated by sending mishloach manot to BPY friends through the BPYPTO!
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| #bpynachat From Our Inbox |
From a BPY parent...
"We had a tour scheduled for 9am this morning, so I thought I'd use the opportunity to bring [my son] to his classroom and then [join the junior high for] Shacharit....Out of character for my son, he began to cry at the door to the classroom as he didn't want me to leave...[His morah] quickly noticed and magically helped
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him transition...She is a gifted teacher and has a wonderful manner with the kids.
Shacharit was inspiring. The students prayed with a seriousness and maturity my 'grown ups' would do well to emulate. There was no talking at all. I couldn't believe it! Rav Eli and Rav Ariel brought great ruach to the tefilah and the girls led a beautiful Mi Sheberach for Tzahal. The moment Shacharit was over, every child helped clear up the room, putting away siddurim, folding the chairs and stacking them neatly without having to be asked - it was very impressive.
Finally, Morah Jessica and Ruth led us on a tour for an hour-and-a-half of the entire school. Each class was more impressive than the next. The students seemed attentive, the teachers engaging and it was clear to us that every detail of the curriculum and the students' experience in the school has been thought through so carefully. It was remarkable to see how much Morah Jessica knows about what is going on with every teacher in every classroom in the school. We feel blessed that [our son] is under the supervision of such a phenomenal educator and administrator.
In short, BPY is a brilliant school. May Hashem bless you to continue leading it with such success for many years to come.
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| This Week In BPY's Science Discovery Room... |
First grade entomologists embarked on an in-depth study of Bess Beetles (AKA Passalidae) as part of their organism study! Last week they went to the woods to collect "dead, damp wood," which they read that the beetles eat. When the beetles arrived, the children set up their habitats and learned to handle them carefully. Then they drew detailed diagrams of the beetles and shared their observations and questions. Just another part of our incredible hands-on science program!
Fifth graders continued their study of circuitry. They learned how to draw circuit diagrams and are testing how different factors affect the brightness of light bulbs. Next, they will build their own alarms to solve a problem based on a story they read.
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Mazal tov to Joey Yudelson '14 and the SARHS Robotics Team for winning second place in the racing competition, fourth place in the presentation competition, and seventh place in the careful driving competition at the International Robotraffic Competition at the Technion in Haifa! SAR's team was the only team from the United States, and the only non-technical high school in the competition.
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| Willy Wonka Tickets and Playbill Ads On Sale Now! |
To reserve your tickets, email [email protected].
To purchase an ad in our playbill, email [email protected]. Click here for more information about playbill ads and pricing.
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APRIL 4TH*
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HERE to RESERVE TICKETS
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HERE to PURCHASE TICKETS
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Schools In Session with
Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle |
We will be hosting Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle at BPY on Monday, April 11. She will be touring the school at 10AM and meeting with parents about security and tuition affordability at 10:30AM. We need all parents who are able to join us for this event for about 30 minutes (10:30-11AM). Teach NJS will provide talking points for the discussion. If you can attend, please email [email protected]. Thank you! |
Spring cleaning? Give your used
shoes to a good cause - our recycled
shoe
drive is now open through
April 4!
Drop off your used
shoes in the bin outside the BPY front office to be recycled or provided to those in need and BPY gets a donation for each pound of
shoes we collect.
Click here to learn more.
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BPY is proud to be a drop off location for JFNNJ's March Mega Food Drive! Drop off your food donations outside the front office through March 29. A great way to put you leftover mishloach manot goodies to good use!
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Advertise and Support Our School!
Contact Shoshi at [email protected]
for more details.
Inclusion of any ads in this newsletter does not constitute an endorsement by Ben Porat Yosef. Ben Porat Yosef accepts no liability in connection with the use of any product, service, or technique advertised.
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