13 Kislev 5776
Shabbat Parshat Vayishlach
Candle Lighting 4:12 PM
Havdalah 5:12 PM
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Mazal
tov to Selena and Josh Malka, big sister Emma (1), big brother Mikey (PK), and the entire family on the birth of a baby girl!
Mitzvah Cards:
If you would like to send a mitzvah card please contact Shani at
x10 or
[email protected]
Thursday-Friday (11/26-27)
Thanksgiving Break:
NO SESSIONS
Monday (11/30)
Last Day For Toy Drive Donations
Last Day to Register for Social Skills Groups with Sariva Sklar
Thursday (12/3)
4th Grade Mesibat Navi
Save The Date!
Sunday (12/6)
"Reading Rocks!" at Barnes & Noble
Thursday (12/10)
Chanukah Chagiga
Friday (12/11)
No Sessions - Chanukah
Sunday (12/13)
Saturday Night (12/19)
6th Grade Girls Matan Session #1
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Parshat Hashavua Winner
We can't wait to see who next week's winner will be....
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Dedicated Days of Learning
Monday's learning was
dedicated
in memory of
Ezra Schwartz z"l
and all the other victims of terror in Israel.
תפילה לשלום במהרה בימינו
If you would like to dedicate a day or week of learning, please contact Rachel 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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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
$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
NEW BOOK AND NEW DATE!
The next book selection for the BPY Women's Book Club is
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Meeting and discus
sion at the home of Rebecca Lopkin
314 Vandelinda Avenue in Teaneck
Saturday, January 2 at 8 PM
New (and old!) members are warmly invited to attend!
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Sign Up to Host BPY's
Bnot Sherut
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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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Happy Thanksgiving and Shabbat Shalom
From Rav Tomer Ronen
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| This was a short, but full, week at BPY. Starting with parent-teacher conferences on Sunday and an incredible 8th grade trip to the UN at the invitation of the Ambassador Danny Danon on Monday, we ended the school week with our wonderful annual BPYPTO Thanksgiving Bake Sale and our in-school Thanksgiving celebrations. |
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None of these events and programs happen on their own - they only occur because of the efforts and dedication of our amazing staff members and volunteers. How fitting that after such a full week, within such a compressed time frame, we all take a moment to share some words of thanks: take a minute to email your child's teacher and let him or her know how much you appreciate the experience your child is having in school, reach out to the BPYPTO ([email protected]) to let our parent volunteers know that you are grateful for their efforts to support our school community, or help your child write a note or draw a picture to say "thank you" to his or her siblings, grandparents, or teachers.
Of course, as I reminded the children at our Thanksgiving feast today, we must also make sure to convey our gratitude to Hashem and one of the best ways to do this is through tefillah. Please reinforce this message by reminding your children to say tefillah each day over the long weekend.
It is so important to show our appreciation and to teach our children to do the same. It not only lets others know that we are grateful for their efforts, but it also reminds us to appreciate our own blessings, leading to greater happiness and fulfillment in our own lives.
Happy Thanksgiving and Shabbat Shalom,
Rav Tomer Ronen
Rosh HaYeshiva
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"My country tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty..." We began our elementary school Thanksgiving Feast with song, including many favorites celebrating our country and our American heritage. Creative centerpieces made by our students, a delicious traditional Thanksgiving meal, and expressions of gratitude made the feast especially meaningful. Thank you to BPY music teacher Morah Stacey Mahpour for creating our BPY Thanksgiving Songbook and leading the students and staff members in such beautiful singing.
See more BPY Thanksgiving pictures in the "Thanksgiving 2015" album on BPY's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/benporatyosef.
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| Early Childhood Thanksgiving Pow Wow |
Early childhood students kicked off their Thanksgiving celebrations with their annual Pow Wow with Chief Morah Jessica. Following the pau wau (meaning "people coming together") tradition of some indigenous Americans, students gathered together to sing songs, celebrate, and make new friends.
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Pilgrim and Wampanoag Museum
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First graders studied the housing, food, and clothing of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag and then created a museum to share what they learned, including interactive models of Pilgrim and Wampanoag houses and informative signs describing the exhibits. Other classes and visitors were invited to tour their museum throughout the day on Wednesday.
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BPY eighth graders were thrilled to attend an event at the UN, hosted by UN Ambassador Danny Danon and the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations, dedicated to remembering the untold story of 850,000 Jewish
refugees from Arab countries.The students got to meet
Ambassador Danon and enjoy a fantastic concert by Moroccan Israeli singer, songwriter, and composer Shimon Buskila
- his first ever solo performance in the US! A huge thank you to BPY founder, past president, and parent Steven Sarao for organizing this incredible experience for our eighth grade students!
Shimon Buskila performed selections in Hebrew and Moroccan Arabic. Click below to view a clip:
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Living Legacy Olive Oil Press
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Take some olives, squish them, press them, spin the juice to separate out the oil, add a wick and light your Chanukiah! As part of their preparations for Chanukah, early childhood students got to make their own olive oil with the Living Legacy Olive Press. Thank you Rabbi Grossbaum and Living Legacy for another incredible hands-on educational holiday program.
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| BPYPTO Thanksgiving Bake Sale |
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A tremendous THANK YOU and KOL HAKAVOD to the BPYPTO and all the amazing volunteers who baked, cooked, wrapped, and sold delicious treats and soups for our Annual Thanksgiving Bake Sale!!!
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BPYPTO Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids
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Incredibly creative BPYPTO volunteers helped students create amazing Thanksgiving-themed craft projects during the bake sale on Tuesday night. Children were able to make their own pumpkin spice latte sugar scrub hostess gifts, fruit cornucopias, Hershey's kiss acorns, and gratitude jars. Thank you to the PTO for adding this wonderful new creative element to our annual Thanksgiving Bake Sale!
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In a time of year saturated with holiday festivities, good will, and gift-giving, let's refocus our energies on ways we can make our own school and local communities better! Initiate a conversation this Shabbat with your loved ones about the importance and impact of giving in time, energy, and resources with acts of tzedakah, tikkun olam, and chesed. It's the BPY way to take ownership and action in bettering our world!
Be #Unselfie #BPYGives
#GivingTuesday is a global movement dedicated to raising funds for important causes AND to increasing awareness about the vital impact giving can make on causes close to our hearts.
So where will YOU make your mark this #GivingTuesday? There are many ways to get involved and "give" here at BPY. Here are some impactful ways you can get on the #BPYGives bandwagon:
- Join our Annual Auction Committee
- Volunteer at Grandparents Day
- Join and volunteer with our amazing PTO or Grandparents Association
- Sponsor a special milestone event coming up such as the Mesibat HaChumash, Mesibat HaSiddur, or a Living Legacy program
- Donate to our Achdut Annual Campaign to support all the special co-curricular programming BPY children enjoy throughout the year.
Contact us to get involved!
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Toddler Turkey Thanksgiving Cards
Gan Parparim made beautiful Thanksgiving cards. They traced their hands to make a turkey shape, decorated them with feathers, and wrote why they are thankful to their parents.
Second Grade Bnot Sherut
BPY's Bnot Sherut, Lilach and Shira visited 2C to do a fun activity based on the book
דירה להשכיר.
Third Grade Reader's Workshop
Third graders practiced retelling stories by using their five fingers as prompts. Each finger represents an event in the story and the spaces between their fingers remind them to share their thoughts and feelings about each event.
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Halachot and Customs of Chanukah
by Rabbi David Bassous
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Rabbi Bassous has many adult education classes online for free listening and download at:
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Gratitude - More Perspectives, Part II
by Stanley Fischman
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This column is based upon a dvar Torah by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks for parshat Eikev, entitled "The Power of Gratitude"
(August 2015).
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In describing the initiation of the holiday of Thanksgiving, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks quotes Abraham Lincoln's proclamation of October 31, 1863. Reflecting on the gifts we enjoy, even in time of war he stated, "No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High G-d, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy...I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States ...to set apart and observe the last Thursday in November next ... as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens."
Rabbi Sacks points out that our tefillot are replete with expressions of thankfulness and gratitude. We teach our children to start each day with the words of "modeh ani".....
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Reading Rocks! at Barnes & Noble
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6
10 AM - 5 PM
Barnes & Noble
Riverside Square Mall in Hackensack
Just in time for Chanukah!
New this year:"Drive By" Ordering!
Place your order through
this form
, drive by the store, and we will bring your order out to you!
Featuring Chanukiah-lighting for the
first night of Chanukah with Rav Ronen at 4:30 PM!
Doors Open at
10 AM
Activities and Scavenger Hunt Begin at
1:30 PM
Student Poetry Readings at
2 PM
Author
Reading at
3 PM
Drama Club Performance at
4 PM
Chanukah Candle Lighting at
4:30 PM
Want to help with this event?
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Shlock Rock Chanukah Concert
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SAVE THE DATE FOR
SHLOCK ROCK'S CHANUKAH CONCERT AT BPY!
A joint project of the BPYPTO and the BPY Grandparents Association
Sunday, December 13 at 11 AM
Tickets Available at www.eventbrite.com
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This year, Ben Porat Yosef is participating in TWO toy drives: the Bergen County toy drive and Chai Lifeline's toy drive.
Both drives conclude on November 30th.
The Bergen County drive is a local collaborative effort across many Jewish schools and synagogues. Toys are distributed to a variety of organizations including Project Ezrah, Tomchei Shabbos, and Sharsheret. In addition to this, Chai Lifeline runs its own toy drive.
Chanukah is such an exciting time for our children. It is also a time when they can pause to feel grateful for what they have and share with others. In order to make these drives meaningful, please talk about them with your children. Take them shopping with you for a Chanukah gift to give away or purchase something together with them online.
New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off in the box located outside the BPY front office until November 30.
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| BPY Annual Auction Volunteers Needed |
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We are gearing up for BPY's annual auction and we need your help!
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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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