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DVAR TORAH

This week's Parsha discusses the gifts that were brought by the nesi'im, tribal leaders, during the dedication ceremony of the Mishkan. In this section, the Torah details the exact gifts brought by each leader. This extensive description is rather puzzling since each leader brought an identical gift. Why did the Torah not simply describe the specifics of the gift one time? Why go through the details of the entire gift for each Nasi?

One answer given is that the Torah here is emphasizing the uniqueness of each gift, even though they all consisted of the same materials. The Torah is telling us that even though the gift was the same, each Nasi was able to imbue in the gift his personal feelings, emotions, and meaning.

On the surface, one can look at Judaism as a conformist religion where everyone is taught to look the same, think the same, and act the same. The reality is that this is not the case. While we have certain tenets of belief that are unwavering, and certain practices that we all do, the goal is to take those practices and imbue them with personal meaning and make them uniquely our own. At Hillel Academy, we may follow formal math and science curricula and teach Jewish texts that haven't changed in thousands of years, but our goal is to make each learner a part of the process of integrating the lessons into their everyday lives and persona.

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Weinberg, Principal

NEWS & VIEWS

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Mr. Sutton: WARMLY

Miss Mia: TRELLO

Mrs. Oz: WEATHER

Mrs. Levy: YNET

Mrs. Greenfield: WAZE

Ms. Morris: 52 FRAMES

Mrs. Wimer: ZILLOW, HEALTH

Mrs. Leah Milch: DUOLINGO

Mrs. Abraham: WHATS APP

Mordy Brown: BASKET

Mrs. Itskowitz: SUDOKU

Mrs. Ferari: FACEBOOK

Deonte: WORLDSTAR, YOUTUBE

Officer Sage: THE WEATHER CHANNEL

Ms. Kraybill: SNAPCHAT, GOOGLE MAPS

Rabbi Sutofsky: CALENDAR, WAZE, THERAPY NOTES

Rabbi Smith: TORAH ANYTIME, YAHOO FANTASY SPORTS

Mrs. Finder: SHAZAM, iTUNES, iBOOKS, WEATHER

Mrs. Van Sickle: STARBUCKS, GO MOBILE PGH, APPLE MUSIC

Ms. Felder: DOJO, CALJ, HEADSPACE, WHATSAPP, ELEVATE, ALBERT, STASH

Mrs. Sunshine: GOODREADS, STRAVA, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, KINDLE

Mr. Roth: PIXELART, GOOGLE MAPS, FACEBOOK, RENWEB

Mrs. McDougall: SNAPCHAT, CALENDAR, GMAIL, WEATHER TIMELINE

Mrs. Erskine: DUOLINGO, NEWSELA, SPOTIFY

Morah Jessie: MY FITNESS PAL, REMINI, WEATHER, GOOGLE DRIVE

Mrs. Myers: SKY GUIDE, LOSE IT, MY RADAR, INSTAGRAM, CALCULATOR, HIPSTAMATIC, SCRABBLE, SET, GMAIL

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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At Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, we educate young men and women with unlimited capacity who compete in a superior manner in all challenges undertaken. Our students are Torah observant models of exemplary character, who love G-d, the Jewish people, and the land of Israel. To say that our students possess a love of learning, confidence and the ability to think critically, merely highlights the value of a Hillel education. What we ultimately achieve each day, and have been achieving for 70 years, is the gift of instilling each student with the foundation for a life spent actively serving and leading the Jewish community and society.

Micki Myers, Editor | Hillel Happenings | 412 521-8131 | h [email protected] |www. hillelpgh.org