February 14, 2019 /9th of Adar 5779 /
Parashat
Tetzaveh/Candle Lighting: 5:05 PM
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When school was cancelled Tuesday for a Snow Day, all around JKHA teachers took the opportunity for some Snow Day learning. Several JKHA Lower School teachers held class conference calls and web sessions and Early Childhood teachers read books to students via the SeeSaw app. Middle School put out a torah video on YouTube starring Rabbi Feit, and a group of students had a video conference with Rabbi Sukenik to prepare for Chidon HaTanach.
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Early Childhood/Lower School
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After spending several weeks practicing real-world subtraction word problems, first graders got a chance to write and star in their own winter-themed word problems! First, each student decided how many marshmallows their mug of hot cocoa had. Then, the students decided how many marshmallows they ate. Last, each student built a number bond, wrote a number sentence, and solved their word problem to figure out how many marshmallows they had left. Students also had a chance to show off their artistic side by designing their own hot cocoa mugs!
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Second graders have been hard at work researching the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. First, they gathered information from multiple sources and biographies. Next, they recorded the information in a life cycle graphic organizer. Then, they compared and contrasted the lives of these two great presidents using a Venn diagram. Using the Venn diagram, they wrote informative paragraphs comparing and contrasting the lives of our country's first president with our 16th president. Finally, they created posters with a title, picture they found online, 5 important facts and a timeline. Students worked in pairs to demonstrate what they learned while researching George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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This week, the 5th grade had the opportunity to learn about the construction of the Mishkan with Rabbi Hallel Neuman. Using 3-D technology Rabbi Neuman has created a hands on interactive presentation detailing the complex details of the Mishkan and making it easy to understand. The students showed much interest and curiosity and gained a good understanding of the Mishkan.
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The sixth grade girls have been taking part in a week-long bat mitzvah-focused program to help them transition into this next phase in their lives. The programming targeted the social, emotional, and religious changes taking place for them, and will help them get the most out of this once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Highlights of the week include a chesed project with Yachad members, simcha dancing session, a learning program concentrating on female role models in Tanach, and a discussion-provoking project about their own personal foundations and influences. The program will conclude with a keepsake project in which students will create a #inspirationcollage or mission statement of the type of person they want to be based on everything they learned throughout the week, and sessions with community Rebbetzins discussing the significance of becoming a bat mitzvah.
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Our eighth graders had a wonderful opportunity to hear from JKHA/RKYHS parent Mrs. Sigalit Benzvi. Mrs. Benzvi works at Novartis in Quality Compliance/Cell & Gene Therapy (CGT).
Students heard about the way drugs are being developed to deal with cancer in a more targeted way, and the process for getting FDA approval for a drug. She spoke about the importance of being a creative thinker when approaching an issue. This interactive session helped students make real-world connections to their STEM classroom learning. The presentation concluded with a Q & A session where students asked Mrs. Benzvi insightful and thoughtful questions.
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We are once again thrilled to be joining the YMSSA soccer league for this coming season.
Girls soccer tryouts will take place on Wednesday February 20th, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm for students in grades 6-8.
Boys soccer tryouts will take place on Thursday February 21st, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm
for students in grades 6-8.
Please bring shin guards with you to try out.
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By now you all should have received your log in information for
happypurim.com
to send Mishloach Manot to our wonderful faculty members of JKHA and RKYHS.
Please check any spam and quarantined folders to make sure it did not end up in there.
and enter the email address we have on file for you, and your code will be emailed to you right away.
Thanks so much!
JKHA Middle School Student Council
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The RKYHS Model UN team attended the Yeshiva University Model UN conference in Stamford, Connecticut. Ten of our students represented Australia and Vietnam in a variety of committees like the World Food Program and Counter Terrorism. The students truly enjoyed the competitive environment and chance to meet fellow yeshiva students from all over the US and from real life nations like Brazil, Canada and South Africa. Each of the well over 400 students from over 45 yeshivot competed in the Yeshiva University annual contest represented their specific school delegation in over a dozen committees.
Congratulations to Senior Danielle Shapiro on receiving the Best Delegate Award!
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The senior class participated in their own SEED session today. The students heard from Abe Unger, a Rabbi in Bayonne, NJ and a professor of urban studies, politics and government at Wagner College. Rabbi Unger spoke to the students about social justice and environmental issues from a Jewish perspective.
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Ninth through eleventh grades heard from Rabbi Ephraim Simon, director of Chabad of Teaneck. The father of nine children traveled to the Cleveland Clinic to donate his liver’s left lobe to someone he’d never met - a young husband and father who was gravely ill. This altruistic act is remarkable on its own, but Rabbi Simon also donated a kidney to a stranger in 2009. Rabbi Simon is the third person at the Cleveland Clinic to have ever made a liver donation after also donating a kidney, a high risk procedure. Rabbi Simon spoke about these selfless acts and his experience in saving these two lives.
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The RKYHS English department was thrilled to bring the freshman class to see the popular Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird. The students have been reading the nationally acclaimed novel in their classes this year. They were excited to compare the modern interpretation and staging with what they have gleaned from the historical setting of the 1930's backdrop. We appreciate the generosity of a school family who enabled us to provide this special opportunity for our students.
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Last Shabbat, the freshman girls headed to East Brunswick for a shabbaton while the senior girls enjoyed a Shabbaton in Passaic. The students were joined by several faculty members. Everyone had a great time spending time together over shabbat bonding with their friends and teachers.
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RKYHS Art faculty member Mrs. Debbie Buechler recently had an article published in ArtBeat magazine about a unit she taught students on Micrography. For the project, students connected art and music to artistically present song lyrics in the Micrography style. You can read the article on page 12
here
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Come Cheer on our JKHA/RKYHS Kushner Cobras at their upcoming games!
RKYHS wrestling team will compete at the Wittenberg Wrestling Tournament
showcase event this Sunday 2/17 @ Frisch 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM
RKYHS Girls Varsity Volleyball will compete in the semi finals at Frisch
Tuesday, 2/19 at 7:15 PM
RKYHS Boys Varsity Hockey will compete in the quarter finals at Frisch
Tuesday, 2/19 at 8:00 PM
RKYHS Boys JV
Hockey will compete in the semi finals at North Shore Hebrew Academy
Monday, 2/25 at 8:00 PM
JKHA Boys Hockey will compete in the Championship Game at TABC
Thursday, 2/28 at 7:30 PM
The original high school varsity basketball team from the first graduating class in 2001, will be playing against our boys varsity basketball team Saturday night, March 9th.
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A Look at Art at JKHA and RKYHS
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This week we introduce a new feature in Connections highlighting articles on timely and pertinent topics of interest to our parents. This week's article entitled "Let Children Get Bored Again" discusses how boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements. More important, it spawns creativity and self-sufficiency.
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Kushner Torah Videos (KTV)
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Rabbi Schlusselberg teaches us how we can learn purpose in this week’s parsha.
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Parshat Tetzaveh teaches about the clothing of the Kohen gadol. One of the garments of the Kohen gadol was the breastplate which contained precious stones. These stones are known as the avnei miluim, literally meaning the filler stones. These stones were precious jewels which were quite ornate and expensive. In fact, the chachamim once offered to pay 600,000 dinar (Talmudic currency) for one of these stones! Why were they named the filler stones? Shouldn’t they have been given a more descriptive name regarding their beauty and expense?
Rav Chaim Volozhiner in the introduction to his magnum opus, Nefesh Hachaim, is quoted by his sons (the sefer was published posthumously by his children) as saying that a person’s purpose in coming to this world is only to help others. Based on this statement, Rav Shmuel Birnbaum zt”l (Former Rosh Yeshiva of Mir Brooklyn) explained that the greatest compliment that we can give someone is how he helps others. As precious as the avnei miluim were, its glory was in the fact that it filled the holes in the breastplate of the kohen gadol. The greatest compliment we have for these stones is how they help fill the holes in something else. This should be our approach to life. The greatest legacy that we can leave is not what we accomplished for ourselves but how we helped others.
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Dovid Sukenik
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Mazal Tov to Nathan Nussbaum and to Susie Nussbaum on Nathan's upcoming
bar mitzvah!
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T
he PTC is looking for a few moms, dads or grandparents to volunteer in the school dining hall. We are primarily looking for help on Wednesdays or Thursdays. Volunteers help serve lunch from 11:30-1:15ish. It's a lot of fun and it's rewarding to see your children or grandchildren during the day. To volunteer, please contact Cheryl Munk at
cherylmunk2@gmail.com
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Discount cards are here! $20 per card. Cards will be available at the school office next week. Venmo @JKHA-PTC or pay via cash or check. Thank you to all the amazing local businesses who have participated!
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We Invite You to Dedicate Our
Children's Torah Learning
at JKHA/RKYHS
If you are interested in sponsoring a Day of Learning, contact Sarah Levinson: slevinson@jkha.org or (862) 437-8001
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If you are interested in dedicating a mezuzah, please contact Lauren Shapiro, Director of Development at
lshapiro@jkha.org
or
(862) 437-8192
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Spread the word to JKHA/RKYHS Alumni!
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The original high school varsity basketball team from the first graduating class in 2001, will be playing against our boys varsity basketball team Saturday night, March 9th. Come cheer them on!
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