Mazal tov to
Coach Norm Blumenthal and his wife, Lorna, on the birth of their
first grandson, to
Jody & Yossi Kashnow!
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All students are invited to join Rabbi Fridman
at the home of
Noam Barenholtz
962 Sheffield Road
Teaneck
at 7:30 PM
To sponsor this week's oneg, or for future sponsorship opportunities, please contact [email protected].
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Sunday Shiur
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Please join us on Sunday morning!
Donuts and orange juice
8:50 AM
Shiur covering topics in Masechet Chulin
9:00-9:45 AM
Students earn
1.5 night seder credits
for attending.
The shiur meets in the auxiliary lunch room.
Parents are welcome.
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Whom to Contact
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for a
handy guide.
We all look forward
to helping you.
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Upcoming Events
December 13
Opening Night
December 18
Asara B'Tevet
12:50 Dismissal
December 26
Jewish Life on Campus Program
7:30 - 9:30
(For juniors, seniors
& their parents)
January 1
New Year's Day
No Sessions
January 11-16
Midterm Exams
January 17-27
Winter Break
January 28
Spring Semester Begins
February 10
Annual Dinner
February 15-18
Presidents Weekend
No School
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Israel Report
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Kol Torah
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Eye of the Storm
for the latest issue of Eye of the Storm
Faculty Divrei Torah
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Rambam Yomi Chaburah
Please click here for recordings of the Rambam Yomi Chabura Rabbi Fridman learns with the students each morning.
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Parnas HaYom
We would like to thank our recent sponsors
The Zomick Family
To dedicate a day of learning or for other sponsorship opportunities, please contact Sharon Rifkind, Director of Development & Communications at
201.837.7696 x123
or
[email protected].
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TABC Swag Store Now Open
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The TABC Apparel Store hosted by TAPA is now open online! More items are being added, so check back regularly!
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December 7, 2018 29 Kislev 5779
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The administration, faculty and staff of TABC wish you and your family a very happy Chanukah, chodesh tov and Shabbat Shalom!
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Chanukah Activities Make
Chag HaUrim Extra Special at TABC
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At TABC, our Chanukah celebrations ran throughout the week.
On Monday and Tuesday, although school was closed, our halls were buzzing with the sounds of students who had joined us for Shacharit, breakfast and shiurim by Rabbi Adler and Rabbi Fridman, respectively.
Also on Monday, Rabbi Duvie Nachbar and Rabbi Daniel Fridman welcomed their talmidim into their homes for Chanukah Mesibot, which enhanced rebbe-talmid bonds, as well as those between the students.
When we returned to school on Wednesday, everyone was excited to buy their raffle tickets for the auction, which was to take place later that day. That afternoon, the whole school gathered for Mincha in the Beit Knesset, followed by the pulling of the raffle winners and the live auction. The room was hopping as the students excitedly bid on such items as a two tickets to Broadway with Mr. Vahedi, a Yankees game for three with Rabbi Adler, and more. See photos
here
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Thursday was another exciting day. For the freshman and sophomore classes, their rebbeim hosted celebratory breakfasts. Those who live locally brought their talmidim into their homes, welcoming them with open arms. (See photos here.) The rebbeim who live a little farther away hosted them at local restaurants, enjoying the camaraderie that comes with a shared meal. The juniors and seniors gathered to daven Mincha together, which was followed by a chagiga which was filled with music, dancing, simchat hayom, and lively ruach! The room was shaking with the excitement of Chanukah! See photos here.
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Blumenthal Family
Hachnasat Sefer Torah
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This past Friday, TABC had the special opportunity to welcome a new Sefer Torah donated by the Blumenthal family.
The whole school davened together in the Beit Knesset and the program started off with the privilege of listening to Rabbi Adler, Rosh Yeshiva. In his remarks, he mentioned that Chazal state, "Adam moshel l'sefer Torah", a person is compared to a sefer Torah. It doesn't state
'tzaddik'
or
'chassid'
but simply
'adam'.
We translate
'adam'
simply as a mentch, someone who has sterling character and cares about other people. He relayed that Edith and Ziggy Blumenthal truly lived their lives with those characteristics and deserved to be compared to a sefer Torah. Next we heard from Jacob Blumenthal '19, who was able to describe and give a real appreciation of who his grandparents were. At the conclusion of the speeches, we danced the Torah into its new home. The dancing was incredible and leibidik as the students fed off the school bands' contagious energy. Finally, the students were treated to a delicious breakfast spread to celebrate this accomplishment as well.
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Biomedical Update
Throughout the year each unit of our STEM: Biomedical Sciences course is devoted to another day of Creation. For Unit 3, students had to find plants from the surroundings and then bring them into class to classify them with their peers- this is just the beginning of classification and dissections for students which will begin right after Chanukah. In honor of Chanukah, we also had a lesson on oils and how fats can affect our bodies. Building off of that, the students have a research project due over Chanukah describing the process of obtaining and lighting the Menorah in the Beit Hamikdash. As Rosh Chodesh always falls on Chanukah, for Unit 4- the Sun, Moon, and Stars, students got a quick break from biomedical studies and had a surprise in class research project on the origins of Rosh Chodesh and the mitzvah of Kiddush HaChodesh. Students worked in pairs researching the basis for the Mitzvah from the Torah, how the Mishnayot explained how that was put into practice, and eventually how our modern calendar was set on a 19- year cycle by Hillel the Second. They looked up research articles on the Jewish calendar's accuracy and found out that it is so accurate that it is only off by 1 day every 14,000 years- that's pretty accurate for individuals without computers! Students had to do all the research themselves and really came away with newfound research skills. Chag Sameach to everyone!
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Social Psychology in the Parshiyot of Bereishit
Rabbi Dr. Schnall's Psychology classes have been studying the social psychology of persuasion, including the role of reciprocity in influencing behavior -- and applying this knowledge while grappling with various sections of Sefer Bereishit. Ask your son how reciprocity helps us understand Eliezer's interactions both with Rivka and her family, why Yitzchak requested that Eisav present him with a meal specifically before blessing him, and also Yaakov's dealings with Eisav in Parshat Vayishlach.
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 On Sunday, December 2, four members of the TABC debate team participated in the Yeshiva University Great Debate. Aharon Goldstein '19, Avraham Kahan '19, Jacob Lerer '19 and Nathanael Vinar ' 19 debated the resolution: Children born on United States sovereign soil to undocumented alien parents should not be considered citizens under the 14th Amendment. They all debated successfully against other teams. Aharon Goldstein also competed in the extemporaneous speech event at the debate and was awarded second prize.
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Music Theory Class Attends Teacher's Concert
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On Tuesday night, the 3rd night of Chanukah, students in Mr. Tiefenbrunn's Music Theory class attended a concert at Highline Ballroom in Manhattan. The headliners at the concert were Soulfarm and Zusha. Opening the concert was Zayah, a new band in which Mr. Tiefenbrunn plays lead guitar. The students enjoyed the opportunity to see their teacher put music theory into practice!
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Yeshiva University Interviews
Over Fifty TABC Seniors
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 This week three members of the Yeshiva University admission team came to TABC to interview 50 seniors for their programs. Those interviewed are applying for Yeshiva College and the Sy Syms School of Business. Yeshiva University is one of the few schools that conducts interviews of all their applicants. The YU admissions department also met with a number of students who will be applying to one of the university's honors programs. All three interviewers commented on how nice and well-spoken our boys were.
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TABC Wrestling Takes on SAR
Senior and co-captain Max Schechter (blue and yellow) of TABC squares off against Nachman Licht (in black) of SAR during their match on November 28 in Riverdale. The Storm co-captain had a hard-fought pin in the second period.
SAR won the match on forfeits, but TABC took six of seven contested matches on a combination of pins and point victories.
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Sophomore 3-on-3 Intramurals
Captain Avery Stepner, Jason Bick and Ezra Luber completed their dream season by winning the sophomore 3 on 3 championship. After 10 regular season games and over 21 participants, the 10th graders had a great intramural season with the Lakers coming out on top.
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