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KOL ECHAD | Weekly Newsletter
March 21, 2024
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Why Does Art Matter?
By Jennifer Winderlich, Art Teacher
Art, used within the classroom, can encourage self-expression and creativity. It builds confidence for each child.
Each student at Kadima has something they just love doing. Perhaps it's soccer, math, science experiments, painting, or writing stories. The integration of art is important to enhance existing subjects and Jewish holidays, creating a well-rounded and well-prepared learners.
I work with each child to create artwork they feel proud of. I incorporate their passions in the art curriculum. Each student excels at certain subjects, and it's my hope to allow art to come alive and strengthen these passions, for each child here at Kadima - whether we are painting on canvas to learn about shadows, creating clay pots to learn about Shabbat, learning about Pablo Picasso while simultaneously discussing traditional Jewish items used in the home, or even making 3D checker piece games.
Art can be combined into the school day to enhance learning and welcomes students to grasp materials being taught on a different level. Prioritizing the value of creativity inside the classroom is something I hold dear to my heart. Art is used to integrate well-rounded, well-prepared learners and gives a sense of individual identity to their learning.
Albert Einstein once said: "Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way."
Shabbat shalom,
Jennifer Winderlich,
Art Teacher
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Chess pieces by Hannah Sinai, 4th grade (Mrs. Shack) | |
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Emotions by Link Golden, 5th grade
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Important Dates
Friday, March 22
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Tropical paradise Purim carnival
Monday, March 25
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Purim celebrated at school, M'gilat Esther reading, 10:30 am on the Kadima yard (ES and MS parents are invited)
Monday, March 28
- Kindergarten exhibitions, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Sunday, March 31
Monday, April 1 - Thursday, April 4
- 7th grade trip to Yosemite National Park
Thursday, April 3
- 4th grade field trip to Leonis Adobe Museum
Thursday, April 4
- PTO meeting, 8:15 am, in the library
Friday, April 5
- 4th grade (Ms. Kaur) exhibition, 8:30 am
Monday, April 8
- PTO tie-dye event, 4:30 pm, on the Kadima yard
Wednesday, April 10
Wednesday, April 10 - Friday, April 12
- 5th grade trip to AstroCamp
Thursday, April 11
- 2nd grade exhibition, TBD
Friday, April 12
- Fire drill with family reunification, 1:30 pm
Tuesday, April 16
- 4th grade (Mrs. Shack) exhibition, TBD
- Rosh Chodesh staff luncheon
Wednesday April 17 - Friday, April 19
- 6th grade trip to Catalina Island
- Passover food drive
Monday, April 22 - Friday, May 3
Monday, April 22
Monday, May 6
- School resumes
- Teacher appreciation week
*For the current, 2023-24, school-year calendar, please click HERE.
*For the upcoming, 2024-25, school-year calendar, Please click HERE.
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Yearbook Cover Contest Winners
Kol Hakavod, job well done, for all the beautiful submissions for this year's yearbook cover contest. The votes have been tallied, and its official! Congratulations to front cover winner Noa Ezra, 5th grade, and back cover winners Harel Schachter and Vinnie Ramirez, 3rd grade, Mazal tov!
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Yearbook front cover winning submission
by Noa Ezra, 5th grade
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Yearbook back cover winning submission
by Harel Schachter and Vinnie Ramirez,
3rd grade
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Elementary & Middle School Purim M'gilah Reading
Monday, March 25
Kadima will be celebrating Purim on Monday, March 25, with a special interactive reading of M'gilat Esther at 10:00 am on the Kadima yard. All elementary and middle school parents are invited to join us. Students may choose their own costumes to wear on Purim.
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Casino Night
Sunday, March 31, 5:30 pm
Kadima parents, don’t miss out on your chance to win the jackpot! One lucky Kadima student will be awarded free tuition for a year at this year’s gala on Sunday, March 31.
To enter to win, just add a raffle ticket (or two) to your gala ticket purchase. There are only 100 raffle tickets available and they’re selling out quickly, so don’t miss your chance!
Purchase your gala tickets and raffle ticket today!
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This past weekend, Kadima alums Sydney Hillel, class of 2021, and Stav Hillel, class of 2022, along with Kadima past president and current Board member, Fran Amkraut, participated in an Israeli folk dance festival at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. The moving performance was in honor of the families whose members were taken hostage on October 7 in Israel.
To read the full article in the Times of Israel, please click here.
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Top 10 Conversation Starters: Parashat Vayikra
By Dr. Steven Lorch
#10 - The parashah (and the book of Vayikra) begins (1, 1): "He called to Moshe, and God spoke to him (ויקרא אל משה וידבר ה' אליו)." What is strange about this word order? What can we learn from this phrasing about the nature of the encounter between God and man?
#9 - In the first mention of sacrifices in this parashah (1, 2), the order of the words is strange: "A person, when he offers from you a sacrifice (אדם כי יקריב מכם קרבן)." Why does the subject, "a person (אדם)," come before the conjunction "when (כי)"? What can we learn from this about the nature of sacrifices?
#8 - Why is "from you (מכם)" separated from the noun it seems to modify, "a person (אדם)"? In fact, why is the word "מכם (from you)" needed at all? What does it add to the meaning of the instruction?
#7 - The word "יקריב (he will offer, or he will sacrifice)" is mentioned twice in Vayikra 1, 3: "he shall offer it (יקריבנו), a male without a blemish; he shall offer it (יקריב אותו) at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting." What is the difference in meaning between these two offerings? (Hint: What would the best synonym be in each case?)
#6 - In the same verse, one of the requirements of the sacrifice is that it be offered "לרצונו (for his - or its - acceptance)." For whose acceptance - the sacrificer's (the person's)? The sacrifice's (the animal's)? The sin on account of which the sacrifice is offered? Or the one to whom it is sacrificed (God's)? How does the meaning of "acceptance" shift, depending on whose acceptance it is?
#5 - In 1, 9, the sacrifice is called "a sweet smell to God (ריח ניחוח לה')." Is this meant literally or symbolically? If it's literal, does God have a nose? If it's symbolic, what does the pleasant odor of the sacrifice symbolize?
#4 - While the word used in Vayikra 1 to describe the person who offers an animal sacrifice is "אדם (a man, a person)," the word used in Vayikra 2 for the person who offers a flour sacrifice is "נפש (a soul)." What's the difference between the two terms, and why is each one appropriate to the type of sacrifice the person offers?
#3 - In 4, 2, we learn that the only kind of sin for which a sin offering (חטאת) may be offered is an unintentional sin (שגגה). Two questions: (1) Why should there be any penalty at all for an unintentional act, which the person didn't really want to do? (2) Why can't an intentional sinner who later regrets the sin bring a sacrificial offering?
#2 - Four types of people bring a sin offering: the high priest (4, 3), the judges (4, 13), the king or chieftain (4, 22), and a private individual (4, 27). For three of the four, the word for "if" or " when" is the same, "אם." But for one type of person, the king or chieftain, the word for "if" or "when" is "אשר" (which might mean "if" or "when," or possibly "in case"). Why? What's different about the king's sin from that of the other three?
#1 - In Vayikra 5, 20, we read that a guilt offering (אשם) is brought when a person betrays God (ומעלה מעל בה'). However, the examples given are all sins, not against God, but against another person: lying about a debt or about a deposit, or price gouging, or stealing, or not returning lost property. Why does the Torah consider improperly taking another person's property to be a betrayal of God?
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