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Iyar 2, 5773 / April 12, 2013
Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District Candle-Lighting: 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org 7:15
produced by Rabbi Mendel & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
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SETH EBEN SHAPIRO OBM
NURSERY BAR YOCHAI BOOKS
Seth Shapiro was a member of Saratoga’s Bais Masha Orthodox Minyan (and also frequented CBAJ in Albany), he worked first as an attorney and then for the Vaad HaKashruth, and was a friend of a number of Maimonides families. His untimely passing, after suffering a heart attack last week, was a shock to many. The funeral will be Sunday (4/14) at noon, at the Independent Benevolent Society Cemetery on Fuller Road (near CNSE/Nanotech).
Nursery students are making books about the life of the Mishnaic sage, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, whose yartzeit we celebrate on Lag B’Omer. These girls are happy to read it!
This newsletter is dedicated in loving memory of
Dr. Morton Berger on his 25th Yartzeit - Nissan 28
MAZAL TOV MORGENBESSERS A week after Dr. Morgenbesser’s passing, his son MHDS alumni Avi & Shoshana Morgenbesser had a baby boy, named “Leib Yisroel” in his memory. In attendance at the Shalom Zachor and the Bris was the respected Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yerachmiel Olshin. Stay tuned for Albany Shloshim Memorial, possibly Tuesday the 17th.
ISRAEL’S BIRTHDAY
On Tuesday this coming week there will be a free Felafel Lunch, and a special Israel program. Morah Devorah’s students are working on this (<) big wall map of Israel. We are HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE looking for a lively children’s See page 3 inside for different things done at video titled “Israel You Have school to remember the Holocaust this week: It All!” (made by the same Mr. Adler told his father’s survival story to group that did “Miracle middle and high school students. Days”) but it does not seem 7/8 grade Jewish History class learned about to be available for sale AVIV/SPRING BULLETIN BOARD Rabbi E. Oshry’s Holocaust Responsa. anymore. If you have it at Ms. Livingston’s 2nd graders made the top home, we’d greatly appreciate if you can send it bulletin board “Changes in Spring” & Nursery HS did “Righteous Gentiles” in Hebrew. 2nd grade read a book called “The Lily in for us to show at school on Tuesday. made the blue “Aviv” (Hebrew for Spring). It Cupboard” by Shulamith Levy Oppenheim. really felt like Springtime earlier in the week, 3rd graders learned the story of Irene but it turned quite chilly (and felt a little Sendler who saved 2,500 Jewish children. wintry again) at the end of the week. See page 3 (>) for more on these stories.
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ROSH CHODESH AT SCHOOL There were two days of Rosh Chodesh this month, so on Wednesday, the first day of Rosh Chodesh, the 8am Minyan came to school. Pictured above (R) 7th grader Azriel reads the Torah, and (L) 4th grade JJ was honored with wrapping the Torah because he did a great davening that morning!