BH. Kislev
1, 5776 / Nov 13, 2015
Candle-Lighting: Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District 4:17 (!) 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org Shabbos Ends: produced by Rabbi Mendel Rubin & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program 5:18 Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
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RETURNING LOST KEYS
This newsletter is sponsored by Mendel S. and Adina W. were playing in the playground earlier this week when they came Dr. Yehoshua Moshe and across a set of keys hidden under some leaves Chaya Bracha Rubin in the park. They showed them to Morah Devorah, on the birth of their son! who posted a sign in the park that if someone lost keys they should come to the school office. Indeed, a family came the very next day. They were so happy and relieved that the keys were found! After losing the keys, they retraced their steps, and while they looked in the park, there were so many leaves, they couldn’t find it. But then, they decided to go park to check one last time just in case and they saw the sign that they keys were found. This is the Mitzvah of Hashovas Aveidah, and RAFFLE-AUCTION AT PRINTER its actually something that several of our older This year’s Raffle-Auction will be held on the grades are learning now in their Talmud class. 8th day of Chanukah, at the very tail end of the holiday; hence our theme: “Keep the Lights Shining!” See this week’s High-5 (on VETERANS DAY PARADE Quite a few Maimonides students were at the page 3) for some of the highlights of this year’s Veterans Day Parade with prize packages. You should be receiving the Raffle-Auction booklet in the mail by the end their families. They saw of next week, an online version should be lots of flags, men in ready by then as well. In the meantime we will uniform, some marching HS GIRLS VISIT 9/11 MEMORIAL be posted the prize package pages along with bands, and police on Mrs. Ramsay, our Social Science teacher took the order form via email. There are some new horses. It was a little wet the HS girls down to NYC for a full-day trip prize packages this year, many very nice prizes. visiting the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, as well out but that didn’t dampen people’s spirits. See the full printed version for “Maimonides is as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as a Spectrum of Light” from flashlights to ESTY MEMORIAL LECTURE a late lunch at “Milk and Honey”. The girls Menorahs… You can also purchase tickets were amazed at how extensive and meaningful This Sat Night, 7:30pm will be the annual Esty online (please share the link with friends and the 9/11 museum turned out to be. They had (Rubin) Cohen Memorial Lecture, given by family!) at www.maimonidesschool.org/ to take the bottom photo of: “Albany Street”. Mrs. Bronya Schaffer at Maimonides: “Love and Privacy in an Age of Exposure.” The talk is auction. This online form will be ready after this weekend. Thanks for your support of this FILLING UP A also sponsored by Mikvah USA. Men and women welcome, refreshments will be served. important annual fundraiser! PITCHER
Last Friday the Nursery students went outside to fill up pitchers of water for “Eliezer’s camels” in the Parsha last week.
MAZAL TOV DR. & MRS. RUBIN Mazal Tov to Dr. Yehoshua & Chaya Bracha Rubin on the birth of a newborn baby boy this Thursday. Wishing them much Nachas!
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