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10 Adar I, 5779 / Feb 15, 2019
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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 5:09 Shabbos Ends: produced by Rabbi Mendel Rubin & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program 6:11 Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
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CHOSHEN GEMSTONE COOKIES Kitah Bet (2nd grade) made colored candy studded 12-hole cookies (above) with Morah Chani as they learned about the Kohain Gadol (High Priest)’s beautiful Choshen breastplate in this week’s Torah portion Tetzaveh. Nursery students (left) glued color gemstones to a 12slot upcycled top as they learned the same. The names of the tribes of Israel were engraved on these stones, indeed, our school considers each student to be a precious gem!
This week’s newsletter is sponsored in loving memory of
R’ Yechiel Michel Piekarski Upcoming Shushan Purim Yartzeit By his daughter Morah Rochel and Rabbi Rubin and family
WHY THESE SILLY PAPER HATS? It’s the month of Adar I, a time to increase in happiness and celebrate joyously. Morah Rivi made it with them in art class. Happy Adar!
BETTER 2 LEAD YIDDISH SONGS CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
AN OLD “MC” DISCOVERY 6th grader Mendel L. was looking through a Gemorah Sukkah from the Artscroll set that Johanna Steper donated to the school that her husband Salo used and came across an old Maimonides Newsletter from Fall 2006! The students were so excited with this find! They found pictures of Maimonides alumni when they were young, discovered the school’s “Zahir Spotlight” theme of that year and also made comparisons between newsletters today and this one from more than twelve years ago. It is like a time-capsule… so interesting.
At the Massry Residence, HS Girls sang with the residents songs like Oyfen Pripitchek and Hop Mayne Hamantaschen (Music teacher Morah Lynn Gross used to sing that lively song with us), some of the residents knew it and really enjoyed hearing these songs that reminded them of their own childhood.
Mrs. Mattice’s 2nd graders read a story about a can-string-telephone and were so intrigued by it that she made it for them and they had fun talking to each other through it across the lunchroom. One thing they learned: the string must be taut (tight) for it to work.
THE 3:20 MINCHA MINYAN
Each school day during the winter months there is a 3:20pm Minyan at school (in the “I SEE IT BETTER NOW” back room upstairs) just before dismissal time. One day before English class this Some days are tight, especially if all the Barweek, Mr. Conley had his 8th graders Mitzvah boys are not in school that day, so if work in pairs to help a blindfolded partner you are around at that time, please stop in to walk up and down the stairs at school. Then help make the Minyan. they sat down in class to read a book about blind person’s struggles to get about. Their personal experience helped them better “see” RABBI RUBIN & THE ROVER See page 2 for more on the Mars Rover and and relate to the elements of the story. Rabbi Rubin’s 2004 & 2012 connections..