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Oct 9, 2015
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Volume XI, Issue 5
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26 Tishrei 5776
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Dates to Remember
Light Shabbat candles at 6:17 p.m.; Shabbat ends 7:20 p.m.
Thanksgiving--No Sessions
Monday, Oct 12 Caribou Math Contest (for willing participants in Gr 3-7)
Wednesday, Oct 14 VTT Family Fun Run
EVERYONE WELCOME! Sunday, Oct 18, 9:00 a.m. Jericho Beach Sign up hereWinter Uniform Begins (no shorts; sweaters or vests required)
Monday, Oct 19 VTT Annual General Meeting
Monday, Oct 19, 6 p.m. at VTT VTT PAC: Meeting at Large
Monday, Oct 19, 7 p.m. at VTT Individual Student Photos (come dressed in complete school uniform)
Tuesday, Oct 20 Grade 7 Tornadoes Soccer Game
Wednesday, Oct 21, 3:30-5:00 Talk, Taste & Tour at the Talmud Torah Town Square
A special event for all current VTT familiesWednesday, Oct 21, 7:30 p.m. Congregation Beth Israel Ballroom
- See a fly through of the new campus
- Learn about our new early years model with extended hours
- Sample delectable treats from one of Vancouver's top kosher caterers
Provincial Pro-D Day--No Sessions
Friday, Oct 23
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Community Calendar
OCD Awareness DayHear from experts and learn about recent findingsFriday, Oct 16, 9:30-1:00 FREE EVENT!Lunch catered by Bagel Club 950 West 28th Avenue (near VTT) Sign up hereThe worldwide Shabbat Project is happening on Friday, Oct 23. Learn about it here. You can sign up to join here. Have you heard of the Great Challah Bake, part of The Shabbat Project initiative?
Join Vancouver's Jewish community on Thursday, Oct 22 from 7-9 p.m. to prepare challahs for Shabbat.
Sign up here
There will also be a FREE Havdalah concert at the conclusion of The Shabbat Project on Saturday, Oct 24th.
Sign up here
Congregation Beth Israel is having an all-inclusive, family friendly Shabbat retreat in Whistler the weekend of November 27th.
Click this link to learn more
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SHONOT / ODDS 'N ENDZ
VTT preschool director, Lyora Nifco, has lost a pair of prescription (Prada) eyeglasses. If you've come across a stray pair of glasses, kindly bring them to the front office.
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Support VTT through purchasing on Amazon.
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TALK, TASTE & TOUR AT THE TALMUD TORAH TOWN SQUARE!
A special event for the entire VTT parent community!
Wednesday, Oct 21, 7:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth Israel Ballroom
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JUST A FEW SPOTS LEFT FOR LEGO ROBOTICS! STARTS NEXT TUESDAY
LEGO Robotics WE DOTuesdays, 3:30-4:45 (Grades 1-2) Begins Oct 13 LEGO Robotics MindstormTuesdays, 3:30-4:45 (Grades 3-6) Begins Oct 13 Register at robocamps.ca
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GETTING READY FOR STEM EDUCATION
This week our Grade Three teachers participated in an orientation that introduced them to our new LEGO Robotics STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) program. Ana Golland, from the Daedalos Academy, facilitated the hands-on, structured learning program. Teachers had the opportunity to work through a lesson and strengthen their own creative problem-solving abilities.
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JOIN US FOR VTT'S FAMILY FUN RUN!
VTT families and friends are encouraged to join the VTT Running Club at their First Annual Family Fun Run at Jericho Beach on Sunday, Oct 18th. Choose from 1 KM, 2.5 KM or 5KM route options. Donations graciously appreciated. All monies collected will support hot lunch programs in needy schools in the Lower Mainland. Rain or shine! Fun for the whole family while supporting a good cause! Start time: 9 a.m. Click the link below to register. Will take about 5 seconds!
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WEEKLY TORAH PORTION / PARASHAT HA'SHAVUA
As interpreted by seventh grade student. Sophie Fishman, daughter of Jan Fishman and Carol Konkin, who celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at Or Shalom synagogue last Shabbat. |
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Photo by Rachel Lando of Lando Images
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Today on Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot, we read the story of the Golden Calf
from Parshat Ki Tissa.
Here is the story: Moses goes up to mountain to receive the Torah, taking a long time. While he is gone, the people make a golden calf. God gets upset and wants to kill them all. Moses says to God: you shouldn't.
Moses heads down the mountain. He sees the calf and drops the tablets. He grinds the gold from the calf and makes the people drink it. He kills 3,000 people -- even though he told God not to kill them.
God thinks the people are stubborn and doesn't want to go with them to the land of milk and honey. Moses gives the message and the people are upset.
So, Moses goes to the tent to talk to God. Because there is a Cloud outside, the people know it's holy. They bow down and leave Moses alone. Moses and God come to an agreement: God will go with them.
Moses says: let me see your Presence (by the way, no one really knows what "seeing God's Presence" means.) God says: go to the rock, stand near me, and my hand will cover you. When I lift my hand, you will see my back. But you won't be able to see my face. With this, God seems to say: I will never be mean. I will shower the people with goodness and compassion. Read more online . . .
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Vancouver Talmud Torah is a traditional Jewish community day school dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which Jewish children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and Canadian society.
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Vancouver Talmud Torah gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.
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ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH YACHAD, VTT's social responsibility initiative?
This month's theme is Community Mindedness: Areyvut
You can read more here
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