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We have a new Facebook group.
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Dates to Remember
Light Shabbat candles at 4:15 p.m.; Shabbat ends 5:23 p.m.
VTT PAC Hanukkah Sale
Mon, Tues, Wed, Nov 16-18
Yachad Assembly: Celebrating Chesed/Lovingkindness
Monday, Nov 16, 8:30 a.m.
Deadline to order individual school photos
Individual Photo Retakes
Tuesday, Nov 17
VTT Early Years Open House (Preschool 3, Jr. Kindergarten & Sr. Kindergarten)
Wednesday, Nov 18, 7:30 p.m.
Winter Coat Drive, led by Grade 6 Students
Tues, Wed, Thurs, Nov 18-20
Coats will be picked up in the school foyer or in the parkade
VTT/Schara Tzedeck Blood Drive
Thurs & Fri, Nov 19 & 20
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KOL HA'KAVOD KUDOS KORNER
We are so grateful to VTT parent, Laureen Teperson, for managing our used uniform inventory. Thanks, as well, to Susan Tabliga, Naomi Evans, Neta Herman and Sharon Bicas for their help with our mini sale.
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ARTICLE OF INTEREST
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Did you know that Myanmar (formerly Burma) was once home to thousands of Jews? Did you realize that the capital, Yangon, even has a synagogue (once boasting 126 Torah scrolls)? Today, the community numbers a mere 20 people. Read about Moses Samuels who preserved the shul and other aspects of Jewish communal life until his death earlier this year.
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NEED TO CHECK YOUR PAC VOLUNTEER HOURS
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Support VTT through purchasing on Amazon.
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dance for Grades 4-7 begins the week of Nov 24.
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THE PAC HANUKKAH SALE BEGINS NEXT WEEK!
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November 16-18, before and after school, candles, gelt and more!
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LOVE LATKES BUT HATE THE WORK?
ORDER YOUR HANUKKAH POTATO PANCAKES THROUGH OUR PAC
Back by popular demand! Get out of the kitchen and enjoy the holiday with your family! The VTT PAC is pleased to offer our community the option to purchase pre-frozen latkes for Hanukkah! Kosher and delicious, they are catered by Classic Impressions. 6 for $10 or 12 for $15 Order by Friday, Nov 27th Pickup on Friday, Dec 4th at the Hanukkah table (or we will deliver to the parkade for you).
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NEW THIS YEAR:
HANUKKAH LOOT BAGS
Contents may vary slightly but will likely include dreidels, gelt, erasers, stickers and a mandarin option. Please specify if you would like completely nut-free gelt for your loot bag. (While supplies last) 1 for $2 or 6 bags for $10 Order by Friday, Nov 27th. Pick up on Friday, Dec 4th in the foyer or the parkade.
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THE JEWISH FOOD BANK IS IN NEED OF APPLESAUCE & OIL FOR HANUKKAH
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Potato pancake mix is in need as well.
Deposit your donations in our food bank box in the school foyer. JFSA will pick up donations next Wednesday.
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Good luck, Ms. Steeves!
Tomorrow we bid adieu to VTT's Grade 7 science teacher and school counsellor, Marina Steeves, as she begins her maternity leave. The entire VTT community wishes her an easy birth.
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On Tuesday, we held Remembrance Day/Kristallnacht assemblies to acknowledge both the sacrifices made and lives lost in the name of freedom. Grade 3 students led the primary assembly and Grade 6 students (under the guidance of Ms. Davey and Morah Rachel) led the intermediate assembly. As befitting such gatherings, students comported themselves in a most respectful and solemn manner. |
Today the Grade 4 and Grade 7 chesed clubs joined forces to meet KDHS alum, Aaron Friedland, the founder of The Walking School Bus. Aaron, joined by his classmate Ali, a native of Rwanda who had to walk 1.5 hours each way to school every day, is spearheading an initiative to purchase used school buses for three interfaith (Jewish, Christian, Muslim) schools in Uganda. Aaron is also trying to flip education on its head to allow for better access for students in developing countries. If you want to raise awareness about inequality in education with the goal of flipping it on its head, take a photo of your handstand with the hashtag #TWSBflipsaccess2ed and post on your social media platform. |
Morah Shoshi's Grade 4 Chesed Club students are finding creative ways to raise money to support the victim of Afghanistan's recent earthquake. The students in the photo below raised close to $300 for this effort. Kol Ha'Kavod!
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Getting Ready for our Annual Hanukkah Concert |
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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 CHESED: Lovingkindness
You can read more here
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