D'var Torah

 

 

זכור את יום השבת לקדשו                         

 

CANDLE LIGHTING - 5:47 PM

HAVDALAH - 6:50 PM

 

SHABBAT PRASHAT VAYAKHEL/PEKUDE -  (35:1 - 40:38)

SHABBAT HACHODESH - (EXODUS 12:1 - 20)

 

הסכום - Summary

 

• This Shabbat we have a double Torah portion.
• The commandment to observe the Shabbat is repeated.
• Moses asks the Israelites to donate gifts of gold, silver, copper, and precious stones to be used for building the tabernacle.
• Moses appoints Bezalel and Oholiab to oversee the sanctuary construction.
• A description of all the work and materials used in the construction of the tabernacle is listed.
• Moses and the Israelites celebrate the completion of the Tabernacle by anointing it.
• The Shabbat before the beginning of the month of Nisan is called Shabbat Hachodesh.
• We read about the first Passover in Egypt, as well as the rules and preparations of the celebration of the festival. 

 

SHABBAT SHALOM  שבת שלום -

 

Nachum Chasan

Head of School

 

Alumni Spotlight

 

Each week, The Silver Summary will feature one alumnus from our rich alumni network. 

 

Laurie (Frankston) Lagstein

Caesarea, Israel

 

 

What years did you attend The Silver Academy?

First grade through ninth grade.  Uh that would be about 1980 and forward

 

Where did you grow up in Harrisburg?

Parkside Lane at Italian Lake. 

 

Where did you go to school after The Silver Academy?

Harrisburg High School 

 

Where do you live now? 

Caesarea, Israel

 

What do you do?

Attend ulpan, make Shabbat dinner, walk on the beach, eat sushi, attend shiurim, throw parties.  A touch different than my prior career as a litigator. 

 

What was your favorite class at The Silver Academy?

Recess, of course.  Miss Koplivitz's class. She was an exuberant teacher.

 

Who was your best friend at The Silver Academy?

All the girls...Robin Ansel, Marcia Cohen, Ricci Rubin, Mindy Morrison...who am I missing?

 

What was your favorite school lunch?

Mrs. Gardner's mac and cheese. 

 

How many times were you sent to the principal's office?

Never ever ever.  My brother Arny took all the available time slots. 

 

What was your favorite memory and/or do you have any funny stories about The Silver Academy?

When I was in second grade, I returned home from school and complained to my mother

That my Hebrew teacher, Mr. Dimont, kept calling me Lola the Bear.  Mom called the school

...for the last time in my academic life...because my mother discovered that what Mr. Dimont said to me was, "lo lidabare." לא לדבר!

 

What was your favorite thing to do at the JCC? 

Eat Mrs. Gras' tuna sandwiches with my friends...

Loved the pool and the gym. Also bowling.

 

 

     Last month, Kitah Bet prepared for Purim by reading "V'Hanafoch Hu, HaSipour Megillat Esther". Students enjoyed discovering the twists and turns of Megillat Esther; just as one thing was about to happen, indeed most thankfully, the opposite occurred. They had fun acting out opposites and as they read the text, they identified how the characters in the Purim story were feeling. Students were excited to bake hamentaschen to take home to their families. They were eager to add "Al Hanisim" in Sh'mona Esrei and sang "Al Hanisim", a class favorite, for the Silver Academy on Shushan Purim.

 

     Kitah Bet made a Siyum in which they marked the completion of Parashat B'reishit and have continued their study of Chumash in Parashat Noach. With Purim behind them, they have turned their attention to the holiday of Pesach. They will use their own Haggadot, to learn about Pesach and take them home to have at their own Seders.

 

     This evening, March 7th, Kitah Bet will receive their Chumash B'reishit at the Chumash Celebration. Students will perform a Hatzagah (play) in a program for their parents and other guests based on the midrash of Avraham smashing the idols of his father Terach. As a child Avraham understood that there is one G-d. Kol Hakavod Kitah Bet!

 

     Pesach Kasher V'Samayach, from Kitah Bet and Morah Aviva

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