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| HEADMASTER'S MESSAGE | |
 In this week's Torah portion of Behar, we learn about the shemita year. This was the sabbatical year during which the Jewish people were commanded to suspend all normal agricultural activities. Naturally, this tended to make the farmers, and everyone else, extremely nervous. After all, people relied on the produce of their fields for their livelihood and, often, their very lives. The Torah anticipates this problem as follows, "And if you shall say: What shall we eat in the seventh year? Behold we may not sow, nor gather in our produce. Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth produce for the three years (i.e., the 6th, 7th, and 8th years of the cycle)." Thus, every seven years the entire nation experienced a mini-miracle in which the growth of one year was able to tide them over for that year, the next and even part of the following year. We see from Tanach and Jewish history that for many people, even living through this experience on a regular basis was insufficient to instill in them true trust and faith in Hashem. Why was this so? Rabbi Yaakov Haber explains that it is not enough to witness or even experience a miracle. The challenge is to internalize the experience and channel it into our daily behavior. We are surrounded by blessings from G-d. Our job is to perceive those blessings for what they truly are and learn how to incorporate that knowledge into our lives.
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Kahn
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YOM, YOM, YOM, YOM, YOM...FROM REMEMBRANCE TO CELEBRATION
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The weeks after Passover vacation are filled with the "Yoms". Starting with the somber Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron and taking us through the joyous celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut, the students at CTA had the opportunity to participate in appropriate classroom activities and school wide ceremonies. Thank you to the Judaic Studies and Hebrew Language staff that worked so hard to creative meaningful commemorations of these events. See specific department columns inside for more details.
A special shout out in advance to all the mothers and grandmothers in the CTA community as Sunday's calendar reads Mother's Day. In Judaism, we have the opportunity to fulfill the mitzvah of kibud av v'em (honoring our parents) everyday. This is a commandment that we reinforce with the students every day. It is wonderful to be able to display gratitude and affection for loved ones at special times, but it should be a part of who we are, not just annual occasions. Mother's Day should be a day full of love and endearment that helps you continuously experience such feelings throughout the year.
Happy Mother's Day!
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Monday, May 12: Pizza Bagels: Volunteer: B. Martin
Annual Meeting, Board Elections, 7:30pm
On-Line Book Fair is open
Tuesday, May 13: Hamburgers-Volunteer: L. Schottenstein
CTA Twirlers, 4-5pm
Wednesday, May 14: Grilled Cheese-Volunteer: R. Fineberg
Thursday, May 15: Meatball Subs-Volunteer: A. Rosen
Friday, May 16: Fish Sticks-Volunteer: S. Lubow
Lower School Dress Down Day
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May 18-20: CBI - Columbus Baseball Invitational
Sunday, May 18: Spring Fling, 1-7pm
May 21-22: Senior Exams
Thursday, May 22: 1st Grade Chag HaSiddur, 9:30am
May 22-30: Spring Book Fair
Monday, May 26: Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL
May 27-29: Senior Trip to Put-in-Bay
Tuesday, June 3: Erev Shavuot, 2:00pm Dismissal
June 4-5: Shavuot - No School
Friday, June 6: Field Day, Grades 3-8; Final Exam Review, Grades 9-11; 2:00pm Dismissal
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Tuesday, May 13
AWAY Baseball Game vs.Liberty Christian
5:00pm
Thursday, May 15
AWAY Baseball Game vs. Liberty Christian
5:00pm
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SCRIP UPDATE - PLACES TO PURCHASE SCRIP
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CTA Scrip Office, 864-0299 ext. 112
Monday-Thursday- 7:30am-4pm
Friday-7:30am-2pm
The Scrip Office keeps a variety of available scrip on hand. Special order scrip from hundreds of stores is available by sending your request to [email protected]. To see a complete selection of all of the Scrip choices, go to www.glscrip.com. To benefit CTA with online purchases, register at www.iGive.com.
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Remember: Target Take Charge of Education Program; Box Tops for Education; Giant Eagle Apples for Students, Kroger card, and empty inkjet cartridges into the box at the front office. To view the vendors participating in the Scrip Program go to www.glscrip.com.
Call & Deliver Program for Scrip: email [email protected] or call 864-0299 to order scrip and have it delivered to your home!
iGive: Do you and your family make a lot of purchases on the internet? Have you registered for iGive? More than 1400 stores are connected through iGive and when registered, a percentage of your purchases will benefit CTA. We have been registered since 2011 and have earned close to $1000. However, we only have 62 registered members. Are you one of them? To get connected, go to http://www.igive.com/HS49PpM and register today!
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NEWS FROM THE LOWER SCHOOL JUDAIC STUDIES DEPART.
By Dror Karavani, Lower School Judaic Studies Coordinator
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 Yom HaAtzmaut Part of the celebration surrounding Yom HaAtzmaut was that the Third Graders created a topographic map of Israel with the biblical cities placed appropriately. They were using these to teach the younger students. This was another opportunity to integrate our Chumash learning to the Jewish holidays and the State of Israel.  CONGRATULATIONS TO BENTCHERS OF THE MONTH Molly Binsky, Ephraim Szatmary, Shmueli Andrusier
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ON THE UP & UP:
NEWS FROM THE UPPER SCHOOL JUDAIC STUDIES DEPARTMENT
By Rabbi Zecharia Weitz, Upper School Judaic Studies Coordinator |
Just Follow Your Nose!
If you turn to page 224 in the Artscroll Siddur you will see a list of various berachot (blessings), some of which you may never have said in your life! Taking advantage of our beautiful and expansive campus, upper school students seized a fleeting moment to explore a new beracha frontier; bercat ha'raiyoch (blessings over fragrances). Below are some pictures of a H.S. class on a beracha excursion during a free period. We made a borei isvai bsamim on the mint by the flags, a borei atzai bsamim on the blossoming tree by the kindergarten and a hanotain rayoch tov bapeirot on fresh ground coffee from the teachers' lounge. To top things off, we ran into Dror Karavani at the end of our adventure who showed us a blossoming fruit tree and we said the once-a-year beracha on that (p. 228) as well!
 
Table Talk: Parshat Behar introduces a major component of the Torah's economic system (at least for Eretz Yisroel), Shimita. Shimita mandates that every seven years all land lay fallow and all dept be erased. Leaving aside all of the details and exceptions, why would Hashem want our economy to run this counter-intuitive way. What message about commerce and property are we to gleam from this fascinating mitzva?
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SAY IT IN HEBREW
By Galit Golan, K-12 Hebrew Language Coordinator |
Yom Hazikaron ceremony and Yom Haatzmaut activities at CTA were a huge success.
The ceremony, directed by Morah Kelly Adar, was a great tribute to the IDF soldiers and their contribution and sacrifice for the state of Israel, and for every Jew in the world. Community and school rabbies took an active role in the ceremony, chanting prayers and reading psukim from the bible.
The 11th and 12th grade students read poems and prose, which brought tears to the eyes of everyone in the audience.
On Yom Haatzmaut, all CTA students were engaged in varies activities: The lower school students enjoyed Israeli cooking, Israel teamed art, Israel bingo, story time and games. The upper school students enjoyed a Kachol- lavan- Yarok color war. (The blue and white groups stood for the flag of Israel, while the green group stood for the IDF, the Israel Defense Force.) The activities ranged from an Israeli themed scavenger hunt, to Israeli cooking and Israel themed game show. You can see all fun the students had reflected in the pictures below. With a continuous prayer for the state of Israel. Shabbat Shalom.
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| MAZAL TOV TO: |
Ira Nutis (8th Grade Class of '71) and sons Sam Nutis (Class of '04) and Joey Nutis (Class of '05) on winning the B'nai B'rith Men's Bowling Championship
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| MAZAL TOV TO RABBI KAHN! |
Mazal Tov and congratulations to Rabbi Kahn on being appointed as the Head of School at the Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy of Miami Beach. Hebrew Academy, as the school is known, is a pre-school through 12th grade Jewish day school with almost 600 students. The Kahns will be moving to Miami Beach this summer. We wish the whole family success and happiness in their new community.
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TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK - IT'S NEVER TOO LATE
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 Teacher Appreciation Week continues through May 11. It's never too late to share your appreciation for your child's teacher or for a teacher that had a profound effect on your family. Drop a message via email directly to the teacher, to [email protected] or on Facebook. Jifiti is offering a special promotion for CTA families who want to send a gift card to a teacher. Just download their app hereand login. CTA will receive 5% of purchases.
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HAVE YOU TAKEN CARE OF...
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Signing up for Junior CBI Registration for ages 8-13
Signing up to volunteer at Spring Fling or CBI
Put a Spring Fling Lawn Sign in Your Yard (and a friends)
Signing up for 1-Mile Fun Run
Turning in your Columbus Bus Rider Form?
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| SPRING FLING CORNER! |
A detailed schedule for Spring Fling Family Festival will be posted in next week's Dateline, but we look forward to seeing EVERYONE (and their cousin) next Sunday from 1-7 pm. All activities are at CTA. Many volunteer opportunities, contact Yiska Weisband or sign up here.
Sign up online here or click below for the 2nd annual Spring Fling Fun Run. Advance registration is $5 per runner and includes a t-shirt. At the door is $10. T-shirts as available. Thank you to Fun Run sponsor, First Bexley Bank.
Spring Fling Family Festival will feature amusement rides, pony rides, a visit from a fire engine, Talent Tent, Kidz Karaoke featuring emcee, Brutus Buckeye, photo booth, PJ Library and more. Watch your dateline, email and Facebook for updates. Thank you to Event Sponsors: Joey & Lindsay Schottenstein, Leonore Zusman and the Stuart and Marilyn Cole Fund of the Columbus Jewish Federation, SuperGames.
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| COLUMBUS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL CORNER |
CBI Junior Registration through Sunday is for ages 8-13. This fun baseball clinic is for our future athletes. Get ready for the real thing by signing up for the clinic here or with form available in the office or on the website. This special event is designed for Jewish day school students from CTA and CJDS. Volunteers for CBI can contact Robin Garvin to offer their help.
 The Opening Game of CBI will be at the JCC fields on College Avenue. First pitch is on Sunday, May 18 at 7 pm. A Lag BaOmer Bonfire will be held during the opening games. CBI continues through Monday and Tuesday. Go to www.columbusinvitational.com for updated schedule. The Awesome Concession Stand will be open throughout the games.
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| JUNIOR COLUMBUS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL CLINIC | |
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| JR. HIGH LANGUAGE ARTS DECATHLON |
 It was another fun, educational event in CTA's Jr. High this week when seventh and eighth grade students participated in the academically competitive Language Arts Decathlon. Broken up into seven different groups, the students worked together as a team to complete a series of literacy tasks - literary analysis in poetry, vocabulary skills matching game, grammar search, spelling proficiency and proofreading, literary devices and creative writing. The team with the most accuracy, creativity and speed won. Pictured is one of the teams while they worked (and smiled) and a vocabulary board completed by one of the teams. Thank you to Mr. Guinan and Mrs. Moreno, Junior High language arts teachers, for their creativity in teaching our students. Congratulations to the team of Sigal Import, Aviga'yil Levi, Harry Bernzweig, Rena Kahn, Mira Cassell for their language arts skills!
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| BOOK FAIR IS COMING, ON LINE OPENS THIS WEEKEND |
The Spring Book Fair online store opens this Sunday, May 11. Visit our book fair homepage -http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/cta. The Book Fair will have a special preview at Spring Fling and will officially open for business May 22-30. Remember, proceeds benefit the library collection and volunteers are needed to help with the fair. Contact [email protected] for more information.
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| CTA ALUM TO RUN SYDNEY HERALD HALF MARATHON |
CTA Alumnus, Hannah Polster (Class of 2011) is a student at OSU and is currently studying abroad for the semester in Australia. She has undertaken the project of running in the Sydney Herald Half Marathon on Sunday, May 18. She would like to run on behalf of her alma mater, Columbus Torah Academy. To support her favorite charity, go to: https://give.everydayhero.com/us/hannah-polster and make donation today. She has set her goal at $700 for our school.
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| COLUMBUS PUBLIC BUS RIDERS |
ALL (current and new) Columbus bus riders must fill out an Application for Pupil Transportation for the 2014-2015 school year. You can access this form at CTA's website at www.torahacademy.org. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to Norma Whitmyre by the last day of school, Wednesday, June 11. Transportation cannot be guaranteed without a form.
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| KINGS ISLAND DISCOUNT COUPONS |
Special offers and coupons from Kings Island are available at the front desk. Stop by and get your discounts for the summer!
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| PURCHASE AN AD IN THE CTA YEARBOOK |
Do you want to publish your congratulations to the Class of 2014? Wish to get the word out about your business or your organization? Desire to support CTA and its mission? Then advertise in the 2014 CTA yearbook!
2014 YEARBOOK ADVERTISING RATES
Ad prices reflect commitment to advertise by May 16, 2014. After May 16, the price increases by $15 per ad. If you will need an ad to be designed for you, please add a $20 prep fee to each price.
Full page Plus (7.5 x 10 inches) - $215 - Receive a copy of the full-color 2014 CTA Yearbook!
Full page (7.5 x 10 inches) - $125
1/2 page (7.5 x 5 inches) - $95
1/4 page (3.75 x 5 inches) - $65
1/8 page (3.75 x 2.5 inches) - $35
We appreciate your support! Please email Yearbook Adviser Amy Neiwirth -[email protected] - to obtain an advertising contract if you are interested in purchasing an ad. Space is limited in our yearbook so don't delay!
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| COMMUNITY NEWS |
BLOCK'S BAGELS KASHRUT ALERT: Please be aware that the only items under kosher supervision at Block's Bagels are the bagels and other baked goods. Everything else in the store, including the spreads and all cooked items, are NOT SUPERVISED. This information comes directly from the Columbus Vaad Ha'Ir (Buckeye Kosher).
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TZEDAKAH
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It has been a time-honored Jewish tradition to give tzedakah in recognition of important events. Todah Rabah to the following for their donation to:
The Annual Fund:
Bob, Patti, Josh and Rachel Wolf, Mazel Tov to Morah Galit, their family will miss you!
Paul and Karan Tanenbaum in memory of Jeff Siegel's mother and in memory of Elaine Cohen
Jeff and Debbie Meyer in honor of Anny Hoffman's 50th birthday and in
memory of Rita Hoffman
Peretz (Paul) Tanenbaum, Chaim (Hal) Tanenbaum, Laeh Bat Simcha and Shari Goren in memory of sister and mother Faigie Flamholz and to thank the following people: Sara Beth Kahn for scheduling meals and finding people for the minyan including Rabbi Kahn, Avi Kahn, Shmuel Kahn, Yehuda Rosenberg, and Noah Ziv; and to thank all those who helped with minyanim, meals, and to those who came, called, and emailed us to be menachem avayl
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1. Why does the Torah specify that the laws of shemita were taught on Har Sinai?
a. To teach us that just as shemita was taught in detail on Har Sinai, so too, all the mitzvot were taught in detail on Har Sinai.
2. If one possesses shemita food after it is no longer available in the field, what must he do with it?
a. Remove it from his property and declare it ownerless.
3. The Torah commands, "You shall sanctify the fiftieth year." How is this done?
a. At the beginning of the year the Beit Din declares, "This year is kadosh (sanctified).
4. Which two "returns" are announced by the shofar during yovel?
a. The return of the land to its original owner, and the "return" (freedom) of the slave from slavery.
5. From where does the yovel year get its name?
a. From the sounding of the shofar. A ram's horn is called yovel.
6. What prohibitions are derived from the verse "v'lo tonu ish et amito - - a person shall not afflict his fellow?"
a. One may not intentionally hurt people's feelings, nor give bad advice while secretly intending to reap benefit.
7. What is the punishment for neglecting the laws of shemita?
a. Exile.
8. If shemita is observed properly, how long is the crop of the sixth year guaranteed to last?
a. From Nissan of the sixth year until Sukkot of the ninth year.
(Parsha Behar Quiz appeared on the Ohr Somayach website)
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As part of our partnership with the Shiloh school in Israel, we will be receiving riddles each week relating to the Parasha. You will notice this each week on this back page. The goal is to have the parents and children discuss the parasha, while trying to figure out the connection between the picture and the parasha. All answered riddles should be given to the Judaic teacher on Monday. The names of the winners will be announced and sent to our friends in Israel.
 What is the connection between the picture and the parasha? Look in Chapter 25, Verse 4. You will find the answer there.
Moreh Dror Karavani will collect all of the submitted answers, put them in a box, and save them for the big raffle! You will hear more about this very soon. Keep your answers coming.
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I hope you enjoy the electronic version of our Dateline. Please check out our website at www.torahacademy.org.
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