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Beit Rayim Hebrew School Newsletter

May / June 2010May / June 2010May / June 2010May / June 2010 Iyyar Iyyar Iyyar Iyyar ---- Sivan Sivan Sivan Sivan ----Tamuz 5770Tamuz 5770Tamuz 5770Tamuz 5770

CONTENT

Sha lom Pa rents 1

News 2

BRHS Reg is t ra t ion 2

May / June B i r thdays 2

Sponsor ing

Kabba la t Shabba t 2

Upcoming Events 3

Kabba la t Shabba t 3

Walk w i th Is rae l 3

Is rae l Day Fes t iva l 3

May/June Calendar 4

Principal Principal Principal Principal Rabbi David M. EligbergRabbi David M. EligbergRabbi David M. EligbergRabbi David M. Eligberg

To Contact

your Child’s Teacher:

Please call or e-mail

the school office at

905-889-0276 x 32

or [email protected]

The message will be given

to the teacher who will contact you.

Upcoming Events

May

Kabbalat Shabbat

JK/SK and Grade 6

May 7

No School

May 20, 23 and 30

Due Date for Early

Bird

May 27

June

Last Day of School

June 6

As the Israelites approach the Promised Land after almost forty years in the wilderness,

the Torah presents us with Moshe’s final words of instruction, encouragement, and ex-

hortation. Moshe reflects on the significant events that our ancestors shared on their jour-

ney from Egypt to the eastern shores of the Jordan River.

A recurring theme in Moshe’s discourse to the Israelites is the theophany at Sinai, the

moment when revelation took place and our ancestors were given a glimpse of the reality

of God’s presence. Emergent from that moment of encounter with the divine is the Torah

and a new appreciation of what it means to live in the realm of the Holy One.

Moshe, in speaking of this singular event in history emphasizes that the covenant created

between God and the Israelites included not only those who were physically present but

their descendants throughout time. The midrash builds on Moshe’s words and asserts that

the soul of every Jew was present at that moment at Sinai and thus became part of God’s

covenantal community.

As we prepare to celebrate the festival of Shavuot, we remind ourselves that we stood

with our ancestors to receive the Torah, to become an active expression of God’s teach-

ings and to walk in the footsteps of our ancestors along the pathways of our tradition and

heritage. Indeed, one of the names by which the festival is known captures the essential

need for our engaged participation. By calling the festival, the Season of the Giving of

the Torah, it places squarely within our purview the acceptance of the Torah. Through

the teachings of the Torah, God offers us a blueprint for the creation of a moral and ethi-

cal society with the hope that we will be willing to undertake that mission.

Shavuot invites us to walk in God’s ways and in the footsteps of generations of Jews who

have come before us. We are called upon to listen and hear the words of God echoing

across time from Sinai; to hear them addressed to us personally.

Our ancestors listening to Moshe in the wilderness knew that they were about to enter the

Promised Land and have the opportunity to build their home as a reflection of the To-

rah’s values. One can only imagine the incredible sense of excitement and anticipation

that animated the Israelite camp as they prepared to walk on the soil where Avraham and

Sarah, Yitzchak and Rivka, Ya’akov, Rachel and Laya had begun the remarkable journey

of the Jewish people. Visiting Israel gives an opportunity to touch that vibrant energy.

Until we do we can still try to experience walking with our fellow Jews in a virtual jour-

ney as to join in the Walk With Israel just ten days after Shavuot.

Like our ancient Israelite ancestors we can strengthen our Jewish identity and sense of

connection as a community by first hearing God’s words and then walking together as

one people.

B’vracha –

Rabbi David M. Eligberg

Our school is NUT FREE and KOSHER.

MAY BIRTHDAYSMAY BIRTHDAYSMAY BIRTHDAYSMAY BIRTHDAYS Leviah Green-Wells, May 1

Jason Arbour, May 3 Lesley Zosky, May 3 David Macy, May 5

Mitchell Garber, May 6 Naomi Koven, May 7

Lauren Soudack, May 10 Matthew Zilgestein, May 10

Erica Presement, May 15 Jordana Lasko, May 16 Jodyn Miller, May 16 Adam Sharvit, May16 Eric Caplan, May 17

Emma Dizgun, May 21 Sydney Jacobs, May 21 Jennifer Miller, May 21

Joey Miller, May 21 Samuel Macy, May 25

Brandon Wainberg, May 29

JUNE BIRTHDAYSJUNE BIRTHDAYSJUNE BIRTHDAYSJUNE BIRTHDAYS Houston Rose, June 1 Harrison Sable, June 5

Amanda Brotman, June 6 Evan Friedlan, June 7

Freddy Mosnaim, June 7 Carly Shea, June 7

Hannah Bass, June 8 Zoey Presement, June 8

Dylan Rosenbaum, June 9 Eitan Grosman, June 12 Josh Magder, June 12

Robbie Meyer, June 12 Shai Wein, June 12 Eyal Bitton, June 17

Adam Levine, June 21 Leah Levine, June 21

Jonathan Koven, June 23 David Tilayoff, June 23

Tomer Szulsztein, June 24 Uri Sajnovetzky, June 25 Arielle Dahary, June 26 Maurice Nseiri, June 26 Jonah Godfrey, June 29 Jonas Horowitz, June 30

Joshua Rose, June 30

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Sponsor Your Child’s

Kabbalat Shabbat

Service

We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to sponsor your child’s Kabbalat Shabbat Service. Sponsors will be formally acknowledged at the Service. Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $18 or more, and more than one family can sponsor each Service. Please bring in a cheque made out to Beit Rayim Hebrew School by the Sunday before your child’s Kabbalat Shabbat Service.

For more information contact Grace at the School office at 905-889-0276 x.32

or email at [email protected]

Registration Package

2010 - 2011

Information and Registration

Forms are available

on our website www.beitrayim.org.

Don’t miss out on

the Early Registration savings!

You can take advantage of

the special rate if you register by

May 27, 2010!

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Kabbalat Shabbat 5770 May 7

Save the date!

Interactive and participatory service for all ages!

Schmooze and Snack 6:00 p.m.

Service 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.

The Reena Battle Centre

927 Clark Ave. W. - Thornhill

May 7May 7May 7May 7

Kindergarten and Kita Vav (G. 6)

Walk with Israel

The Walk with Israel is the perfect opportunity to

show your love and support of Israel while having fun

with family and friends.

Money raised from this year’s UJA Walk with Israel

will benefit the children of Bat Yam whose commu-

nity faces high unemployment rates, poor living con-

ditions and an educational system that faces many

challenges.

There is a huge festival and BBQ after the Walk that

you don’t want to miss!

Families connected to Beit Rayim are invited to join

together in camaraderie and support of Israel. Meet for

a group picture before the Walk starts. You can join

and/or sponsor Beit Rayim Team, just going to

www.walkwithisrael.com

Sunday, May 30th. Kick-off Party: 9:00 am at Corona-

tion Park. Walk start: 10:00 am.

For more information go to www.walkwithIsrael.com

Iyyar Iyyar Iyyar Iyyar –––– Sivan 5770 • May 2010 Sivan 5770 • May 2010 Sivan 5770 • May 2010 Sivan 5770 • May 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Parashat Emor

2 18 Iyyar Lag B'Omer

Chidon National Contest in Toronto

School

3 19 Iyyar

Chidon National Contest in Toronto

4 20 Iyyar

5 21 Iyyar

6 22 Iyyar School

7 23 Iyyar Kabbalat Shabbat at Reena JK/SK

8 24 Iyyar Parashat Behar-

Bechukotai

9 25 Iyyar School

10 26 Iyyar

11 27 Iyyar

12 28 Iyyar Yom Yerushalayim

13 29 Iyyar

School

14 1 Sivan Rosh Chodesh Sivan

15 2 Sivan Parashat Bamidbar

16 3 Sivan

School School Council Meeting

17 4 Sivan

18 5 Sivan Erev Shavuot Tikkun Leil Shavuot

19 6 Sivan Shavuot I

20 7 Sivan Shavuot II

No School

21 8 Sivan

22 9 Sivan Parashat Nasso

23 10 Sivan No School

24 11 Sivan Victoria Day

25 12 Sivan

26 13 Sivan

27 14 Sivan School

28 15 Sivan

29 16 Sivan Parashat

Beha'alotcha

3017 Sivan

Walk With Israel

No School

3118 Sivan

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Sivan Sivan Sivan Sivan –––– Tamuz 5770 • June 2010 Tamuz 5770 • June 2010 Tamuz 5770 • June 2010 Tamuz 5770 • June 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 19 Sivan

2 20 Sivan

3 21 Sivan School

4 22 Sivan

5 23 Sivan Parashat Sh'lach

6 24th of Sivan, 5770 Last Day of Hebrew School

7 25 Sivan

8 26 Sivan

9 27 Sivan

10 28 Sivan

11 29 Sivan

12 30 Sivan Rosh Chodesh Tamuz Parashat Korach

17 5 Tamuz

18 6 Tamuz

19 7 Tamuz Parashat Chukat

School Office: 209School Office: 209School Office: 209School Office: 209----1118 Centre St. Thornhill ON L4J 7R91118 Centre St. Thornhill ON L4J 7R91118 Centre St. Thornhill ON L4J 7R91118 Centre St. Thornhill ON L4J 7R9 Phone: (905) 889Phone: (905) 889Phone: (905) 889Phone: (905) 889----0276 x32 During School Hours: (647) 2300276 x32 During School Hours: (647) 2300276 x32 During School Hours: (647) 2300276 x32 During School Hours: (647) 230----0597059705970597

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