Candle Lighting Time - 4:11 PM Page 1 Volume 12, Issue 8 November 30, 2012 פרשת וישלח בס"דLet’s Have a Parade! By Aviva Yablok, Early Childhood Department Director, [email protected]; Pictures taken by Early Childhood Department Teachers The Manhattan Day School Annual Early Childhood Thanksgiving Parade took place this year on Wednesday, November 21st. The air was cool, the sun was out, and the day was perfect. As usual, our parade route was lined with parents, grandparents, devoted caregivers, friends, and even some pets. The parade was led by the Kindergarten classes who held the banner and pushed their turkey float. They were followed by the Nursery Four classes, then the Nursery 1 and 3 classes and the Toddlers (who walk a little slower). The procession continued and brought the parade back around the corner to the front doors of MDS. There was music, costumes and a brightly colored balloon for each child. The day continued with Thanksgiving feasts for all our classes. Each class prepared a delicious Thanksgiving specialty food and shared their meal with another class. It was a memorable day on the Early Childhood calendar. Now we’re looking forward to Chanukah!
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Volume 12, Issue 8 November 30, 2012 פרשת וישלח
בס"ד
Let’s Have a Parade! By Aviva Yablok, Early Childhood Department Director, [email protected]; Pictures taken by Early Childhood Department Teachers
The Manhattan Day School Annual Early Childhood Thanksgiving Parade took
place this year on Wednesday, November 21st. The air was cool, the sun was out, and the
day was perfect. As usual, our parade route was lined with parents, grandparents, devoted
caregivers, friends, and even some pets. The parade was led by the Kindergarten classes
who held the banner and pushed their turkey float. They were followed by the Nursery
Four classes, then the Nursery 1 and 3 classes and the Toddlers (who walk a little slower).
The procession continued and brought the parade back around the corner to the front doors
of MDS. There was music, costumes and a brightly colored balloon for each child. The day
continued with Thanksgiving feasts for all our classes. Each class prepared a delicious
Thanksgiving specialty food and shared their meal with another class. It was a memorable
day on the Early Childhood calendar. Now we’re looking forward to Chanukah!
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Celebrating Thanksgiving Pictures taken by Early Childhood Department Teachers; Poems submitted by Eileen Dahan, [email protected]
Thanksgiving 2012 By Jonathan Haberman, 6B
“We’re finally here,” I said.
we’re at my aunt’s house
we walk inside
greeted by our cousins
aunts and uncles.
My brother and I race down to the basement
and we say, “I call first game of ping
pong.”
He beat me 11 to 9
Oh!
how sad, I thought
I’ll beat him next time
I have no doubt.
We went upstairs
a big meal awaited us
right in the middle of the table
A big
Juicy
turkey.
I took a big drumstick
but when I sat down to eat
I realized that my “eyes were hungrier then my
stomach.”
Later on we had to go
Oh!
how sad I thought
Best Thanksgiving year ever
Without a doubt
When I Look Out the Window By Rose Adelman, 6G
When I look out the window I see
Cars
Cars and trucks,
Traffic
It smells like gasoline
Like Cheerios
Like soda.
The only sounds are
Vroom, Honk, Screech, Vroom
Erev Thanksgiving traffic.
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What Is Your Favorite Thanksgiving Memory? Pictures taken by Early Childhood Department Teachers; Poems submitted by Eileen Dahan, [email protected]
Thanksgiving Weekend By Lior Saada, 6B
Thanksgiving
A taste of a short delightful vacation
with your family
cousins, uncles, aunts, and grandfather
all chatting, joking, eating and watching T.V.
tasting delicious meatloaf
swallowing American sweet potatoes and
marshmallows
and eating fresh, amazing pumpkin pie
A windy, bright sunny day
walking with my grandfather and cousins
talking, eating pizza
I’m alone
without siblings or parents bossing me about
eating pizza
a good Shabbat
eating salads, Tunisian meatballs and more
Now it’s over
my grandfather left
back to school
but I’ll still have good memories
and maybe next year’s Thanksgiving will be an
even better
cheerful memory!
Snow on Thanksgiving Weekend By Cayla Muschel, 6G
I run, run, run to the island of grass.
All around me, white, white, white.
Twirling, twirling through softness.
Barrels of snow, falling out of the sky.
People running toward me on that island of
grass,
Arms spread wide to catch flakes falling.
The fresh, cold taste of winter on my tongue.
Feeling falling white
forming a tiara on my head
crystals on my gloves.
Snow wanting to weave a blanket over the rock
-hard ground.
Listening to wind crashing against my ears
As I run and twirl.
Smelling the freshness of snow.
Watching, watching.
Snowflakes swirling around me.
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What I Am Thankful For... Pictures taken by Early Childhood Department Teachers; Poems submitted by Eileen Dahan, [email protected]
What I Am Thankful For By Suzi Dweck, 6G
For music
filling the world with sound.
Happy music or sad
giving your day something to be excited about
saying something,
for every action you do.
Thankfulness
For the summer
A break
from work
A clear blue sky
Nothing to worry about
A hot day
I can dive into a pool
and feel refreshed
Thankfulness
For spring,
not too hot
not too cold,
the perfect day
To run around
Deep pink flowers hanging from a tree
about to bloom
Colors peeking out around the corner
About to open from their hiding places
To be free
and open to see the world
America By Loren Elmann, 6G
the food
the shelter
the clothes
the independence
America
The place where I live
It holds my freedom
I am thankful for America
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Thank You, NYPD!
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MDS Cares for Long Beach
As we con-
tinue our efforts to
help those impacted
by Hurricane Sandy,
MDS has focused its
resources and ener-
gies in helping the
Jewish community of
Long Beach. Fol-
lowing an assembly
this morning, each
student has received
a Tzedaka box to
help the effort. In
addition to the funds
the children collect in
the boxes, you also
have one last opportunity to be one of the sponsors of tomorrow night’s Chanukah Boutique. 25% of all Chanukah Boutique spon-
sorship dollars will be allocated directly to help Long Beach.
8G Devar Torah Project: VaYetze Submitted by Bethany Strulowitz, [email protected]; Devar Torah written by Miriyam Goldman, 8G
[Last week’s parsha was VaYetze. We are printing Miriyam’s devar torah so
you can keep up with the parsha cycle.]
Does anyone know why we read the parsha every Shabbat? Why do we care
that Yaakov moved the rock off the well, or that Moshe hit a rock? These Parshiyot tell
us stories about what happened in the Torah. We read them because of the messages
we can learn from them. In last week’s parsha, Parashat VaYetze, Yaakov leaves Be’er Sheva because
his brother Esav is chasing him. Yaakov goes toward Charan and on his way he lies on
a rock and has a dream. In his dream, he sees a ladder coming from shamayim with
angels going up and down it. In this dream Hashem said, “The ground you lie on will be
the land your future generations will lie on. I will guard you in all places that you go.”
When Yaakov arrives in Be’er Sheva, he sees a well and many shepherds gath-
ered around it. He goes over to see what is going on. They tell him that there is a rock
on the well and that they are unable to get the water, even though they have tried mov-
ing the rock. Yaakov without any help moved the rock. He sees Rachel and falls in
love with her. He then works seven years in order to marry her. After seven years were
up, Yaakov was prepared to marry Rachel, but on the day of their wedding Yaakov is
tricked by Lavan, Rachel’s father, and marries Leah, Rachel’s sister instead. But, Yaa-
kov still wants to marry Rachel so Lot says if you work for another seven years you
may marry Rachel. So Yaakov works for another seven years and marries Rachel.
Rachel isn’t able to have children but Leah is. Leah has six sons and a daugh-
ter with Yaakov. Yaakov marries Rachel and Leah maidservants Bilha and Zilpa, and has two sons with both. Rachel really wants
children and davens to Hashem for children, and He grants her wish. She has a son and names him Yosef.
When Yaakov is about ready to leave Lavan’s house, he wanted to be able to take both his wives but Lavan wouldn’t let him
so they left in secret. Before they left Rachel took all of Lavan’s idols so he wouldn’t be able to worship them anymore. Lavan soon
found out and found Yaakov and blamed him for taking the idols. Yaakov made a curse that whoever took Lavan’s idols should die.
Because Rachel was the one who took the idols she died right after Binyamin was born.
While reading this parsha, I had a few questions. One is: Why Yosef is named Yosef? The Torah tells us the answer is that
she called him Yosef because she wants more children: she says, “May Hashem add on another son to me” (30:24). This bothered
me; why should Rachel be asking for another son when Hashem has already granted her one son? Rashi says she knew that Yaakov
was going to have another son, and she wanted that last son to be hers. The parsha opens with the words: “And Yaakov left Be’er Sheva and went to Charan” (Genesis 28:10). Why does it have to
say he left Be’er Sheva; why can’t it just say he went to Charan? The answer is because when you leave a place you leave an impres-
sion, as we graduate from MDS, we are going to leave an impression on the grades below us, we will leave the impression on how to
behave, how to respect each other and more. We always want to be like Yaakov and leave the best impression behind. We want to be
remembered for the good things in our lives.
Help your class win an ice cream party!
Submit your box tops to Sharon Newman In a bag with your name and class on it!
The contest is on…
Which class will win?
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When is revenge appropriate? Can we hold Hashem to his promises? These are some of
the important questions this parsha touches upon.
At the beginning of this week’s parsha, Parshat Vayishlach, Yaakov sends messengers in
an attempt to appease Esav. Yaakov states that he has acquired wealth, and is sending donkeys
and oxen. Yaakov receives word back that Esav is coming towards him along with 400 men.
Yaakov becomes fearful of what might happen when Esav approaches, so Yaakov divides
his camp in two in order to insure the safety of at least one camp. That night Yaakov davened to
Hashem for safety. Yaakov prepares extensive gifts for Esav, and sends them ahead of himself,
instructing his servants to tell Esav that these gifts are from Yaakov.
Why was Yaakov so worried about what might happen to him when Esav got there, if
Hashem had already promised him safety on his journey? Should Yaakov really have relied sole-
ly on Hashem’s promise?
I believe that everything is a two-way street -- just because something is decided, doesn't
mean it can't change. On Yom Kippur, Hashem determines your earnings for the upcoming
year. This money, however, will only come to you if you earn it. If you think that just because it
was already decided that you would make this much money that year, you can spend the next year
in the Bahamas and you would still receive paychecks, you’re wrong. Hashem expects that you
will keep up with your side of the deal.
Just like if you don’t work, you don’t receive money, if you don't do some preparing to
show that you care and take responsibility for your actions, you may not receive what you were
expecting. Although Hashem spoke to Yaakov before he left Lavan, encouraging him to leave and
ensuring his safety, Yaakov still prepared for his meeting with Esav. We learn from this that eve-
rything takes effort, and if you keep up your side of the deal, Hashem will always keep his.
After he split his camp in two, Yaakov was then left alone. This turned out to be a very important moment for Yaa-
kov. Yaakov wrestled with what he would find out was an angel of G-d. In the morning, they stopped fighting and Yaakov wins, so
the angel blessed Yaakov with the name Yisrael, because he fought with an angel and overcame him. In this process, Yaakov injured
the nerves in his thigh, therefore we do not eat the thigh of animals.
When Yaakov realized Esav was there, he lined his family up -- first the maidservants and their children, followed by Leah
and her children, and afterwards, Rachel and her child. Yaakov went in front.
Esav and Yaakov met and embraced. Esav wanted to continue to go towards their father, but Yaakov did not wish to
go. Esav went, while Yaakov went to Succoth and dwelled there.
Yaakov then moved to Shechem, where he bought land and dwelled. Dinah, the daughter of Yaakov and Leah went out one
day and saw the prince of the land, Shechem. He was very taken by her, and he raped and kidnapped Dina. Shechem began to love
Dina, so he asked his father to allow him to take her as a wife. When Dinah’s brothers found out about what had happened to their
sister Dina, they were outraged. Hamor, Shechem’s father, the king, spoke to Yaakov saying that his son longs for Dina, and that if
Yaakov gives his daughter to his son, then he can dwell in the land and become popular there. Dinah’s brothers made a deal saying
that if all the men would agree to get circumcised, just like the brothers, then Dinah could be Shechem’s wife. All the men in the city
were circumcised, and on the third day, when all the men were weak from pain, Dinah's brothers Shimon and Levi went around the
city and killed all of the men. They retrieved Dina from the house of Shechem. Yaakov and his household cleansed themselves and
went to Beit El to build an altar for G-d.
This story bothered me, particularly because Shimon and Levi wiped out an entire city, when only two men wronged
them. So, did Shimon and Levi do the right thing? Yaakov believes that Shimon and Levi made a mistake: “And Yaakov said to
Shimon and Levi, you have tainted me, making me look foul among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and among the
Perizites. I am few in number, should thay come together and attack me, I will be defeated, me and my entire household” (34:30-
31). Shimon and Levi responded, saying “should he treat our sister like a prostitute?” Yaakov is not pleased with Shimon and Levi’s
decision. He believes they have tarnished his name, and turned everyone against him, but Shimon and Levi do not believe that they
have done anything wrong, because their sister was wronged. Although I agree with Yaakov, I also agree with Shimon and Levi. It
was necessary for something to be done. Dina was not treated correctly, but it was not necessary to wipe out the entire city. This is
an example of the problems involved in vengeance. Taking revenge can be necessary, but should never involve extreme measures.
When Yaakov left Paddan-Aram, Rachel’s wet nurse Devora died; after this Hashem spoke to him, saying your name is now
Yisrael. not Yaakov, and my name is Kel Shakei. You shall be fruitful and multiply, and the land that I gave Avraham and Yitzhak
will be yours. Nations will come from you, and kings will descend from you. Yaakov placed a pillar in that place where G-d came to
him, and he poured oil on the pillar of stone. He called the place Beit El.
On the journey to Efrat, Rachel went into labor. Unfortunately there were some complications with her labor. Right before
her death, Rachel named her son Ben Oni, but we then learn that Yaakov changes his name to Benyamin. [Continued next page]
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Why did Yaakov change his son’s name? Rashi explains that the name Ben Oni means son of my sorrows, and that the name
was then changed to Benyamin, son of the right or son of the south. South refers to right. Benyamin was the only one born in Ca-
naan, which was south of where they were. Therefore, he was given the name Benyamin.
This explanation did not answer the question well enough for me, so I looked into it further, and found that Ramban had the
same question. Ramban however gave a different response. Ramban translates the name Ben Oni as son of my mourning. Yaakov
then changes his name to Benyamin, son of the right, right meaning strength, because most people favor their right hand. I believe
Yaakov is sending a message here by turning sorrow into strength. He is showing that even if you start with suffering, you can grow
and change, and become stronger.
After Rachel gives birth she dies, and Yaakov buries her on the road to Efrat. He places a monument to mark Rachel’s death, which is
still there today. Their camp moved to Migdal Esar. While they were dwelling there, Reuven slept with Yaakov’s midwife
Bilhah. The parsha then goes on to say that Yaakov had twelve sons, and to list all of them
Yaakov returned to his father, and at the age of 180 years, Yitzhak dies. Yaakov and Esav reunite and bury their father. The
parsha then concludes by counting all of the offspring of Esav, and provides an account of all the kings of the places where Esav
dwelled.
This parsha can teach you many important lessons, but I think the ones that I have chosen to elaborate on are particularly
important, not only to our ancestors who were the ones involved in the actual events, but for us as well.
1. Yaakov feared that because of Shimon and Levi’s actions other nations would turn them.
2. To whom did Yaakov send presents to try and appease his anger?
3. What did Rachel name her son?
4. What did Yaakov name his son?
5. Rachel died during .
6. If all the men in the city got a then Dina could ____ Shechem.
7. Who were the brothers of Dina who freed her? (their names are not placed together in the word search)
8. When Yaakov fought with the angel, he hurt the in his thigh.
9. What did the angel change Yaakov's name to?
VaYishlach Crossword Challenge By Devora Goldstein, 8G
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Parsha Challenge: VaYishlach Prepared by Rabbi Binyamin Yablok, Assistant Principal, [email protected], based on questions from Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, NJ
1. (a) Why, after 34 years away from his parents, did Ya’akov now return? (b) Why did he let Eisav know he was nearby (2
views)? (c) (1) What mistake did Ya’akov make? (2) When did Bnei Yisrael make a similar mistake with Eisav’s offspring? (d)
Why did Ya’akov believe that Eisav, after 34 years, still hated him? (e) (i) Who were the messengers Ya’akov sent to Eisav,
and (ii) what was their mission (2 opinions)? (Bereishit 32:4)
1. (a) Hashem told him to (Rashi – 31:3). (b) (1) He wanted to reconcile with Eisav while Yitzchak was alive, since Eisav would not
kill him then (Zohar). (2) Yitzchak’s home, Ya’akov’s destination, was in southern Cana’an, adjoining Edom – Ya’akov had to pass
through Edom or travel near it – fearing that Eisav would hear about his coming, he sent messengers to placate him; (c) (1) he should
have avoided Eisav, who was going his own way; (2) the Chashmonayim kings should not have sought alliances with Rome, causing
Eretz Yisrael and the Beit haMikdash to fall into Roman hands (Ramban). (d) Ya’akov saw Eisav call his land “Se’ir in Edom’s
Field” – “Edom” means red, always reminding Eisav of the birthright Ya’akov “stole” with red soup, and “Se’ir” means goat, remind-
ing him of the goatskins Ya’akov wore to “steal” Yitzchak’s blessing (Siftei Kohen). (e) (1) (i) Ya’akov’s servants, (ii) to find out
Eisav’s intent (Sforno). (2) (i) Real angels, (ii) to impress and terrify Eisav (Rashi).
2. (a) Since Hashem promised Ya’akov, “I will guard you wherever you go” (28:15), why was Ya’akov afraid of Eisav (10
views)? (b) (1) Since Ya’akov crossed the Yabok River with 11 children, and since he then had 12 (11 sons, 1 daughter), where
was the 12th child? (2) How do we know that he did not hide one of his sons? (3) What mistake did Ya’akov make? (4) How
was he punished? (c) Why did Hashem send an angel to fight with Ya’akov (2 reasons)? (d) Why did Hashem ban Bnei Yisrael
from eating the gid ha-nasheh (thigh-vein sinew)? (Bereishit 32:8, 23-33)
2. (a) Ya’akov feared that Eisav would be able to harm him since (1) he did not know if Eisav was coming for good or evil
(Chizkuni). (2) Eisav had great merit by living in Eretz Yisrael for the previous 20 years while Ya’akov was chutz la’Aretz; (3) Eisav
honored Yitzchak perfectly for 34 years while Ya’akov was away (Targum Yonatan). (4) He was too busy tending Lavan’s sheep to
study Torah, lowering him spiritually; (5) he had sinned by marrying 2 sisters; (6) he thought that Hashem’s promised protection ex-
tended only to him, not to his children; (7) he thought he had sinned by sending Eisav messengers; (8) the angels made him fearful, so
that he would pray to Hashem, Who desires tzadikim’s prayers (Bereishit Raba). (9) He feared he would have to slay others in battling
Eisav (Rashi). (10) He thought Yitzchak would curse him if he slew Eisav (Medrash Tanchuma). (10) He thought that Eisav’s coming
to attack him meant that Yitzchak had died (Da’at Zekeinim). (b) (1) Ya’akov hid Dinah in a box so Eisav would not see her and ask
to marry her (Rashi). (2) Esther Raba says that the Beit haMikdash was built on Binyamin’s land since 11 sons bowed to Eisav, but
not Binyamin, who was not born yet (Vilna Gaon). (3) He should have let Eisav marry Dinah, who could have influenced Eisav posi-
tively; (4) Shechem abducted her (Rashi). (c) He wanted (1) Ya’akov to see how He would rescue him; (2) the angel to prevent
Ya’akov from fleeing before Eisav arrived (Rashbam). (d) To remind us that while Eisav’s guardian angel injured him, Ya’akov pre-
vailed – Eisav’s offspring will inflict suffering on Ya’akov’s offspring, but in yemot haMashiach, Bnei Yisrael will prevail (Sefer
haChinuch – Mitzvah 3).
3. (a) Why does the Torah have dots above the word “va-yishakeihu” (and [Eisav] kissed [Ya’akov] (2 views)? (b) What did
(1) Eisav mean, “yesh li ruv” (I have plenty)? (2) Ya’akov mean, “yesh li kol” (I have everything)? (c) Since Ya’akov embodies
emet (truth), how could he lie to Eisav, saying that he and his family would meet Eisav in Se’ir, when he intended to go to She-
chem in Cana’an? (d) When Ya’akov arrived “shalem” in the city of Shechem, what does “shalem” mean (7 views)?
(Bereishit 33:4-18)
3. (a) To indicate that Eisav (1) did not kiss Ya’akov with all his heart; (2) still hated Ya’akov, but at that moment, his mercy was
aroused, and he kissed Ya’akov with all his heart; (b) (1) “I have plenty more than I need, but want more since I do not have every-
thing”; (2) “I have everything I could possibly need”; (c) Ya’akov was talking about his offspring meeting Eisav’s in Se’ir in yemot
haMashiach, when Bnei Yisrael will go to Har Se’ir to judge Bnei Eisav, as stated in the haftara, Ovadya 1:21 (Rashi). (d) When
Ya’akov arrived in Shechem, he was “shalem” – whole – i.e., (1) physically whole – the limp caused by the angel was cured; (2) fi-
nancially whole – he lost nothing since Hashem repaid him for the gifts he had given Eisav; (3) spiritually whole – he did not forget
his Torah learning while living with Lavan (Rashi). (4) He arrived in the city named “Shalem”, ruled by Shechem (Rashbam).
Ya’akov felt “shalem” – safe – (5) believing the Shechemim would protect him from his enemies; (6) since he was close to Yitzchak’s
home – Eisav would not attack him there; (7) the merit of being in Eretz Cana’an would protect him (Ramban).
4. (a) Why did Hashem command Ya’akov and his family to go to Beit El to make an altar (3 reasons)? (b) Why was the place
where Rivka’s nurse Devora died called “Alon Bachut” (“Oak of Weepings”) in the plural (2 views)? (c) Why did Ya’akov
bury Rachel on the road to Efrat, instead of in Beit Lechem, less than a mile away (2 reasons)? (Bereishit 35:1-3,8,16-22)
4. (a) To purify themselves from the Shechemi (1) idols (Rashi); or (2) corpses (Ramban). (3) With Ya’akov and his family in danger
of attack for massacring the Shechemim, Hashem gave them a mitzvah to build an altar – Pesachim 8a-b says that those on their way
to doing a mitzvah are not harmed (Oznayim laTorah). (b) (1) Rivka died at the same time – people wept for both Rivka and Devora;
(2) people cried for Rivka for 2 reasons (i) mourning her death, and (ii) because she was not honored with a tzadik present at her buri-
al – Yitzchak was blind and unable to leave his house, and Ya’akov was away in Sukkot; (c) (1) When Ya’akov saw prophetically that
Beit Lechem would be in Yehuda’s territory, he buried Rachel near Efrat, in her son Binyamin’s territory (Ramban). (2) Ya’akov saw
prophetically that Bnei Yisrael would pass along this road when Nevuchadnetzar would exile them – they would be able to pray there
that Rachel intercede for them to plead for Hashem’s protection (Ohr haChaim).
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The MDS Parents Council Thanks You!
MDS PARENTS COUNCIL WANTS TO THANK YOU!
Thank you to Henry and Elana Grant (Max, 1C), Cara Stein (Bailee, N4C), Eta Kliger (Daniella, 4G), Sarina Kof-man and Sophie Samuels (7G), Julian Kofman and Char-lie Samuels (7B), and Hope Langer (Raphael, 7B) for sell-ing MDS Merchandise on Parent Teacher Conference day in the MDS lobby. MDS sweatshirts, kippot, tote bags, umbrellas, tod-dler tees, and benchers (plus My Most Favorite Food cookbooks) are on sale in the business office on a regular basis. Email Ra-chel Gelfand, [email protected], to place your order. Look for more fun MDS swag coming soon! Thank you! Thank you to Dori Shwirtz (Ella, 3A, Leo, 1C, and Addie, NA3) for organiz-ing the childcare service in the library during Parent Teacher conferences. Over 120 kids watched movies, played games and colored while their teachers sung their prais-es! Thank you to our dedicated babysitters for a long day of watching our children.