Parshat Beshalach• February 3, 2023

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IMPORTANT DATES

February 3, 2023/ 12 Shevat 5783

Parshat Beshalach


Candlelighting: 5:31 p.m.

Havdallah 6:34 p.m.

Davening & Donuts

Sunday, February 5th, 9:00 a.m


EVERY THURSDAY - We have 2 Mishmar Programs on Thursdays!

-For Grades 4/5 - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45p.m.

-For the Farber community - 8:00p.m.

If you are interested in sponsoring Davening and Donuts, Mishmar or a Day of Learning, please click here.

UPCOMING EVENTS


JOIN FARBER TO WATCH A MOTOR CITY CRUISE GAME FOR JEWISH HERITAGE NIGHT!!


Monday, February 13th

Tickets are $12 and include a Kippah!!

Our 7/8 grade team will have a scrimmage with the 7/8th grade team of Hillel during Halftime.

To purchase tickets click HERE.

Save the Date -

March 26th, 2023.

We look forward to honoring Community Leader Ethan Davidson and celebrating the legacy of his and father William Davidson z"l and staff honoree, Linda Pedder at our Annual Dinner in Spring 2023.

To sign up for dinner or to put in an ad, click here. Email here with any questions. 


This year, our application season is beginning earlier than in the past and applications are now open! New students may apply by clicking HERE. Current students do not need to confirm their re-enrollment at this time; their spots will be held until our reverification process later in the year.


While applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, we anticipate that the Toddler class will fill quickly and there are a limited number of spots in Latchkey. 


Please reach out with any questions. We’re excited to welcome new students to Farber! Spread the word to families who might be interested in joining our community or let us know HERE if there is a family who we should reach out to.


When shopping at any Toyology location, please mention Farber ECC. The ECC will receive 20% in store credit. When the money adds up we can go and buy new toys and games for the ECC.

Day of Learning on Wednesday, February 1st was Sponsored by Arleen Leib commerating the 12th Yarzheit of her husband Barry S. Leib, בערל שלמה בן איסר father of Rabbi Aaron and Leora Leib and grandfather to Ariella, Shayna, Dovi, Meir & Gila. May his Neshama have an Aliyah!


Mishmar this week was sponsored by Warren Tessler and the Lopatin family commemerating the 23rd yarhtzeit of beloved wife, mother and Baubie, Charlotte Tessler z"l



If you are interested in sponsoring Davening and Donuts, Mishmar or a Day of Learning, please click here.

COMMUNITY MILESTONES


CONDOLENCES

Shmuel and Vicki (Beneson) Bass and Yehoshua and Brooke Bass on the loss of Julie Bass


To ensure we know about your life cycle event, please email Rachel Lopatin HERE.


If you would like to honor any of these occasions with a donation to Farber and a tribute sent out to them, please click HERE.

TU BISHVAT IS MONDAY!!

FRUIT PLATTERS FOR TU BISHVAT

The PTO is selling Dried Fruit and Nut Platters for Tu Bishvat!

$36

Order HERE

ECC CHALLAH SALE

The ECC is so excited to announce that we will be baking challah again. Please see the flyer below for all the important information. You must order online HERE.


Please email Ellen Berlin with any questions.

2 opportunities to support Farber

Support the PTO and outfit yourselves with Farber swag for Spirit Day, for theTanzman Tournament and just to promote our wonderful school around town!!

Shop HERE at our FHDS Spirit Store

AND

To celebrate Ryan Turell, the first Orthodox Jew to be drafted into an NBA franchise...there is Ryan Turell swag including Kippot by Klipped which actually stay on your head!!

A special discount is being offered to Farber families !

HERE is link to the web site - and here is the discount code just for Farber families and friends!

Ryan_friendsfamily2022


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PARSHAT BESHALACH

Morah Shayna Davis


In Parashat BeShalach we encounter one of the greatest miracles to ever occur - Kri’at Yam Suf, the splitting of the sea. Bnei Yisrael cross the Red Sea on dry land, surrounded by walls of water, while the Mitzrim who try to follow them are drowned by the raging waters. Moshe Rabbeinu breaks into song as he praises Hashem with the prayer we now know as “Az Yashir” and Bnei Yisrael join him in celebrating the miraculous feat Hashem performed for them. Miryam, along with the other women of Bnei Yisrael even begin to dance and sing - “בתופים ובמחולות” - with tambourines. The obvious question arises of course - where did the women get these tambourines from??


READ MORE

MAZAL TOV

Congratulations to Gavi Gardin for finishing first in the AMC 8 Math Competition at Farber! Congratulations also to Sam Prostak and Yosef Nadler for their second place finishes!


The American Mathematics Competition is the country's most well-known math contest, with tests at the 8th grade level (AMC 8) and at the 10th and 12th grade levels. Farber has re-introduced the AMC 8 this year after a long absence. The contest consists of 25 challenging multiple choice problems in 40 minutes. Gavi led with a 16 followed by a 13 for both Sam and Yosef. Jacob Schon finished in fourth with a 12.

POLCHAK

Polchak was back!! This time with homemade Knafe!! Thank you Roni and Ravid!!

MAZAL TOV MRS. HOWES!

Over the years, Mrs. Howes has accumulated books in her classroom library….At the beginning of the year, her students challenged her to see if they could get over 1000 books in her class library…. Friday afternoon - her class achieved their goal!!! 1004 books!!! ( and are catalogued as well!!)

Mazal Tov Mrs. Howes and the 5th grade!!

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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW

This week the Kittens learned about Footprints in the Snow. First they learned about how animals make different kinds of footprints and then they learned about how they make different footprints.

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KRIAT YAM SOOF

They made it!! Our Kindergartners learned about Shirat Hayam and how to sing Az Yashir. They crossed Yam Soof and when they got to the other side, they got to decorate cookies, picture frames and laminated Shirat Hayam posters. Thank you Morah Rachel and Mrs. Roberts for a wonderful morning!

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TRIP TO THE HOLOCAUST MUSUEM

This week our 7th and 8th graders went to the Zekelman Holocaust Center. They are reading The Diary of Anne Frank in class. At the museum, they were able to view a sapling from the 170-year-old white chestnut tree that Anne Frank could view from her hiding place, the tree she wrote about in her diary. Students also were able to view an actual box car that was used to transport Jews to the death camps. Thank you Mrs. L-F, Mr. Kaplan, Mr. Wyma and Rabbi Leib for chaperoning the trip.

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DEBATE MIDRASH

For the 3rd time, the entire High School gathered during Grade Meeting for Debate Midrash. The topic today was "On a personal and communal level how separated vs. integrated should we be with people outside the Jewish community...both with Jews who are different than us as well as non-Jews.

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Mazal Tov to our Farber Fire on second place in the Tanzman Tournament!!




Final Standings!!

1st - Hebrew Academy of Montreal

2nd - Farber Hebrew Day School!

3rd- Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh!

4th - Atlanta Jewish Academy!

5th - Denver Academy of Torah!

6th- Columbus Torah Academy!



Yasher Koach to all the teams!!

All star Team!!

Pittsburgh - Noam Azagury

Columbus - Aviel Metz

Atlanta - Ezra Feen

Denver - Ben Avner

Farber - Benji Gardin

Montreal - Elior Haimovici


Mazal Tov to Ezra Feen - Atlanta - Sportsmanship award!!

Mazal Tov to Gabe Bodokh - MVP - Montreal!!

NEXT WEEK


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH

4:30 p.m. 5/6 vs. Hillel - Away

5:30 p.m. 7/8 vs. Hillel - Away

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Thank you to everyone participating in our Hot Lunch fundraiser program. February Hot Lunch can be found by clicking HERE. 


Thank you to everyone who has signed up to volunteer for Hot Lunch so far. 

Volunteers must be vaccinated. Please click here to sign up for a time slot. If you have a flexible schedule and would like to be put on our "reserve" list in case of last minute cancellations, please contact us at farberpto@gmail.com.

Volunteer Opportunities


The PTO is always looking for volunteers to help out throughout the year. Whether you have a lot of time, or a little bit of time, volunteering with the PTO is an amazing way to meet people and feel connected to the Farber community. 


You can sign up to volunteer by contacting us at farberpto@gmail.com.

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We try to practice Hashavat Avedah - returning lost items - and will be highlighting lost and found items left in school.

If this is yours or if you have lost any article of clothing, please contact Amy Hager. You can also view our Lost and Found Slideshow by clicking here. Please consider labeling your children's clothing to help make this possible.

At Farber, we fulfill our mission through our Five Core Values. The values represent the many layers of what it means to grow, live and engage the world as Modern Orthodox Jews.

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