IMPORTANT DATES - SEPTEMBER | |
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Monday, October 3 - 7:30 p.m
Tuesday, October 4
- Erev Yom Kippur - School closed
Wednesday, October 5
- Yom Kippur - School closed
Friday, October 7
- First Early Shabbat at 2:05 pm
Monday, October 10, and Tuesday, October 11
Wednesday, October 12
Thursday, October 13
- Progress report online (COBA)
Friday, October 14
- Dress Down Day
- Early Shabbat at 2:05 pm
Monday, October 17
- Shemini Atzeret - School closed
Tuesday, October 18
- Simchat Torah - School closed
Wednesday, October 19
Friday, October 21
Monday, October 24
Wednesday, October 26
- Sec 1 - Outing - Théâtre - 9 to 11:30 am
Friday, October 28
School year calendar (please make sure to check as changes can be made throughout the year)
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This week’s parasha, Parashat VaYelech, records Moshe’s last words to the Jewish people prior to his death. This parasha includes the last two mitzvot of the entire 613 mitzvot - first, the mitzvah of Hakhel (to gather the entire Jewish people once every 7 years), and second, and last of the 613, the mitzvah for each Jew to write their own sefer Torah. As the verse says
וְעַתָּה כִּתְבוּ לָכֶם אֶת הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת
write down this poem (Torah) and teach it to the people of Israel
(Devarim 31:19)
Why would the Torah require each person to write their own sefer Torah? Ultimately, everyone’s sefer torah will include identical words - so why do we each need our own? Maybe the Torah is suggesting that we all must find our own unique connection and relationship to the Torah. We need to make the Torah our own, and bring our unique self to it. By writing your own sefer Torah, the Torah, and Judaism truly becomes your own.
The same verse that teaches that we must write our own sefer Torah, also instructs us to teach this sefer Torah. It’s not enough to have the Torah, but we also must share it. This mitzvah is one that very few people get a chance to perform in their lifetime. Today, our secondary 3 students had a chance to take part in a small way in this mitzvah by learning about the writing of a sefer torah, and even getting a chance to practice their own Torah writing on real Klaf (parchment).
Shabbat Shalom and Gmar Chatima Tova!
David Azerad & Rabbi David Wallach
Director and Assistant Director of Jewish Studies
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If you have a child currently in Grade 6 in an elementary school other than Talmud Torah, registration for the 2023/2024 Herzliah school year is now open. The deadline for registration is October 28 click here to register
Parents of current Talmud Torah Grade 6 students are not required to complete the online registration. These families will complete the Re-registration form in February.
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Tashlich ceremony in Sec. 1
Sec 1 students participated in a tashlich ceremony where they completed a personal reflection, cheshbon hanefesh, about their choices over the past year. They came up with ways they can commit to being the best version of themselves in the year to come. After writing reflection, students took participated in the tashlich ceremony on the roof, symbolically throwing away their bad choices, while taking on their new commitments.
Click here for photos.
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A Sweet New Year
A special thank you to our Home and School Association for coming to our school last Friday during junior and senior lunches to ensure that our students had a little something sweet before the start of Rosh Hashanah.
It is so wonderful to see our parents in school. Looking forward to many more opportunities this year.
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Truth and Reconciliation Day
Today, students at our elementary and high school wore orange shirts for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Over $ 1,200 was raised and will be donated to True north Aid and Legacy of Hope. Our school has been working towards raising awareness of the intergenerational impacts of residential schools. Every Child Matters.
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Learning to Write a Torah (Safrut)
In the spirit of finding our own unique connection and relationship to the Torah, our Secondary 3 students slipped into the shoes of a professional scribe. Under the supervision of Rabbi Nochom Greenwald, they discovered the pleasure of writing with a quill. And some of them turned out to be real calligraphers! Photos
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"Pop the Top" Initiative
As part of our Tikkun Olam this year, Herzliah has decided to take part in the "Pop the Top" initiative. Cans will be placed around the school (cafeteria, front office, Cardo) where students can insert their soda can tops (tabs). These will be donated to the Auxiliary Mount Sinai department who will then donate them to help purchase wheelchairs. Feel free to also collect these at home and bring them into school. The more soda can tops (tabs) collected, the more we can help members of our community.
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OPUS Card
For any students who still wanted to get an OPUS card and were unable to do so on September 16th, please bring the following to Mme Varnai by Friday, October 7th and the school will ensure that you receive your OPUS card:
- 15$ cash
- Completed OPUS form (printed out)
- A photocopy of a piece of ID (health insurance card, driver's license, passport, permanent resident card, or refugee claimant document)
- A "passport-style" photo
You can also apply yourself by accessing the following link: OPUS à tarif réduit - Étudiants | Société de transport de Montréal (stm.info)
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The Azrieli Foundation has generously extended a free invitation to administrators, teachers, families and students of The Azrieli Schools to attend the 2022 Azrieli Music Prizes Gala concert.
October 20, 2022
7:30 PM
Maison Symphonique de Montréal
Place des Arts
To reserve your free ticket, email Monica Mendel at [email protected] before Friday, October 7th 1:00 PM
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JUNIOR AND SENIOR LUNCH AND LEARN
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Monday - Cteen with the Chai Centre - free pizza
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Thursday - Rabbi Levi Raskin - free wraps
CHIDON HATANACH - meet every Tuesday at both lunches in the Beit Midrash
MINCHA every day at 1:30 in the Beit Midrash
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Looking for Kipots
In order to help our students be in uniform, we hope to be able to continue providing kipots from the main office. To this end, if you have any kipots at home that you no longer need, we would gladly accept them at school. Please send them with your son/daughter.
Thank you!
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Good afternoon Herzlions,
Congratulations to our JV volleyball team who played their first tournament this week at H.S Billings; the boys played hard and came away with one win and one loss! Next week we look forward to the following:
Monday October 3rd:
- JV Volleyball tournament @ H.S Billings, 4pm
- MB Soccer @ Loyola (Ed Meagher Field), 3:30pm
Thursday October 6th:
- GMAA Cross Country race, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Moreover, our intramural soccer playoffs will be unfolding Monday-Thursday-Friday! The full schedule will be released Sunday evening; please ensure to be on time for your games as we will be playing full court!
Finally, please ensure to review our updated practice schedules and check classroom emails for any changes.
Wishing everyone a beautiful weekend and an easy fast!
Coach Gabe
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This year our school community - staff, students, parents, and friends - will be focusing on one of our core values, Tikkun Olam, repairing the world through acts of loving-kindness.
Our Angel fund has been created within this framework of loving-kindness. It supports students in areas beyond tuition. Whether by providing a laptop, a new school uniform, or funds to take part in a co-curricular event, it offers those who need it, the “extras” that can so easily underscore our differences instead of strengthening our commonalities. Through your generous donations to our Angel Fund, we can show those who need it the most loving kindness and generosity of spirit.
Your gifts will support the most needy within our school, giving them a first-hand look into the power of Tikkun Olam. Thanks to your act of loving kindness they will have the resources they need to expand their understanding, strengthen their own core values, and graduate prepared for their future, not only as the Leaders of Tomorrow but oh so important, as the Angels of Tomorrow.
At this time of renewal and change, I ask you to consider a gift to our Angel Fund. Begin the year with an Act of Kindness. Become an Angel and join our group of compassionate individuals who partner with us to positively impact the lives of our students …each and every day.
BECOME AN ANGEL DONOR TODAY!
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Reminder - Volunteers Needed (Open House)
Do you want to help represent Herzliah during this year's Open House?
The school is looking for secondary 4 and 5 students to volunteer during Open House on Wednesday, October 19th (from 6:30pm to 9:30pm). Interested students will need to attend a pre-Open House training session that will take place during one of your lunch periods (lunch will be served).
Interested students should reach out to Mme Varnai ([email protected]) by September 30th.
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Consider joining the Community Security Network. Parent volunteers are needed to help ensure the safety of our students as they arrive and depart from school. | |
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If your child has symptoms consistent with COVID-19 the following instructions apply:
● Self-isolate
● Take a rapid test immediately
● If the first rapid test is negative, your child may return to school (except if he/she has fever).
● Your child must take a second rapid test within 24 to 36h.
If your child has tested positive for COVID-19, start the isolation period.
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REMINDER - STUDENTS WHO USE THE SCHOOL BICYCLE RACKS ON WESTBURY
Please be reminded that it is your responsibility to ensure your bike are secured with a good quality lock (it has been suggested by authorities to use a thick chain lock). There has been theft from the rack over the past week. We have been in communication with the authorities and have shared with them the camera footage we have as they are investigating the incidences. Thank you for taking the appropriate precautions.
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Carpool
Interested in a morning carpool from Cote St-Luc, please contact Heather Liebman at [email protected]
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