FARBER CHAI LIGHTS A Weekly Bulletin from Farber Hebrew Day School

February 3, 2017 / שבת תשע''ז‘ ז Parshat Bo/Candle Lighting 5:32 p.m. / Havdalah 6:35 p.m.

First Grade Chagigat Hasidur Sunday, February 5th 10:30 a.m.

Farber Fire Basketball Hits the Road

Important Dates: Scotch & Wine Tasting Event Saturday Evening, February 11th 8:00 p.m. February Break February 16—27 Classes resume Tuesday, February 28th

Farber Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Sunday, May 21st Annual Dinner Monday, June 12th

This past weekend, the Farber Fire Boys Varsity team took their game on the road to Cleveland—home of the Fuchs Mizrachi Mayhem. Rabbi Stein and Rabbi Silverstein traveled with the team along with parent chaperones, Paul Fischer and Jerry Eizen. When coach Rick Kaczander fell ill with the flu, student assistant coach Alex Fischer stepped in as head coach. The students were generously hosted by Fuchs Mizrachi families and enjoyed a weekend of Cleveland fun at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame and local eateries. Our students partook in morning Shiur led by Rabbi Yehuda Chanales of Fuchs Mizrachi before hitting the court for warm up and practice. After losing the first game Saturday night, the Farber Fire team members came back, regrouped, discussed their performance, devised a new game plan and controlled the second game, only losing by three points due to a last minute turnover. Our Farber students demonstrated exceptional character on the road by expressing appreciation to their hosts, participating in morning shiur and showcasing their outstanding sportsmanship on and off the court. A special thank you to Paul Fischer, our resident Farber Fire photographer for the great shots below.

Save the Date:

February 3, 2017 / שבת תשע''ז‘ ז Parshat Bo/ Candle Lighting 5:32 p.m./ Havdalah 6:35 p.m.

A Family

Mitzvah

Project

In honor of Farber student JJ’s recent Bat

Mitzvah, the entire Jacobs family (Rivka & Brian, Gabriella, JJ and Eliana) donated their hair to the CWHL, an

organization that collects donated hair for

children with hair loss due to illness. After

growing their hair out for 2 1/2 years, the

Jacobs family donated over inches 98 inches of hair! Kol Hakavod to the

fantastic Bat Mitzvah girl and her family on participating in this incredible Mitzvah.

The Beit Hamikdash Wasn’t Built in a Day...

Navi Comes to Life in the 4th Grade

After learning Sefer Yehoshua and the story of Yael and Sisra, the 5th Grade class had the opportunity to create storyboard presentations and dramatic performances depicting what they learned. The groups collaborated on the scenes they would depict, created storyboards, and took turns presenting to the class. Navi is always an action-packed, exciting topic to learn—especially when acted out and enjoyed by the entire class.

Rabbi Nemes’ 8th Grade Navi students at work and demonstrating their

completed Beit Hamikdash models

4th Graders sharing Navi storyboard

presentations to the class

After learning all of the intricacies of the construction of the Beit Hamikdash, Rabbi Nemes' 8th Grade Navi class used creative mediums to build models of the Beit Hamikdash and Shlomo Hamelech's throne. The students' broke into groups and spent numerous classes creating models made out of Lego, Minecraft - even a computer model printed on a 3-D printer. Not only do our students have a better understanding of the layout and design of the Beit Hamikdash, they enjoyed this hands-on experience, sharpening their engineering (and teamwork) skills through preferred building tools.

Dvar Torah: Parshat Bo / פרשת בא

February 3, 2017 / שבת תשע''ז‘ ז Parshat Bo/Candle Lighting 5:32 p.m. / Havdalah 6:35 p.m.

Another Farber Faculty Award!

Rabbi Noam Stein Principal, Grades 9–12

Congratulations to Farber Art Instructor, Ms. Shelby Drapinski for receiving the Meemic Foundation’s Lakeshore Learning Grant! Ms. Drapinksi will use the grant money to purchase items that will enrich her art room during the school year.

A Collaborative Snow Igloo

Multiple grades worked together yesterday to

make a snow igloo. Teamwork and Achdut at

Farber go beyond the classroom and onto the

playground!

Our Mission Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva is an N-12 college preparatory Orthodox Zionist day school, committed to providing both a comprehensive Jewish as well as secular education in a vibrant atmosphere of Torah values and academic challenge. Farber strives to provide opportunities for each individual to reach his or her maximum religious and intellectual potential, while at the same time aspiring to develop the highest standards of personal character. In addition, Farber seeks to imbue its students with a love for Jewish heritage, the State of Israel and its people, together with an intense commitment to the Torah way of life. The Farber graduate will be invested with the desire to contribute significantly to our society as an educated productive citizen and an erudite Torah scholar, and display a strong and real bond with the religious Zionist movement.

Farber is Accredited by the Michigan Non-Public School Accrediting Association

21100 W. 12 Mile Road

Southfield, MI 48076

Phone: (248) 386-1625

Fax: (248) 386-1632

www.farberhds.org

Rabbi Scot A. Berman

Acting Head of School

Malkie Rosenbloom

Editor

Leah Ann Kleinfeldt

President

Beit Midrash Bulletin

Shacharit at Farber Sundays at 9:00 a.m. Weekdays 8:00 a.m. Mincha Monday - Thursday at 2:40 p.m. Friday at 1:10 p.m.

Maariv Monday - Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Davening & Donuts Sunday, February 5th at 9:00 a.m. Women’s Parsha Class Tuesday, February 7th at 9:00 a.m.

Mrs. Stein’s Family Dynamics Class Tuesday, February 7th at 8:00 p.m. Mishmar Thursday, February 9th at 8:00 p.m.

Community Milestones

February 3, 2017 / שבת תשע''ז‘ ז Parshat Bo/ Candle Lighting 5:32 p.m. / Havdalah 6:35 p.m.

Mazel Tov! Mr. and Mrs. Eli Slome birth of son Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Flatt on the marriage of their daughter, Leora to Jonathan Stern

Condolences To: Rabbi Yisroel Goldfein death of his mother, Sharon Rabbi David & Dr. Tanya Siff & Family on the death of their father, Mark Malinsky Mr. and Mrs. William Sax and Mr. & Mrs. Zvi Feigenbaum on the death of their father, Morris “John" Mandel Mrs. Hanna Ungar, Dr. & Mrs. David Ungar & Family, Mr. & Mrs. David Wayntraub & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Leon Kalvaria & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Ungar & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Kohn & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Eli Noff & Family and Mr. & Mrs. Tzvi Ungar & Family and Sara Ungar on the death of husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Alex Ungar

Lost & Found: Claim Your Items!

All items in our lost and found (located

next to the blue gym doors in the

breezeway) that are not claimed by

February 15th will be donated before our move into the new

building!