Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School · world’s oldest active ship, The Star of India. The minute the students boarded the ship, they were treated by excellent specialized instructors

In This Issue:

Calendar 2

Parshat Tetzaveh 3

The Soille Scene 4

Preschool News 8

Soille Community

News 9

Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School Paula Tannen Preschool

February 19, 2016 Parsha Tetzaveh 10 Adar I 5776 Light Candles 5:19 pm

3630 Afton Road · San Diego, CA 92123 · 858-279-3300 www.hebrewday.org

Milestones R Us The Dictionary definition of Milestone is:

an important event, as in a child’s development, the history of a nation, or the advancement of knowledge in a field; a turning point; a very important event or advance

When our 30 First Graders gathered last week to receive their first Siddurim – showing that Morah Stephie determined that each child was now ready and prepared to daven each morning directly from the Siddur – we celebrated ‘All of the Above.’ Indeed it marked an important event for each child, for the history our Jewish nation. It shows advancement and marks a real turning point in their young lives. They now add their innocent voices to all of ours, as we seek continued Blessing from Above. Mazel Tov to all who make this possible.

Congratulations

to the

8th grade class!

All the students received

word from The Greater

San Diego Science &

Engineering Fair that

they were invited to

participate. Judges

screened thousands of

projects and only the best

were invited. This is the

4th year in a row that all

of Soille's students were

accepted! The county fair

will take place on March

16th, followed by an

award ceremony on the

17th.

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Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School Kolenu February 19, 2016 - 10 Adar I 5776

Calendar of Events

Headmaster: Rabbi Simcha Weiser

[email protected]

Principal: Rabbi Meir Cohen

[email protected]

Director of School Administration:

Estelle Workman

[email protected]

Director of Admissions:

Beth Licha

[email protected]

Dean of Students:

Giovanna Reinking

[email protected]

Preschool Director: Rachel Eden

[email protected]

Business Manager: Klara Lapp

[email protected]

Director of Development:

Joyce Arovas

[email protected]

President:

Geoffrey Berg

Members at Large:

Eilene Cummins

Moises Eilemberg Iliana Glovinsky

Allen Gruber Gavin Horn

Yonina Kaplan Michael Leeman

Philip Silverman Marilyn Williams

Marcia Wollner Missy Wrotslavsky

Brian Zimmerman

Our Administrative Team: Board of Directors:

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February 22, 2016 Mitvah Makers Tzedakah Project @ Silverman Preschool February 24, 2016 North County Parenting Program 7:30 pm February 29, 2016 Spring Sports try-outs begin March 7, 2016 Faculty Development Day - No School March 11, 2016 2nd Trimester Ends Rosh Chodesh Adar II Assembly 1:15 pm

March 15, 2016 1st grade President's Play 2:30 pm March 17, 2016 San Diego County Science Fair Awards Night March 22, 2016 5th grade Poetry Night 7 pm March 24, 2016 Noon Dismissal - Purim March 25, 2016 9 am Start April 4th - 6th ERB Testing

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Parshat Tetzaveh OVERVIEW: Tezaveh (Exodus Ch 27:20 – 30:10): G-d tells Moshe to command the Jewish People to supply pure olive oil for the menorah in the Mishkan (Tent of Meeting). He also tells Moshe to organize the making of the bigdei kehuna (priestly garments): A breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a checkered tunic, a turban, a sash, a forehead-plate, and linen trousers. Upon their completion, Moshe is to perform a ceremony for seven days to consecrate Aharon and his sons. This includes offering sacrifices, dressing Aharon and his sons in their respective garments, and anointing Aharon with oil. G-d commands that every morning and afternoon a sheep be offered on the altar in the Mishkan. This offering should be accompanied by a meal-offering and libations of wine and oil. G-d commands that an altar for incense be built from acacia wood and covered with gold. Aharon and his descendants should burn incense on this altar every day. (C) 2016 Ohr Somayach International

DRASHA: Almost the entire Torah reading of this week concerns itself in great detail with the garments of Aharon and his descendants as they performed their duties first in the Mishkan/Tabernacle and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. The obvious question is why should the Torah devote so much space and detail to such a technical matter. Of what major significance is what those garments looked like and of what materials they were manufactured? I have written about this in previous years but I now have a different insight into the matter, which I wish to share with you. While here in the United States, my visit coincided with the Super Bowl football game, which dominated the attention of three hundred million people. This game is an industry unto itself, generating billions of dollars to all sorts of businesses which are somehow connected collaterally to the actual game. One of the major streams of this collateral revenue is the sale of the uniform jerseys of the teams that participated in the championship game. Now, logically speaking , why should anyone be willing to pay an exorbitant price to wear a uniform jersey with the logo of a team that one does not belong to and the name of some other individual who is a complete stranger to the wearer? Yet, such is the nature of human beings. It is an urge to identify with something or someone greater than the average individual. And clothing is the easiest avenue for such vicarious identification. The Torah recognizes this when it describes the garments of Aharon and his descendants as garments of “honor and glory.” Honor and glory are usually ascribed as being descriptive of the feelings and status of the wearer of these glorious garments.

However, it can also be interpreted as to how the ordinary Jew responds when he or she sees the High Priest in his holy uniform. They feel honored and glorious, part of a great faith with heroic leaders, identified with the vision and promise of Sinai. For noble people, the detailed description of the clothing and the garments only serves to heighten this feeling of identification with something greater and more triumphant. Added to this is the generational benefit that the garments are always the same for centuries on end. The grandfather and the grandchild have the same feeling of self-pride and spiritual identification. This feeling of belonging to the Jewish people, to its faith, past and future, is the key to Jewish survival over the centuries. And, the consistent moral standards of the Torah correspond somehow to the unchanging description of the holy garments of the priesthood of the Jewish people. It is fascinating to note that the older the sports jersey is, the closer to the original design and fabric, the more valuable the item is to people. Well, in a much more exalted fashion, the same is true regarding the priestly garments. The original Torah is the one of eternal worth and generational value. Shabat shalom. Rabbi Berel Wein © 2016

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The Soille Scene

Fifth graders in Ms. Rivard's science class dissected sheep eyes this week!

Purim is around the Corner! By now you should have received an email about ordering mishloach manot from www.happypurim.com. In the email, you were given your personalized code to log in and order. If you did not received your special code, please contact Estelle Workman, [email protected] immediately so that she can assign you a code. Deadline for orders is March 10th. Want to help pack the finished baskets? Want to deliver baskets in your neighborhood? Contact Joyce Arovas, [email protected].

http://www.happypurim.com



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The Soille Scene

Our Recent Volunteers—Thank you! We are so grateful for all of our Hebrew Day Volunteers. Thank you so much! You make everything happen!

Shirley Abelson (Clone Duplicating and Printing) Carla Berg Sara Boniske Shauna Breskin Sigalit Dimenstein Zachary Dimenstein Ora Duben Celine Dujowich Liz Estline Karen Fisher Judith Halperin Tara Klein Hillary Kleinman

Jan Landau Leah Levine Karen Markowitz Ynessa McElfresh Jennifer Meltzer Odeya Mizan Mazil Mizrachi Odette Moyal Sharon Myers Tracy Nakach Jenny Raz Naomi Shakhman Jennifer Tabak-Levy Malka Weiser

Pesach Candy Soon you will be able to order your Passover Candy from Hebrew Day. Details to follow.

Bring in your Boxtops!

Save your Boxtops and bring them to school. For every

10 Boxtops your child submits, they will receive a prize

from the front desk. For every Boxtop Hebrew Day

submits, we receive 10 cents. It’s a win-win for everyone!

March 1st is the next deadline for Hebrew Day to submit

our boxtops, so bring in yours TODAY!

Fourth Grade visits The Star of India Discovery and adventure were brought to life for our fourth graders this week aboard the world’s oldest active ship, The Star of India. The minute the students boarded the ship, they were treated by excellent specialized instructors in period costumes as though they were part of a motley crew of sailors having signed onto the ship out of economic necessity in 1851, bound for San Francisco. They were barked at by the captain and threatened corporal punishment with the cat of nine tails by the first mate. Within minutes the fourth grade was standing respectfully in a straight line. The students spent the remainder of the day learning the rigors, excitements and hardships of a sailor work-ing hard and dreaming of striking gold in the American River! The students, their teachers and all the terrific parent volunteers had a wonderful time. Special thanks to our parent drivers and volunteers: Ynessa McElfresh, Carla Berg, Pam Broudy, Lori Carnot, Edan Dvora, and Wendy Leatherman.

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The Soille Scene

In celebration of their completion of Parshat

Shemot, fifth grade students had a slurpee siyum

with other treats as well. The kids had a really

great time. It was a wonderful accomplishment

and may they all continue to learn and complete

many more Parshiyot. Mazel tov!

The 5th graders are going shopping! This week in

Math the 5th graders made fliers advertising sale

items for their own store. They calculated percent

off and sale price, then shared their ads with their

peers, who went on a shopping spree!

Third Grade Invention Convention

In Miss Lane's class, the students have been learning about

what it means to be an inventor and an engineer. The unit

started with the students watching videos about the things

students can invent when they set their minds to it and was

followed by guest lectures from an engineer and an inventor.

The students culminated this unit with an Invention

Convention where the students each built a new invention,

redesigned a previous invention to improve upon it, or

created a model of an invention they would like to invent.

The students explained why their inventions were unique

and awesome and how they worked during a gallery walk on

Thursday. Then, the students each received their first patent!

It was a real success and the students were extremely happy

with their creativity and ingenuity.

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The Soille Scene

We join in mourning the loss of Sofia Paz, who in

the original years of Hebrew Day enrolled her

daughters Sara and Zelma (Zelma is pictured to

the left pointing to the Hebrew letters). The

picture to the left shows the first class at San

Diego Hebrew Day School in 1963. We are proud

that her great-grandchildren, Ellis, Cyan & Oz

Abu, Eitan, Phoebe & Jayden Nakach, Nisso, Amir

& Tessy Adato, Anna, Zelma & Esther Maya, have

attended Hebrew Day School currently and in the

past!

Hebrew Day 53rd Anniversary Gala Sunday, June 5, 2016

Put in your Tribute Message NOW! Place your message for our honoree, Mr. Selwyn Isakow, for your children, grandchildren, teachers, Hebrew Day. You can place a message for your business or ask businesses you frequent to buy an ad.

Now is the time to acknowledge the people in your lives who make a difference.

For more information contact Klara Lapp, [email protected].

Reminder:

Financial Aid applications are due March 1st.

Join us as an Underwriter of the Gala

On June 5th our school community and the San Diego Jewish community will gather to celebrate the 53rd year of Soille Hebrew Day at our Annual Gala. Our goal is to have 100% of the costs 100% underwritten so that 100% of the proceeds go towards funding Tuition Assistance.

Join us as an Underwriter.

Choose an Amount: $10,000, $5,000, $3,600, $1,800, $1,000

Choose a Category: Dinner, Tribute Journal, Art Auction, Audio-Visual, Day School Staff Tix, Preschool Staff Tix, Décor, Mashgiach

Contact Joyce Arovas, [email protected] for information.


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Preschool News In this week’s parsha, Tetzaveh, Hashem tells Moshe to command the Jewish people to supply olive oil for the menorah in the Mishkan and organize the making of priestly garments (bigdei kehuna). The children had so much fun dressing up like the holy priests and learning about the different parts of their clothing. They also had a blast building a Mishkan with real material and tools! Although this was a short week, there were many highlights! Our music teacher, Morah Ronit, is teaching the children songs that they are so excited to share. One favorite was the “lion song”. The weather has had ups and downs giving the kids ample opportunity to explore their playground in the context of heat as well as rain! Dragonfly classes focused on health and nutrition this week by brushing paper teeth with toothbrushes (pictured above), making healthy placemats, sorting health and junk foods, and baking nutritious blueberry muffins. Hummingbirds loved making blue slime with glitter when learning about Night (N & O are the letters of the week).

Themes of the Week

Health & Nutrition

‘N’ is for Nighttime

‘O’ is for Octopus

Kohein Gadol

Choshen Mishpat

Mishkan

Dates to Remember:

March 7 - No School (Faculty Development Day)

March 24 - Noon Dismissal (Purim)

March 25 - 9am Start

Mazel Tov! To the Freeman family on the birth of a baby

girl! Two new big brothers in our preschool!

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Soille Community News Mazal Tov to…

...Noam Freeman and Efrat Klein-Freeman, on the birth of their daughter; and to Eitan, Avigail, Daniel, and Yonatan on the birth of their sister.

...Samuel Bemeras on becoming Bar Mitzvah this week and to proud parents Elias and Gina Bemeras.

Condolences to…

...the Nakach/Paz family on the passing of Sofia Paz, mother of Isaac Paz, Moises Paz, Sara Nakach, and Zelma Nakach; grandmother to Jessica Abu, Mathew Nakach, Beca Adato, Elena Maya, Esther Beja, David & Aliza Paz; great-grandmother to Ellis, Cyan & Oz Abu, Eitan, Phoebe & Jayden Nakach, Nisso, Amir & Tessy Adato, Anna, Zelma & Esther Maya.

Happy Birthday Bobbe Reitman!!

We want to wish a very Happy Birthday to our beloved friend, nurse and grandparent, Bobbe Reitman! Many happy returns. To honor Bobbe’s birthday, Hebrew Day received a tribute donation from Bobbe’s daughter and son-in-law, Becki (Hebrew Day class of ’01) and Dovid Faska. What a wonderful way to celebrate a simcha and remember Hebrew Day! NOTE: If you or your children are inspired to follow Becki’s example, contact Joyce Arovas, [email protected].

Upcoming Community Events:

North County Parenting Program

“Mission Impossible: Maintain Adult Relationships AND Raise Your Children”

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

7:30 p.m.

Speaker: Ruchie Koval

Encinitas Community Center

RSVP to: [email protected]

SCY High will celebrate an evening of Magic on Feb. 21 in the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa

Park. Be part of the magic and provide needed support for the boys high school program. FMI call 858-

560-1818.

Torah High School will hold its annual Chinese Auction/Casino Night on Sunday evening, March 13,

2016, in the Social Hall. Please plan to support our sister school and join a wonderful evening of fun and

friendship. For more information, please call 858-558-6880.

Beth Jacob:

“THE ROAD TO RESILIENCE” SHERRI MANDELL The best‐selling author of Blessing of a Broken Heart

will speak after Shabbos about her new book and sell/sign copies. Saturday Feb. 20th at 8:00pm at Beth

Jacob.

“THE BOSTONER REBBE” AT BETH JACOB ➢ Thurs. Feb. 25, 7:30pm: Shiur and personal appointments

February 27, 8:45pm: Community Melava Malka / Tish

Is one of the most joyous mitzvot of the Purim holiday,

which occurs this year on Thursday, March 24th. We

send (Shalach) portions (Manot) to one another to re-

new our feeling of interde-pendence amongst the Jewish people, expressing gratitude and unity. Soille Hebrew Day

Families, staff and special friends receive a decoratively

wrapped basket filled with fun and delicious gourmet treats personally delivered to their

homes by our volunteers.

Special Pricing Options: 10 names - $40

35 names - $100 75 names - $200 All names - $300

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! Send a beautiful Purim Basket to your friends and family and take part in the SPA’s Major fundraising project of the year!

ORDER ONLINE Once again our amazing surprise MISHLOACH MANOT baskets

will be ordered online. You should have received an email

from the school with personalized instructions how to login

through www.HappyPurim.com.

Assistance with online ordering from www.HappyPurim.com is

available.

ALL ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10th, SO DON’T DELAY!

For more information on how to participate In this program, contact Estelle Workman at [email protected].

Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School 53rd Anniversary Gala

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Honoring Selwyn Isakow

Become an Underwriter of the Gala

On June 5th our school community and the San Diego Jewish community will gather to celebrate the 53rd year of Soille Hebrew Day at our Annual Gala.

Join us as an Underwriter! Our goal is to have 100% of the costs 100% underwritten so that 100% of the proceeds go towards funding Tuition Assistance .

Underwriting Opportunities

Choose to sponsor…

Dinner

Tribute Journal

Art Auction

Audio-Visual

Day School Staff Tix

Preschool Staff Tix

Décor

Mashgiach

Category Amount

Achiever $10,000

Developer $5,000

Inspirer $3,600

Leader $1,800

Motivator $1,000

For underwriting information, contact Joyce Arovas at [email protected].

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Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School · world’s oldest active ship, The Star of India. The minute the students boarded the ship, they were treated by excellent specialized instructors