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Ma’aseh avos siman l’banim - the actions of the forefathers (and foremothers) are signs for the children. The Jewish people have always lived knowing that we follow the path set for us by the generations prior to us.
This past week, students of The Cheder of Queens learned about public safety with a visit by members of the New York Police Department. The visit included a range of officers from those on the beat wearing regular uniforms, to community affairs officers in royal blue, and an executive dressed in a crisp white shirt. Thank you to the NYPD for keeping us safe!
Mrs. Mittel has transformed her third-grade classroom at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe into Kislev Wonderland. You will find the room filled with dazzling dreidels and magnificent menorahs hanging all around. The boys have become Chanukah detectives, trying to solve the case of The Exploding Dreidels, The Missing Menorah, The Peculiar Chanukah Gift, and The Missing Gelt. The boys used their creativity and imagination to formulate stories by applying all of the concepts and fundamentals learned in our Writer’s Workshop course. Each detective organized their ideas, edited them, and created a Chanukah mystery, earning the title of Superstar Writer.
SKA’s sh’miras ha’lashon student committee PAUSE (Pausing and Understanding Speech’s Effect) ran a special program on Tuesday, December 6, featuring noted speaker Mrs. Toba Shiffrin and inspiring workshops for the entire student body.
In conjunction with learning the alef-beis letter hei, the kindergarten boys of Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe were treated to a visit from Hatzolah of Queens and Great Neck volunteer members Mr. Yehuda Benjamin (the brother-in-law of kindergarten student Yaakov Savetsky), Mr. Avi Stern (the father of two YTM boys), and Mr. Moshe Teicher (a dedicated community servant). Their visit coincided with Shabbos Hatzalah, which annually falls on Parshas VaYeitzei.
The sheer scope of the devastation was unlike anything they had ever seen. Houses were flattened. Giant trees were toppled, their exposed roots clawing the air. More than 80 people died in the Category 4 hurricane, the fifth-strongest ever in the US, and the 150-mph wind caused billions of dollars in damage. Thousands of people lost their homes.
