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Friday LetterFriday Letter Archive | Friday Letter AlertsMIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS Parashat Lech-Lecha Candle Lighting - 5:37 pm Havdalah - 6:29 pm COMING EVENTS Monday, November 2
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THANK YOU PARENTS ASSOCIATION! Our Parents Association is sponsoring a distinctive tefila experience for our 6th grade class on Monday, November 2nd from 8:40-9:25. Julie Geller, a singer songwriter who "plays a unique combination of original folk and original Jewish music" will be leading the shacharit service. AFTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS SCHEDULE
THINGS GO BETTER WITH COCA-COLA Help Schechter by bringing in Coca-Cola and Coke products bottle caps with printed codes on them from the My Coke Rewards program. There are boxes to drop off your bottle caps in the Jericho and Glen Cove offices and also in the Lunchroom and Student Life Office in Glen Cove. Alternatively, please visit the SSDS My Coke Rewards web page to donate your points online. Thank you for your support! SAVE-THE-DATE TOWN MEETING A "Town Meeting" will be held on Monday, November 30, 2009 at the Jericho Campus at which time the Board of Directors will present the revised By-Laws for final approval. A detailed announcement regarding the meeting will be forthcoming. In the meantime, please mark your calendar to save the date. Please preview the information in advance of the meeting by checking the By-Laws link. CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITY Thursday, December 3 - Motzei Shabbat, December 5 at Americana Manhasset and Wheatley Plaza. SSDS/SSHSLI Opening Reception at the Gap on Thursday, December 3 (please see link below for informational flier). FRIDAY LETTER Parashat Lech Lecha In the opening verses of God's command to Abram to leave Haran and travel to Canaan, we read that "they set out [vayetzu] for the land of Cannan, and they arrived [vayavoh-oo] in the land of Cannan." This is a seemingly redundant statement. If Abram and his family arrived in Canaan, then isn't it obvious that he and his family left? Why the need for both statements? One explanation is that the verse goes out of its way to mention that not only did Abram and his family leave, but they ACTUALLY made it. In other words, Abram completed the entire journey, starting at his birthplace of Haran all continuing all the way to the land of Canaan, the place God promised to him and his descendents. Many of us start projects but do not finish them. Many of us set forth on journeys of discovery in life, in our careers and with loved ones but we do not complete them. All too often, we do not see the long-term picture or see things through to the end [I have written on similar themes over the past several weeks]. This is certainly true of Jewish life. Sometimes we learn the most "along the way" - so once we begin the journey, we need to stick with it, we can't just skip over parts. Learning Hebrew or sacred texts is a perfect example. It takes years and years to master them; there are no short cuts to the end. There is a unique opportunity to continue this journey over the next several weeks by attending our High School Open House on November 8th and the Middle School Open House in the evening on November 24th. I look forward to seeing all our current 5th and 8th grade students and their families at their respective Open House. Shabbat shalom, Rabbi Moshe Shabbat shalom, Allan Dalfen Upper School Principal PDF files8th Grade Overnight at Pump It UpPA Ladies Night Out SSHSLI Open House Champions for Charity |
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