CALENDAR

SUNDAY, MAY 29 & MONDAY MAY 30

PRE-1A SIDDUR PLAYS *******

MONDAY, MAY 30 MEMORIAL DAY

12:15 PM DISMISSAL -ECD-8 *******

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 YBH SECOND ANNUAL

NIGHT OF THE ARTS *******

SUNDAY, JUNE 5 CELEBRATE ISRAEL PARADE

YOM YERUSHALAYIM *******

MONDAY, JUNE 6 - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8

KINDERGARTEN GRADUATIONS

******* FRI. JUNE 10

12:15 PM DISMISSAL BOYS GR. 1-8

NO SESSIONS-GIRLS & ECD *******

SUNDAY, JUNE 12 & MONDAY, JUNE 13

SHAVUOS- NO SESSIONS TUES. JUNE 14-ISRU CHAG

9 AM ARRIVAL (ECD-8) 9 AM SHACHARIS (GR. 6-8)

******* WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY

JUNE 15 & 16 NURSERY GRADUATIONS

******* SUNDAY, JUNE 19

6G BAS MITZVAH BRUNCH *******

MONDAY, JUNE 20 7:30 PM-8G GRADUATION

******* TUESDAY, JUNE 21

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL-ECD 7:30 PM - 8B GRADUATION

******* WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

GRADES 1-7 FACULTY LUNCHEON

I S S U E Parshas Behar Hadlakas Neiros : 8 :01 PM Shabbos ends: 9:19 PM

28 May 27, 2016

Dear Parents, This week we celebrated ג בעומר“ל . It is important to note that it is the one day of the year that Jews of all kinds gather at the קבר of רב שמעון בר יוחאי to celebrate his contribution to the continuity of K’lal Yisroel in such a dramatic way. After רבי עקיבא lost 24,000 of his talmidim, he turned to five great men, one of them Rav Shimon Bar Yochai, to partake in transmitting the ,to the next generation. In doing so מסורהthe future of Klal Yisroel was preserved. Why was it that י “רשב was זוכה to not only save the future generations but also to elevate them from a very low place (after such tragedy had befallen בני with the תורה to great heights in (ישראלcompilation of the זוהר, theתורת הנסתר, and strengthening and rebuilding תורת The answer may be hidden in the ?הנגלהvery essence of the day of ג בעומר “ל . Each day of ספירת העומר is represented by different middos of Hashem. It begins with chessed and continues to the mid-dah of מלכות. Each day has a combination of 2 middos; the first day is חסד שבחסד, the second day is גבורה שבחסד and the fifth day is הוד שבחסד. The middah of הוד represents humility of the highest order. Chazal tell us that ” במקום שאתה מוצא

“ גדולתו אתה מוצא ענותנותו. The place that you find the greatness of Hashem, you find his ענוה. We see this when Hashem created the world, He said “נעשה אדם”,”Let us make Man”. At the risk of people thinking there was more than one G-d, it was necessary to show by example that even ה“הקב confers with the מלאכים for their input. This is the middah of הוד. When some-one has this middah, it comes with appreciation of others, the understand-ing of thankfulness, הודאה and saying thank you.

It also includes the characteristic of being .admitting when you are wrong ,מודהUsually, if someone has humility, he finds it easy to admit when he is in the wrong and when to say thank you. אהרן הכהן was known for having the middah of הוד, therefore he found himself in the position of being an אוהב שלום ורודף שלום. A humble person is usually the perfect peacemaker, having the trust of both parties in conflict. The day of ג בעומר“ל is הוד שבהוד, a double dose of הוד.

י“רשב was known to believe in the פחות the lowest of the low of K’lal ,שבפחותיםYisrael, to build them up and be מקרב them to Torah. It is no wonder that in Meron, all Jews gather מגדול שבגדולים עד as one, to light a ,פחות שבפחותיםtremendous הדלקה so that all of B’nei Yisrael bask in the glow and feel a part of the great ירושה, the הייליגע תורה. Let us daven, say a perek of Tehillim for

י“אחינו בנ on this special day (the entire week of the yahrzeit is מושפע from this great tzaddik) and create an everlasting bond and love for all Yidden so that when we say נעשה ונשמע this coming Yom Tov of Shavuos, it will once again be כאיש אחד !בלב אחד Wishing you a wonderful Shabbos, Rabbi Berel Leiner Menahel

MESSAGE FROM OUR MENAHELMESSAGE FROM OUR MENAHEL

Lag B’Omer

HOT LUNCH

PLEASE SEND ANY HOT LUNCH QUESTIONS OTHER THAN SUBSTITUTION REQUESTS

TO: abhahn@hotmail.com

Week of May 16: MONDAY :

Early dismissal, no lunch served TUESDAY: (MEAT or PAREVE SUBSTITUTION) Chicken with

apricot & duck sauce glaze, rice, vegetable of the day

WEDNESDAY: Pizza THURSDAY: (DAIRY or Pareve) French toast & jumbo pancake,

syrup, vegetable of the day, yogurt or applesauce

Pareve substitutions for Tuesday & Thursday:

Tuna or egg salad wrap; 4 fish sticks; Falafel and fresh pita

bread; 2 hot potato bou-rekas; 2 hot potato knishes; 2 Belgian waffles with syrup; 5 potato & onion perogies;

pasta variety with ketchup or marinara on the side (please

specify) Dairy substitutions - Thursday: 2 hot grilled cheese sandwich-

es; 3 cheese blintzes with chocolate drizzle

*All side dishes are included with substitutions

If you have a NEW substitute request please

e-mail: goodshabbos@optimum.net by SUNDAY EVENING. Include your

child's first and last NAME, GRADE and MORNING TEACHER. Substitutions will remain in place

unless you change them via email.

FRIDAY: Fresh bagel with cream cheese (or alternate topping of

tuna, egg salad, American cheese, butter or plain bagel* assorted snack bag of potato

chips (honey BBQ , Dipsy Doo-dles, onion rings, pretzels),

fresh fruit *To change topping email :

goodshabbos@optimum.net),

EXCITING NEW PROGRAM & RAFFLE

Arochas, Joshi Awerbuch, Daniel Berkes Dovi Brandwein, Ezriel Brandwein, Moshe Cohen, Menachem Cohen, Shaya Cohen Shua Cohen, Yedidyah Dubinsky, Menachem Mendel Dubinsky, Nosson Elias, Avidan Erblich, Elisha Fischbein, Moshe Frohlich, Ahron Gasner, Azarya Gelfond, Menachem Gelfond, Yehuda Gerstein, Aryeh Goldman, Shimon Greenberger, Judah Gross, Chaim Gross, Yosef Hack, Shimmy Hahn, Ahron Heching, Amos Heching, Chaggai Heimowitz, Yakir Kalfa, Ezra Kamara, Elisha Karfunkel, Moshe Karfunkel, Rafi Korbman, Aharon Yosef Korbman, Avraham Kreimerman, Asher Kreitman, Yehuda Krich, Aryeh Krimsky, Aryeh Lazarus, Avi

Lederman, Yehoshua Levin, Daniel Levin, Shmuel Levy, Daniel Lewinson, Yaakov Mandel, Sachi Manticof, Daniel Manticof, David Manticof, Jonathan Manticof, Nissim Milgraum, Ahron Mintz, Ariel Mintz, Chaim Mintz, Tzvi Muehlgay, Akiva Nevo, Benny Nikelsberg, Shimon Novak, Daniel Pahmer, Yaakov Pahmer, Yehuda Paley Yosef Chaim Pianko, Yaakov Pieprz, Avi Pieprz, Reuven Pittinsky, Shmuel Pollack, Yehuda Pollak Uriel Price, Aharon Price, Azriel Price, Shlomo Prince, Tzvi Rivkin, Eliezer Rosenblum, Avraham Eliezer Rosner, Ari Rothberger, Chaim Scheiner, Eli Scheiner, Uri Schimel, Aryeh Schmidt, Akiva

Schmidt, Moshe Schmidt, Yehuda Schmutter, Netanel Schmutter, Yoel Schwartz, Gavriel Segal, Chaim Segal, Yechiel Segal, Yosef Dov Seidman, Akiva Seidman, Tzvi Sheer, Eliezer Sheril, Shlomo Snitow, Akiva Snitow, Yosef Solomon, Dovi Spanier, Yitzchok Spivak, Eliezer Spivak, Ephraim Spivak, Yehuda Spivak, Yonatan Srulovich, Dovid Stareshefsky, Eliezer Stein, Avraham Stein, Eliyahu Stein, Shabtai Stein, Yehuda Sudwerts, Eli Traiger, Asher Wallen, Ariel Weiner, Aharon Weiner, Avi Weiner, Eitan Weinstein, Aaron Weissman, Daniel Weissmann, Moshe Zuckerman, Yehuda Zylberman, Akiva Zylberman, Shalom Meir

Rabbi Goldberg is spearheading the Machzikei HaTorah Zichron Yitzchok Erev Shabbos

& Shabbos learning program for all boys in grades 1-8 in which participating students who utilize their free time on Friday afternoon and Shabbos to review the

weekly parsha, study for tests or partake in any other Limudei Kodesh study are entered into weekly and bi-weekly drawings for prizes such as a Chinese lunch and

French fries. There will be a GRAND FINALE drawing on June 20th for a bicycle that all participating students will be entered in. All forms must be returned by Monday

for students to be eligible in that week’s drawing. The following sponsorship opportunities are available:

$25 –Child learning for a week $50 –Class learning for a week

$100 –Grade learning for a week $200 –Yeshiva learning for a week

$360 -Shavuos Hasmada Contest Seforim Raffle $200 –Bike raffle

Please contact Rabbi Goldberg at egoldberg@ybhpassaic.org. if you would like to sponsor any of the above.

We are so proud that 116 boys are participating so far and we congratulate the following boys who have participated in the program thus far

and have been entered into the raffles:

LAG B’OMER & COLOR WAR

MAZAL TOV TO…

Mr. Shlomo and Mrs. Esti Bechhofer (2G morah) on the

birth of a son

Shoshana Pittinsky and Yakira Rothberger (6G) and their

families on their Bas Mitzvahs

Color War was exciting and the achdus and

comeraderie among the boys was amazing!

A fantastic effort was put forth by

the eighth graders!

ECD HIGHLIGHTS

They measured less than an inch When they joined our crew,

Over time, they grew and grew, ‘מה רבו מעשיך ה

We truly enjoyed watching them, From caterpillar to butterfly,

The metamorphosis we now know, As we say goodbye and let them go

A Peek Into Our Week:

Boys’ Gym Classes: The year in review by Mr. Durham: We had an exciting and fun year in Gym class. The boys enjoyed soccer, foul shooting and 3 point shooting con-tests, obstacle courses, Olympic day, monthly fitness day and monthly agility contests. Once we stepped away from all the competitions, we saw 1B - 3B master doing push ups and running up to 5 laps. Grades 4B - 5B finished the year working and playing hard with smiles. 6B-8B found their hidden talents at volleyball, even though basketball seemed to be sport of choice. It was nice to see students who don't normally play basketball participating and enjoying the sport. I can’t end without letting you know how much the new score board really made a difference. It made all the games more intense, because the score was constant-ly displayed and watching the clock run down gave the students more incentive to work until the last second. I wish the 8th grade good luck in high school and I'll see the rest of you in school next year. The 4th grade boys’ trip to the Meadow-lands Environmental Center involved a hike through some of the unique saltwater marshlands nearby. The boys learned just how "green" a house could be by planting the right trees, which exposure the windows should face to maximize sunlight in the winter and reduce cooling costs in the summer. They then broke into teams, each responsible for a different aspect of constructing a working model of a "green-energy efficient" house. Lastly, but not the least, the instructor who guided the boys commented on how wonderfully behaved and how well they worked on the project.

Rabbi Rajchgod’s Kitah Vav: We are learning פרק החובל, which deals with the הלכות of when one person damages another and the five different payments which one may be obligated to pay. We are learning many interesting דינים and concepts. We were introduced to a מה מצינו, which is a way to learn things by comparison, in addition to the גזירה שוה and היקש tools that we were already familiar with. In חומש, we celebrated a סיום on פרשת קדושים, are well into פרשת אמר and are also nearing completion of our Shas Word program, which we will celebrate with a major סעודה. All in all, major accomplishments have been achieved by the sixth grade boys this year! Mrs. Paul’s Fifth Grade Class: We took a trip to the Liberty Hall Museum to explore Gov. Livingston’s mansion that was built before the Revolution-ary War. Some of the boys had the opportunity to try out some old fashioned toys, they toured the old time kitchen, saw the grooves in the banisters from the swords of the British soldiers and learned about the history of the battles involved. The boys also “ice dyed” T- shirts to go with their lessons on changing states of matter.

Mrs. Platt’s Art Classes: Here is a small sampling of the amazing artwork that our YBH students are creating here at school. These drawings were done by two boys, Eitan Shulman and Amos Heching, who are new to having an art connection at YBH, however both have obvious talent! The 2nd Annual Night of the Arts will be held on Wednes-day, June 1st in the evening. The boys artwork, from their art enrichment class, will be set up in the lobby. The girls artwork will be displayed in the lunchroom. There will be a program that night for all YBH girls and their mothers.

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Boys Session: July 5 -July 29

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We invite all women and young adults of the Passaic-Clifton community to hear

Rav Ahron LopianskyRosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva of Greater Washington

“An Eternal Parting of Ways: רות & ערפה”

Shabbos Afternoon, פרשת בהר5:00 PM

at the home of

Robert and Aviva Aberman 325 Dwasline Road

Shiur sponsored by Bais Yaakov Machon Ora