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From the desk of Rabbi Perry Tirschwell
For me, the highlights of this pre-Purim week were listening live
over the internet to Batsheva Davis speak in New York, having a
tragic headline come alive as Mrs. Kanner shared the life story of
her childhood friend Elinatan Horowitz and his wife Dina, who were
murdered by terrorists last Friday night at their shabbat
table in Kiryat Arba, and seeing the friendships created by last
weekend's tournament / shabbaton. We look foward to a great weekend
in North Miami Beach.
The video of our production of Annie is available for purchase.
To reserve your copy, click here to order and send $18
to the school office.
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Perry Tirschwell
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 The First YHS Boys JV Basketball Tournament
brought together 50 students from Florida, New Jersey and New
York. In addition to games on Friday, Motzei Shabbat and
Sunday morning, the shabbaton included shiurim and
inspirational talks from Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Rav Binny
Friedman, Rabbi Avi Schneider and Hillel Day School of Boca
Raton rebbe Rabbi Reuven Boshnack. Mazel tov to first place
TABC (Torah Academy of Bergen County) and to our
representative on the All Star team, Jonathan Struhl. Thanks
to Coach Rabbi Avi Schneider, Athletic Director Noah Davis and
particularly to Executive Director Shimmie Kaminetsky for
putting together a great program.
Seven representatives of our L'Maan Achai program traveled
to NY with Rabbi Spodek to partcipate in the National
L'Man Achai Siyum HaTorah at Yeshiva University on
Thursday night. In addition to Rabbis Norman Lamm and Herschel
Schachter, YHS School President Batsheva Davis spoke to the
crowd of over 1,000 plus the virtual audience who listen to a
web simulcast.
The Tzedakah Committee's Shaloch Manos
fundraiser for Chai Lifeline was a major success. The $
900 that was raised along with the proceeds of the
tzedaka boxes and Snapple sales, will enable the
tzedakah committee to present a $2,000 check to the
most worthy organization. Students purchased and wrote message
cards for the past three weeks. The shaloch manos were put
together by the tzedaka committee for 3 hours after
school on Wednesday, and distributed to the students on Friday
during breakfast.
YHS Moves to NMB! This shabbat, the
Judaic faculty of the school will be taking the energy of YHS
on the road to North Miami Beach. The NMB families and rebbeim
will be enjoying a Shabbat meal together, and the faculty will
be housed and hosted for a meal at the families' homes.
Between this week and last, our Tennis Team played
three matches. The late breaking news is that our girls and
boys teams played fantastically on Thursday afternoon. Avi
Amsalem, Jeremy Gelbart, Jordan Lieber and Shalom Weberman won
their matches, as did Rachel Begas, Rachel Dolgow and Melissa
Marder. Jeremy and Avi won their doubles match as well.
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| Purim Week at YHS |
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 Dismissal on Taanit Esther, Monday March 17, is
at 1:45 PM.
Please make reservations (click on the link in my
letter at the beginning of the highlites) for our annual
Purim Chagigah, which will take place on Purim night,
Monday, March 17 at 6:30 PM at the Embassy Suites in Boca. We
hope that all the students and their families (with or without
costumes) will be able to join us for Megillah, break-fast
dinner, dancing, and a special power point presentation on the
funnest night of the YHS year. Last minute YHS Purim
Chagigah reservations can be made before Shabbat by clicking here to RSVP!
There is no school on Purim and Shushan Purim
(Tuesday and Wednesday, March 18 & 19).
Our Boys Varsity Basketball Team will be traveling to
New York on Shushan Purim to compete with teams from
throughout the US in Yeshiva University's Annual Red
Saracheck Tournament.
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| March Goes Out Like a Lion! |
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 Our freshman girls will be traveling to the Jewish
Federation of South Palm Beach County campus to pack food for
the needy at the Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry on
Tuesday, March 25.
The Mayor of Boca Raton will G-d willing be speaking
to our senior government class on Wednesday, March 26 or
Thursday, March 27.
World-renown inspirational speaker Rabbi Pesach
Krohn will be addressing the student body (with musical
accompaniment!) on Thursday morning, March 27.
The Girls Soccer Team will be having an end of the
year party, celebrating their first full season in the FHSAA
league, at 5:45 PM at Eilat Cafe on Thursday, March 27th.
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| Down the Road at YHS |
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Our annual dinner will take place on Sunday, May 18
at the Boca Raton Synagogue.
Save the date for our drama society's production of the
hilarious Neil Simon comedy "Fools" in May at the
historic Crest Theatre in downtown Delray Beach.
Rav Meir Goldwicht will be joining us for Yom
Yerushalayim. He will be speaking at a chagiga
Wednesday evening, May 28 at the Young Israel of Hollywood for
our students and their families and the entire Hollywood
community.
Click here for Spring 2003 calendar... »
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| First
YHS Grad in Tzahal! |
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| Shani Matilsky, who entered our
school in its first year, graduated from tironut (basic
training) in the Israeli Army last month. She is presently
training to be a choveshet (medic). Shani, who holds
dual Israeli and American citizenship, elected to return to
Israel to enlist. |
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