The VIEW 14, Vol. 12

VOLUME 12 NUMBER 14 DECEMBER 27, 2013 24 TEVET 5774

UPCOMING Parshat Va’eira By: Rabbi Landsman

EVENTS At the conclusion of makkat barad the Torah elaborates on precisely which

Candle Lighting: 4:16 plants were destroyed. Why is it important to know that the flax and barley were
Havdallah: 5:17
destroyed, whereas the wheat survived? What lessons can be learned from which
Sun., Dec. 29
Parent-Child plants survived the barad?

Learning Rabbi Sobolofsky explains that according to the literal meaning of

9-11 the pesukim in Shemot 9:31-32, the plants that were not damaged were those that did

3-on-3 Basketball

not stand firm as the hail fell. Those plants that were not yet developed were able to

Mon.-Tues., Dec 30– 31

No Bus Service withstand the pressure of the hail. However, the fully developed, stronger plants,

Wed., Jan 1 which tried to stand up to the hail, were decimated.

No Sessions The message to Pharoh was clear. When you are confronted by Hashem whose

Sun., Jan 5 power is so much greater than yours, how do you react? Do you attempt to stand firm
Siddur Presentation and obstinate like the flax and barley, thereby guaranteeing your destruction? Or, like
the wheat, do you realize your limitations and refrain from attempting to battle the
1-201 and 1-203 hail? Pharoh failed to see the obvious message in the makka and continued to be
obstinate thereby sealing his own fate.
Sun., Jan 12
Siddur Presentation The Ohr Hachaim has a different suggestion regarding the significance of the
wheat being spared. The medrash explains that this was miraculous, but Pharoh saw it
1-202 and 1-200 as a sign of Hashem's weakness and limited ability. Rather than drawing the correct

Jan., 16 –27
Winter Vacation!

No Sessions

YCQ Family News conclusion that Hashem decided exactly what to destroy and what to retain in a
Mazal Tov Morah Fried miraculous manner, Pharoh saw it as a justification to continue to question whether

(5-300 and 5-301) and the makkos were merely magic.

Hadas Fried on the The wheat survived the hail in order to teach Pharoh to repent. Pharoh drew
marriage of Adi.

the incorrect conclusion and continued along his evil path. Let us hear the messages

Mazal Tov to Morah

Lauren Gross 1-201 on that Hashem sends through events that occur to us and learn the lessons He is trying

her marriage to teach. Have a great Shabbat!

REMINDER! 

THERE WILL BE NO QUEENS BUS SERVICE FROM:  
MONDAY DECEMBER 30‐TUESDAY DECEMBER 31 3:30 Dismissal for grades K‐8 

THERE WILL NOT BE 4:30 ROOM Please check the a ached pages for the a er school schedule!  

2-207 Chumash Presentation

We are proud of class 2-207 for receiving their first Chumash this past Sunday. They
have worked so hard by rehearsing their parts and practicing singing the songs. The play
was about the first days of creation and each child had a part that had to do with each
day. They sang beautifully and acted out their parts perfectly. They had a lot of fun
dancing, laughing and learning about the creation of the world. The children wore cos-
tumes and took pictures for the Chagigat HaChumash. We want to congratulate the class
for doing so well and making Morah Rachel and their parents very happy. The Chumash
play was a success and we cannot wait to learn the Torah from our new Chumashim. Way
to go class 2-207!!!

2-204 Chumash Presentation

This past Sunday class 2-204 received their Chumashim for the very first time at the an-
nual Second Grade Chumash Presentation. The class put on a spectacular play revealing
just how much Ivrit they have learned this year. After the play, the children were called
up to the stage individually to receive a Chumash with their name engraved on it, a goody
bag and a beautiful framed picture taken with their Morot and principals. Following the
ceremony, everyone was invited to the gym for a collation. Many thanks to Morah Dina
Winchester, Rabbi Lipsker, Rabbi Hamel, and parent representatives for making this day
so memorable!

Torah Bowl Competition

Mazal Tov to the Torah Bowl team on an incredible victory in last week’s tournament! Victo-
ries over Shulamith, Ashar, Westchester Day School, and Ramaz! Special thanks to the fol-
lowing students who helped us with the victories: Elana Shalamov, Yael Bayled, Dina
Inoytov, Rebecca Inoyatov, Shayna Orlow, Yael Teitelman, Atara Teitelman, Yael Laks, Leba
Sulivan, Talia Wein, Talya Lisker, Pnina Levin, Leora Greenberg, Michelle Weingarten, Na-
tan Alon, Natanel Kamel, Zack Goldberg, Benjy Gottesman, Jonathan Zirkiev, Binyamin
Ancelovics, Itamar Basalel, Mordechai Flamenbaum. Thank you to our coaches Rabbi Ham-
mer and Ms. Rosenblum for leading the team to victory!

E2K Googled!

On Tuesday, December 17th, our 7th grade E2K group was invited to visit Google’s offices
in Manhattan. We were met at the entrance by Dr. Wein, who had so graciously invited
the group to visit after we finished our module on programming. After a tour of the in-

credible facilities led by Dr. Wein and a
colleague of his, the students were
privileged to meet one of the women
responsible for having created the
Scratch program at MIT that we had
used in learning to program. A few of
our students showcased some of the
programming work they had done. We
also met a programmer who works
with creating robots. He regaled us
with stories of the antics of his robots
and showed us a Lego Mindstorm ro-
bot that he brought with him.

Yeshiva of Central Queens

ATTENTION FIRST GRADE PARENTS
SIDDUR PRESENTATION SCHEDULES

ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Class 1-201, Morah Shira Fendel
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Arrival: 8:45, Presentation: 9:00

Class 1-203, Morah Leah Greenwald
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Arrival: 10:45, Presentation: 11:00

Class 1-200, Morah Rotem Levy
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Arrival: 8:45, Presentation: 9:00

Class 1-203, Morah Leah Greenwald
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Arrival: 10:45, Presentation: 11:00

YCQ JHS DECEMBER TEST CALENDAR

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3 4 56
5th Day Chanuka 6th Day Chanuka 8th Day Chanuka
8 No Sessions Chanuka Presentations
JHS Parent Child
Learning 9 10 11 12 13
6b Gemara Asara B'Tevet
15 7th grade science 6 boys chumash 6b2 halacha 7 grade vocabulary
Chumash 8 grade science 7B Ivrit
Presentation 7 girls halacha Algebra test (8)
2nd Grade R Hammer Halacha
Parent Teacher 8B Ivrit
22
Chumash Conferences JHS Girls
Presentation
2nd Grade 16 17 18 19 20
6 grade LA test 6 boys navi
29 6 Lowinger math 8 math (Sider) 6 math (sider)
JHS Parent Child Kerper/Lowinger/Sider 7B Navi
Learning Parent Teacher 8B GemaraHalacha 7 math 8G Chumash

Conferences JHS Boys

23 24 25 26 27
6 boys Ivrit 6 math (sider/kerper)
6g1 Ivrit 6B1 Halacha 7th grade girls Ivrit test 8th grade girls Ivrit test
7B GemaraHalacha 8B Chumash No Bus Service
No Bus Service 6g2 Ivrit 6G Halacha No Bus Service

30 7th grade girls chumash No Bus Service
6G Chumash
7B Chumash 8 girls halacha
8 Navi
No Bus Service No Bus Service

31
7G navi

No Bus Service

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Yeshiva of Central Queens

DATE REBBE SUBJECT

10/13 Rabbi Rietti True Happiness
10/20 Rabbi Bernstein
10/27 Rabbi Kramer The elements of creation

11/10 Rabbi Shay Schachter Jealousy, do you really want to be
11/24 Rabbi Nat like him?
12/8 Rabbi Russek
12/29 Rabbi Hammer vnhn, wv ,ru,
2/2 Rabbi Rohr
2/9 Rabbi Hamel vru,v ,ruxn
2/23 Rabbi Pearl A letter from the grv rmh
3/2 Rabbi Finestone Practical vfkv
3/9 Rabbi Glatstein The purpose of the asenv ,hc
3/23 Rabbi Finkelstein The process of making ,hmhm
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DON’T FORGET:

Weekly Prizes

YCQ 5TH - 8TH GRADE STUDENT
PARENT-CHILD

SUNDAY LEARNING PROGRAM

PLEASE JOIN US THIS SUNDAY

December 29, 2013

26th Tevet 5774

9 AM - 11 AM
11-11:20 3-on-3 Basketball

FOR AN INSPIRATIONAL
LEARNING PROGRAM

FEATURING SPECIAL SPEAKER:

Rabbi Hammer,

TOPIC:

The Controversy in Tzitzit

SPORTS FANS --
DON'T MISS OUT ON
THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

ETZ CHAIM
SUPER BOWL RAFFLE

$100 PER TICKET
FOR 2 TICKETS TO
SUPER BOWL XLVIII
AT MET LIFE STADIUM
ON FEBRUARY 2, 2014
LIMITED TO 300 RAFFLES

Drawing January 19, 2014 at 8:00 PM
For information call
Sam Sturm (917) 612-2666 or Steve Siegel (917) 868-1435
or email [email protected]
Etz Chaim 147-19 73 Avenue Flushing NY 11367



In honor of her bat mitzvah,
Dalya Koller (6G2)

will be baking and selling cookies
to raise money for ‫צדקה‬.

Delicious cookies of all types –
chocolate chip, sugar, oatmeal raisin, sea salt and brown sugar,

ginger snaps, and more! –
will be available for sale at Dalya’s home,

8702 Chevy Chase St, Jamaica Estates, NY 11432

(at the corner of Cambridge Road),

on Sunday, January 12, 2014, from 1 to 4 pm.

Please stop by!

If you would like to order cookies but can’t make it to Dalya’s
home that day, please email [email protected],
and we can arrange deliveries to YCQ or to homes in Queens.

The money raised will be contributed to GiveDirectly, an organization
working with extremely poor families in Kenya.



January 1stShiurim

The Lander College for Men Alumni Association
and Department of Community Programming Present:

Lander College for Men
Torah Warmth for the Winter
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 9:00 - 9:30 am Breakfast
Lander College for Men 7531 150th St., Flushing, NY 11367

The Mashgiach, Rabbi Moshe Bamberger

9:30-10:15 Yerushalayim on Ice - Heartwarming

Lessons Learned from the Blizzard of 2013
Rabbi Ephraim Tanenbaum

10:15-11:00 The Holiday Season-

Jewish Sources on a Non-Jewish Season

For Men Only

RSVP (no cost):
[email protected]
[email protected]

Lander College
for Men

A Division of Touro College

YESHIVA OF CENTRAL QUEENS

This collec on will be  

distributed by: 

STANDING TOGETHER 

An organiza on helping  
soldiers in Israel 

Please bring in one package of new sports socks, in BLACK or 
GREEN, for the soldiers of the  
Israel Defense Force 

Collec on boxes will be placed in the main lobby and 
outside the JHS offices 



2-207 Chumash Plays!

2-204 Chumash Plays!

YCQ Torah Bowl Team!