P' Tazria

Dear Parents ‫עמו"ש‬, ‫פרשת תזריע‬
With ‫ חודש ניסן‬here, Pesach has entered our hallways and ‫שבת החודש‬
‫ראש חודש ניסן‬
classrooms with a bang. Beautiful ‫ הגדות‬have been prepared and are
being taught in class, with engaging lessons and give - and - take 7:06 ‫זמן הדלקת נרות‬
interactions. Visits to the matzah bakery, ‫ סיומים‬and our ‫מעות חטים‬
campaign have enabled our talmidim across every grade level to get INSIDE:
involved in the many aspects of the Yom Tov preparations.
 Pre School Visit
A ‫ גוט שבת‬and a ‫!גוט חודש‬ to the Matza Bakery
 Yeshiva’s ‫מעות‬
A great big and heartfelt Thank You to the Presidium
of the YTT Ladies Auxiliary for the meaningful Purim ‫ חטים‬Campaign

gift. A special thank you to all the parents who
participated in this generous effort.

The office staff and Teachers of Torah Temimah.

Lessons From the Parsha…

By: HaRav Avi Pearl,

This is an exciting week. It is ‫פרשת תזריע‬, ‫פרשת החודש‬, and ‫ראש חודש ניסן‬. Friday, ‫כ"ט אדר‬, is also the birthday of my

talmid, Michoel Ganz.
It is interesting to note that we don’t find birthdays mentioned much in the ‫תורה‬. The only one place in the ‫ תורה‬that we do
find the mention of a birthday, actually took place in ‫מצרים‬. It was ‫’פרעה‬s birthday.
Why doesn’t the ‫ תורה‬mention the birthdays of our ‫?מנהיגים‬
The ‫ גמרא‬tells us that heilige people are ‫ נפטר‬on their birthday. Righteous people are given their gift of life in complete years.
However, we know many ‫ גדולים‬that were not ‫ נפטר‬on their birthday. How do we understand this?
The ‫ חתם סופר‬explains that righteous people will be ‫ נפטר‬on the very day that they become righteous. This is the day that
their ‫ גדלות‬began to shine and they rose above the others. This is the day in which they were truly born.

Although we all have our biological birthday, we have the ability to create another birthday, the day that we will rise to

greatness.
The ‫ ברכה‬to Michoel and to all of the ‫ תלמידי הישיבה‬is that you should use all of the ‫ כוחות‬that the ‫ רבש"ע‬gave you, be ‫עולה‬
‫לגדולה‬, and I will wish you all “Happy Birthday!”

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Mazel Tov! ‫הר' גאלדשטיין‬
‫ – תורה‬Menachem Lehrer
Moshe Kohansion on his sister’s
chasunah ‫ – תפילה‬Aharon Fogel
‫הר' לימון‬
Shea Rubin on a new baby brother
Yehuda Rambod on a new baby Akiva Taub
niece ‫הר' זילבער‬

‫בר מצוה בחור לרגל הכנסתו לעול מצוות‬ Avi Shulevitz

Tzvi Valt

‫שבע‬-‫לזכות רפואה שלימה חי' מלכה בת בת‬

In a situation where the use of candles is not feasible (e.g. in a hospital), may a woman recite a brocha on electric lights
when lighting Shabbos candles?
Incandescent lights that are powered with batteries may be used with a brocha (e.g. artificial candles).
Note: Most flashlights in use today are LED and may not be used.
According to many Poskim, if a woman does not have access to these lights, she may use hardwired incandescent lights (e.g.
light fixtures); therefore, it is best to consult one’s Rav.
If a man is lighting the Shabbos neiros, when should he recite the bracha?
A woman lighting Shabbos neiros recites the bracha after lighting the neiros, since she is immediately mekabel Shabbos with the
recitation of the bracha. In contrast, a man is not automatically mekabel Shabbos with the recitation of the bracha; therefore, he
should recite the bracha prior to lighting the neiros.
Is one permitted to move the Shabbos neiros a different location after hadlakas neiros?
The candles should be lit in the place where they will remain and should not be moved to another location unless it is a case of
necessity. In all cases, the candles should be lit in a room that will be in use on Shabbos. It is preferable for the husband to
prepare the Shabbos candles.
Is there a preference to turn off the electric lights in the room prior to lighting?
In fulfillment of the mitzvah to add light, it is a hiddur to turn off the electric lights in the room before lighting candles.
The proper time to turn the electric lights back on depends on whether a woman has the minhag to put out the match after
lighting neiros or not. If her minhag is that she does not put out the match (which means that she considers it Shabbos after she
finishes lighting even before the brocha is recited), then she should not turn on the electric lights after lighting. Rather, someone
else should do so. If no one is available, the woman should turn the lights back on for the mitzvah of Neiros Shabbos prior to
lighting. If a woman does not have this minhag and blows out the match after lighting, then it is not considered Shabbos until
after the brocha is recited. In this case, she should turn the electric lights on after lighting but before reciting the brocha.



CLASSROOM GRADE 3 – RABBI SILVER
CLIPPINGS
‫ ב"ה‬we are well on our way in preparing
the ‫ הלכות‬and ‫ ענינים‬for ‫פסח‬. We are also
learning the ‫ טייטש‬of the ‫הגדה‬. The ‫מדה‬

of this month is ‫שמחה‬.

GRADE 3 – RABBI LIEMAN GRADE 2 – RABBI GOLDSTEIN

We are learning the last ‫ פרק‬of ‫!מס' ברכות‬ This week we learned about not speaking
We are learning the last ‫ פרק‬of ‫פרשת וארא‬. ‫לשון הרע‬. We shared interesting ‫ חזל'ס‬and

We are very much into our Pesach stories of ‫גדולי ישראל‬.
preparations. Our ‫ מדת החודש‬is ‫ – שמחה‬joy
and happiness. Our ‫ ניגון השבוע‬is ‫הנה אנכי‬

‫שולח לכם את אליהו הנביא‬.

GRADE 6 – RABBI PEARL

The class began ‫ חזרה‬on ‫פרק המניח‬.
Congratulations to our new ‫שר העמודים‬.

Eli Nussbaum, Tzviki Donat and Pinchas

Greenwald. Thank you to the Ganz Family
for sponsoring the ‫ סיום‬party.

GRADE 4 – RABBI ROSENBERG GRADE 7 – RABBI KAUFMAN

We are almost finished learning ‫מס' יומא‬. We are deep into Moshe Dovid Alter making a Siyum on ‫סדר נזיקין‬.
our learning of ‫ יציאת מצרים‬and we are enthusiastically
topping the ‫ מעות חטים‬charts.

GRADE 8 – RABBI STERNHEIM

‫ ב"ה‬the bochurim are learning very well. We are

heavily involved in preparing for the upcoming

Yom Tov Pesach in all aspects. Thank you to all the
boys who made this week’s ‫ מעות חטים‬campaign

so successful. ‫!תזכו למצוות‬

‫ישיבה שחרית‬ CLASSROOM
‫מנין‬ CLIPPINGS

This week’s GRADE 3– MRS. BESSER
Minyon winners
Congratulations to our class president for this week
of wireless Yaakov Swed!
Bluetooth
speakers! Third grade hard at work...Taking the ELA state tests!!
Congratulation to Ephraim Gugenheim on winning our

math simple Simon game!

PRE SCHOOL PRECIOUS MOMENTS

OUR TRIP
TO THE
MATZAH
BAKERY.

THE
MATZOS
PROCESS
FROM
WHEAT TO
MATZOS!

ALL PARSHA RESPONSES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO RABBI SILVER BY MONDAY. TALMIDIM WHO RESPONDED TO
OUR PARSHA QUESTIONS:
ALL TALMIDIM WHO RETURNED THE ANSWERS WILL GET A SPECIAL TOKEN.
NETANEL YUSUPOV ,DANI
THE MORE TOKENS YOU GET THE GREATER THE REWARD! STEINBERG, AKIVA TAUB,
EPHRAIM ZAFIR, REFAEL
‫ ראש השנה‬Question: SIMCHA BERGSTEIN, TZVI
NUSSBAUM, BINYAMIN
ALL PARSHA RESPONSES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO RABBI SILVER BY MONDAY.
GREENBERG, SHMUEL
ALL TALMIDIM WHO RETURNED THE ANSWERS WILL GET A SPECIAL TOKEN. CHAIM GREENBERG,
YAAKOV STEINBERG, DOVID
THE MORE TOKENS YOU GET THE GREATER THE REWARD! MEIR FISHBACH, SHIMMY
ROZ, URIEL MUSAYEV,
‫ פ' שמיני‬Answer: URIEL SETAREH, MOSHE
YECHIEL BINAMINOV,
Why did '‫ ה‬take us out of ‫(רש"י פרק יא' פסוק מה') ?מצרים‬ YOSEF BINAMINOV, ARYEH
'‫ ה‬took us out of ‫ מצרים‬so that we would accept the ‫ מצוות‬of '‫ה‬. LEIB KRINSKY, YEHUDA

‫ פ' תזריע‬Question: RAMBOD, DOVID
EDELTUCH, ARON PROBST,
This ‫ שבת‬we’ll use 3 ‫ ספרי תורה‬What will we ‫ ליין‬in:
1- ________________________ DOVI STERN, DOVID
2- ________________________ STEINBERG, ZEVI
3- ________________________
SCHLANGER, YOSSI KRESS,
Name __________________________ Grade____ Room #_____ MENACHEM GRUNBERGER
What are the three pillars upon which the world stands?
‫ על התורה ועל העבודה ועל גמילת חסדים‬:‫על שלשה דברים העולם עומד‬

What are ‫?ברכת המצוות‬
What are ‫?ברכת הנהנין‬

Name __________________________ Grade____ Room #_____