12 April 2013 - Yeshiva College

MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ROSH YESHIVA 

12 April 2013 – 2 Iyar 

NEWSLETTER NO. 11/13 

Darkenu Parshat Tazria-Metzora 

Life’s a Party – ENJOY! 

“DARKENU”- the Yeshiva Way! 

A tzaddik was once walking with his students in a field when they came upon a decaying dog’s carcass. The students 

remarked at the offensive odour. Whereupon the Sage responded: “But what white teeth he has!” The Sage was teaching 

that the essence of lashon hara is not just to avoid gossiping and slandering other people; rather at its core it is more about 

not slandering Hashem’s world. 

Tzara’as-type afflictions are supernatural occurrences. According to Rambam, all these afflictions – on the person’s body, 

clothing or houses, are Divine signs and punishments for lashon hara. 

One of the key mitzvos is Kiddush Hashem – to publicise Hashem’s existence and kindnesses. Truly the entire world, with 

every blade of grass, joins in that Divine symphony. 

When we ‘talk up’ His world by finding all that is kind and beautiful and uplifting – we are making a Kiddush Hashem, 

declaring His Glory through everything in creation. When we unfortunately get caught up in the negatives, we are 

remonstrating with Him, faulting His world and even declaring it ungodly or unworthy. (Based on a shiur of Rav Sheinberg.) 

Imagine the scene…The king has invited you to his party and is walking you through the grand event introducing you to his 

friends, associates and loyals. As he guides you through the palace, you begin passing snide remarks about the palace, 

the décor, the guests and the food. Even at our own party, we would probably avoid such a guest. He would not be on the 

re-invite list. 

The great challenge of lashon hara, then, is to believe in the beauty and kindness of life and to be constantly alert to all that 

is precious and to see Hashem’s kindness and wisdom. We need to remember that the King is leading us graciously 

through His great banquet of Life. He is interested in our comments. He wants us to be happy at His party. 

Good Shabbos 

Rabbi Avraham Tanzer 

Rosh Yeshiva 

Dads, For An Inspiring Uplifting 

Tefillah. 

Please join our Davening each 

morning 

Mesivta 06:45 Tichon 07:30 

All Welcome. 

SHABBAT TIMES 

Candle Lighting 5.37 

Shabbat ends – 6.25

CONTENTS 

MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ROSH YESHIVA 1 

MISSION STATEMENT OF YESHIVA COLLEGE 3 

MENAHEL'S MICHTAV 4 

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS 6 

YESHIVA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL 7 

COUNSELLORS' CORNER 10 

YESHIVA COLLEGE PRIMARY SCHOOL 12 

YESHIVA COLLEGE PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL (Includes Playschool) 15 

ADVERTISING AND CLASSIFIEDS 17 

CLASSIFIEDS 26 

12 April 2013 – 2 Iyar 2

MISSION STATEMENT OF YESHIVA COLLEGE 

To create a nurturing environment in which the Yeshiva partners with parents to provide excellence in 

Torah Chinuch (education) and General Studies, in order to prepare children for life and its responsibilities 

as Torah Jews, with values in line with the core values of our school. 

CORE VALUES OF YESHIVA COLLEGE 

● 

Ahavat Hashem – nurturing a meaningful relationship with Hashem. 

● 

Commitment to Halacha – striving to live according to Torah values. 

● 

Talmud Torah – pursuit of Torah learning. 

● 

Derech Eretz – approaching all endeavours with responsibility and integrity. 

● 

Gemillut Chassadim – respect, sensitivity, tolerance and concern for individuals and 

community. A social responsibility towards society. 

● 

Love of Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) and appreciation of the State of Israel. 


MENAHEL’S MICHTAV 

Dear Friends, 

It is with great excitement that I welcome you back to school for the second term. I hope that you had a 

wonderful Pesach with your families and a rejuvenating break. 

We find ourselves in the midst of Sefirat Haomer on Rosh Chodesh Iyyar. I spoke to the boys this week at 

line-up about a very interesting term that we find every day in our davening. As we approach the Amidah, 

we find that Hashem is described as, ‘Mashpil gei’im u’magbiah shefalim’, ‘Lowers the haughty and uplifts 

the lowly.’ It seems like a strange expression – that we see Hashem as lowering one and then lifting one 

up again. I think we get an insight into this description during this time of year. Just a few short weeks ago, 

on Pesach, we turned Bread and Chametz into Public Enemy no. 1. However, if we look just 7 weeks after, 

we find that the sacrifice that we bring to the Beit Hamikdash is bread! Not only that – the Torah refers to it 

by the term, ‘Chametz’! The answer to this revolution in our relationship with bread lies in the period 

between Pesach and Shavuot – Sefirat Ha’omer. 

The Ramban on Parshat Emor comments that if you look at Shavuot closely you will see that it is very 

connected to Pesach. It is called Shavuot which literally means ‘weeks’ – denoting the counting from 

Pesach to Shavuot. Another one of its names is ‘Atzeret’ which means ‘stop’ or ‘end’. He says that 

Shavuot to Pesach is like Shmini Atzeret is to Sukkot – it is the end of a process, with Sefirat Haomer 

playing the role of Chol Hamoed between Pesach and Shavuot. The period in between is an opportunity 

for incredible growth, as we go through all the Middot (character traits) that make up who we are. On 

Pesach, we get ‘rid’ of everything – we search through our personalities – reverting to our core selves – 

Hashem ‘lowers the haughty’. Following this, we progress through Sefirat Haomer, re-engaging with all the 

elements of our personality in a healthy and constructive way, so that we emerge ‘rebuilt’ when we get to 

Shavuot – after passing through all the 49 levels of the Sefirah. On Shavuot, therefore, we bring bread as 

the actual sacrifice, representing bringing our best, refurbished, fullest selves to serve Hashem – ready to 

receive the Torah. Hashem ‘uplifts the lowly’. 

I stressed to the boys that the growth of Sefirat Haomer is also very much about levels – we count every 

single day as we ascend upwards – just as we can’t miss a day in the counting, we can’t miss a step when 

it comes to perfecting ourselves. I shared with the boys that while growth is different for all of us, for 

everyone there is one commonality – it is about moving from where we are to where we aspire to be – and 

that is the same for all of us. It is so important for us to all take stock of where we truly are and then grow 

step by step to become our best selves – each in our own unique way – to bring out our true best self. 

On the subject of achievement, we are all so proud of our two talmidim that left last week to go represent 

us in the International Bible Quiz in Israel – Sam Cohen and Yonatan Ovad. It is with incredible pride, that I 

share with you the great news that Sam has reached the finals of the quiz and we wish him so much 

hatzlacha for this next stage – kol hakavod!! 

This time of growth during the Sefirah is coloured by two of the incredible miracles of our time – Yom 

Haatzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim! As a school and community we have lots of incredible events 

organized and we look forward to having you join us in celebration. We are introducing a special event this 


year – which promises to be a beautiful learning experience for the campus in between Mincha and Maariv 

on Monday night – please look out for the leaflets and emails about this. 

We had a beautiful Rosh Chodesh davening and breakfast where we promoted the upcoming Israel Quiz. 

The first round is less than 2 weeks away and we are very excited to have our talmidim take part in this 

fantastic competition organized by the Israel Centre. 

Shabbat Shalom and Chodesh tov, 

Leron Bernstein 

onathan Jacobson – last year’s top student -came 

to speak to the Metivta boys before Davening on 

Thursday about his experiences in school and how 

important his commitment to Torah learning was 

during his time in school – especially during 

Prelims and Finals of Matric.. Thanks Jonathan! 

We wish you lots of hatzlacha as you return to 

continue learning in Yeshiva in Israel! 

We had a wonderful Rosh Chodesh breakfast on the 

second day of Rosh Chodesh this week. A big 

shkoyach to all the dads that came to join us for 

davening – it was wonderful to have you with us!! 

We started off the week on a sadder note with 

the commemoration of Yom Hashoa at West 

Park Cemetery. A big shkoyach to all those who 

attended with their families – I was incredibly 

impressed to see so many Yeshiva College 

talmidim there. Also well done to Josh Kaplan 

and Eli Feigenbaum for taking part in the 

ceremony. We all dedicated our learning on 

Monday to the memory of the 6 million. 


FROM THE DESK OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS 

Dear parents 

A warm welcome back to everyone for the Second Term. New timetables have been issued to all the 

learners and we are sure that the changes that we have made will have a very positive effect on all our 

learners. 

Our matrics are starting prelims on Wednesday 17 th April 2013 and I am sure they have all been preparing 

and are ready to start writing. I am sure that the hard work that they have done will result in their achieving 

the excellent results of which they are capable. 

We are so proud to congratulate Samuel Cohen in Grade 10 on his wonderful achievement in coming in 

the Top 16 of the international Bible Quiz. He will be taking part in the final round next week and we wish 

him luck and much success. 

The annual Yom Hashoah ceremony in memory of the Six Million Martyrs who perished at the hands of the 

Nazis during World War 11 was held on Sunday 7 th April 2013 at 10h30 at Martyrs’ Monument, West Park 

Cemetary. There were a large number of Yeshiva College learners at the ceremony. They looked very 

smart in their school uniforms and I would like to thank all those who represented the school in such an 

appropriately respectful manner. 

Please note that Tuesday 16 th April is Yom Ha’atzmaut. It is a school day which every student is expected 

to attend. Davening will begin at 8.00 a.m. in the main Shul. Learners are to dress in “civvies”. I would like 

to remind you that all learners are to dress in a way that is in keeping with the religious ethos of our school. 

For girls this means: skirts to cover their knees when sitting, sleeves to their elbows and appropriate neck 

lines. 

The Zionist Federation is having their annual celebration at Gold Reef City and I would like to encourage 

everyone to attend this special event. In order to assist parents, the South African Zionist Federation has 

arranged for two buses to transport some of our learners to Gold Reef City. Each of the buses can only 

accommodate 60 people, we are offering this opportunity on a first come, first served basis. 

There will be adult supervision on each bus and we will take those who book to Gold Reef City and the bus 

will also be available to bring them back to Yeshiva College. 

The bus will leave Gold Reef City to return to Yeshiva College at 18h00 sharp and anyone not on the bus 

at this time will be assumed to have made an alternative arrangement to go home and the bus will leave. 

A head count will not be taken. 

According to the instructions of the Zionest Federation, any learner wishing to travel on the bus must 

complete the attached indemnity form. Bookings for the bus must be made with Devora in the Girls’ school 

and Teresa in the Boys’ school and signed indemnity forms must be brought to them. 

Wishing everybody a wonderful Shabbos and an enjoyable Yom Ha’atzmaut. 

Warm regards 

Denese Bloch 


YESHIVA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL 

DEAN VECHESHBON 

Still in the festive month of Nissan it is strange to start the term with the somberness of Yom HaZikkaron 

leSho’ah vehaGevurah. However, upon reflecting on the day as a day of remembering both tragedy and 

heroism as opposed to a day of mourning, it fitted in perfectly as we 

dedicated our lessons, both Kodesh and General Studies, to the 

memory of the world we lost, their bravery and our small part in 

rebuilding what Hitler & co. destroyed. Shkoyach to our students 

who attended and participated in the Yom HaSho’ah vehaGevurah 

ceremony on Sunday at Westpark as well as to YiD and Dani, Gabi & 

Shoshie for the moving ceremony after Tefillah Monday morning! 

On Tuesday morning after Tefillah we had a short for Margaret 

Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the 

United Kingdom, who passed away on Yom 

Hasho’ah. Besides the timing, Margaret Thatcher is a role model in terms of how 

much women can achieve in general and in specific the debt of gratitude we 

have to her for the role she played working with Ronald Reagan to bring about 

the downfall of the former Soviet Union that led to the freeing of Soviet Jewry 

from their prison behind the “Iron Curtain” and the “aliyah” of over 1,000,000 of 

these Jewish “Prisoners of Zion”! This tied in perfectly with an insight into the 

double story of the Exodus from Egypt and how, regardless of which storyline we 

follow, the Egyptian army still ends up drowning in the sea. In this sense she 

was “Moses” (or maybe “Miriam”) of the most recent Jewish Exodus from” 

slavery”! 

Two days of Rosh Chodesh Iyar, with visitors from the Israel Centre giving us a taste of the Yom 

Ha’atzma’ut celebrations that await us, made the week quite packed so far! To complete the week’s 

“action” our seniors were privileged to hear the incredible story of Penina Taylor about her life’s search for 

truth. Penina is an international lecturer from the USA and then Israel who is a guest of Jews for Judaism. 

We thank Darryl Frankel for facilitating this and obviously Penina for coming to speak to our students! 


During Shiur Kelali for the Middle School this week we “Dated” the Omer. Using the dual Pessach 

concepts of “I am Hashem’s first born” and “I am Hashem’s beloved daughter” we gauged the 

atmospheres of the current “Dates”: Pessach (when we feel both), the Omer (only feel first born), Yom 

HaSho’ah vehaGevurah (feel neither), Yom Hazikkaron (first born returns) and Yom Ha’Atzma’ut (feel both 

again!). 

Before Pessach a number of Grade 11 students ran a very successful Kiddies Corner. As our students did 

fun-filled activities with the “kiddies”, the kids’ moms were able to prepare for Pessach. In the process a 

significant amount of money was raised for the school – so it was a real win-win project! A special “yasher 

kochechen” to Kaylee Lazarus, Gabi Urdang, Kezia Winer, Sassie Weinberg, Dani Singer, Sasha Price & 

Jenna Damelin. 

Kol Hakavod to those who were recently added to the group of Shalhevet students who received prizes for 

their milestone achievements attending shiurim last term: 

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Shalhevet started up in the mornings again and hosted a special evening shiur this week with Rav Alon 

Joseph. 

I wish you all a wonderful term, a Chodesh Tov as I write this, a Shabbat Sha-lom for tomorrow afternoon 

and finally a “mo’adim lesimchah le-ge’ulah sheleimah” for next week! 

Ilan Raanan 

REQUEST: Anyone able to help with lifts after school to the Fairmount area please contact Penny on 

082 9285328. 

Post script to last newsletter’s “Dean Vecheshbon” article – our 

graduate serving in the Israeli Air force, Tali Ossendrywer, getting 

her Matric Art T-shirt promoting the plight of then-imprisoned 

Gilad Shalit autographed by a now free Gilad Shalit! (Baruch 

Hashem!!!) 



COUNSELLORS’ CORNER 

Teaching our children responsibility 

I learned that there is a difference between teaching our children responsibility and making them our 

servants. One evening while sitting in someone's home for a meeting I noticed their twelve year old 

daughter making a phone call that was clearly for her mother. When she finished that call, her 

mother asked her to make one more call. When I concluded my meeting, I asked the mother why 

her daughter was making these phone calls. She answered that she thought this helps teach the 

child responsibility. I told the mother that from what I could see, unless she suffers from a language 

barrier and is therefore unable to make the call, if she asks a child to make a call that is clearly for 

herself the only thing that she has taught her child is how to transfer responsibility. 

After this encounter I did an unofficial study by asking the children who come into my office for 

counselling how they feel when their parents give them responsibilities. The result of my "scientific 

study" was that, for most children, the way they felt depended upon the circumstances. The children 

told me that when their parents asked them to do different tasks -- make a phone call, go to the 

store, etc. -- and that task was for the sake of the child or for the family as a whole, it taught the 

child responsibility. When the task was clearly for the parent's own convenience, the children felt 

used and it taught transference of responsibility. In the future, these children just learned to ask their 

younger siblings to do tasks for them. The experience had taught them that the older and stronger 

have permission to exploit the younger and weaker. 

From my conversations with these children I was able to break the "responsibility vs. slavery" issue 

into three parts. Firstly, when a child is asked to do something for the household, if everyone takes 

part in it then the child will not feel used. For example, if there's a party and you ask each child to 

give up some time and do something, then it's regarded as a common effort. Even when it's 

mundane household chores, if they are split with some calculation a child will generally do them 

without resentment. For example, if the boys and girls in the family are on different school 

schedules, and the boys help when they are home and the girls do their share when they're 

available, then children can sense a fairness and won't complain. 

Secondly, it's important to make children feel that they're not just givers but also receivers of the aid 

that they are expected to contribute. For example, when you ask an older child to help the smaller 

children with homework, you can also promise the older child that you'll help him with his school 

work when the younger children are in bed and the house is quieter. This teaches the child that the 

stronger help the weaker and the bigger help the smaller. 


Thirdly, parents need to treat their children as children -- not as spouse replacements. A woman 

can't say, "my husband comes home late and can't help me, so my teenagers will help me parent 

instead." Many years ago when fathers went off to war or to work away from home they would tell 

their young child that "you are now the man of the house" and "take care of your mother." A six year 

old couldn't handle that kind of responsibility. Neither can a 16 year old today. A parent asking and 

expecting a child to do an adult's job is taking advantage. 

None of this negates the fact that we can expect our children to help out in times of crisis -- in times 

of sickness, pregnancy, or tragedy, G-d forbid. But even at times like this, when a parent feels the 

need to give extra responsibility to a child, it should not be done by dictating but rather as a request 

and with explanation. A parent can tell the child, "I know it's not your responsibility, but this is the 

help we need now." It's a chessed -- a kindness -- for the child to help the parent. 

In conclusion, when we ask our children to help with something we must ask ourselves two 

questions: 1) Whose job am I asking the child to do 2) Am I giving the child this job to teach 

responsibility, or am I shirking my own responsibility A parent that can answer these two questions 

by honestly saying that they are doing it for the child's sake will indeed be teaching their child 

responsibility. 

By Shea Hecht 


News from 

YESHIVA COLLEGE PRIMARY SCHOOL 

PRINCIPAL 

Dear Parents, 

A warm welcome to the second term of 2013. I hope that you all had a great and inspiring Pesach and that 

you are well rested and ready for the new term! 

It is with much pleasure that I welcome Mrs. Nathanson to our school. Mrs. Nathanson will be teaching 

Grade 3V and I wish her much success in her new position. 

On Monday we kicked off the term with a special assembly held in honour of Yom Hashoa! The children 

gathered in the hall where Morah Shoshana told a story that highlighted the message of hope and 

continuation of the Jewish nation. Six yartzeit candles were lit in memory of the 6 million Jews that 

perished in the Holocaust. The children observed a minute’s silence and we ended off with the singing of 

Hatikvah! It was a meaningful and inspirational morning. I thank Morah Shoshana for her words of hope 

and encouragement. 

On Wednesday and Thursday was Rosh Chodesh Iyar. In honour of Rosh Chodesh, we held an assembly 

where the whole school davened Hallel together. The assembly was made very special with the launch of 

our Sefer Torah Project. A family (who wish to remain anonymous) will be writing a Sefer Torah in honour 

of their son’s impending Bar Mitzvah in 3 years’ time. Their intention is to use the Sefer Torah on the day 

of their son’s Bar Mitzvah and thereafter to donate the Torah to the Israeli Army for the soldiers to “lein” 

from during army service. The exciting element for our school is that during the course of this year, every 

child in our Primary School will be given a chance to write a letter in this Sefer Torah with the Sofer in 

charge, Yisroel Drutman. Yisroel was at our assembly where he explained the importance of the mitzvah of 

writing a Sefer Torah and that by each child having a letter in the Torah it is as if each of them has 

personally written a Torah. Both the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Tanzer and CEO Rabbi Perez were present at 

the assembly and the Torah was started with both Rabbis writing their own letter. 

After each child has written their letter, they will receive a certificate informing them of which letter, in which 

word and which Parsha they own. They will also be given a “Sofer Kit” of a quilt, ink and piece of Klaf 

(parchment). This project is truly a Kiddush Hashem and I am so proud to have Yeshiva Primary 

participate in this great mitzvah. 

Our assembly was further enhanced by a Dvar Torah from Rabbi Katz and a representative from the 

Zionist Federation delivered a message to excite them for Yom Ha'atzmaut. Chodesh Tov to all. Well done 

to our Rosh Chodesh raffle winners, Gavi Lipschitz and Ricky Sarakinsky. 

Next week Tuesday is Yom Ha'atzmaut. Please note that we will be having a special programme with the 

High School. School begins at 8:00am and ends at 12:15pm. No extra murals, teacher 

related or sports. Children must please come to school dressed in blue and white clothes. Boys must 

wear yamulkas and tzitzit and girls must have the correct length sleeves and skirts. 

This term we will be having Parent/Teacher interviews. Yours teachers will be in contact with you shortly to 

let you know all the details. As per the year planner, Tuesday 23 April and Monday 29 April are the dates 

set aside for the interviews. 

Please ensure that you have sent your child’s report folder back to the class teachers to be re-used again 

for the 2 nd report. 

12 April 2013 – 2 Iyar 12

YESHIVA COLLEGE PRIMARY SCHOOL (Cont.) 

PRINCIPAL 

I wish all the teachers, parents and learners a productive and successful second term. 

Chodesh Tov. 

Shabbat Shalom. 

JOSEPH BEER 

CSO SHIFT ROSTER – PRIMARY SCHOOL 

As you know, parents are expected to participate in the protection of our children at 

school. By doing CSO duty you help contribute to achieving a high level of protection for 

our children at school. All that is expected of you is to keep your eyes and ears open, 

and to be aware of anything suspicious. Your attendance and punctuality is vital. 

Please report for security duty on the day allocated at 7.10 am at the main entrance, 

Long Ave. Duty ends 7.45 am. 

If you are unable to do the allocated shift, it is your responsibility to swap your shift with 

another parent. Please inform Mark Finkelstein on (082 808 8632) of the change or 

contact him should you have any queries. 

Monday 

15.04.13 

Names 

15 - 19 April - 7.10 am 

Tuesday 

Wednesday Thursday 

16.04.13 

17.04.13 

18.03.13 

Names 

Names 

Names 

Friday 

19.03.13 

Names 

Krengel, Adir 

Leiboff, Liat 

Levi, Michal 

Lewis, Ariella 

Marks, Adam 

Mindel, Liat 

Moritz, Dani 

Prissman, Sarah 

Resnik, Shaina 

Schlesinger, Yair 

Shulman, Kayla 

Smith, Joshua 

Torgeman, Tova 

Alpert, Rivka 

Aronson, Rachel 


Black knitted hats for Israeli Soldiers 

Hi Kids, Moms, Bobbas, Aunties and Friends 

We need your assistance to do our bit to help Israeli Soldiers by donating; 

Donate - To buy wool 

Wool - The pattern calls for black, machine washable worsted weight wool. 

Knit – Pattern available on request 

Please help us to 

help the 

IDF keep warm 

Look forward 

to your participation 

in winter 

Dani, Dinah Lihi 

Michal and Pnina 

0832366331 @Yeshiva Girls High 

0736812076 


News from: 

YESHIVA COLLEGE PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL 

PRINCIPAL 

Dear Parents 

Welcome back to school! 

Gorgeously painted pots and a "Barney" bench was the perfect welcome to a new term and herald the 

beginnings of a garden makeover! 

A warm and special welcome to Sara Urison and Taylor and Eva Flaum who have joined the 4 year old 

unit. It is lovely to have you with us! 

The children have settled so well back into school and the classrooms and playgrounds are full of the 

sounds of happy, busy children 

Our first week back at school has been jam-packed with activities pertaining to Yom Hazikaron and Yom 

Ha'Atzmaut. 

The colours of Israel were used in a variety of activities. Stamping, flag-making, blue and white 

backgrounds, "Me" pictures, free painting and soldiers were just some of the creative, exciting and fun 

activities covered this week. 

Discussion rings were focused on Israel as well as counting the Omer. 

Omer charts are in every classroom and the children count the Omer every day. 

Songs of the Omer and Israel can be heard throughout the schools while a Rosh Chodesh picnic (in the 

Nursery School) completed a busy and stimulating week. 

YOM HA'ATZMAUT 

We will celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmaut, on Tuesday, with fun, flags and food! 

Some wonderful activities have been planned for the morning and the 

different units will celebrate both together as well as individually. 

Please dress your children in blue and white for the day. 

School will start at 8 am on Tuesday and close at 12 noon. These times are 

in keeping with the rest of the campus and are indicated on the school 

calendar. 


YESHIVA COLLEGE PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL (Cont) 

PRINCIPAL 

MAZALTOV to Alon and Kelly Crouse and family on the birth of a precious son. 

Have a lovely weekend! 

SHABBAT SHALOM. 

Ruth Kirkel 

Please take note of the security duties for the week commencing 15 April 2013. . Your attendance and 

punctuality is vital. 

If you are unable to do your allocated shift, it is your responsibility to swap your shift with another parent. 

Please inform Mark Finkelstein on 082 808 8632 of the change, or contact him should you have any 

queries. 

RE-PRIMARY SCHOOL SECURITY DUTIES 

DATE 

Monday 15 April 

Tuesday 16 April * School 

Closes at 12:15 - Shift begins 

at 12h00 and ends at 12h30 

Wednesday 17 April 

Thursday 18 April 

Friday* 19 April 

MORNING SHIFT 

07h45 – 08h30 

Leeam Spruch 

Gilad Stermer 

Liat Feigenbaum 

Benjamin Furman 

Emunah Kretzmer 

Lia Levy 

Daniel Miller 

Jude Orbach 

Adiel Sacks 

Ari Schneider 

AFTERNOON SHIFT 

12h20 – 13h00 

Ariella Treisman 

Cole Kopelowitz 

Asher Katzew 

Yoel Krasner 

Liora Lutrin 

Ty Margerison 

Jonathan Price 

Ashira Rau 

Noam Sacks 

Yehuda Galvad-Shneiderman 

* On a Friday the Afternoon Shift begins at 12h00 and ends at 12h30 


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“Failure is taking the path that 

everyone else does, success is 

making your own path.” 

Unknown 

“In a gentle way you can shake the 

world.” 

Mahatma Gandhi 

SINGLE MOTHERS MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP 

Single moms come together for a chat, a cup of tea, support, information and much 

needed time out! 

Entertainment provided for kids. 

Resumes: Sunday 14 th April , 10-11 30 am. Special guest speaker Paul Shiel: “Raising 

children as a single parent” 

New members welcome! 

For more info call Zoe on 011 532 9654 



EgoliSquash - Help Me To Read Campaign! 

WE NEED YOUR BOOKS! 

Egolisquash is an outreach program that uses sport as a catalyst to positively 

influence kids. More than 3000 learners from the Inner-city of Johannesburg, 

Alexandra and Soweto have been empowered to break the cycle of poverty and 

crime in our communities. We want every child in our program to be literate! 

For many of our kids this is not easy as they encounter significant barriers 

including poverty, stressful home circumstances and parents who themselves 

lack basic literacy skills. Most of these kids do not have access to books other 

than at school. 

As part of our on-going work to increase literacy amongst disadvantaged kids, 

Egolisquash is currently running a Help Me to Read Campaign, an appeal to the 

wider community to donate books for our libraries that we have setup at our 

centres. We need books for kids age: 8 – 19. 

You can help make a difference in these kids’ lives and help them excel in their 

academics by donating school books, story books, educational games and 

dictionaries. 

Donate books now and you could help make our nation more literate today! 

Please drop books at 

Boys High School 

– Teresa Girls High School 

– Dvora Primary School – Leanne 

Nursery School / Play School 

– please give to class teachers 

Call Kaylee or Ariella on 0118828715 or email kaylee_lazza@hotmail.com to 

arrange for collection.Visit our website: www.egolisquash.co.za OR 

www.facebook.com/egolisquash 

We appreciate your support! 


K A D I M A, the Chev’s Protected Employment Programme, requires the items listed below. If 

anybody has anything available that you are no longer using, it would assist them tremendously. 

If anyone is able to collect a fair amount of things you can contact Naomi at Kadimah and she will 

send a driver to fetch the items. Naomi can be contacted on 011 643 2769 or emailed at 

naomi@jhbchev.co.za. Otherwise scrap paper can be dropped off at Kosher World, Dr Shlomo Levin 

or at the Chev entrance with the security guards. 

These items can be new or used. 

They require: 

(For their card project) 

Scrap paper 

Magazines 

Wrapping paper 

Ribbons 

Envelopes 

Sticky tape 

Cardboard 

(For their car wash) 

Buckets 

Cloths 

Car soap 

Tyre shine 

(For their sewing/knitting project) 

Wool 

Sewing machine 

Material 

Patterns 

(For their charity shop) 

Any unwanted goods 

Clothes 

Shoes 

Household things 

Cd's 

Watches 

Old cell phones 

Jewellery 

(For their woodwork project) 

Wood 

Paint (lead free) 

Tools 

(For their library) 

Books 


MORRIS RUTSTEIN / SAZF HEBREW ULPAN 

L E A R N 

H E B R E W 

EVERY TUESDAY 

05 FEBRUARY 2013 – 11 JUNE 2013 7.00 PM – 9.15 PM 

A T 

YESHIVA COLLEGE. CNR. LONG AVE. & RIDGE ROAD, GLENHAZEL 

REGISTRATION IN CLASSROOMS AT YESHIVA COLLEGE – 6.30 PM 

MONDAY – 04 FEBRUARY 2013 

OR 

SAZF (Prior to course), 2 ELRAY ST. RAEDENE. TEL: (011) 645-2531 (office hours) 

COMMENCING DATE: 

TERMINATES: 

TIMES: 

VENUE: 

05 FEBRUARY 2013 (TUESDAY) 

11 JUNE 2013 (TUESDAY) 

EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 7 – 9.15 PM 

YESHIVA COLLEGE (IN THE CLASSROOMS) 

COR. LONG AVENUE AND RIDGE ROAD, 

GLENHAZEL. 

REGISTRATION: 

WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FOLLOWING DAY: 

DATE: 04 FEBRUARY 2013 (MONDAY) 

TIME: 6.30 PM 

VENUE: YESHIVA COLLEGE (In the classrooms) 

COR. LONG AVE. and RIDGE ROAD, GLENHAZEL 

SECURED PARKING 

ENQUIRIES: SAZF 

TEL. NO. (011) 645-2531 (Office hours) 


CLASSIFIEDS 

K I D N E Y N E E D E D 

A member of the Jewish Community needs a kidney transplant. 

Blood Group O 

If you would consider this great mitzvah of donating a kidney 

Please contact: Dr Robert Odes 

Email: drrodes@gmail.com Or: sms 082 391-5062 

READING PROJECT. Student is looking to obtain any title by authors: 

Horowitz, Kellerman, Sharon Creek, Susan Cooper, John Grisham, Terry Pratchet, Willard 

Price and J.M. Coetzer. If you have any that you don’t want or need, can you kindly bring 

same to SHIRLEY at the BOYS HIGH SCHOOL Reception. Thank you. 

I am a young lady looking for a job as a domestic worker. I am 26 years 

old. I am hardworking and honest. I have had five years’ experience in 

this field. 

Please contact: VICKY NCUBE on 060 355-0114 

My name is SIBONGILE MHAMBI. I am 22 years old and am looking for a 

job as a domestic worker. I am hard-working and honest. Please contact 

me on: 073 575-9379 

Budgeting Group: 

Chevrah Kadisha Community Services is offering a 6 week Budgeting Group. Invest in your future by 

learning practical financial awareness and money management skills. Gain essential budgeting skills 

necessary to survive and thrive in today’s more challenging economic times. 

Starts: 7 May. Bookings/more info, call Hilary on (011) 532 9713/Hylton on (011) 532 9726. 

Invest in your future 

DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO SUCCEED KUMON MATHS AND 

ENGLISH HELPS WITH NUMERACY CONCEPTUAL SKILLS, READING AND 

COMPREHENSION, SPEED, ACCURACY AND CONCENTRATION. CONTACT TESSA ON 

082 900 3379/ 884 9022 TO BOOK AN ASSESSMENT. 


My name is NOBUKHOSI SIBINDI. I am seeking a job as a domestic worker. I have had two 

year’s experience working with babies and have done kosher cooking, washing and ironing. For 

a reference you can contact: Leor Slutzkin on 084 377-8230 

My own contact no. is: 073 208-8461 

Monday Night Live with Ronnie Mink at 7:30 pm 

Ronnie Mink will be speaking every Monday night on: 

“The facts you need to know to defend the media and BDS attacks Israel is facing” 

The talks focus on the Jewish claim to Eretz Yisrael 

The talk takes place in the Old Tzerei Tzion at 7:30 pm. 

Refreshments will be served – Donations will be appreciated 

GLENHAZEL MIKVEH 

PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING: 

Keilim Mikveh: 

Keilim Mikveh times – in order to protect the privacy of women using the main Mikveh, please observe that 

the open times are strictly from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. To ensure that vessels are toivelled in the proper 

manner, please remove all stickers before immersing. 

Ladies Tvilah Times 

Please note that the Mikveh is open from ½ hour before tvilah time and closes 1½ hours thereafter. If you 

intend to prepare at the Mikveh, come at least ½ hour before closing time. If you are running late, call the 

Mikveh on 011 485-1555 and the attendant will gladly wait for you. 

Enquiries and Bookings: 

Please book appointments for Friday evenings and Yom Tov (preferably 2 days in advance) 

contact GLYNNIS SKLAR on 082 926-0965. 


YESHIVA COLLEGE SHUL 

Include your shul in celebrating your s’machot. 

Sponsor a Kiddush 

Sponsor the Newsletter 

Phone Beverley on (011) 640 3111 if you have an engagement, wedding, birthday, 

family birth, Barmitzvah or anything else worthy of a le’chaim. 

Do we really need an excuse for a party!! 

WEEKLY SHIURIM BY RABBI TANZER 

Gemara Shiur 

Masechet Megilla 

Every Tuesday 

19:30 

Main Shul 

Parsha of the Week 

Shabbat morning 

11.15 

________________ 

Sunday Morning 

FOOD FOR BODY 

AND SOUL 

Pirkei Avot 

Every Thursday 

(Ladies only) 

10:15 

In Rabbi A Tanzer’s 

office

12 April 2013 - Yeshiva College

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