Issue 13.ub.pub - Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls

“The Stream January 7, 2011/6 Shevat 5771A(nother) Class ActMrs. Shifra Schapiro's eleventh grade Tanakh classes celebrated the completion of ParashatShelach with a challah-baking siyum, since the mitzvah of separating challah is given in Bemidbar Perek15, the parsha's final chapter. Class began with the mixing of the dough - students took turns adding ingredientsand Sophie Satloff wentabove and beyond by kneading thedough on behalf of the class. Whilethe dough was rising, we had ourregular Friday parsha presentation(Ilana Kruger did a great job presentingShemot) and began the nextparsha from Sefer Bamidbar, becauseeven though the celebration iscalled a "siyum" (completion),learning Torah never really ends. Atthe end of class, Mrs. Schapiromade the appropriate bracha andperformed hafrashat challah - separatingan ounce from the dough inMembers of mrs. Schapiro's Junior Tanakh class are Rena Bierig,Tsippora Cohen, Michal Fromowitz, Rivka Golding, Zisse Hanfling,Karen Horowitz, Rebecca Kleiner, Rivky Kreinberg, Ilana Kruger,Elisheva Lebowitz, Daniella Meyer, Natali Moyal, Golde Owrutsky,Nicole Polonetsky, Sophie Satloff, Naama Segal, Eliana Sugarman,Atara Yaros and, peeking out at back, Mrs. Schapiroremembrance of the gift of dough given to the Kohanim as part oftheir support. Each student then received a portion to braid and takehome to bake. We got a true "taste" of this beautiful mitzvah!Mrs. Esther Slomnicki's AP Biology classes attended theRockefeller University's Annual Winter Lecture for high school studentsat the RU campus in Manhattan. Mrs. Slomnicki and her studentsbraved the freezing cold air and mounds of snow on Wednesday,December 29, to travel into "the city" to hear Dr. Soheil Tavazoieabove Spohie Satloff demonstrates aspeak about "How Cancer Cells Gain the Power to Multiply and "hands on" approach to learningSpread." In addition to hearing a stimulating lecture, our students wereeven provided with a kosher pizza lunch. Eliana Tambor '12 waspickedto participate in a demonstration of the mechanism by which tumor suppressor genes work and(Continued on page 5)4