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FROM THE DESK OF THE HEADTEACHER
I like to read... I don’t know about you but I just don't
get an awful lot of time to do so! I do though like a little
bit of inspiration. Sometimes that comes through the
autobiographies I read and sometimes through poetry. I
came across a beautiful poem this week that I would
like to share with you - a poem that inspires. It is on the
other side of this week's newsletter.
The poem is titled 'Thinking' and was written by
Walter D. Wintle, an American poet in the early 20th
century. The poem says a lot about character and that
how you think directly impacts on how your character
develops.
Certainly here at Pardes, we teach the boys to believe in
themselves and that whatever level they are at in
whatever subject - קודש or חול, they can do it! I
encourage you to read the poem with your children and
discuss it with them.
Next week is of course פורים and I know our boys
have a lot of fun to look forward to. The staff are also
looking forward to the various activities in school in the
run-up to next weekend.
Good Shabbos! Mr. Sager
תרומה פרשת 5:29pm –קבלת שבת
6:36pm– שבת מוצאי (7:00pm -ר״ת)
SECURITY ROTA
Mon- Rafi Miller, Moishi Grunhut
Tue- Eliezer Mordfield, Meir Gunsberg
Wed- Yossi Posen, Daniel Chaim Hackenbroch
Thur- Yitzi Raymond, Zevi Heller
Fri- Nathaniel Rubin, Betzalel Hughes
Newsletter תלמוד תורה פרדס 3rd March 2017 – ה' אדר
PARDES HOUSE PRIMARY SCHOOL
דבר תורה - פ' תרומה
In this weeks סדרה the תורה teaches us about the כלי
. המשכן
one - ''הרוצה שיחכים ידרים'' teach us ב''ב דף כה in חז''ל הק'
who wants to become learned, should go the דרום side
where the מנורה was situated, which represented the תורה
however, someone who wanted wealth, should go to ,הק'
the northern side יצפין – because the שלחן which
represented material wealth, was in the דרום .
The כתב סופר asks בשם his father the חת''ס - why is the
מנורה before the סדרה taught in this weeks שלחן - surely
? precedes material wealth לימוד התורה
And he answers that just as משה רבינו benched זבולון
before יששכר, the 'תורה הקrespects and blesses those who
support תורה before benching יששכר - as it is they who
enable and empower others to learn תורה undisturbed, so
too the שלחן represents those who understand the
importance of supporting לומדי תורה .
In קהלת פרק א פסוק ו the חכם מכל אדם says : ,רֹום הֹוֵלְך ֶאל-דָּ
פֹון-ְוסֹוֵבב ֶאל רּוח ; צָּ ל, סֹוֵבב ֹסֵבב הֹוֵלְך הָּ רּוח -ְוע ב הָּ יו שָּ ְסִביֹבתָּ .
The זצוק''לחפץ חיים explains that a person should aim to
be הולך אל דרום – walk towards the מנורה - and learn as
much as possible, however, one also needs to earn a פרנסה
- therefore, he may be סובב אל צפון - spend some time
occupied by the שלחן - earning an income, but sometimes
this overtakes his main aim in this world, and he is סובב
הולך הרוח until - סובב - he is נפטר having spent too much
time there, ועל סביבותיו and due to this waste of time - שב
עוה''ז he is forced to return to הרוח again!
One must be careful to utilise all his time correctly!
EDUCATIONAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person". (Andy Rooney)
IMPORTANT DATES: Thursday 9th March: תענית אסתר- School finishes 1.40pm
Monday 13th March: Shushan Purim - No school
Looking for one more boy for rota to Hendon At 4.15pm and 5.20pm.
Please contact 07502264174
Date for your Diary- The Reception Chumash Seudah will take place
iyH’ on Sunday Rosh Chodesh Tamuz - 25th June, From 10.15 to 11.15am. More details to follow!
Thinking
Walter D. Wintle
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,
It is almost a certain - you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in this world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can!