Good Erev Shabbat to all!
We hope everyone had a wonderful Pesach. Baruch Hashem, we are back and ready to finish the school year with lots of learning and interesting activities. We would like to take note of some important accomplishments of our students and alumni over the Pesach break. Michael Niyazov (now learning in the Chofetz Chaim in Rochester) has made a Siyum on Gemara Megilah. Ephraim Faziyev (a HAWQ 7th grader) made a Siyum on the first Perek of Kedoshim in our Shabbat Learning Program run by our Menahel, Rabbi Alcabes. Gavriel Yadgarov (5th grader) and Shmuel Nisonov (6th grader) have completed Mishnayot Rosh Hashanah with our Hemsheich Program. May our students continue to grow and accomplish in Torah learning!
We are very excited and happy to announce that this year's Annual Five-Town Reception for HAWQ will, B'Ezrat Hashem, take place on Wednesday evening, May 14th and will once again be graciously hosted in the home of Mark and Flora Bienstock. Our special guest speaker will be the world renowned Torah personality HaRav Dovid Goldwasser. More details to come!
This week’s Parsha begins with the Mitzvah of “Kedoshim T’hiyu”, the injunction to Klal Yisrael to “Be Holy”. This is followed by the Mitzvah of revering ones parents. What is the connection? The Ohr HaChaim HaKodesh suggests that when the reverence and awe for a parent in instilled deeply within a child, it is the surest path to achieving Kedusha. He brings the famous story of Yosaif HaTzadik, who was able to overcome unbelievable temptation, because he always felt his saintly father’s presence and perceived as if his father was actually observing his every action. However, I think we need to look on the other side of the coin, not from the prospective of the child, but from the parents’ prospective. If the Torah wants us to be that lifelong “image in the window” that inspires our children to Kedusha, what an awesome responsibility, as well as incentive, is placed upon on us to live up to that role. As parents, educators, mentors, and role models, we must realize that our personal striving for Kedusha is not only for ourselves, but is also a vehicle to transmit Kedusha to our children and the future generations of Klal Yisrael!
Shabbat Shalom!
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