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There is NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Friday, November 10th as it is Veteran's day.
There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, November 13 for Parent/Teacher conferences. If you need to bring your children with you we will have a staff member on the playground so they can play during your conference. Learn more and reserve a spot at www.gansinai.org/conferences
Next Friday, November 17 is Ms. Stephanie's PK4 Family Shabbat at 9:45am in the sanctuary
Next Saturday, November 18 is our next Playground Shabbat at 10am.
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From Rabbi David
When do you have enough? At what point does your cup "overflow"? How are you blessed?
It's so easy to get lost in the tzuris (trouble and pain) and so easy to lose sight of the blessings every day. Especially at times like these it's hard to see the light through the darkness.
The Torah reminds us that each of us is blessed in different ways - just like our ancestors. The Hebrew word for blessing is ברכה and it is used in a slightly different form for each of our fore-fathers; Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Here's what it says about Abraham being blessed in this week's Torah portion:
וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וַיהֹוָה בֵּרַךְ אֶת־אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּל׃
And Abraham was old and advanced in years and God blessed Abraham with everything.
For Abraham - he was blessed with everything. His son Isaac was blessed "from everything" and his grandson Jacob was blessed "everything." So rather than a teaching this week I just have a question: How are you blessed?