Illuminate Hey SOS So the newsletter is finally

Illuminate Hey SOS! So the newsletter is finally here! We are soooo excited! After much hard work, meetings, and many e-mail back and forth, it’s here : ) This year we made a change with the newsletter. This year, the newsletter will be made in powerpoint- so you can WATCH the newsletter, not only read it! The month of Kislev is here. This month, we have a busy month! Chanukah is coming up, and everyone is probably so excited. I mean, who doesn’t love chanukah? Between the food, the games, the songs and the fun, it’s pretty hard not to love chanukah. But in between all the fun and games, we should all remember that we are like the chanukah menorah, spreading light to the darkness around us. It’s up to us to spread the light and bring Moshiach NOW!! -- Mushka Goldman, Editor In Chief Newslette# Kislev Edition 1

BIRTHDAY PAGE

S T O R Y I was all of fourteen years old. For the first time in my life, I was going to have a yechidut, a private audience with the Rebbe. I carefully wrote out on a piece of paper what I wanted to tell and ask the Rebbe. Item number one: my 14 th birthday was on this and this day, and I am requesting a blessing for a successful year. Number two: my parents wanted me to take off from yeshivah and spend the summer in the mountains, at a bungalow colony, with the family. My question was, should I do so, or did the Rebbe feel it was preferable to remain in yeshivah for the course of the summer as well? I was quite nervous as I took my place on line in front of the Rebbe's door. Would I be able to understand the Rebbe? He would probably read my note, and utter a few words. After all, isn't that the way a tzaddik speaks? My turn arrived. I stood before the Rebbe's desk, waiting tensely while he read my note. The Rebbe spoke. First he wished me much success in the coming year; then he turned to my question. "If you go to the mountains--will that mean breaking up a class in the yeshivah? " "No, there are enough boys without me. " "Do you have a study partner in the mountains? " 'Yes, Itche Pevsner will be there. " "And if you have a question, is there anyone you can ask? " "My zeide will be there. " At this point the Rebbe summed up. "Well, if your parents would like you to go, and you are not breaking up a class, and you have a study partner and someone to ask. . . then it is all right to go. May you have a fruitful summer. " The yechidut was over. I backed out of the room (as customary) in a state of near shock. Is that how a tzaddik speaks? My surprise was surpassed by a feeling of deep humility. The Rebbe had given a young kid the benefit of his time, had treated his question seriously, and had made him feel that during those few moments, there was nothing else in the world but the question and its resolution. That was the day I became his chassid.

Pisgam "Aiza hu asher basamaich bichelko" (Who is rich, the one thats happy what he has) Picture of the Month Here is a collage of Yud Zayin Cheshvan pictures. Check it out on the Online School site – www. shluchimonlineschool. com then click “Extra. Curricular” then click “girls. ” Find yourself!

Menorah Bingo instructions. Cut out the bingo boards, the circles (use them as markers) and the card pieces. . Put the card pieces face down and mix them up. . Pick a piece from your pile and every one puts a marker on the picture that was picked. Whoever gets 5 in a row first wins! ENJOY!!! As we know, the Chabad Minhag is to light Menorahs with straight brances, and not round ones.

BEIs HAMIKDAs. H CONTEs. T As you all know theme is to build the בית המקדש with Mark Johary, (Architect). so the contest is: to Build a בית המקדש with clay, paper, drawing, legos, etc. when your done, email it to: sosmonthlynewsletter@gmail. com within the next 9 days-with the subject "Contest" and your name in the email. The most creative Bais Hamikdosh will win!! The prize will be a Beis Hamikdosh puzzle Thank you for participating!

JOKEs! Q: How do you keep from getting cold feet? A: Don't go around BRRfooted! Q: Whats the Brocha for sitting on gum? A: Leshayv Bezukah! Q: What kind of light did Noach use on the Teivah? A: A flood light Q: Why did the girl put cheese on the computer? A: Because the mouse was hungry Q: Why was 6 afraid of 7? A: Because 7 -8 -9 (seven ate nine) Q: What part of a computer does an astronaut like best? A: The space-bar Knock! who's there? Doris, Doris who? Doris locked thats why i'm knocking (Door is)

Here’s a fun Chanukah game to play at home or in your Chabad house. Each person must bring a Chanukah gift wrapped up. Everyone sits in a circle and holds their gift. The “leader” reads the story and whenever you hear “left” you move your gift to the “left; ” whenever you hear “right, ” you move your gift to the right. At the end, everyone enjoys the gift in their hand : ) Enjoy! Chanukah Game RIGHT from the start, we were always RIGHTFULLY Hashem‟s chosen nation. The other nations were LEFT to believe that they had the RIGHT to persecute and the RIGHT to eradicate the Jew, so that there should be nothing LEFT to even “RIGHT” about. Well I‟m sure you guessed RIGHT, They didn‟t succeed and we were LEFT as always, Hashem‟s chosen nation, we were LEFT to do his mitzvos, and we were LEFT to be different than the other nations! The story of Chanukah is just another RIGHT example; Antiyochus felt it RIGHT for all his subjects to be strong and well learned in the philosophies he felt to be RIGHT and just, yet the Jew was not to be LEFT out. so he decided to “RIGHT” a decree that the Jews had no RIGHT to perform certain mitzvos. And so the soldiers marched into Jerusalem. They went RIGHT to the Bais Hamikdosh and LEFT it broken and dirty. Yehudah Hamkabi LEFT his safe home in Modin and went RIGHT to work; getting an army together, crying RIGHT out “Mi lahashem aylai”. He sent his soldiers marching to Jerusalem. RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT As we all know with Hashem at his RIGHT hand, he LEFT Antiyochus‟s army wounded as they LEFT Jerusalem in shame. And this time they marched RIGHT, RIGHT out of Jerusalem. They LEFT RIGHT out of Israel. And the Jews were LEFT in peace. The Jews went RIGHT to work in the Bais Hamikdosh. They couldn‟t believe what was LEFT of the beautiful Bais Hamikdosh. When they set everything RIGHT again, they realized that when the Greeks LEFT there wasn‟t even a single pitcher of pure olive oil LEFT to be used. They couldn‟t make new oil RIGHT away since it took eight days to do it RIGHT. They searched RIGHT and LEFT, and RIGHT again until they found a tiny pitcher, just RIGHT for one night. The excitement spread through the city RIGHT away, that one pitcher of oil was LEFT and they would not be LEFT in the dark for even one more night. The Kohen Gadol lit the candles and the Jews thanked Hashem for the pure jug of olive oil that the Greeks had miraculously LEFT behind. They LEFT that night in high spirits but were unsure about what to do tomorrow. The next morning they couldn‟t believe what greeted their eyes. The menorah stood RIGHT where they had LEFT it and the oil was LEFT in it. The Jews were exalted! Hashem had LEFT the light for the Jews for yet another night. And so the lights were LEFT burning for yet another night, and they were LEFT burning for a fourth night, and they were LEFT burning for a fifth and six night, and they were LEFT burning for another two nights, making it eight nights, until the new oil was just RIGHT. And yes, we still have some of this light LEFT till today guiding us in our hard times. But wait! Is is RIGHT to light the candles in our menorahs from RIGHT to LEFT? Or from LEFT to RIGHT? No, we start the lights on the RIGHT side of the menorah, but we light the first one from the LEFT continuing on to the RIGHT. Did you get that RIGHT? ? Now you can open the gift that was LEFT in your hands.

MONEY MATTER$ It i$ important to give חנוכה Gelt at thi$ time of year, in order to teach children that they $hould u$e their money for , מצוות $pecifically for Tzedakah. The רבי al$o $aid that the צדקה given from children i$ $uperior to the צדקה given by adult$. Thi$ i$ becau$e an adult know$ that after giving money to צדקה , he can go back to work the next day and make more money. A child however doe$ not have a job, and $o hi$ money i$ more preciou$ to him. And $till, children continue to give money to poor people in the $treet or to תורה in$titution$.

Hello! This is our reporter, Chana Shaina speaking, enough to get a report straight from G 2! Here it is: How many kids are in your class? 11 or 12 How many teachers do you have? Two What are their names? Morah Nechamie Browd and Morah lew. Where do you live? Mushka Pelman- Dominican Republic Devorah Leah Feigelstock- Paraguay What is your favorite subject? Mushka Tenenbaum-Everything! Yehudis Loschak-Parsha Mushka Schmerling-Dvar Torah Mushka Blesofsky-Chumash Mushka Lifshitz- Parsha, Kesiva, and Chumash Ita Zweibal-Everything Sara Chitrik-Chumash Batsheva Vogel-Parsha, Peirush Teffila, Kesiva, Yedios Klolios, and art at home Where do you live and what is your favorite part about living there? Fraidy Jacobson-I love the park here is Iowa ! Liba Gray-I love the library In New Hampshire! Chaya Simon- I love the library in Kingston, Ontario! THANK YOU G 2!!!!!

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