Deborah Abecassis Warshawsky. “Did we pay the mechanic for my car?” my husband asked me the other day, noting the invoice on the kitchen counter. We? What he was really asking was whether I had paid the mechanic. It’s a matter of division of labour. I am...
Akiva School Digital Newsletter – April 2016
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Passover – When your children ask
“Can you buy crackers,” my daughter asks. “Sure,” I answer. “After Passover.” “But that’s in like three weeks,” she moans. “Yes,” I reply. “You will survive.” “Do we have any cookies?” she asks. “They’re finished.” “And you’re not buying more until after Passover?”...
Parashat Metzora – Choose the words you use
We have this new game we’ve been playing called Snake Oil. One person is the customer and chooses a card that provides this player with an identification or an occupation. For example, she might be a tourist or a rock climber, a nurse, a camp counsellor, or a...
Parashat Tazria – The blemish is not the whole picture.
At about two or three-weeks-old, my daughter developed a hemangioma on her head. This benign swelling of blood vessels grew over the course of her first year into a significant and noticeable bump at the very top of her forehead. No matter how big and sparkling were...Akiva Calendar
Rabbi Grossman’s Corner
Parashat Pekudei – It takes a village.
Parashat Va-Yakhel – A wise heart
Deborah Abecassis Warshawsky. Thirty minutes before Shabbat I asked the girls to tidy up the room they were sharing in Florida - pick up from the floor clothes and towels and books and tissues and discarded tags from new items, remove their electronics from their...
La Francofête!
La semaine prochaine le cœur d’Akiva battra pour une énième fois au rythme de la Francofête. Cette année, le titre en est : AINSI FONT, FONT FONT LES MARIONNETTES À AKIVA! Laissez-moi tout d’abord vous expliquer l’intention didactique de ce thème avant de vous en...
Parashat Tetzave – The eternal lamp
Deborah Abecassis Warshawsky. An Akiva parent, Debbie has an MA and PhD in the history of Jewish Bible Interpretation from McGill University as well as a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) also from McGill. Happiness can be found even in the darkest...