“A big part of who I am today is because of my time spent at Akiva” This week we had a very special treat at Akiva School when we were visited by one of our former students, Hadas Levine. Hadas had been a student at Akiva School up until grade 4 at which point she...
Parashat Bo – Do and Teach
By: 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. The first time we went to Disney World,...
Parashat Va-eira: For Jay
By: 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. It’s been quite a week. From the lows...
Parashat Va-Yigash – “And he fell on his neck and he wept.”
By: 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. “After lunch I would like you to go tidy...
Faces of Akiva
Bella Widman Akiva Grandparent “… I came to Canada 26 years ago following my children… I grew up in a Jewish home in a tiny city in the mountains where I lived just outside of Rio, Brazil. My parents always taught me that being Jewish was important but it was not...
Simon Boulerice en visite à Akiva – 15-12-2015
Chers parents, Les enfants adorent qu’on leur raconte des histoires et ce mardi 15 décembre les élèves de maternelle et du premier cycle du primaire ont eu la chance d’assister à la lecture théâtrale de l’album « Le verger dans le ventre » par son auteur Simon...Akiva Calendar
Rabbi Grossman’s Corner
Faces of Akiva – Alumna Hadas Levine
Parashat Naso – Blessings
Fun fact: This week’s parashah, Naso, is the longest parashah in the Torah with 176 verses. In it, we find the priestly blessing:. Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying so shall you bless the Children of Israel, say to them: May the Lord bless you and keep you; May...
Parashat Ba-Midbar/Shavuot: Counting, accounting and recounting
This week’s parashah begins the book of Ba-Midbar, which opens with God commanding Moses to count. Take a census of the entire assembly of the Children of Israel according to their families, according to their fathers’ house, by number of the names, every male...
Parashat Emor – Counting
This weekend is Lag Ba-Omer, the 33rd day of counting from Passover to Shavuot. In our parshah this week we find the commandment to count these days: You shall count for yourselves – from the morrow of the rest day, from the day when you bring the omer of the waving...