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Sensitivity with Sefer Shoftim: A Window into Teaching with Mindfulness
I am copied on all Beit Rabban Outlook distribution lists, which means I see a lot of reminders to parents about snowsuits for outdoor...
Stephanie Ives
Jan 19, 20243 min read
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The Torah Reading Ceremony: a Birthright and Rite of Passage
This morning was our annual second-grade Torah Reading Ceremony, a critical rite of passage in the lifetime of a Beit Rabban education....
Stephanie Ives
Jan 12, 20244 min read
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Wholly Home - Whole School Project 2023
From Wednesday, December 20 through Thursday, December 21st, each student from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade came together for this...
Beit Rabban Day School
Dec 22, 20231 min read
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8 Gifts for the 8th Day
We have eight gifts for you on this eighth day of Chanukah. Please enjoy the following seven short reports from our student's week, plus...
Stephanie Ives
Dec 15, 20233 min read
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An Invitation With Humility and Urgency
Thank you for supporting my visit to Israel last week, arming me with love packages, and eagerly listening to my reports upon return....
Stephanie Ives
Dec 8, 20233 min read
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Emphatically Listening
I am writing this message from Jerusalem, where I have been all week. Like many of you, since October 7, I have been longing to get to...
Stephanie Ives
Dec 1, 20235 min read
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Relief and Hope
Yesterday, I joined eighth-grade students for a session to process our experience at the March for Israel on Tuesday. About 200 notecards...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 17, 20234 min read
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Sharing Meaningful Joy
I have been having trouble praying since October 7. I desperately want to pray for the safety and welfare of individuals and groups in...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 3, 20232 min read
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Give Them Some Air: The Importance of Giving Your Child Airtime
I studied painting in college, and my professor, Susan Gardner, insisted that budding artists needed to delve into art history alongside...
Stephanie Ives
Oct 27, 20235 min read
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Dvar Torah from Our Latest Bat Mitzvah
Rainbows are beautiful on the outside. But we understand from our Parsha that they may not be as beautiful as they seem. In Parshat...
Beit Rabban Day School
Oct 20, 20233 min read
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Sending Love to Israel
This week's Weekly Shabbat Sha'Slideshow is a compilation of our community members and families, past and present, in Israel over the...
Beit Rabban Day School
Oct 13, 20231 min read
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Sounding the Shofar During a Time of Crisis
This morning, our fifth and sixth grades families started their day learning Mishnah together, an annual tradition right after the...
Stephanie Ives
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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Commandment To Rejoice
The Torah famously commands us in the book of Devarim to "rejoice in our holiday" of Sukkot, and we refer to this chag as "the time of...
Stephanie Ives
Oct 6, 20231 min read
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But We Just Unpacked!
While we still have many a pile of unsorted books, blocks, and math manipulatives, we are finally done with the moving boxes! After...
Stephanie Ives
Sep 29, 20233 min read
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Asking for Forgiveness
I am writing this note on the Shabbat before Yom Kippur to ask for mechilah, forgiveness, both personally and on behalf of our...
Stephanie Ives
Sep 22, 20231 min read
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Kicking Off the New Year
Speech given by our Principal at this year's Curriculum Night!
Ingrid Goldfein
Sep 18, 20234 min read
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A Lens of Abundance
Whether the High Holidays fall a little earlier or later on any particular Gregorian calendar year, they always coincide with the start...
Stephanie Ives
Sep 8, 20234 min read
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Our School Year Siyyum
In Jewish tradition, we come together at the culmination of a unit of study to celebrate the learning, recognize the accomplishment, and...
Stephanie Ives
Jun 16, 20238 min read
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Celebrating Pride
In just a few minutes, we will gather today for Shabbat B'Yachad, our last pre-Shabbat assembly of the year, and we are so delighted to...
Stephanie Ives
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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Only Simchas From Our COO
Speech Given by Nicole Weiss, our COO, at This Year's Manna From Heaven Annual Gala My name is Nicole Weiss, and I am the Chief Operating...
Nicole Weiss
Jun 2, 20235 min read
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