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Little Gardeners: A Day of Planting at Our Preschool

April 17, 2024

In our preschool, yesterday was all about gardening! With our Environmental Coordinator, Morah Stacie’s guidance, our little ones eagerly donned their gardening gloves and planted lettuce...
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Pay it Forward Purim 2024

April 15, 2024

This year’s Pay it Forward Purim brought a heartwarming initiative to our school community, despite encountering a small bump in the road. Due to inclement weather,...
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Keep You and Your Things Clean and Tidy

April 12, 2024

This week we read the double parshah, Tazriah. Like many of the parshayot in Sefer Vayikra (Leviticus), this parshah contains many laws and regulations governing ritual...
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Host a UJA ShinShin in 2024-2025!

April 11, 2024

Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey of cultural exchange and connection? We are thrilled to announce that applications are now open to become...
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Heschel Admissions Policies for Preschool & Beyond

April 10, 2024

Given the popularity of Heschel’s Shorashim Preschool, I wanted to take a moment to inform parents of the school’s policies around Preschool and higher grade admissions....
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Grade 4 Novel Study Plays

April 10, 2024

The novel study plays are an exceptional demonstration of our learning in our Generative Topic, מספרים סיפורים ללמד מסרים (We tell stories to teach values). The plays...
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Embracing Change: Exciting Updates for the Gesher Abraham Foundation and The Toronto Heschel School

April 5, 2024

We are excited to share some important updates with you regarding the Gesher Abraham Foundation, the formal organization that operates The Toronto Heschel School. Thanks to...
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Ask Others to Join You When Doing Important Things

April 5, 2024

The Middat HaShavuah, taken from this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Shemini, instructs us to ask others to join us when we are doing important things. The...
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Pay Attention to Details

March 29, 2024

God is in the details! This week, we read Parshat Tzav (צו), which is related to the word mitzvah (מצוה), meaning commandment or obligation. The commandments...