Hey Rashi, Eden and Liv here!

Hope you’ve enjoyed your first 2 weeks back at school and are well and truly into working towards your goals for this semester.

On Thursday last week we had a mufti day and bake sale to raise money for the trip to East Timor that a number of our Rashi students will be going on. We hope that they come back with many stories to tell us.

On Monday morning we commemorated our very own Rashi, one of the most influential Jewish commentators in history. He studied at the Yeshiva and became a Rabbi at the age of 25 and since Rabbis weren’t officially paid at this point in time (in 1065) he also worked with his family in local vineyards. He went on to teach young disciples and become well known for his commentaries on the Bible and the Babylonian Talmud. So well known in fact was he that all editions of the Talmud published since the 1520s have included Rashi’s commentary in the margins. The commemoration was interesting and respectful, to honour the great influencer that Rashi was.

And last but certainly not least, congratulations to our new Rashi Madrichim! With Nadia Avshalom and Mia Nahum as our House Captains and Aron Jaffe as Music Captain, we’re set for a great year. Hopefully with all our spirit, enthusiasm and participation we can bring home the Ezekiel Cup this year!

That’s it from us this week, have a great weekend.

Liv and Eden signing off