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The tax year may be ending, but there's still a chance to help Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh.
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 Friday, 03 February 2012 11:45 |  | 
As part of our unit on Community Helpers, Pre-K has had many visitors from around the neighborhood. Recently, Police Officer White, from the Pittsburgh Police Department, visited the Isadore Joshowitz Early Childhood Center to talk about the importance of his job. He told the kids about calling 9-1-1 in the event of an emergency. He also explained that the best thing to do if a stranger tries to take them, or harm them in any way, is to yell "fire" as loud as they can. He then reminded us that guns are not safe, and if we ever see one, we shouldn't touch it, and should go straight to a familiar adult to tell them about it. Lastly, Officer White showed us the tools he uses to help keep us safe.
Tuesday, 27 December 2011 09:48 | Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 13:10 | |
Brokering Transactions from our 7th Grade Shiur
In our 7th Grade Gemara shiur, we are learning about Mekach taos. Mekach taos is literally, "mistaken transaction." A mistaken transaction occurs when you buy an object and assume certain components are included, but it turns out that is not the case. The ruling is that the transaction is not valid and it is as if you never purchased the item. The case in our gemara is that if you rented a house on the 14th of Nissan, the previous owner must search the home before the transaction is complete. We assume that the previous owner performed the search, but the gemara questions, "What if you find out that the home wasn't searched properly, may you back out of the deal?" The gemara does not allow one to renege, reasoning that since a person is so willing to do the mitzvah of bedikas chametz, that even if the renter finds out that the house wasn't searched, he would still be willing to search it and he wouldn't back out of the deal. Since performing mitzvos is such a privilege, people are willing to overlook inconvenience, in this case the unexpected bedikas chametz, and not invalidate the transaction. Michael Sohnen - 7th Grade
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Friday, 03 February 2012 11:47 | |
Students in Mr. Kingman's High School Geometry class used straws and string to simplify a mathematical principle. Aided by pastel colored straws, students discovered the side, side, side congruent postulate theory. Mr. Kingman explained that if three sides of a triangle are congruent, then the angles of a triangle are congruent. Ada Friedman (10th Grade, GHS) stated that is was "fun and easy to learn about congruent triangles in this way." Eliana Halley (9th Grade, GHS) added, "I tweeted about this and I got two retweets and a favorite." Mr. Kingman explained the Twitter buzz, "She has a lot of math teachers following her."
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:25 | Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 December 2011 09:19 | |
Bats in Hillel (it's not as bad as it sounds)
Morah Elaine -
Today in Science we learned about bats. First, we found out that there are two types of bats: 1) Megachiroptera (also called Fruit Bats, flying foxes, megabats, big bats), which eat fruit and/or flower nectar. Megachiroptera tend to have long noses and a strong sense of smell, which help them find fruit and flowers in the dark; and 2) Microchiroptera (small bats), most of which eat insects, although a few eat fish or small animals. This type of bat
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