Gan Ami School Forms Forms for Prospective Families School Inquiry Form School Registration Registration Procedures (An Overview on ShulCloud Set Up/Registration) Set up a ShulCloud Account (For New Families) Complete Online Registration(For Returning Families/Those with a ShulCloud Account) Required Annual Forms FILLED OUT FOR ALL CHILDREN (except Kofim) These forms must be filled out for […]
Mattot/Masei – 5780
Mattot/Masei – 5780 Numbers 30:2 – 36:13 The moment had arrived. Assembled near the Eastern bank of the Jordan river, their forty years of wandering almost complete, our ancestors began preparations to finally enter and settle the Promised Land. What a surprise it must have been for Moses when a delegation from Reuben and Gad, […]
Pinchas – 5780
Pinchas – 5780 Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 This week’s Torah portion has a lot of anger. That is, as Rabbi Pamela Wax teaches (1), five different expressions and types of anger are woven into the parasha, and in essence, serve as a unifying theme. Here are just three: The portion opens with a murder, […]
Chukkat/Balak – 5780
Chukkat/Balak -5780 (for our new and departing board members) Numbers 19:1 – 25:9 Let’s talk about miracles. When we think about miracles, we tend to think of God, but in Chukkat, it is Moses who performs the miracle. Here is the story: Miriam (Moses’ sister) was a water diviner, and for close to forty years […]
Korach – 5780
Korach – 5780 Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 Torah teaches us to speak truth to power, to challenge authority for the sake of a greater good. Contrary to so many other ancient traditions, which equated disagreement with disloyalty, and often punished it with death, both Abraham and Moses are able to successfully challenge God. Even more, […]