An organization called the "Five Towns Torah Conference" comes to DRS this weekend. The retreat brings together over 120 serious minded high school boys from Yeshiva High Schools throughout the metropolitan areaand Baltimore, for a shabbos of learning and ruach. The community is invited to join the Shabbaton for all minyanim, and for a spirited Tisch at the Yeshiva Friday night at approximately 9:15pm.

I would like to invite all men to a special edition of my Tuesday night gemara class on the topic of "Bedika, Bittul, and Biur Chametz". The shiur will take place Tuesday night March 23rd, at 9:00pm.

We are pleased to invite our parent body to Parent Teacher conferences this week on Wednesday night, beginning at 6:30pm. Your individualized programs will be sent home with the boys on Tuesday, so you will have it by Wednesday.

I would like to call the attention of all of our Parents to our new Open Gym program. Every Thursday night, the gym is open to all DRS students for choose- up hockey, from 7:30pm after Mishmar until 9:55pm. Every Motzai Shabbos the gym is open for choose-up basketball, from one hour after shabbos is over. There is no need to sign up, the boys can just come down and play!

Elective sheets for next year have been handed out to all Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors. Please get your elective choice sheets immediately to guarantee a spot in your preferred elective choice fornext year. Any questions on electives should be addressed to Mr. Feldman.

The Seniors were presented with a provocative program to alert them to the problem of spousal abuse within the orthodox community. The program was extremely informative and very well received.

Next week, we are expecting a visit from Rabbi Daniel Mechanic of Project Chazone Discovery Seminars, who will speak to the boys about fundamental issues of faith and belief in Judaism.

Although the sophomores had somewhat of a glum week between the heartbreaking sports losses and the postponement of the Sophomore Trip to May 19-20th, they did get an afternoon off for some bowling as a consolation prize. Also, we are gearing up for the great Yeshiva-wide Mission to Washington right after Pesach, on April 19-20. The sophomores will also have Mr. Steven Berger, holocaust survivor and noted author, address them this week, in conjunction with the English classes finishing Elie Wiesel's novel "Night".

Wishing everyone a wonderful, inspiring, leibedick, and restful Shabbat......

Sincerely,

Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky
DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys, Hebrew Academy of Long Beach