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From the Desk of Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky
We are eagerly looking forward to hosting our
alumni
for the first ever DRS Alumni Reunion Shabbaton.
We
are so excited that 75 boys representing the
classes
of '01, '02, '03 and '04 will be coming back to spend a
Shabbat with their former classmates and Rabbeim.
We will be conducting spirited tefilot at the Yeshiva,
with early Shabbat tonight beginning with Mincha
at
6:20pm, and Shacharit tomorrow morning at the
Yeshiva at 8:45am. Everyone is invited to join
us.
We invite everyone down to Yeshiva this coming
Wednesday night, for a shiur from world
renowned
speaker Rabbi Paysach Krohn, who will be speaking
on
the topic of "Eternal Luminaries: Guideposts From the
Past for Our Kabalat Hatorah for the Future".
We
offer special thanks to the Rothman and Schertz
families for sponsoring the shiur. We also thank
Rav
Herschel Schachter Shlita, for delilvering a shiur this
past Wednesday night in our Bait Medrash. It was a
zchut for us to host him. We thank the
Steinmetz
and Hagler families for sponsoring the shiur.
Yasher Kochachem to the Hockey team, and their
coach Larry Gross, for helping raise $10,000 for Chai
Lifeline through our annual "Green and White" Charity
Hockey Game. This really shows that our sports
teams have learned how to take the sense of
sportsmanship and dedication to a goal that they
learned on the court and apply it to life in general.
The donation was made l'iluy nishmat Zavel
Yeshaya
Peralman Z"L.
We strongly urge residents of District 15 to vote
in
the School Board election this coming Tuesday, May
16th, Lag B'omer. The election effects how
education tax dollars are spent in the District, and
our voices need to be heard on these issues.
Wishing you an enjoyable, restful, and inspiring
Shabbat........
Kol Tuv,
Yisroel Kaminetsky
| Yom Chaverut: DRS Welcomes Class of 2010 |
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By Yair Saperstein (’08)
DRS welcomed the largest incoming class in its
history on Sunday, as the Yom Chaverut event
kicked off the student activity schedule for the
class
of 2010 even before they have become students at
DRS! Rabbi Kaminetsky welcomed the students,
giving the incoming freshmen a taste of the DRS
experience, and Mr. Feldman followed with some
information on the general studies program.
The future DRS students then joined together in the
gym for some informal ice breakers, including
the
ever popular “name game,” designed to help the
incoming students to meet each other and
develop a
sense of achdut throughout the grade. The
students
left the program excited about their upcoming four
years of high school, and we are looking forward to
great things from the class of 2010.
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| Annual Green and White Game Raises Over $10,000 for Chai Lifeline |
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By Yona Saperstein (’06)
This past Tuesday Night, DRS hosted its annual
green & white game to benefit Chai Lifeline. To
kick
off the evening, the championship banners of the
Varsity and JV teams were raised in a moving
ceremony. Then, the members of the Junior Varsity
and Varsity hockey teams played an intense game of
hockey, with the 9th and 12th graders joining
forces
to take on the 10th and 11th graders. After a
long
battle, the 10th and 11th grade team won by a
score
of 3-1.
At the end of the game, Seniors Steven
Genachowski, Doni Ross and Yitzi Lederman
presented dedicated coach Larry Gross with an
engraved iPod as a token of gratitude for his hard
work on behalf of the team. The game raised
over
$10,000 for Chai Lifeline, and a check was
presented
to this worthy organization by Athletic Director Rabbi
Storch and Rabbi Kaminetsky.
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| Rav Schachter Kicks off Pre-Shavuot Shiurim |
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By Benjie Frieling (’09)
This past Wednesday night, in what has
become a beautiful DRS tradition, the
yeshiva kicked
off its much heralded pre-Shavuot lecture series
with
a shiur by HaRav Hershel Schachter, shlita.
“Rav
Schachter is a walking Shas, Tanach, and Shulchan
Aruch”, remarked Rabbi Kaminetsky in his
introduction. The DRS Bait Medrash was filled with
over 150 members of the community, and in
another
first, was broadcast live on the internet through
DRSradio.com. Rav Schachter spoke about the
differences between the Written and Oral Torah. One
of his points included that the Written Torah was
given to the entire world, but the Oral Torah was
created only for Jews. He also taught that the
Rabbanan in the time of the Talmud could establish
laws on the level of Torah laws. The general attitude
of the students can be surmised by the statement of
one: “the shiur was fantastic.”
Be sure to join us this Wednesday evening at
DRS,
where Rabbi Paysach Krohn will speak at 9 pm.
DRSradio.com will be broadcasting that shiur live as
well. You can also download all shiurim
as they
become available in the archives of DRSradio.com.
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| DRS Softball Teams Start Season with a Bang! |
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By Zeke Miller (’07), Student Editor in
Chief
Spring is in the air, and that means it’s time once
again for DRS Softball! The DRS Softball teams have
just begun their seasons, with both the Varsity
and
JV squads playing doubleheaders last
Friday.
The Varsity team, coached by Larry Gross,
played
Rambam in both games. After suffering a tough loss
in the first game, the team rallied behind pitcher
Yoni
Fein to win in classic come from behind fashion by a
score of 6-4. The team was carried by Ariel
Auman’s
two home runs as well as one by Baruch S.
Abittan. Down to their last out in the last inning,
and with a
man on first and third, Baruch smacked a three run
home run to leftfield to put the team up 6-4. Yoni
Fein finished off the game with a quick final inning.
The JV Team, coached by Rabbi Eli Brazil and Eli
Neuburg, played HAFTR in the first game and
North
Shore in the second. The squad lost the first game,
but rallied to win the second by a score of 20-
10.
This game ended in the 5th inning via the ten run
mercy rule. Strong pitching was provided by Yoni
Weitz, Effie Klein and Jonathan Weiss. Ninth
Grader
Amichai Portnoy started off the DRS rally
with a
home run in the 1st inning, and DRS never
stopped
running. Later in the game, tenth grader Sammy
Schertz smacked a three run home run to help
DRS
seal the win. As usual, DRS led the league in
team
refreshments with barbeques at each game expertly
manned by Jason Hagler, Josh Weinstock and
Zachary Grossman.
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| Join us on Wednesdays for our Pre-Shavuot Shiurim |
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We are excited to once again present an exciting
pre-shavuot shiur program for the general community.
This year’s schedule includes presentations from
Rabbi Allen Schwartz, Rabbi Meir Goldvicht, Rabbi
Paysach Krohn, and Rabbi Herschel Schachter.
We look forward to
seeing
you there. Men and women are invited to attend.
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| DRS Hosting First Ever Alumni Shabbaton This Shabbat |
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We are pleased to welcome over 70 DRS alumni joining
students and faculty this Shabbat for our first ever
alumni shabbaton.
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| Join Coach Bank for his Annual Basketball Camp |
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| May Activity Calendar |
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AP Season @ DRS |
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By Jason Strauss (’07)
The workload was intense, sleep was a mere
afterthought, and students were found in every nook
and cranny of the campus with books and notes in
hand. AP week at DRS was tough, but after taking
the exams, everyone appreciated the hard work they
had put in to their courses the entire year.
The Advanced Placement program at DRS includes
European History for sophomores, US Government,
Calculus AB, Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology for
the juniors, and US History, English, and Music
Theory for seniors. Starting May 3, students in
those classes took the exams that they had
feverishly prepared for through after-school reviews,
hours of studying, and a full library of Barron’s,
Princeton, and Cliff’s review books. Many students
were very relieved after it was all over. One student
who had taken three AP tests mentioned, “It’s like a
weight’s been lifted off my shoulders.” Thank you to
Assistant Principal Mr. Rahr for his great job as a
proctor as well as for organizing and streamlining the
complicated AP registration process.
Upcoming Events
The annual Sophomore and Junior Class Trips will be
taking place on May 17-18. Please be sure to send in
your permission form and payment as soon as
possible!
The DRS Cooking Club Presents:
Recipe of
the Week
The Cooking Club, under the direction of Mrs. Sue
Weinberg, is one of the highlights of the DRS activity
week. We are pleased to present to you a "taste" of
what we are working on, with our Recipe of the
Week . Enjoy!
Click HERE to download this week's recipe of the week!
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