By LeeLee Borzak ('10)

This past Friday, the students of the Weinbaum Yeshiva High School were privileged to hear from one of the most esteemed Rabbis in the world, Rav Hershel Schachter. As Rav Schachter entered the school, he was welcomed by Rabbi Horowitz's Shiur who sang and danced in his honor as they walked him into the Beit Midrash.

When Rabbi Houben, a former student of Rav Schachter's, introduced his Rebbi, the students were awed to hear about Rav Schachter's accomplishments including becoming a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University at the age of 26, younger than any of the Rebbeim in our school.

Rav Schachter's inspiring speech, helped the students gain a better understanding of the differences between Shabbat and other holidays and between a Shul and the Beit HaMikdash. Hopefully, Rav Schachter's captivating description of Hashem's Shechina coming to each and every one of us on the holidays will enrich our experiences and awaken our longing for the Beit HaMikdash where Hashem's presence is forever felt.

By Shimmie Kaminetsky, Executive Director

WYHS has made significant progress with the plans for our permanent campus. Over the past few weeks and months, our professional and lay leadership has met with an architect to design the school, which will be located on The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County campus. I am pleased to inform you that the schematic design phase has been completed. Our state of the art campus will include a Beit Midrash large enough to accommodate four hundred students, a Sephardic Beit Midrash, gymnasium, dining room, twenty classrooms (with space for 10 more), chemistry lab, biology lab, art studio, regulation soccer field, and offices to accommodate our school's anticipated growth. Feel free to stop by my office to view the exterior of the building (shown above) and the floorplans.

This past Wednesday, our land planners had their initial meeting with the Palm Beach County Building and Zoning Division. The site plan will be formally brought to their review board during the next few weeks. We expect the county approval process to take ten months. We are hopeful that we can begin construction shortly after the process is completed. Over the next few months, our architect will create engineering, cooling, landscaping, and other drawings.

The building committee of lay leaders has worked with the architect, met with tax exempt bond experts, and has helped launch a Capital Campaign to raise the funds needed to make this project a reality.

I look forward to keeping all of you informed of our progress over the next several months.