1-30-2015
Dear Parents,
This week we prepared food for the birds. Please read about our parasha to understand why.
“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "
This week’s book is called:""אריאות בראש השנה לאילנות - Ariot on Rosh Hashanah for the trees.
Dear Parents,
This week we prepared food for the birds. Please read about our parasha to understand why.
“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "
This week’s book is called:""אריאות בראש השנה לאילנות - Ariot on Rosh Hashanah for the trees.
We learned that Tu Bishvat
Is the tree’s New Year (Rosh Hashana). In this book you will find how the trees
are also celebrating their Rosh Hashana.
Ariot:
This week Ariot is going to Yitzy’s home.
Parashat Hashavua:
This Shabbat is Shabbat Shirah, (The Shabbat of Song). The Shabbat on which the parsha of Beshalach is read is called Shabbat Shirah, because it contains the song sung by Israel after the splitting of the Red Sea.
One of the customs associated with this Shabbat is to place crumbs outside for the birds to eat. We read in the Torah on this week about G-d giving the "מן" (“Maan”) to the nation of Israel, for their sustenance. Moshe told the nation of Israel that the Maan would not fall on Shabbat, and therefore they should collect a double portion on Friday. Datan and Aviram, who wanted to embarrass Moshe and weaken his authority, took Maan they had collected on Friday, and after dark placed it out on the ground. When morning came, they hoped that people would think that the Maan did indeed fall on Shabbat, and Moshe was wrong. However, no Maan was found on Shabbat morning. Why? Because the birds carried it away before the nation awoke. Therefore, the nation indeed trusted Moshe and respected the sanctity of the Shabbat. To reward the birds for this noble deed, we feed them the week on which we read of the surrounding incident, the week of Beshalach.
There is an additional reason why we feed the birds this week. The chirping of birds is not just idle song. It is the way that birds praise G-d for providing them with their needs. Because, this week, we too sing praises of G-d for providing for us in the desert, we recognize the constant song of praise chirped by the birds by providing for their needs.
Tu B’Shvat:
This week we finished learning about the tree parts. Some of the vocabulary words are from that unit.
Homework:
Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework with pencil only!
Please make sure the homework notebook in placed back into your child’s backpack.
It is extremely important to have it in class on time, otherwise I can’t post their homework for the next day.
Ariot:
This week Ariot is going to Yitzy’s home.
Parashat Hashavua:
This Shabbat is Shabbat Shirah, (The Shabbat of Song). The Shabbat on which the parsha of Beshalach is read is called Shabbat Shirah, because it contains the song sung by Israel after the splitting of the Red Sea.
One of the customs associated with this Shabbat is to place crumbs outside for the birds to eat. We read in the Torah on this week about G-d giving the "מן" (“Maan”) to the nation of Israel, for their sustenance. Moshe told the nation of Israel that the Maan would not fall on Shabbat, and therefore they should collect a double portion on Friday. Datan and Aviram, who wanted to embarrass Moshe and weaken his authority, took Maan they had collected on Friday, and after dark placed it out on the ground. When morning came, they hoped that people would think that the Maan did indeed fall on Shabbat, and Moshe was wrong. However, no Maan was found on Shabbat morning. Why? Because the birds carried it away before the nation awoke. Therefore, the nation indeed trusted Moshe and respected the sanctity of the Shabbat. To reward the birds for this noble deed, we feed them the week on which we read of the surrounding incident, the week of Beshalach.
There is an additional reason why we feed the birds this week. The chirping of birds is not just idle song. It is the way that birds praise G-d for providing them with their needs. Because, this week, we too sing praises of G-d for providing for us in the desert, we recognize the constant song of praise chirped by the birds by providing for their needs.
Tu B’Shvat:
This week we finished learning about the tree parts. Some of the vocabulary words are from that unit.
Homework:
Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework with pencil only!
Please make sure the homework notebook in placed back into your child’s backpack.
It is extremely important to have it in class on time, otherwise I can’t post their homework for the next day.
Vocabulary words:
This week’s words will be from Tu Bishvat unit:
The test will be on Thursday, 2-5-2015.
עֵץ- Tree
עָלֶה- Leaf
עָלִים- Leaves
פֶּרַח- Flower
פְּרִי- Fruit
Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit
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