סוכות 2015

9/25/2015

Dear Parents,

This week we started the unit about Sukkot!

·       Your child will bring home next week a workbook with activities in it.

·       Calendar: We continued to develop and work on our Hebrew calendar skills.  We spent time locating Sukkot, Chol Hamoed and the last two days of Yom Tov on the calendar.

The Sukkah:

·       We discussed what can make a Sukkah kosher or not kosher

(Make sure to ask your kids!)

·       We learned about the 7 Ushpizin (guests) that come to visit us in the Sukkah on each night of Sukkot.

·       We learned a Hebrew song about the names of the Ushipizin.

Lulav

·       We reviewed the names of the 4 species.

·       We read a Hebrew story from Tal-Am called: “4 המינים”

We will be continuing to learn more about sukkot during “Hol Hamoed” (next week) with more songs and Hebrew books from the Tal –Am unit.

Please look in the backpack, you will find a model sukkah we built and some decoration to decorate the sukkah.  Look inside the Sukkah and you will find new Hebrew words that we just learned.

Have a good Yom-Tov

Morah Irit

9/25/2015

Dear Parents,

This week we started the unit about Sukkot!

·       Your child will bring home next week a workbook with activities in it.

·       Calendar: We continued to develop and work on our Hebrew calendar skills.  We spent time locating Sukkot, Chol Hamoed and the last two days of Yom Tov on the calendar.

The Sukkah:

·       We discussed what can make a Sukkah kosher or not kosher

(Make sure to ask your kids!)

·       We learned about the 7 Ushpizin (guests) that come to visit us in the Sukkah on each night of Sukkot.

Lulav

·       We reviewed the names of the 4 species.

We will be continuing to learn more about sukkot during “Hol Hamoed” (next week).

Please look in the backpack, you will find a model sukkah we built and some decoration to decorate the sukkah.  Look inside the Sukkah and you will find new Hebrew words that we just learned.

Have a good Yom-Tov

Morah Irit

מכתב לחוברת יום כיפור

Dear Parents,
I’m sending home our “yom Kippur” work book to keep and review.

-We learned about two Mitzvot that we do before the fast.
1 Kaparot
2 Seudah Mafseket, also called the “feast before the fast.” We learned that it is a Mitzvah to eat.
-Yom Kippur is here and we know now exactly what to wear - white clothes like the angels. ( We wear white also because  white is clean and we want to be clean from “mistakes”) and what kind of shoes we can wear. Some people wear a kittel, a white robe-like garment for prayers on Yom Kippur
Five prohibitions of Yom Kippur

1.    No eating     2.  No drinking    3.  No wearing of leather shoes   4. No bathing or washing

5.     No perfumes or lotions

On Yom Kippur we are praying from a Siddur call “Machzor”
-Yom Kippur is the only day in the year when there are five prayer services. The evening service, containing the Ma'ariv prayer, is widely known as "Kol Nidre", the opening declaration made preceding the prayer. During the daytime, shacharit, musaf (which is recited on Shabbat and all festivals) and mincha are followed, as the sun begins to set, by Ne'ila, which is recited just this once a year.
-In the service there are two main stories we learn.
1 The Kohen Gadol entered the Holy of Holies (Kodesh Hakodashim)  in the center of the Holy Temple (Bet Hamikdash).
2 Jonah and the whale.
We made a book mark for the 5 prayer services that are mentioned above.
-We finish the Yom Kippur Prayer with the sound of the Shofar   - wishing that our prayers will be accepted.
-Right after Bet Knesset (synagogue) we run to start our first Mitzvah - building the sukkah.
-In order to encourage the student to do Mitzvot I’m sending home a Mitzvah checklist to fill in together with your child.

I wish you and your family a Gmar Hatimah Tovah!

Morah Irit Karavani.

P.S

I am sending  home the Hebrew workbook we finished so you can review with your child. Please keep this workbook at home.

יום כיפור

בס"ד

9.18.2015

Dear Parents,

Even though this week was very short, we were very busy learning about Yom Kippur.

-We looked at the calendar and we saw that the date is Yud which means 10, and the month is Tishrei.

Calender:

When we came back to school we found out that it is a new month (Tishrei) and a new Hebrew year ( תשע"ו).

                                                                                              

"Aseret Yemei Teshuva”

We also counted (in Hebrew) ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur and we now understand that these days are called Aseret Yemei Teshuva (TEN days of Repentance.  This activity helped us reinforce our Hebrew counting skills and provided us with a better understanding of the Jewish calendar.

Shabbat Shuvah

Between Rosh Hoshanah and Yom Kippur we have a special Shabbat called “Shabbat Shuva”.  Shabbat Shuva (Shabbat of Return) is devoted to “teshuva”, which means “repentance” in Hebrew.

Tashlikh (תשליך‎, meaning "casting off")

This week, first grade went to the stream that passes through our campus and performed the Tashlikh ritual.  The children were taught that Tashlikh is the way we show our regret for past “mistakes”.

Now we are ready for “Yom Kipur”!

Hebrew:
Our small groups are running very well. We are using a workbook called “Me Ot L’Ot”, where we learn to read, write, and sound out Hebrew words. This week, we finished the first “חוברת"- work book- up to the letter “Hey”. We learned the meaning of some of the Hebrew words and learned how to spell them as well. We focused on the “ ה” at both the beginning and the end of a word.  We learned that most of the time a “ ה” at the front of the Hebrew word means “The”.  We saw many examples of Hebrew sentences that start with “The”.
Ask your child to show you some of the sentences.

I am sending the workbook home to review and keep at home.

Hatima Tovah – חתימה טובה

מורה אירית

First grade 9.4.2015

Dear Parents,

We have been very busy continuing learning about Tishrey month.

 Moreh Dror comes to our class every day to blow the Shofar and teach us new things about the Shofar. We also enjoyed a special visit from the 3^rd grade who sang to us a song they had recently learned.

Prayer:

We have been using the Artscroll Siddur during our daily Tefillah service. While singing the Tefillot, the children follow the words in their siddurim. This helps them become familiar with the words of the prayers.

Parashat Hashavua-Parashat Ki Tavo

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a Parasha sheet with pictures and a summary of what is in the Parasha.  Please look inside each picture for the words your child wrote in the box.  The first graders learned about the Mitzvah  of “Bikurim”. “ביכורים”. We fulfill this Mitzvah by bringing the first fruits that our crops produce to the Kohein in the Bait Hamikdash. There, we said  special verses from the Torah to praise Hashem for the all the bounty He has provided us . We also learned about the “curses “ and “blessings” that Hashem will give us. Wonderful blessings  will come when we observe the Torah but if we do not observe the Torah, the Jews will receive curses.

Hebrew:

This week we reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds as well as the “AH” vowel sound up to the letter “Dalet”.

We learned to read, sounding out and writing the words: אַבָּא, בָּא, גַג, גַב

We also learned the meaning of each word.

Chagim (Holidays):

We continued working on our unit on Rosh Hashana. The students completed a project during Hebrew class and I will  send it home B”H next week along with our Rosh Hashana workbook.

Shabbat Shalom,

      Morah Irit.