שמחת תורה 2016

Dear Parents,

This week we completed the unit of Sukkot.

Your child is bringing home 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.

     4 species:

     We reviewed the names of the 4 species.

We compared each one of the 4 species. to our body parts:

Lulav= spine

Etrog= heart

Hadas= eye

Aravah= mouth

We also compared it to different kind of people by comparing the taste to people who learn Torah and smell to people who do Mitsvot (good deed)

A kosher Sukkah:

     Moreh Dror discussed with us what can make a Sukkah kosher or not kosher. We saw many kind of sukkot build by the high school students.

(Make sure to ask your child!)

Look at the pictures on the back of this page.

Sukkot activitys:

-Today  we participated in 2 sukkot activities that was led by 4^th and 6^th grade it was great!

Look at the pictures on the back of this page.

“Degel” (flag):

We are very excited to finish reading the entire torah on Simchat Torah and then start reading it all over again. We are ready to dance and have a real Simcha (joy) with our “Degel” (flag) that we made for the special event.

Look at the back of this page to see how we danced with our own “Degel”.  Please remember to take it with you to the Bet-Keneset- Synagogue).)

חג שמח    !

Happy Holiday.

חוברת 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.

לפני יום כיפור- שבת שובה

בס"ד

10.7.2016

Dear Parents,

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

I will send our “Yom Kipur” workbook B”H on Tuesday.

Calender:

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

                                                                                              

"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 workbook:

This week during the Alef Bet unit we finished part 2 of the workbook . We reviewed the name of the Aleph-Bet letters  with their sounds and the vowel sound “AH” up to the letter Lamed. We also focused on the final letters: “Kaf sofit”. We practiced writing words and we learned when to use a final letter.

I am sending home the workbook for you to keep. Please encourage your child to go over the unit with you and read all the words.

Hatima Tovah – חתימה טובה

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