ויקרא שבת זכור

Deare parents,

“Chag Hasiddur” is getting closer!

Please plan attending it on Thursday, April  7  at 9:30am.

I’m sending aletter about “Chag Hasiddur”, Please fill in and return the letter ASAP.

Siddur dedication:

Please email me a short message to your child as a dedication for his /her new siddur.

I’ll print it and put it in your child's siddur. 

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"לִכְבוֹד פּוּרִים מִי בַּכִּיתָה?"- Lichvod Purim Mi Bakitah- (Who is in the classroom for Purim?)

Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend. It is a great way to practice all the vocabulary we have learned and will learn.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

We are continuing to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. The students focused on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we reviewed the letters up to “ע”. We learned that there are 5 letters that do not start from the top as “ט” and ל.

Homework:

First grader are learning their vocabulary words very well.

There will be two days of homework instead of three days.

Therefore, the vocabulary test will be on Wednesday instead of Thursday.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat :ויקרא"”. We learned that the Jews brought korbanot because the process of bringing a korban helped them become close to hashem.

This Shabbat called Shabbat Zachor ("Sabbath [of] remembrance שבת זכור) it is the Shabbat before Purim , the holiday on which we celebrate the foiling of Haman the Amalekite's (There is a tradition from the Talmud that Haman, the antagonist of the Purim story, was a descendant of Amalek) plot to destroy the Jewish people. The weekly Torahreading is supplemented with the Zachor ("Remember!") reading in which we are commanded to remember the evil of Amalek.

When the Israelites left Egypt, no nation dared pick a fight with them. Who would start up with a people whose G‑d just smacked around the mighty Egypt with ten awesome plagues, and drowned the surviving few in the sea? Only Amalek, driven by profound hatred which defied logic, came to wage battle.

Vocabulary words:

This is our word list.

The test will be on Wednesday 3/23/16.

מילים למבחן

Clown –  לֵיצַן

Wine -  יַיִן

  Costumes תָחְפוֹשֶֹת

Noise Maker (gragger)  רָעָשָן

Hamentashen  אוֹזֶן הָמָן

בהצלחה!

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/2912299/6t5v