2nd Grade: Practicing Teshuva and Preparing for Rosh Hashanah
This week in 2nd Grade we were so excited to learn all about Rosh Hashanah and tesuva or being our best selves.
Jewish Studies
Tuesdays/Wednesdays Jewish Studies with Haley
This week, 2nd grade learned all about Rosh Hashanah. We learned what the holiday means, the important ritual objects used that day and foods eaten to celebrate a sweet new year. We focused a lot on the word Teshuva which means returning to our best selves. We each thought of something we want to work on in the coming year to practice teshuva. We turned these promises into sticks that each student can hold and keep as a reminder of the promise they made to themselves. We are so excited to bring in a sweet new year together at CBE.
Saturday Jewish Studies with Anat and Ashley
This week, students ate Shabbat snacks and had their first Hebrew Through Movement class. We had a conversation about kehilah (community) and kehilah kedoshah (holy community) and talked about the differences between them. We talked about our own kehilah kedoshah and about what we have in common here at CBE. When we identified that we are all Jewish, it brought up the question: what makes someone Jewish? We came up with a variety of answers: your family, your traditions, the things you believe, and/or your choice to be Jewish all make a Jew a Jew! We brainstormed rules for our kehilah kedoshah that are going to help us achieve our goals of learning, and having fun.
Saturday Family Program
During the K-2 family program after class on Shabbat parents and students explored ways to show more kavod (respect) in this coming year. Parents dove into intention setting and respect through biblical, Talmudic and modern psychology texts while students played games and sang songs to show where they see kavod between themselves and family members, babysitters, teachers, neighbors and animals and how they can create more kavod in their worlds.
Hebrew Through Movement
Tuesdays/Wednesdays Hebrew Through Movement with Edan
2nd grade worked on these verbs – to stand, to sit, to walk, to stop, to run, to jump, to spin. Nouns: everyone, team (A/B/C), Door, table, chair, teacher, counselor, board, window. Additionally they were introduced to the adverbs slow, fast, in place.
Announcements
In this section you will find info on:
Upcoming Closures
High Holidays Services & Yachad Programming
High Holidays, Ushers Needed
4th-7th Grade Yachad Retreat to Camp Eisner- Oct 25-26!
1. Upcoming Yachad Closures:
9/30-10/1 Closed for Rosh Hashanah
10/8-10/9 Closed for Yom Kippur
10/14 Closed for Sukkot I and Indigneous Peoples’ Day/Columbus Day
2. High Holiday Services & Activities
We are excited for several services for Yachad students and families and activities on Monday Sept 30!
Below is info about Rosh Hashanah services. Following the K-2 and 3-6 grade services, we will have snacks, stories, crafts, and a song session in the rotunda!
Stay tuned for info on Yom Kippur services and programming!
K-2 Family Service, 9:30
Led by Rabbi Epstein, Director of Yachad and Family Engagement Tehilah Eisenstadt, and Songleader Debbie Brukman, these services offer interactive and music-based activities, prayers, and stories for children in grades K-2 and their parents.
Grades 3-6 Family Service, 10:00
Led by Rabbi Epstein, these services are designed for children in grades 3-6 and meet the spiritual needs of parents and youth alike.
Rosh Hashanah Inclusive Youth Experience, 3:00
Free & Open to the Public
Stories, singing, apples & honey
Designed for neurodiverse young people: no loud noises, soft lighting, fidgets and noise cancelling headphones available.
3. High Holy Day Services – Ushers and Greeters Needed
Please help welcome fellow families in the Yachad and ECC programs at our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services by volunteering to usher at our Family and Tots services. Parents, please sign up and your older children can help out too! Click here to Register Now!
4. Save the Date, 4th Annual 4th-7th Grade Yachad Retreat!
We are thrilled to open registration for our 4th Annual Yachad Retreat for 4th – 7th Grade, Friday, October 25 – Sunday, October 27, 2019! On this student only weekend, 4th-7th graders will have the chance to make new friends, strengthen existing friendships, celebrate Shabbat at URJ Eisner Camp, and build community through fun and exciting activities. There will even be special opportunities for the 7th grade students to lead the group and make this weekend their own.
Registration includes round trip bus transportation from CBE, all meals and linens. The bus will leave from CBE on Friday at 3:30 pm and return around 2:00pm on Sunday.
Once registration is under way, watch your inbox for event specific information like a packing list and other important updates. We are happy to write an excused absence for a religious event if necessary to facilitate arriving to the bus by 3:30. Please contact Haley Breskin at hbreskin@cbebk.org with all questions regarding the retreat.