This past week we continued to learn about Purim and performed a series of skits where we acted out the story of Purim. We talked about how important it is to stand up for what you believe in even if it is hard. Then we made our own masks!
I was so excited to be back with the kids this past Saturday. In class, we began to learn about Purim and what it means to stand up for yourself and
stand up for others. We read some Purim stories and colored in pictures of Esther and Haman while trying to imagine what their thoughts were at the time. In HTM we learned how to say Apple- tapooach, lemon -limon , banana- banana, and strawberry – toot in Hebrew while snacking on some delicious fruit (minus the lemon of course).
Lucy, our Madricha (high school assistant), led the class this past Saturday and worked on her teaching skills as part of Yachad’s Madrichim leadership program.
This past Saturday the children learned that Tu B’shvat is a time to plant trees and eat fruits from
Israel, the Jewish country. We read the book, “The Rabbit Listened,” which is about how to comfort and heal the people in our life by taking the time to carefully, lovingly just listen. We created trees from construction and tissue paper as an art project.
This past Saturday we learned that Havdalah marks the end of the Shabbat and helps us keep this special time separate from the rest of the week. The children enjoyed creating
orange/clove spice boxes and Havdalah candles.
Last Saturday we talked about Shabbat being a special day for the Jewish people, and what fun it can be to celebrate it with family and friends. We learned that there are many ways to guard and keep the Shabbat, which is one of our responsibilities
This Saturday we read the story of Rebecca and Isaac. We talked about Rebecca as the representation of kindness by her consideration in offering water to the camels at the well, and how kindness can sometimes mean going beyond what is asked of you. (Raya’s Class)
Last week we read a book called ‘What is Hanukkah?’ by Harriet Ziefert. The kids were happy to be able to recognize and name all the symbols of Hanukkah. We talked about the Maccabees’ battle and victory over the Greeks and how the Maccabees took the responsibility to clean the Temple from statues of Greek Gods and reclaim it for Judaism. (Raya’s Class)
This past Saturday we talked about achrayut. We learned who the responsible people at Yachad are and that some responsibilities are choices and some are needs.
Last week we started our unit on achrayut (responsibility). We discussed how the meaning of achrayut centers around personal responsibility and being trusted to take care of certain things. We used the Adam and Eve story as a parallel
