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Challah baking & Singing

02/10/2019 09:16:23 AM

Feb10

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

We had a great time making challah today. They look wonderful & made my car smell delicious on the way home. Each challah is...Read more...

SESSION 18 2/3/19

02/03/2019 09:39:02 AM

Feb3

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

Thank you for your participation in another successful TINW Mitzvah Day!

We're now gearing up for our special Friday night Shabbat service featuring the Gan Aleph class on March 1. We rehearsed today with Cantor Fogelman, and we will do it again next week. You will be proud of your child, and so I hope to see you all for dinner at 5:45, followed by 7:00 service on March 1.

Please help us make the night a...Read more...

SESSION 17 1/27/19

01/27/2019 09:29:23 AM

Jan27

Mrs. Marcus

MITZVAH MORNING!

session 16 1/20/19

01/20/2019 09:29:27 AM

Jan20

Mrs. Marcus

SNOW DAY!

session 15 1/13/19

01/13/2019 10:15:21 AM

Jan13

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

Today we learned about the holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the "Birthday of the Trees." Please ask your child to tell you why trees are important enough to celebrate. We read about trees, we expressed the purpose of trees on our "Chagim Wheel," and we became trees for a short exercise.

We expanded on the holiday to understand that in today's world it's super-important to take care of our environment, expressed in Hebrew...Read more...

session 14 1/6/19

01/06/2019 08:55:32 AM

Jan6

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

Happy new year! I look forward to another fun and productive semester with our students.

*News Flash: The Shabbat Box has gone home today with our first student! He will celebrate Shabbat with his family next weekend, and then bring the box back to our class next Sunday so that another student can take the box home.

The box has everything in it that you need to celebrate Shabbat together, including a...Read more...

session 13 12/16/18

12/16/2018 08:39:57 AM

Dec16

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

Today we completed the components of our Shabbat Box and decorated it. It's now ready for the students to take turns taking the box home when we return to CJL after the break.

Our students wrote instructions for you for using the box at home. Heads up: Please make sure to return the box each week so that another student can take it home. We're also asking you to send me a photo or two of your family celebrating...Read more...

session 12 12/9/18

12/09/2018 10:14:04 AM

Dec9

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

Today we continued the work on our Shabbat Box components, preparing to celebrate Shabbat at home. We practiced our "hamotzi" prayer & made beautiful challah covers. Please ask your child to explain how it was made. Enjoy the attached video of our students showing off.

Please keep the challah covers, the sand candlesticks, and the Kiddush cup that your child brought home in a safe place. Next semester, our...Read more...

session 11 12/2/18

12/02/2018 08:07:08 AM

Dec2

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

Today we celebrated the beginning of Chanukah, both as a class and as a CJL community.

I hope you've seen the chanukia that your child brought home, which should be dry enough to light tonight when you begin your holiday celebration.  The glue was not dry on them at the end of the school day.  If the hex nuts were shuffled, you can use a glue that is stronger than Elmers, such as crazy glue or any...Read more...

session 10 11/18/18

11/18/2018 12:32:04 PM

Nov18

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

Today we looked at Thanksgiving from the perspective of a Jewish person. Please ask your child to tell you about brave Rivka in the story Rivka's First Thanksgiving. How did she bring her family their very first Thanksgiving?

I hope you've seen the "thankful" turkeys that your child brought home. We practiced one way to say "I am thankful" with "Ani asir todah" (m) or "Ani asirat todah" (f). Please ask your...Read more...

session 9 11/11/18

11/11/2018 09:55:52 AM

Nov11

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

I'm sure you've had time to admire the beautiful Shabbat candlesticks & tray your child brought home today. I hope he/she told you that the aluminum tops are hot-glued on and should be permanent so that the sand painting doesn't shift. The candlesticks can be reused each Shabbat. If the aluminum gets too waxy to clean, just add your own drip cup or fashion one out of aluminum foil on top of the one that's glued...Read more...

session 8 11/4/18

11/04/2018 03:14:31 PM

Nov4

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

Today we continued to practice the Shabbat candle blessing, so please practice this blessing with your child. I've attached the blessings in Hebrew, English, and transliterated so you can help your child. You can also listen to the candle blessing with your child chanted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GG90N8Rfzk

The students made beautiful trays in which to keep & light the Shabbat candlesticks they...Read more...

session 7 10/28/18

10/28/2018 10:16:57 AM

Oct28

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

This week we continued our study of Shabbat rituals & prayers. The Kiddush cups our students made last week are featured in the attached video of us chanting the Kiddush.

We're currently learning the candle blessing, and today our class made some very unique candlesticks that will be finished next week. Please ask your child to tell you about them. Also, if you know the Shabbat candle blessing, please sing...Read more...

session 5

10/14/2018 11:33:31 AM

Oct14

Mrs. Marcus

Dear Families,

We begin our class Friendship Circle each week with the Sh'ma and a song that explains the concept of "mitzvah goreret mitzvah." Please ask your child to chant the Sh'ma for you and to explain our song.

We began to talk about Shabbat today, the holiday that comes every week. Please ask your child to tell you when it starts and ends, why we observe it, and how we celebrate the start of Shabbat. We say the prayers...Read more...

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