Our kindergarten and first grade students made their own Shabbat boxes! They started off by decorating a plain white box, and each week, they added ritual items they made.
They used fabric markers to create beautiful Challah covers and they colored candlesticks and decorated kiddish cups using sparkly gemstones! The children braided and twisted colorful pipe cleaners to create their own Havdalah candle and filled mesh bags with spices (besamin) to be prepared to celebrate Havdalah!
The children glued Shabbat/Havdalah prayers into their Shabbat boxes, added a recipe for making challah, added white candles for Shabbat, and added a signed, special note to their parents to complete their Shabbat box. We hope you will use your child's Shabbat box to celebrate Shabbat at home and send us pictures!
The classes explored the meaning of "being a light for the world" in connection to Chanukah and shared their answers to how they can help the world. They played Chanukah bingo and spun dreidels!
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