COMING UP
No Religious School: Dec. 22-Jan. 5
Hometown Chanukah Party: Sunday, Dec. 29, 6:30 PM
Family Education Program: NEW DATE: Sunday, March 9
GRADES K-2 RECAP
Ms. Yenth'l
Chanukah means dedication in Hebrew. How can we dedicate our time to ourselves and to others who love us and we care about? I asked the students to think about what they really love to do and how will they dedicate their time to that and helping in our Jewish community.
There was also a group discussion about what the holiday of Chanukah means to them. There were various answers: some spoke about the importance and miracle of the oil and how we get to eat yummy foods that were cooked in oil, like latkes. Other students spoke about the miracle of the small Jewish Maccabean army winning against their enemies because they now have the freedom to be Jewish and practice Judaism.
The students decorated a wooden dreidel and learned how each of the four Hebrew letters represent a word: (Nun) Nes (Gimel) Gadol (Hay) Haya (Shin) Sham. These words mean, A great miracle happened there! Ask your child where "there" is.
Have a great Chanukah and Winter Break! Chag Chanukah Sameach!
GRADES 3-6 TUESDAY RECAP
Morah Marla, Alex, and Ms. Koota
Sunday was all things Chanukah. We learned how to light the Chanukiah, the Chanukah blessings, the history, and some songs. Then we had a live Zoom call with our partner class in Zichron Yakov, Israel. We asked each other questions and got to know each other. It was very exciting to talk to other students in Israel and to learn how they will be celebrating Chanukah. Our shinshin, Uri, even led us in a song to sing to them. It was an exciting morning that then led into our Chanukah celebration (read more about that in the Chaverim Youth Group Update below).
On Tuesday, we had a wonderful discussion about Joseph and his multi-colored coat. Jacob favored Joseph over all his sons and didn’t hide it. We enjoyed practicing the blessings for lighting the Chanukah candles and sang Chanukah songs.
CHAVERIM YOUTH GROUP UPDATE
FROM SUNDAY
Chaverim Youth Group had a great Chanukah celebration on Sunday! Click Here to see pictures! We made delicious and beautiful fruit chanukiyot and edible dreidels. We made Chanukah crafts to decorate our homes and we played dreidel. During our celebration, students received 2 dreidels - one with the letters mentioned in Ms. Yenth'l's recap above, but the other with a Pay instead of a Shin. Pay stands for Poh and means "here" - ask your child where "here" is and what the difference is between the dreidels. The dreidels with the Pay are from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Thank you to the Myer Rappaport Youth Education Fund for purchasing this gift for our CSK students and families. Not only are we celebrating with something special, we are supporting the Israel Museum in Jerusalem during this difficult time of low tourism! Students also went home with a box of Chanukah candles to use as you light the Chanukiyah. We had a great day! Happy Chanukah to all!
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