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Week of Sunday, November 13th, 2022

This week in Shul School, we spoke about hospitality, gratitude, kindness, and truth. We told the story of Abraham and Sarah welcoming the angels into their home, the story of the 12 spies, and studied the beginning of the story of Exodus. Read on to learn more specifics about what each class did this week.

Shafrifriyot Update

Teacher: Penina Berman

This week Shafrifriyot learned the story of our forefather and foremother, Abraham and Sarah. We talked about what it means to be a guest or a host in a home like when Abraham and Sarah welcomed the angels into their tent. We discussed the proper way to greet people and how to act when we are in another person's home.

After learning about Abraham and Sarah, we reviewed some Hebrew phrases and letters.

Lastly, we spoke about the purpose of a yad when reading from the Torah. We ended class by each making our own yad and singing Shalom Chaverim before everyone left.

Parparim Update

Teacher: Cassie Jacobs

This week the Parparim class discussed and explored gratitude and kindness. They created a class definition for gratitude and spoke about how they express gratitude for the things and people they are grateful for in their lives. The students created gratitude mobiles as a physical reminder of these people and things. Afterwards, they practiced how to say Thanks in multiple languages. In Hebrew, we say Todah while in Spanish we say Gracias. Ask your students about how to say Thanks in other languages.

Tzipporim Update

Teacher: Sierra Sager

This week the Tzipporim class read the story about the twelve spies and their first foray into the land of Canaan. The twelve spies came back to the Hebrew people with varying accounts of what they found while they were in Canaan. The Tzipporim class held a mock trial using the various accounts of the land from the spies to determine if the Hebrews should continue and go into the land of Canaan. Talk to your student to find out how the Tzipporim court chose to proceed and if they chose the same path as the Hebrews.

Ha Ya'ar Update

Teacher: Scott Hart

This week the Ha Ya'ar class studied the beginning of Exodus. They are using the Etz Chayim each class to familiarize themselves with the Torah text and become more skilled in navigating the text. Afterwards, they watched excerpts from 'The Ten Commandments' to enhance their learning and understanding of the text.

This Saturday night our teens will meet at Rabbi Hoffman's house for our Teen Learning Havdalah!

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