Dear families:
For Yom Ha’Atzmaut, (Israel Independence
Day) we enjoyed two treats—an Israeli breakfast favorite of bread and chocolate
and a mini-Israeli flag for each student.
We filled in our class Omer chart, for week 3, day 1. Then to tefillah,
where the students are getting more adept each week at finding and saying the
prayers. This week, they looked for
“Baruch,” ברוך. There are many in the siddur, at the start of
each blessing.
Our Hebrew letter today is
פ,
which sounds like “f.” I don’t know any
words which start with fay, but it is found in the word shofar שופר and sefer (book) ספר. As always, we reviewed previous letters and
then partners found the letters that other students suggested.
After snack, I told the story of JOSEPH
THE DREAMER. Jacob had twelve
sons, but he loved Joseph the most.
After Jacob made Joseph a coat of many colors, and Joseph had dreams
about his own superiority to his parents and brothers, his brothers threw him
into a pit. Telling Jacob that an animal
had eaten Joseph, they sold him into slavery in Egypt . When Joseph was thrown into prison, he
interpreted dreams. After Pharaoh had strange dreams, Joseph said that in seven
years there would be a famine. Pharaoh
gave Joseph great powers. During the
famine, Joseph was reunited with his brothers, who had become more caring men. One theme of the story is forgiveness.
Your children can fill in the details for you.
Our craft project was “Joseph
remembers.” Each child drew whatever
they thought that Joseph would remember of his life—his coat of many colors,
his dreams of the stars, being in jail, interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams, being
reunited with his brothers and father in Egypt.
For supplementary ideas on the
story, each child brought home the Torah pamphlet about Joseph.
Our final activity was a brief
discussion on Lag B’Omer, which occurs on the 33rd day of the
counting of the Omer.
We look forward to seeing you next Sunday, May 22, at 10 for
a discussion with Robin and at 10:30 for our shema program. Shavua tov! Have a wonderful week!
Judy and Cheryl (Esther and Tzipporah)
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