Thank you so much for your gifts
to us. It was very thoughtful of you to
get me a gift card to buy books! Thank
you also for making sure that everyone donated toilet tissue for Family Table!
(My synagogue gives canned fruits and vegetables).
First a community get-together
for Hanukkah songs, led by Cantor Ken.
We enjoyed latkes and cider—and everyone got a dreidel.
Back in class. I took a photo of
everyone wearing their new painted kippot.
They look wonderful!
Our Hebrew lesson today was the letter chafכ –no words
begin with chaf, but it is I the word kochav, “star.” I explained that Hanukkah and hallah begin
with het, which we have not studied yet.
The mnemonic is “chaf has a cough, but no cough drop.” Then snack with brachot.
We brainstormed Hanukkah, from my pictures.
Ann Green, assistant teacher in gan, shared her poem with us, about how
to place and light the candles. Then we
read A Family Hanukkah, how one extended family celebrates and remembers
the holiday. We discussed why it was
necessary to clean out the Temple. One
student asked what would have happened if the Jews had lost—Judaism might not
have survived. We talked about the oil
lasting for eight days.
Then we made our gift to you—a photo magnet for the refrigerator. I hope that you enjoy it. I also hope that the children enjoy my little
gift to them—puzzles and pencils.
At the end of the day—some Hanukkah singing, games, and more chances to
play Dreidel. They also received
chocolate gelt.
Happy Hanukkah. No Sunday class
until January 8, 2017.
Judy and Cheryl (Esther and Tzipporah)
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