Dear families:
A busy, delightful day
today! We began with tefillah with Cantor
Ken. We are learning the melody and
motions to the v’ahavta, thanks to grade 2.
We also began singing the Four Questions with him. Our class will officially begin our unit on
Pesach next week.
Thank you, Eliza, a grade 6 aide,
for assisting us in our activities, today.
After singing in Hebrew about the
weather and discussing our day’s plans, we began our Hebrew lesson. This week, we learnedנ. Some נ words
are “ner tamid,” and “nerot” (candles).
We also did a paper on locating some letters in the shema like alef,
yud, dalet, among others. The children
are doing so well recognizing the
letters and sounds.
GODLY PLAY: We engaged in the
story of The Shema: the Promise of Israel. In Egypt, Israel (Jacob’s new name) feared
that his children would become like the Egyptians in dress, in language, and
religion. They assured their father with
the shema: “Listen, Israel, Adonai is our G-d, Adonai is one.” Reassured that his descendants would remember
the G-d of Abraham and Isaac, Jacob softly said the second line of the shema, “G-d’s
glorious kingdom is forever.” Then
Israel died. Though the Israelites
remained in Egypt for 400 years, many of them as slaves, they kept their Hebrew
names and their religion.
These words and the rest of the
shema are on the klaf (parchment scroll) we place in the mezuzah we hang on our
doorposts. We examined my mezuzah and
its scroll. This scroll is parchment,
written by hand by a sofer in the traditional way.
The children respond so well to
the wondering portion: I wonder what
part of the story you liked best, I wonder where you are in the story.
REINFORCEMENT activities
included a description and illustration of what they think of when they say the
shema. We also made a model of a mezuzah
to hang at home.
Shavua tov! Have a good week!
Judy and Cheryl (Esther and Tzipporah)
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