Dear Kitah Vav Families,
We had a very
full Sunday of programs and learning yesterday. We learned about the Jewish
historical time-line, with BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era) as our preferred terminology for events before the year zero and after the year
zero, on the secular, every day reckoning of time. Students were asked what
important happenings belong on the Jewish timeline. This is in preparation for
our study of Nevi'iim, the Book of Prophets.
T Three
representatives from Natick U.S.Y.(United Synagogue Youth) came to visit and present the programs and activities they sponsor. They reached out to our 6th/ 7th graders,
encouraging them to join "Junior USY (Grades 6, 7, 8) activities, and
described t the wonderful opportunities
and activities that will be open to them in Senior USY.
After that we
went down to the Social Hall where we met Eli Dershwitz, the Olympic fencer who
grew up at Temple Israel. He presented
slides of the Rio de Janeiro S Summer Olympics and talked about his experiences
growing up and dedicating himself t to his academics and to his sport. He talked about being grounded in Jewish
values and good sportsmanship, and at the end gave us all a short lesson in the
moves of "saber fencing."
This Tuesday, January. 10, Kitah Vav students will have a visit from Prozdor faculty for s some learning about Israel. Next month Wednesday's Kitah Vav class will learn from Prozdor.
As the World Wide
Wrap is on Sunday, February 5, we have been practicing the prayers f for putting
on Tefillin. I would like to hear each
student read these prayers with fluency!
Please help your
student come prepared to class by bringing the three ring binder with o our
prayers. If you know that your student
will be absent please alert me or Robin.
This is much appreciated.
Best,
Rav Elana
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