Tuesday, March 15, 2016
February 21, 2016
Hello Grade 4, This week we learned all about our Hebrew colours. We will be using them each week as adjectives for other hebrew vocabulary words we already know. I am very proud of how much attention you guys gave to this activity.
As well, in Aleph Champ, let us wish a huge Mazal Tov to Zoe (Leah) on her graduation from level purple to brown!! Just one more workbook away from Grey/Black! Keep up the incredible work!!
In the Grey/Black language level we have already learned and memorized over 40 hebrew words, prefixes and suffixes. Keep it up guys!
We will begin learning all about Purim in the coming weeks!!
Hello Grade 4, This week we learned all about our Hebrew colours. We will be using them each week as adjectives for other hebrew vocabulary words we already know. I am very proud of how much attention you guys gave to this activity.
As well, in Aleph Champ, let us wish a huge Mazal Tov to Zoe (Leah) on her graduation from level purple to brown!! Just one more workbook away from Grey/Black! Keep up the incredible work!!
In the Grey/Black language level we have already learned and memorized over 40 hebrew words, prefixes and suffixes. Keep it up guys!
We will begin learning all about Purim in the coming weeks!!
Monday, December 7, 2015
Chanukah
Hello Parents,
The past two weeks in Hebrew School we have been getting ourselves ready for Chanukah!
We learned all about the history of Chanukah, how the Greeks tried to force us to drop the spirituality and meaning of our beliefs and just do what we felt like, and how the Maccabees saved the day!
We disused how we too can stay proud to be who we are, even when it means not following the trends of others. As I say, "if you were meant to stand out, why are you trying to fit in?"
We prepared two special crafts for Chanukah.
1) A Message Menorah
Inside each glass bottle is a message for you and your family. Each night that you light a candle, share the message and do what it says. You can use the glass jars as candle holders but please wrap the bottom of the candle in tin-foil first just in case the glass breaks from the heat.
2) A Framed Blessing Guide
Please use these guides when lighting the Menorah. For the first night we say all three blessings, for the rest of the nights we only say two!
Have a very happy Chanukah,
Rabbi B
The past two weeks in Hebrew School we have been getting ourselves ready for Chanukah!
We learned all about the history of Chanukah, how the Greeks tried to force us to drop the spirituality and meaning of our beliefs and just do what we felt like, and how the Maccabees saved the day!
We disused how we too can stay proud to be who we are, even when it means not following the trends of others. As I say, "if you were meant to stand out, why are you trying to fit in?"
We prepared two special crafts for Chanukah.
1) A Message Menorah
Inside each glass bottle is a message for you and your family. Each night that you light a candle, share the message and do what it says. You can use the glass jars as candle holders but please wrap the bottom of the candle in tin-foil first just in case the glass breaks from the heat.
2) A Framed Blessing Guide
Please use these guides when lighting the Menorah. For the first night we say all three blessings, for the rest of the nights we only say two!
Have a very happy Chanukah,
Rabbi B
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Shabbat Shalom
Today was a wonderful day in Hebrew School as we began getting ready for our upcoming Family Shabbat Dinner. I hope you have received the email/flyer by now and are considering joining us as this has been an extremely uplifting and wonderful experience for the families who have taken part in the past. It also gives your child(ren) a first hand Shabbat experience.
We learned that there are two aspects to keeping Shabbat: 1) To Remember Shabbat and 2) To Protect Shabbat. Remembering Shabbat includes all the things we do for Shabbat. We brainstormed the things we already know that we do on Shabbat, some of the suggestions from the class were: Making Kiddush and Eating Challah (Noach), Spending time with Family (Leah), Going to Shul (Benyamin) and Reading and Resting (Eliyahu). Protecting Shabbat includes all the things we do not do on Shabbat. For our class purposes we are really only going to focus on the positive things we do on Shabbat.
I encouraged your children to do something special on Shabbat like have a family dinner, add an extra delicacy to dinner, invite a guest to dinner, etc. There are so many things we can do to honour the Shabbat and keep it holy. Every little thing we do in Honour of Shabbat can bring great blessing tour families and homes.
In Hebrew, we continued working on our hebrew script writing. We have thus far learned Aleph, Bet, Vet, Gimmel, Daled, Hei and Vov. Everyone is doing their work and completing their daily tasks. I encourage you, parents, to ask your child to show you these letters and how to write them.
In addition, we completed our Hebrew name artwork canvases. These should be kept and displayed in order to encourage your child to be proud of their Jewish identity and name. They all did a fabulous job on their project.
Next week we will be doing a Shabbat craft and learning a new list of vocabulary words that are relevant to Shabbat. Stay tuned.
Once again, almost everybody has a binder and writing utensils, if your child is the one that does not have these things PLEASE PLEASE get them the appropriate materials for school. Binder, subject dividers, pencils, pens, markers, scissors, gluestick, etc. The easiest thing to do is buy these things from Dollarama, put them in their hebrew school bag and leave it there from week to week.
Thank you and have an amazing week!
Rabbi B
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