Dear 3rd Grade Parents,
The students have spent the last 3 weeks working dilligently on completing Shabbat boxes to take home!
Today, each student decorated candlesticks, challah covers, and kiddush cups to add to these boxes. Next week (when everything is dry!) the students will take these boxes home. It is my hope that you will use these boxes to celebrate Shabbat on Friday evenings with your children at home. The best way to reinforce all that we have been learning in class about Shabbat is to celebrate with your children at home. I'm confident they would love to share with you all the reasons why we have each of these ritual objects, and what each one represents!
We will continue to add items as we continue to study the other parts of Shabbat -- such as Havdallah -- later in the year.
Next week, we will be taking a brief break from our study of Shabbat to learn all about Chanukah (which comes VERY early this year). Students will be going home today with a photocopied sheet of their "checklist" from the front of their Chanukah chapter. Please go over this list with your student and think about new traditions you can add to your current family traditions. The homework checklist this week contains some great questions to discuss at home and bring back to class next week.
As part of our curriculum, I encourage you to attend both of the synagogues upcoming Chanukah events. The first is a special Friday evening Chanukah service on December 3, and the second is the ARS Chanukah Dinner/Celebration on Tuesday, December 7. The ARS dinner follows right after religoius school and is a great way to celebrate Chanukah as a member of the ARS community!
As always, please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Best,
Stacy
sweinberg@ohabei.org
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