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A Message from Religious School Principal, Lois Tompkins
We have two exciting upcoming events:Tu B'Shvat (the birthday of the trees!) and our Hagigat HaSiddur (receiving a siddur/prayer book) program!
Our 1st graders will celebrate the formal beginning of their Jewish education on 2 days! On Saturday, Feb. 3, this class will be joining the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School 1st graders on the bima during Shabbat services in the morning for a short but delightful program. They will sing a few songs (mostly related to the Torah portion for that week,
Yitro, which is where we get the 10 Commandments) and be presented with a special certificate. Parents will present their children with their new siddur, which will be dressed in beautiful, individualized covers lovingly handmade by them! A nice kiddush luncheon will follow.
On Sunday, Feb. 4, our families are invited to a Religious School celebration continuation at 11:30 am! The 1st grade students will once again present their musical program for our entire school, and will be given their siddurim to keep, leagrams (messages from family and congregants), and a sweet treat.
Please don't forget to order your leagrams as soon as possible - they are due before the end of next week. See below for details and links.
Feb. 4 will also be a busy day in our school for all grades. It is the annual World Wide Wrap, a national program at which our middle school students, grades 6 and 7, get a chance to wrap tefillin and to learn about this amazing custom along with other congregants. A breakfast will be served to all that attended the short service. Todah Rabbah to Men's Club for sponsoring. Here is a picture from last year's World Wide Wrap:
Also on Feb. 4, prior to the Hagigat HaSiddur program, our students in grades K-5 will enjoy a Tu B'Shvat Seder! This is an old custom, where we celebrate the fruits and nuts that we get from trees, in a special seder complete with 4 cups of grape juice, 4 questions, and joyous songs...a fun and educational treat!
One final announcement: if you were planning to go to the opening for the new JFCS Max Block Food Pantry, followed by the Rick Recht concert, on Sunday: the time has been changed to 1:00, to allow everyone to be home for the Jags game! Please see the flyer below.
B'Shalom,
Lois
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