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Torah School Council
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odi Lipson, Chair
Wendy Baber, Vice Chair
Heidi Block
Paul Feldman
Melissa Seldin
Sandra Yesnowitz
Kim Bayard, Adjunct - Finance
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Snacks for 04/06/19
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Gan/Alef -
Ben Kleinman
Bet -
Charles Kleinman
Gimmel - Lia Meyers
Dalet -
Rosie Protas
Hey -
Carly Yesnowitz
Vav - Ella Meyers
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Pesach is in the air! As you clean your cupboards, please continue donating canned food every Shabbat for Manna which feed people struggling with food insecurity.
Our students are reclaiming women's voices and will want to share their knowledge at your seder tables. Students are learning about the crucial role played by Shifrah and Puah (the Egyptian midwives to the Israelites, Miriam, Yocheved (Miriam, Aaron and Moses' mother) and Batya (unnamed daughter of Pharaoh who saved Moses from being drowned in the Nile).
Students are creating beautiful seder plates, afikomen bags and
Miriam's Cups guided by Chaya Richman. These gorgeous ritual items are
 sure to become family treasures. They are reviewing and learning the Four Questions, Order of the Seder, Dayenu (it would have been enough) and Echad Mi Yodea (Who Knows One) listen
here. Rabbi Rachel made recordings of Pesach prayers for your children and you can access them
here.
Our students created Pesach cards which were sent to US Jewish soldiers serving around the world. They are making
charoset from around the world.
Federation is sharing great Pesach recipes and ideas here. Enjoy and share our pride in our children's spiritual and cultural growth!
L'shalom,
Rabbi Julie
Director of Education
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2019 Memorial Day Retreat Registration is LIVE!
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Why you should come:
Great time to make new friends.
Learn, play and hang out with clergy.
Launch summer fun with swimming, hiking, walking, checking out farm animals and gardens.
Havdallah under the stars followed by campfire and s'mores. Who could ask for more?
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April 6th and 13th: Kay Abrams, PhD presents: Parenting with Confidence: Less Bribes, Less Threats and Less Exhaustion, 9:45am-11am, in the double classroom
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 Shabbat Matters!
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Kitah Vav parents will meet with Rabbi Julie to learn about our innovative Kitah Zayin curriculum on Shabbat, April 6th, 11:45am-12:30pm in the library.
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Kitah Zayin students will study "Who is a Hero", "Escape from the Holocaust" and "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" with Rabbis Rachel and Julie on, Sunday, April 7th. Potluck dinner in social hall, 5:30pm. Class, 6pm-7:30pm in the double classroom.
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Kitot Bet and Gimmel students, parents, teachers and madrichimot will volunteer at
A Wider Circle on April 6th 10:00am-12:00pm
and enjoy a potluck dairy lunch nearby.
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Meet at A Wider Circle: 9159 Brookville Rd. Silver Spring.
Please bring canned food, personal care supplies and/or gently used books to donate there. Wear play clothes.
Join our dairy potluck lunch on
lawn of the Gwendolyn E. Coffield Community Recreation Center, at 2450 Lyttonsville Road in Silver Spring.
Below you will find directions, parking and a permission slip. Please fill out the permission slip and bring it with you.
RSVP here and let Marcie know if you will pick up your child at A Wider Circle or at the Recreation Center.
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Kitah Hey students'
Jewish Heroes Wax Museum project:
April 6th-April 27th
*NY trip parents and students' meeting with Rabbi Julie, May 4th, 11:45am-12:30pm
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Family members and special friends are invited to tour their Jewish Heroes Wax Museum, April 27th, 11:45am-12:30pm in the double classroom.
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Kitah Daled Havdalah B'bayit (at home) potluck dairy dinner and get together,
April 6th, 5pm-7pm, at Hecker-Block's Common House.
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RSVP for Kitah Daled
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Kitah Vav parents meet with Rabbi Julie to talk about innovative Kitah Zayin curriculum, April 6th, 11:45am-12:30pm in the MPR. RSVP here
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5th and 6th graders: let's play
2 games of laser tag and enjoy a glass of soda, Sunday, April 7th, 2pm-3:30pm at
Shadowland, $20!
RSVP to Adam Stonemeier and Idan Sharon here by April 3rd.
Drop off your check to Marcie on April 6th.
If you want your child to play video games, send extra money.
Drop off at Shadowland and pickup there no later than 4:00 pm.
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Address:
624 Quince Orchard Rd, Gaithersburg
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Eigth grade and older teens tikkun olam program at Men's Homeless Shelter, Sunday, April 7th, 10am-12pm
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Join Abe and Idan to organize, sort and clean
equipment as part of their wrap up of the winter season.
Meet at: MCCH, 600 East Gude Drive, Rockville. For more information, click
here.
RSVP to Abe
here
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Good Deeds Days, Sunday, April 7th, sponsored by Federation and PJ Library. Families-do a mitzvah together! SSL hours available!
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Manna Packing Needs You! Tuesday, April 16th, 7pm
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MANNA needs us!
There's been a big push for helping Manna and our friends in Montgomery County who struggle with food insecurity and our collective Adat Shalom efforts in this direction are greatly appreciated. We
need about 15 people to come to Manna, pack and stack 192 boxes of food.
You can sign up here -- please be generous with your time.
Manna counts on us to help them serve our neighbors. Please join us!!
--Rena
Rena Convissor Milchberg
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Special April 13th programs and April 20th vacation:
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1.
Kitot Bet-Daled B'Yachad Intergenerational service, 9:30am-10:10am in the sanctuary.
2. Kitot Gan/Alef, Hey and Vav will participate in their minyanim at their regular time.
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Kitot Gimmel-Hey Students' Presentations from their Jewish Values
Chugim (electives) experiences, 12pm-12:30pm
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Todah rabah to
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Katerine Morrison and Dan Vice for helping at our Purim Carnival.
Dalia Hochman for substitute teaching for Morah Tovah's Kitah Bet students. We also appreciate Lauren Biel and Louisa Kuljurgis' dramatic activities guiding the students to bring the Exodus story to life!
Mike Zoosman for leading Tot Shabbat for Ms. Ellie.
Melissa Wilets for helping the students during Idan's creative Pesach Hebrewfest.
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