Shul School Spring 2021: Week 12 Wrap-Up
April 25, 2021
PARENTS, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Shul School End of the Year Celebration
and
Moving Up Ceremony!

May 9
10am-12:30pm

Happening IN PERSON at Bart Field (at the Metairie JCC)

Please RSVP to Meryl at educationdirector@shirchadash.org with how many family members will be attending.
Gan Nitzan

We are so grateful for the beautiful weather and we all enjoyed playing in the sunshine this week! Today we shared the book Jumping Jenny by Ellen Bari, about a girl who does an amazing mitzvah project. We learned that there are 613 mitzvot in the Torah and we talked about some of them, like having only one G-d, honoring our mothers and fathers, visiting the sick and loving our neighbors as ourselves. Tzedakah (justice) and gemilut hasadim (acts of loving kindness) are mitzvot too! Doing mitzvot help us to be menches and live “Jewishly.” We sang “We Are the Menches” and each painted a picture of a mitzvah that we can do. I dropped off all the clothes and shoes we collected for our tzedakah project to the NOLA Grannies. I couldn’t believe how much we collected this year (see pictures). Yasher koach!!! (Great job!!!) All of the donations are going to children here in the New Orleans area who need clothes and shoes. Our gemilut hasadim this week included: Reeva helped with her baby sister who was sick; Lina helped her teacher because she was having a bad day; Jacob wrote a book for his mom; Eleanor made a drawing; and, Ezra went to “Fight Club” (martial arts) with his dad. Also, Lina showed us the first sprout of an apple tree she and her mother are growing from a seed.
Shafririyot

Today, our class learned about the mitzvah of helping the sick. We talked about different ways to help someone, and what makes us feel better when we are sick. We also talked about Earth Day, and all the things we love about nature and our planet.
Parparim

After a divisive conversation about baseball, we talked about the importance of praying together as a community. We also talked about Yom Ha’atzmaut and did some Israeli folk dancing. We also made up our own tools (check out the picture) like those that were used to build Israel.
Devorim/Tzipporim

Today we learned about Ruth’s story, so we began with a conversation about conversion in Judaism. According to the rabbis in the Talmud, there is no difference a convert and someone who is born Jewish. We did a fun trivia brain break because this class loves trivia! We ended with an art project that everyone is going to give to their family members. 
HaYa'ar

Today was our last day of learning something new! We reviewed Ahavat Olam and learned the tune for Yigdal.

Mark your calendars for May 8th!
On Saturday, May 8th, HaYa’ar will be showing off what we’ve learned by leading Musaf at Shabbat Morning Services at Shir Chadash. See below for who will be leading what (plus page numbers):

Hatzi Kaddish (pg. 184): Evan
Amidah (pgs. 185-186): Zoe
Kedushah and Oseh Shalom (pgs. 187, 202): Livia
Kaddish Shalem (pg. 203): Zora
Ein Keloheinu (pg. 204): Eli
Aleinu (pg. 205): Ruthie
Adon Olam (pg. 211): All

If you would like to meet with Ms. Rachel this week via Zoom for extra practice (optional), use this link to schedule a time: https://calendly.com/rachelab616/30min 
If none of the times work, just send an email (rachelab616@gmail.com), and we can figure out a solution.

Link to the powerpoint: 

Next Sunday, May 2, HaYa'ar class will take place in-person at Shir Chadash from 10:15-11:45. We will practice leading Musaf in the sanctuary.
Please email Meryl at educationdirector@shirchadash.org by Tuesday 4/27 to confirm that you are aware that class will meet in-person in Metairie, and not virtually.