Avodah עבודה is the Hebrew word for service. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and that will be the focus of our first עבודה service project. To begin our efforts, the students made pink ribbons to decorate the sukkah and researched some facts about Breast Cancer. We also created a flyer encouraging the whole school and TBI Community to wear pink on Sunday, October 11th. Continue reading
Month: September 2015
Trope Beginnings and Tzedakah Project
In our first religious school class, we had a discussion about צדקה Tzedakah. How the word צדקה stems from the Hebrew root [.צ.ד.ק] and means justice. We defined justice as creating a balance or creating equality for a person or persons in need. We discussed and hypothesized different ways of giving צדקה including: Continue reading
Tashlich at the River
Today in Hebrew, our class is going on a field trip. Using these simple words in a place like Hebrew school usually elicits great excitement in the students and I anticipate it will again today. We will begin by reading part of article from a blog by Jewish Educator, Lisa Rappaport, entitled Continue reading
First Day
It was wonderful meeting all of you today! Ask your student to show you their spark. Better yet, have them tell you the midrash about God’s divine light, and they can show you how to make your own spark. In addition to getting to know one another, we passed out textbooks, folders and notebooks. Continue reading