Morah Aronowitz’s Judaic Newsletter


24 Chesvan 5,773/ Nov 9 2012

Another great week has passed with lots of learning, projects and fun….

Aleph Bet

We learned the letter Hey this week. The helpful sign for this letter is: “Hey looks like a house with a door.” The song for Hey is “Hashem is here, Hashem is there” and we learned the mitzvah of Hashavat Aveida-returning a lost object to the rightful owner. We are going over and over the line group. The children are all doing great and are really enjoying learning to read words. Keep up the good work

Next week we are going to be learning the letter Vav. We will send home the homework books on Monday and please return the notebook completed on Nov 15th. Please make sure to write comments on how your children are reading. This will help u a lot when we asses them.



Parasha

This week’s Parsha is Chaya Sara. We learned all about Rivka and how she loved to do Chesed (loving kindness). We discussed some ways we could do chesed.

We worked hard on two projects this week. We made Rivka and Yitzchak’s tents. We included all the miracles that left the tent when Sara passed away but returned when Yitzckah married Rivka. We also made a surprise for our special mommies. We made beautiful cards with the bracha of lighting candles on them because it was connected to the parsha and our Shabbat unit. Sara’s and Rivka’s Shabbat candles burned from Friday night to Friday night, and we learned all about the beauty of lighting candles before sunset in our Shabbat unit.







Shabbat Unit

This week we learned about the special and beautiful prayer of Lecha Dodi which we say at shul when we welcome Shabbat. We got to see how many people all over the world sing the same song but in different tunes and accents. We then enjoyed finishing up our Shabbat booklet that we are working very hard on.



Nachat Notes…caught in the act…

- When I handed out a paper to Eden this week she immediately said thank you!! What beautiful derech Eretz- good work Eden!!

- When one of the children at Tova’s table ran out of tissue paper Tova went to another table to get him some tissue paper so that he could finish his project. That was very kind of you Tova!! I am so proud of you!

- When Yonatan found a kippah outside in the playground he handed it to Morah Naomi. Yonatan did the mitzvah that we learned about this week of Hashavat Aveidea, returning a lost object to its rightful owner. Nice job Yonatan!!



Friendly reminders



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-Please send in the $10 for the end of the year album, if you have not done so already. Please make sure to send it in your child’s Judaic homework.

- If you have any pringle cans please send them in… I need 30!! Thank you!!



I am looking forward to seeing you all at the conferences next week!!

Have a great Shabbat!

Morah Arnonowitz and Morah Naomi







Questions on Parshat Chaya Sara

1) How old was Sara when she passed away? 127 years old

2) Where was Sara buried? Me’arat Hamechpaila

3) From whom did Avraham buy the Me’arat Hameachpaila and how much did he pay for it?

He bought it from Ephron for 400 shekel

4) Where did Eliezer go and why?

To Charan to find a wife for Yitzchak

5) How many camels did Eliezer take and what was on the camels?

He took 10 camels and he had jewelry and presents for the family and the girl that would marry Yitzchak.

6) What did Rivka do that was special?

She not only offered Eliezer a drink she also offered to give his camels to drink until they were done. (Camels drink a lot of water.)

7) Where was Yitzchak when Rivkah met him? He was praying the mincha prayer in the field.

8) What happened to Rivkah when she saw Yitzchak? She fell off the camel.

9) What were the 3 miracles that Rivkah brought back to the tent?

a) The cloud of glory that rested on the tent

b) The candles burnt from Friday night to Friday night

c) They challah stayed fresh from Shabbat to Shabbat

10) Where was Avraham buried? In Me’arat Hamachpeila near Sara his wife













In this week’s Parsha Rivka did chesed by offering Eliezer and his ten camels a drink

Here are some examples of how we do chesed……

Shayna- I do the dishes for my mom.

Maya- I dry my savta’s hair for her.

Aryeh- I help make cookies for Shabbos.

Tzvi- I help Ela on Shabbos.

Boaz- I help make dinner.

Nissan- I help my mom cook when Talia and Becca don’t want to.

Rena- I watch my baby so that my mom can cook for Shabbos.

Batya- I look after my sister when my mom does things for Shabbos.

Mordechai Ezra- I get the siddur out for my Dad.

Sophia- My sister and I help my mommy cook.

Tani- I go to bed nicely.

Hadassah- I help my mom clean up.

Yosef- I let my mommy sleep on Shabbos.

Mordechai Shmuel- I get the siddur out for my Dad.

Rivkah- I helped my sister with the bucket.

Avraham-I help my sister clean up.

Ayala- I gave Sigal my ticket when she was sad.

Michael- I help my mommy clean up the room.

Yaakov Meir- I help to get my talit.

Yehoshua- I help my mom feed Ben when she is busy.

Chaim Shmuel- I clean up my room.

Eden- I help my mom make the beds and fold the laundry.

Yonatan- I clean my room.

Tova- I clean up my sisters’ boo -boos when they are bleeding.

Isaac- I help my Dad cook.