Bet – Second Year – Wednesday (Eilian)

10/22: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. The entire school gathered in the sanctuary for t’fillah led by Rabbi Pras, and this week three of our 7th graders/hey students helped lead. Rabbi Prass talked about the end of this month of Tishrei, and how on Thursday night we begin the new month of Cheshvan, and how that brings new opportunities.
  2. Today in Hebrew class, we practiced the letters and vowels.
  3. Next week, we are going to start reading the story “What Is in the Bag?” (מה בתיק).
  4. Today, we reviewed all the words in the story and their meanings.
  5. We did different kinds of exercises with those words.
  6. It was fun work!
  7. Aleph thru daled kitot Participated in Hebrew through Movement with Rabbi Prass.  At the conclusion of that, those who wanted were able to taste the etrog from sukkot this year.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1.  Practice the new words we learned.

10/15: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. What a busy day!
  2. We joined the rest of the school and Rabbi Prass for tefillot.  We reviewed the recent holidays thru by looking at the symbols of the shofar, white Torah mantel, lulav, and etrog. We heard how the dried lulav sounds like rain, since the rainy season in Israel has now begun and some of the prayers we say ask for bountiful rain. We also spoke of the recent release of several hostages from Hamas and answered students’ questions.  We concluded with singing Hatikvah.
  3. Today in Hebrew class, we focused on perfecting our letter and vowel skills. 
  4. We also continued reading the engaging story נוסעים לישראל and explored the meanings of new vocabulary words. 
  5. We took a quiz of all letters and vowels. 
  6. Alef & Bet kitot joined Rabbi Prass to look at the Torah as part of Simchat Torah and students got a chance to find letters they have learned and learned how a Torah is made.
  7. It was a fun and productive day of learning.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1.  Go over the letters and vowels.

10/8: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today was a busy day!
  2. The entire school started our session with tefillah led by Rabbi Prass.  We had a short ceremony to mark the 2nd anniversary of the October 7th attack.  We lit a yartzheit candle, observed a moment of silence.  Then Rabbi Prass asked what we knew about October 7th and what questions we had.  We concluded joining in singing Hatikvah, Israel’s national anthem.  
  3. Celebrated Sukkot outside in the sukkah. Alef & Bet classes went with Rabbi Prass to the Sukkah.  We reviewed what makes the sukkah unique building and what makes up the lulav/etrog.  Then we each got to shake the lulav and etrog.  We of course said the bracha in Hebrew.
  4. We practiced our letters and vowels.
  5. We read and translated the story: “Flying to Israel (נוסעים לישראל). “
  6. We learned new words and used them in sentences that we created.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice the new words we learned.
  2.  Go over the letters and vowels.

9/17: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Our session began with Tefillah where Rabbi Prass reviewed how our services are structured. We discussed why we are wearing kippot during Hebrew School t’fillot. We then prayed the avot v’imahot and sang the Israeli National Anthem.
  2. In class, we practiced our letters and vowels.
  3. We read and translate the story we learned last week “shalom”.‏‏
  4. We learned new words : אני, את,אתה,כן,לא,מי.
  5. We practiced our writing in Hebrew.
  6. Bet students went outside to have a lesson in how to blow the shofar with Rabbi Prass. It was fun to listen to the students try their best. I heard some impressive sounds!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice the Hebrew letters and vowels.

9/10: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Had a welcome assembly
  2. Today we had a wonderful first day of ב Hebrew class.
  3. We started the class with asking each other in Hebrew do we feel ?
    • שלום. מה שלומך? טוב, לא טוב, ככה ככה, סבבה.
  4. We read and translated the story shalom.
  5. We learned new words from the story.
  6. We practiced our letters and vowels.
  7. We did a word search from the story.
  8. We matched the right word in Hebrew to the matching word in English.
  9. The whole school participated in Hebrew through movement with Rabbi Prass
  10. And from there the parents came back to our room so we could meet and discuss our classroom. It was lovely to see so many parents.
  11. We had a really fun first day, and I’m looking forward to a terrific year!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice your letters and Hebrew vowels.