Education – Bet Wed

Today in class we worked on:

  1. We began the day with an all school T’Fillah led by Rabbi Prass.  We talked about why we need “collective wins” and how we feel with ‘personal wins’.  Then we talked about the story of Purim is both a collective win for the Jewish people and a personal win for Mordechai and Esther.
  2. We learned Opposite of words. For example. 
    • כן/ לא
    • קטן/גדול
    • טוב/רע
    • חכם/טיפש
    • יום/לילה
    • יש/אין
    • שקט/רעש
    • שחור/לבן
    • אור/חשך
    • חם/קר
    • גשם/שמש
    • עבודה/מנוחה. 
  3. Students read from the Megillah in front of the whole school.  The megillah has no vowels just like the Torah! They did so awesome while performing the Mitzvah!   You can watch them on the CBA YouTube channel by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rza5PVPtMpQ    
  4. Students did a fantastic job reading!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. practice your Hebrew letters and vowels at home\
  2. Have a great spring vacation. 

Reminders:

  • March 24- March 31: CBA Religious School & Hebrew School Spring Break
  • April 3: Wednesday Hebrew School Resumes
  • You can always access the school calendars by clicking here.
  • You can always access the entire CBA calendar by clicking here.

3/13: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Today, we began with an all-school t’fillah in the sanctuary with Rabbi Prass.  Rabbi Prass led a short discussion about “In what ways does silence makes you feel good/positive?” and “In what was does silence make you feel challenged?”  Then we talked about how each t’fillah has a silent moment for private prayer.
  2. Today the Hebrew class we review the story “היום פורים”. 
  3. We went over the words we learned last week. 
  4. We reviewed the colors in Hebrew. 
    • אדום. סגול. ירוק. כחול. צהוב. כתום.
  5. Aleph, bet, gimel, daled learners met with Rabbi Prass, who lead them thru a “dress” rehearsal of reading their words from the actual Megillah.  Next week we will record their reading and share it out.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice your words from the megillah
  2. Fun work. Practice the colors in Hebrew 

3/6: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Today, we began with an all-school t’fillah in the sanctuary led by Rabbi Prass.  He asked the students “how can you make someone feel special?” and “Why should you make someone feel special?”  The students had lovely answers.  Then we connected this to the kedusha prayer, how we can remind God, how God is special, and God needs us.
  2. We learned about פורים.
  3. We read and translate the story  היום פורים.
  4. We talked about   משלוח מנות.
  5. We played a game with the new words we learned.
  6. On Wednesday, March 20, the school will be reading words from the actual Megillah scroll. Your bet students were assigned 2 words each, to read. Have them practice their word each day, and they will be ready to read.
  7. Aleph, Bet, Gimmel students spent time with Rabbi Prass. Rabbi showed the students a slideshow of artwork that has been done in Israel since 10/7/23. There was some very nice insight from the students.
  8. Lihitaot (good-bye)!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. practice reading your Megillah words in the yellow packet provided
  2. Fun work! Practice the new words we learned.

2/28: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Today, we began with an all-school t’fillah in the sanctuary with Rabbi Prass.   He led a discussion on things that ‘lift us up.’  Then we looked at the line in the kedusha prayer “kadosh, kadosh, kadosh” which has us act like the angels, lifting us higher, closer to God’s throne.
  2. Today we had PERFECT ATTENDANCE!!!!!!
  3. Today in Hebrew class we practiced the days of the week, the colors in Hebrew, and the face parts. 
  4. We read and translated the story רן הליצן. 
  5. We played Jeopardy with the Hebrew words we learned. 
  6. Alef, Bet, Gimmel students joined our Madrich Charlie for Hebrew through movement, adding on new words.
  7. Lihitaot (good-bye)!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Fun work: Practice the days of the week in Hebrew. 

2/21: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Before class started, we attended Tefillah, led by Rabbi Prass. He led a discussion about the reality that we all have felt ‘low’ at least point in our lives.  Then we shared someone who has helped lift us up.  Then Rabbi Prass pointed out that in our prayer Gevurot, it praises God for being the source/inspiration for lifting up “those who sleep in the dust.” The students contributed some interesting answers.
  2. We read and translated the story עולם יפה.
  3. We learned the colors in Hebrew.
    • לבן
    • אדום
    • שחור
    • כחול
    • צהוב
    • חום
    • ירוק
  4. I used the words and colors from the story and the kids drew a picture. For Example: draw עץ ירוק. (Draw green tree)
  5. We learned how to say our body parts in Hebrew
  6. Aleph, Bet, Gimmel students joined with Madrich Charlie in Hebrew thru Movement.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1.  Read the story we learned today.

2/14: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass. We also lit the Chanukah candles, and discussed miracles that happen in our lives.
  2. Today in the Hebrew class we started as always with greeting each other in Hebrew.  
  3. We read and learned the new words from the story חג האור
  4. We wrote a Hebrew word next to the English meaning.
  5. Aleph, bet, and gimmel students were able to enjoy Hebrew thru Movement led by Madrich Charlie.
  6. Lihitaot (good-bye)!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Enjoy Chanukah
  2. Reed the story חג האור.

2/7: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Before class started, we attended Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass. He talked about who/what makes us feel protected, why that is such a special feeling, and how we feel when we don’t feel protected.  Then we looked at the last line of the Avot v’imahot which Blesses God for the being the “Shield of Abraham and Help of Sarah”
  2. We continue practicing the words of the categories body parts, name of people in school, face parts and Numbers. 
  3. Today we learned the words of the category: “Things in the classroom.”
  4. We played vocabulary jeopardy with all the words we learned. 
  5. We learned:  He or she? The verb אוהב is for a boy. The verb אוהבת is for a girl. 
  6. We did exercises with those words and put them in the right place in sentences. 
  7. We looked at different pictures, then we completed each sentence with one of The following: 
    • ____________על     על יד      ב
  8. Aleph, Bet, and Gimmel joined together for our weekly round of “Hebrew Through Movement” led by Moreh Charlie where we keep adding in new words each week, including the word of the week, “אַלּוּפִים /Champion” where we debated who/what would be the אַלּוּפִים at the Super Bowl (halftime, 49ers, vs Chiefs, vs the food)

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Go over the new words we learned today. 

1/31: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Before we went to our classroom, we attended an all-school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass. We discussed what it means to know someone who has a WOW Factor, and how God is the ultimate example of one having a Wow Factor in our prayer, Avot V’imahot
  2. We learned new words in the categories of body parts, name of people in school, face parts and Numbers. 
  3. We played vocabulary jeopardy. The children did a great job.
  4. Aleph, Bet, Gimmel students did Hebrew through movement with Charlie. Today, the students learned some colors and placement words.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice the new words we learn today. 

1/24: Today in class we worked on:

  1. At the beginning of the session, we attended an all school Tefillah, led by Rabbi Prass. He led a discussion about who has our back and what it feels like to have someone’s back.  This led us to see how the opening lines of the avot v’imahot talk about God having our back due to the individual relationship God has with our ancestors and us. It was a very interesting conversation.
  2. Today in the Hebrew class we practice the days of the week in Hebrew.
  3. We put the days of the week in order. 
  4. We continue reading and translating the story חג לעצים – holiday for the trees.
  5. We learned new words. 
    • עץ/עצים – trees
    • בוקר – morning
    • יום הולדת – birthday
    • פירות – fruit
    • תודה – thank you
    • שקדיה –  almond tree
  6. Aleph, Bet and Gimmel classes joined together for our weekly round of Hebrew Through Motion, led by Charlie, where we continue to add on Hebrew words for trees in preparation for Tu Bishvat

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1.  read the story we learned today. 

1/17:Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass. We talked about times “When I a time you have not been able/allowed to speak? And “What bothered you about that?  How did that feel?”  That was our segue into the first prayer, ‘adonai sifatai” God open up my lips. 
  2. Today in the Hebrew class we practiced the days of the week in Hebrew. 
  3. We read and translated the story חג לעצים – holiday for the trees. 
  4. We learned the following new words. 
    • עץ/עצים – trees
    • בוקר – morning
    • יום הולדת – birthday
    • פירות – fruit
    • תודה – thank you
    • שקדיה –  almond tree
  5. We circled the pictures that correspond with the Hebrew words. 
  6. Aleph, bet, Gimmel classes participated in Hebrew thru Movement, led by Rabbi Prass, where we added on Hebrew words for trees in preparation for Tu Bishvat.  

Homework to be completed by next class: 

  1. Fun work – read the story we learned today

12/20: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah, led by Rabbi Prass.  We talked about the success of the Israel Art Fair CBA co-sponsored and how we helped them. We also talked about ways we can bring light during these days of less sunlight.
  2. We practice the words we learned this semester.
  3. We learned the days of the week in Hebrew.
  4. The students enjoyed being together with an all-school pizza dinner.
  5. Lihitaot (good-bye)! See you back on Wednesday, January 17th.
  6. Have a wonderful Winter break and a Happy New Year!

Homework to be completed by the next class:

  1. Review the Hebrew letters
  2. Review the words we have worked on so far
  3. Practice reading Hebrew a little

Reminders:

  • December 24th: CBA Religious School & Hebrew School Winter Break Begins
  • January 14th: Religious School Resumes
  • January 17th: Wednesday Hebrew School Resumes
  • You can always access the school calendars by clicking here.
  • You can always access the entire CBA calendar by clicking here

12/13: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass. We also lit the Chanukah candles and discussed miracles that happen in our lives.
  2. Today in the Hebrew class we started as always with greeting each other in Hebrew.  
  3. We read and learned the new words from the story חג האור
  4. We wrote a Hebrew word next to the English meaning.
  5. Aleph, bet, and gimmel students were able to enjoy Hebrew thru Movement led by Madrich Charlie.
  6. Lihitaot (good-bye)!

Homework to be completed by the next class:

  1. Enjoy Chanukah
  2. Read the story חג האור.

12/6: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah in the sanctuary, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass. Hailey H and Ashley B. helped lead. We also talked about two things going on Israel: The first was the good news of how many hostages have been released, AND the work of how many hostages still need to be released.  Secondly, we also watched a video about, sufganiyot, the special Chanukah jelly doughnuts. That was a delicious experience!
  2. Today in the Hebrew class we read and translated the story Hanukkah חנוכה.  
  3. We learned new words from the story.  
  4. We worked on picture matches. We matched the sentence with the matching pictures. 
  5. We practiced our Hanukkah blessing. 
  6. We took an alef-bet quiz.
  7. The last ten minutes of class were spent playing “Hebrew Through Movement.” Kitot aleph, bet, and gimmel joined together and were led by Charlie. Several of our students were able to lead the group in this activity today.

Homework to be completed by the next class:

  1.  Practice the Hanukkah blessing. 
  2. Happy Hanukkah 🕎

11/29: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass.  We discussed the recent ‘better’ news coming out of Israel regarding the hostages being released.
  2. We started to learn the Hanukkah blessing.
  3. We learned new words from the story Hanukkah. Next week we are going to start the story.
  4. Aleph, Bet, and gimmel students participated in Hebrew through Movement led by our madrich Charlie.

Homework to be completed by the next class:

  1. Fun work. Practice the new words we practiced today.

11/15: Today in class we worked on:

  1. We had an all-school t’fillah led by Rabbi Prass.  We talked about the Rally for Israel in Washington DC (https://www.marchforisrael.org/ ) where Rabbi Prass and 5 other members of CBA attended in person.
  2. We read and translated the stories דורון בכיתה       Doron in the class
  3. We learned new words from the story and created sentences with them. 
  4. We learned that Hebrew adjective have different endings for boys and for girls. 
  5. We read different sentences and we matched them with the right picture. 
  6. We ended the day with an all school Hebrew thru Movement led by Charlie.
  7. I really enjoyed meeting our parents yesterday.  Thank you for coming.

Homework to be completed by the next class:

  1.  Read the story we learned today, and practice the new words. 

11/8: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass. As part of the t’fillah, we read the English translation of a new song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZHU0MfZAMw) written about Israel’s current situation and watched a video showing how Israelis from all walks of life are helping the soldiers and others who are in need.  Ask your student about the song.
  2. Today in Hebrew class we learned new words that go with the story משפחה. Each child used the word we learned and told us in Hebrew about their own family. 
  3. יש לי אמא
  4. יש לי אבא
  5. יש לי / אין לי אח/ אחות
  6. יש לי כלב
  7. יש לי חתול
  8. After we created our sentences about our family we put them in writing.
  9. We, along with kitah aleph, met with Rabbi Prass for “Hebrew Through Movement.” The students had an opportunity to lead the activities today, and we had a fun time.

Homework to be completed by the next class:

  1. Practiced the new words we learned.

11/1: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Participated in Tefillah with our entire school community.  In connection to the bakasha (intermediary prayer) for Peace in Jerusalem, Rabbi Prass led us in a conversation about who are people we pray for, and who do we pray for in Israel.  The learners had beautiful answers.
  2. Aleph & Bet Participated in Hebrew Through Movement with Rabbi Prass by doing yoga in Hebrew
  3. We read and translated the story ‏יום הולדת לישראל.
  4. We learned new words and created sentences with them.

Homework to be completed by the next class:

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10/25: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with Tefillah and several videos of Israeli soldiers commenting about how happy they were to receive notes from our CBA Students. 
  2. We then met Rabbi Prass and Charlie to study “Hebrew thru Movement” with kitah aleph. Several students had the opportunity to lead the group in Hebrew. We always enjoy this activity!
  3. Today in the Hebrew class we:
    1. We read and translate the story יש לנו דגל
    1. We learned new words. 
    1. We learned about the map of Israel. We named Different cities in Israel. 

Homework to be completed by the next class:

  1. read the story we learned today. 

10/18: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with Tefillah led by Rabbi Prass. As part of t’fillah, we discussed the situation in Israel, and the students expressed some interesting opinions and asked several excellent questions.
  2. Our class was able to enjoy going outside with Kitah bet class and Rabbi Prass and Charlie for Hebrew thru Movement.
  3. We read the תקווה and we learned the meaning of it. 
  4. We took an alef-bet quiz.

Homework to be completed by the next class:

  1. practice reading the תקווה

10/11: Today in class we worked on:

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMMdC6zEYEY  or https://fb.watch/nDL6OdZC0n/ ) so that Israelis know they are not alone.  In the video each learner was able to say, “My prayer for Israel is……….”
  2. In Hebrew class we read and translated the stories Torah – a good gift תורה מתנה טובה
  3. We went over all the words we learned from the beginning of the year
  4. Ee practiced our writing skills. 
  5. We went over the colors in Hebrew. 
  6. At the end of the day, the entire Hebrew school gathered to taste an Etrog. Why? Because every year a handful of learners ask “What does it taste like?” So now that the holiday is over, we sliced it up, and asked for a representative from each class to sample it: Here is the video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzSkwJl43t0    

Homework for the next class:

  1. For fun work : practice  the meaning of all the words from the stories we learned so far 

10/4: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all school Tefillah led by Rabbi Prass.  We discussed times we personally have celebrated in the last week, and how we Jews have so many celebrations this month.
  2. We read and translated the stories “Where is honey?איפה הדבש. “
  3. We learned the meaning of new words in the stories. משפחה, בית,נרות, יין, תפוח. שופר. דבש. חלה. 
  4. We reviewed all the Hebrew words we learned. 
  5. Our class was able to enjoy going outside with Rabbi Prass and Charlie, along with Kitah aleph, for Hebrew thru Movement and shaking and performing the mitzvah of Lulav in the sukkah. We combined the Hebrew thru movement vocabulary using the Sukkah.

Homework for the next class:

  1. practice the new words we learned.  

9/27: Today in class we worked on:

  1. We began with community-wide Tefilla. Rabbi Prass led t’fillah and a discussion about what was one Jewish thing we did between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
  2. Today in Hebrew class we   greet each other in Hebrew 

שלוםמה שלומך ? טוב , לא טובככה ככהסבבה

  • We read and translated the story?מי בבית 
  • We learned  the meaning of new words in the stories. 
  • We made our own sentences from the words we learned. 
  • We matched the sentences to the picture in the story. 
  • We reviewed all the Hebrew letters and vowels. 
  • Kitah aleph & bet did Hebrew through movement with Rabbi Prass outside.

Homework for the next class:

  1. practice the new words we learned.  

9/20: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Had an all school welcome assembly
  2. Today in Hebrew class we  learned how to greet each other in Hebrew 

שלוםמה שלומך ? טוב , לא טובככה ככה,וסבבה

  • We introduced our self and went over the roles in the classroom and what we are going to learn this year. 
  • We read and translate the stories Shalom שלום
  • We learned the meaning of new words from the stories. 
  • The children created their own sentences with the new words we learned today. 
  • We practiced our א ב and vowels.
  • We learned the colors in Hebrew and we played the color game. 
  • Participated in Hebrew through movement with Rabbi Prass and the aleph class
  • We had a great First day!

Homework for the next class:

  1. practice the new words we learned.