fourth grade weekly update feb. 18th

B"H
Dear Fourth Grade Parents,
Here is a short weekly update for our Judaic class:
This week we will be very busy with our Purim play rehearsals, but will make time to conclude our study of the Purim story and laws.
In Navi: we will conclude our study of perek vav telling of the conquest of Yericho.
In Chumash: we will begin perek 31 in parshat Vayeitsei when Yaakov returns home.

Please remember this FRI is the Purim play. Hope to see you in the shul at 9:00 !!

Have a great week!
Rabbi Tzion Elbaz

Hakarat Hatov: Sixth Grade Shabbaton letter

B"H

Dear Sixth Grade Parents,

We had an amazing Shabbaton this weekend and since one of our themes this Shabbat was "hakarat hatov", ( showing appreciation), it would be very remiss of me not to show appreciation to those that made this Shabbaton a great success. So big thank you's go to the following people:

To Rabbi Kahn and Mrs. Sapp for approving and supporting our program.

To the wonderful people at Torat Emet : Rabbi Zack, Rabbi Epstein, Mrs. Kalef, Rabbi and Mrs. Unterman, and George, for all their help and divrei Torah.

To Mrs. Karan Tanenbaum for all the delicious food she prepared for us.

To our parent volunteers: Mrs.Malca Makias who helped organize the rotation and supervised Sat. night, Mrs. Wolfson and Mrs. Horwitz who supervised Sat. afternoon, Mrs. Yael Levy who supervised Sat. night, Mrs. Lauren Levy who walked the boys back Fri.night, Mr. Noam Even who did a beautiful musical Havdala for us.

To the Harsteins and Kalef families, once again , thank you for hosting the children at your homes and to Mrs. Hartstein for joining us Fri. night.

To all the sixth grade parents, thank you for the beautiful flowers and to Mrs. Kahn for the wonderful presents.

And finally, last but certainly not least, thank you to our own sixth graders who helped plan all stages of our Shabbaton from designing place cards, songpackets and menus, planning activities, delivering beautiful divrei Torah and participating so beautifully in all the zemirot and singing throughout our meals both at my home and in the shul. Your children behaved beautifully and cooperated so nicely to make this weekend a meaningful and memorable one.

In deep appreciation,

Rabbi Tzion Elbaz

sixth grade weekly update for Feb. 10 and important Shabbaton info.

B"H

Shalom U'vracha Sixth Grade Parents,

First some more important Shabbaton info:

The respective addresses and phone numbers of the Hartsteins and Kalefs are:

Harstein family:

384 S. Harding Rd.

Tel: 239 8760

Mrs. Hartstein has asked that you have your daughter by her house at 5:15 on Friday .

the Kalef family address is:

2370 Brentwood Rd

Tel: 252 2581

Mrs. Kalef has asked that you have your son by her house by 5:30 on Friday.

At 6:00 the children will walk over to Rabbi Elbaz's house at 365 S. Chesterfield Rd.

Now to our busy week in Kita Vav.

In Chumash: We will be working on selected psukim from Rashi and begin the 10 Makot ( plagues) this week.

Navi: We completed prakim 9 and 10. We will review them and be tested on them this Friday,.

Halacha: We will continue learning about Purim from our packet.

Mishna: We will continue from Mishna vav in Masechet Avot and the students will get a review packet of all the mishnayot we have learned so far.

Parsha: Please remember to sign the parsha sheet if your child shared this week's parsha with you.

Chodesh Tov!

Rabbi Elbaz

fourth grade update for Feb. 10th and Purim play info.

B"H

Shalom U'vracha Fourth Grade Parents,

We had a very busy week in Kita Daled. In Navi: we finished perek heh (5). The students worked on the new Navi vocab and we will continue to expand our knowledge of these words this week by doing varied exercises. We will be starting perek vav and learn about the conquest of Jericho. The students will continue working on their comic book project.

In Chumash: We are almost complete with our study of perek 30 and will focus this week on selected Rashi's.

Purim: We have begun working on the story of the Megila and we will be getting a packet on the laws of Purim.

Our students are working hard on the Purim play. SAVE THE DATE: Our Purim play will be on Friday, the 22nd of Feb. at 9:15 in the shul.

Please encourage your child to learn his/her part by heart!

Parsha: Your child brought home the parsha page . If they did share it with you, which I hope they did, please sign and return.

Thank you and Chodesh Tov!

Rabbi Elbaz

Sixth Grade Shabbaton Program/ Schedule

בס"ד

 

                                    שבתון  כיתה  ו  פרשת תרומה

Sixth Grade Shabbaton/ Parashat Teruma/ Feb. 15-16

 

                        SCHEDULE

EREV SHABBAT:

6:00 pm: Tefila , Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner at Rabbi Elbaz's house: 365 S. Chesterfield Rd.

·       During meal: D'var Torah by Rabbi Elbaz on the topic of Hakarat HaTov

·       Zmirot Shabbat: Shabbat songs will be sung

·       After Zmirot Divrei Torah by Ariel and Sarah Feiga about the Mishkan and Ahavat Yisrael

·       8:15 Birkat Hamazon

·       8:20 Games

·       8:30-9:00 The kids go to their appropriate homes:

·       Hartstein House= the girls

·       Kalef House= the boys

·       Laila Tov!

 

SHABBAT DAY

·       9:00 Tefila at Torat Emet

·       11:30 Kiddush and lunch at Torat Emet teen lounge

·       D'var Torah by Rabbi Kahn

·       Rabbi and Mrs. Unterman will tell Sipurei Chasidim

·       Avigayil Levi on Parshat Teruma

·       David Ben Moshe on Parshat Teruma

·       Zmirot for Shabbat

1:30- - 2:30: Games prepared by Neil, Shmuel and Marc. If the weather permits, it will be outside, if not, inside.

3:30-5:00 Torat Emet resting and Oneg Shabbat with refreshments

5:30 Mincha

6:00 Seudah Shlisheet for sixth grade only

·       Rabbi Zack will speak about Makat Dever

·       D'var Torah by Neil : the Mishkan is the heart of every Jew

·       D'var Torah by Shmuel: Aron HaBrit is the heart of every Jew

6:45 : Maariv

Havdalah with Mr. Even, the Israeli Shaliach

MOTSEI SHABBAT  (SAT. NIGHT)

7:00- Puppet Show with Orli, Addi and Gali- the Mishkan

7:15 – Movie: The Princess Bride

8:45 – PICK UP YOUR CHILD AT THE SHUL

 

PACKING LIST:

*sleeping bag                     * outdoor attire- boots, coat, scarf

* pillow                                            gloves, hat, etc.

* pj's

* Shabbat clothes

* casual clothes

* toiletries

 

B"H

Dear Sixth Grade Parents,

Please complete, sign and return the form below by Monday.

Thank you and Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Tzion Elbaz

 

 

I give,  or don't give ,  permission to my child ______________________ to attend the sixth grade Shabbaton on Feb. 16^th and 17^th. I will pick up my child at 8:45 on Sat. night from Torat Emet Synagogue.

 

 

 

 

 

Fourth grade update for Feb. 3

B"H

Shalom U'vracha Fourth Grade Parents,

Just a short update for our Judaics class :

In Chumash: we completed psukim 24-34. The students received 15 important vocabulary words from these psukim and will have a quiz on them this Tuesday. We will continue learning psukim 33-39 this week and also study a few Rashi's on the new psukim, as well as continue to build our Chumash vocabulary and reading accuracy and fluency.

In Navi: We completed perek 4 in Sefer Yehoshua and learned about two important mitzvoth that Bnei Yisrael were commanded to do upon entering Eretz Yisrael: Brit Milah and Korban Pesach. This week the children will get the important vocabulary words and have a quiz on them this Thursday.

The students will also make a cover for their Navi comics that they have been working on since the beginning of the year.

Purim Play: We are busy with our rehearsals and it looks like this will be one amazing performance!!

Halacha: This week the students will get a new Purim packet and we will begin our study of the laws and story of Purim.

Please remember to return the parsha sheets signed by Monday.

Thank you and Shavua Tov!

Rabbi Elbaz

Sixth grade update for Feb. 3rd

B"H

Shalom U' vracha Sixth Grade Parents,

Here is my weekly update for Judaics in Sixth Grade for Feb. 3rd:

In Chumash we completed psukim 14-30 and learned about the tribe of Levi and Moshe and Aharon's family tree. The students received the important vocab words to study for Tuesday's quiz. We also worked on the Tal Am workbook and learned a number of Rashi's. Very soon we will begin our study of the Ten Plagues.

In Navi: We completed perek 9: Shaul became king and we will begin our study of perek 10 and learn about the three signs that Shmuel gave to Shaul to show that Hashem as chosen him to be king.

Halacha: The students will get their new Purim packet and we will begin our study of Purim.

Mishna: We completed mishna daled from Masechet Avot and will continue two more mishnayot and then review everything we have learned in Masechet Avot.

Shabbaton: B"H I am organizing our Sixth Grade Shabbaton which will be in two weeks on Shabbat Truma. I will be giving the children the program on Friday of this week which will have all the information of where they will be eating their meals, davening and playing.

Parsha: Please don't forget to sign and return on Monday. Also please on any returned tests /quizzes.

Shavua Tov!

Rabbi Elbaz