Morah Schlussel Class Update

Dear Parents,

We began our day this past Sunday with Tefiillah . Again the students had a choice of which minyan they wanted to go to.

Cantor Gutman told us about the wonderful response from the members of the Congregation that were at services this past Shabbat to the participation of our students in leading the service from the bimah. He was very proud of the wonderful job the  children did  and is looking forward to having more students participate next time.

We reviewed some of the Pesach Haggadah highlights with the Cantor. I surprised the students with a Yiddish rendition of the "Four Questions"

During our class time we continued reading practice in the HASEFER book.

The 4th grade covered pages 49 and 50.

The 5th  and 6th grades studied page 58 and 59.

Please have your children review those pages.

Tuesday was a special day for us at Shaarey Zedek religious school. Instead of Tefillah that day, we went directly to our classes.

I and the other Hebrew teachers spent the first 45 minutes of the day with all  the 4th grade students. We reviewed the 14 parts of the Seder. How to sing the order and the significance and meaning of each part.
 The 5th graders had a special class with a docent that prepared them for their "Jewish Detroit" experience that they will go to on April 19th, 2015.

The rest of Tuesday was a fun and educational Pesach experience. We had a Pesach scavenger hunt prepared and organized by our own Assistant Director of Education, Allison Gutman. The children had to find the "Chometz" using all the clues. They were searching for clues all over the building.

The winning team  got big chocolate  bars and everyone else got assorted candy as well.

We are on vacation now until Tuesday, April 14th.

I want to wish you and your families a wonderful and festive Passover. Enjoy the vacation and time with your families and I will see all of you on the 14th.

Toby Schlussel