Dear 6th Grade Parents,
This week we discussed the upcoming holiday of Shavuoth. We spoke about the fact that it is one of the three pilgrimage holidays during the year when all of the Jews would gather in Jerusalem (when we had a Temple), that this holiday celebrates the first fruits (and that they were brought as an offering to G-d in the Temple), and that we are also commemorating the fact that the Jewish people received the Torah (symbolized by the 10 commandments which Moses gave to us at the base of Mt. Sinai). Then we reviewed the 10 commandments together. After discussing them we created our own versions of the 10 commandments, We imagined that we were G-d (G-d forbid)...and if we were to offer the basic principals of Judaism to the Jewish people what they would consist of....
This week we discussed the upcoming holiday of Shavuoth. We spoke about the fact that it is one of the three pilgrimage holidays during the year when all of the Jews would gather in Jerusalem (when we had a Temple), that this holiday celebrates the first fruits (and that they were brought as an offering to G-d in the Temple), and that we are also commemorating the fact that the Jewish people received the Torah (symbolized by the 10 commandments which Moses gave to us at the base of Mt. Sinai). Then we reviewed the 10 commandments together. After discussing them we created our own versions of the 10 commandments, We imagined that we were G-d (G-d forbid)...and if we were to offer the basic principals of Judaism to the Jewish people what they would consist of....
It has been a true pleasure getting to know you and your children
this year. I have enjoyed each moment of learning about our Judaism together.
Let me know if you have any lingering questions. Have a wonderful summer!
Best,
Morah Hollenberg
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