Hebrew Update

Dear 4th - 6th grade families, 

I hope that you all enjoyed participating in the Fall Fix-Up program on Sunday. It was such a beautiful day to perform a mitzvah for our community!

 On Tuesday, the 4th and 5th graders began our class time discussing the concept of "blessings over the commandments" (ברכות של מצוה). These are the blessings that we say when performing a mitzvah -- for example -- studying Torah, lighting Shabbat candles, blowing the shofar or sitting in the sukkah. We learned that almost every blessing over mitzvot begins with the same 10 words (adding 4 words onto the 6-word "blessing formula" previously learned). Ask your kids to tell you what the 10 words are. Then we practiced reading several different lines from various blessings. We also worked on the vowel that makes the "oh" sound, and how it makes the sound "voh" when it follows a letter that already has its own vowel. It can be confusing and tricky at times, but the kids did a great job grasping this concept. At the end of the day we played a fun game of "Hebrew tic-tac-toe", utilizing some of the words and letter/vowel combinations that we have been working on. 

We hope that you all enjoy a nice, peaceful Shabbat with your families, and we will see you on Sunday!

B'shalom, 

Morah Dona Levinson 

 Morah Donna Katz

Morah Toby Schlussel 

 

Morah Aliza Zachor