Dear 7th Grade Parents,
Over the past two weeks I've enjoyed getting to know your
kids and learning together with them. We started with some fun ice breakers
this year. It seems the rising 7th graders had a wonderful summer around the
country and beyond. Once were were a little bit more familiar and comfortable with one another, we delved into a lesson on one of Judaism's most righteous Mitzvot--Tzedakah (giving charity). We learned about the relationship between the words Tzedek and tzedakah, why this mitzvah is central to our faith, the ideal way to give charitably and much much more!
This week we focused on the call to of the Shofar. We heard Dr. Rick Cohen blow a variety of antique and modern shofarot from various animals. We learned what qualifies as a shofar and that we purposefully avoid using a calf horn for a shofar (even though it could serve as one) so as to avoid calling attention to the Jewish people's sin of the golden calf. We don't want to remind G-d of this terrible sin when we are being judged by the King on High during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
B'Shalom,
Morah
Hollenberg
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