Dear Parents,
I hope you had a wonderful February break.
Today we jumped right into the thick of preparing for Purim. The Purim program is coming together nicely and many classes will be preparing songs or Shpiels (skits), making artwork, baking Hamentaschen and other educational and fun activities surrounding this holiday.
Plan to come to our Purim program on Sunday, 3/12, 9:30-1:00 at Temple Israel (600 New Scotland Avenue). It is our only fundraiser of the year, so please come and support this effort through donating items for our silent auction and bidding on them at the carnival (there are a lot of great ones).
This will be a very fun program with Megilah reading (by our own students), Purim songs, and Shpiels in addition to the carnival. We also want to show off B'Yachad and encourage new families to join our school, so please come and bring your friends, put it on Facebook and talk it up in any way you can. There is a flyer below to help you publicize it (click on the Purim flyer to download a PDF copy).
I look forward to seeing you on March 12th if not earlier.
Best,
Rabbi Miriam
Here are my updates:
Parshat Hashavua - The Portion of the Week
This week's portion, Terumah - Donation, discusses the donations given by the Israelites in order to build the Mishkan (Tabernacle). The Torah describes the Israelites as being very generous and all of their donations were used to create a beautiful, holy space. Everyone at B'Yachad brings something unique to the table to make learning about Judaism an enjoyable experience. Let's celebrate the gifts we bring and support B'Yachad at our Purim event. May we recognize the unique gifts we as individuals and a community have and find a way to celebrate them.
Purim
Thanks to all of you who have made donations to B'yachad's Purim Silent Auction. Please remember this is a "give or get" opportunity to support our children's religious school. Bring your donations into Ohav's office by March 8: Toys, Games, Books, Arts & Crafts, Judaica, Kosher Wine, or even Gift Certificates (no non-kosher food establishments, please) are needed.
After your children and you enjoy the Megillah and Purim schpiels (fun skits) we will invite everyone to the downstairs social halls for the Purim Carnival! Food (including delicious Hamantaschen) will be available for sale so please come prepared.
Admission (includes 20 tix/child)
B'yachad Families: Free
Community Families $10
Additional tix: $5/20 tix
Finally, we are hoping that some of you may be available to help the day of the carnival. Please be in touch with Jane Ginsburg at jabginsburg@gmail.com if you can lend a hand!
The schedule for the event is:
9:30 - 10 - Purim Songs with Cantor Marx
10 - 10:15 - Megilah Reading featuring 7th and 8th grade students
10:15 - 10:45 - Purim Shpiels
10:45 - 11 - Costume Parade around the Sanctuary and into the Carnival
11 - 1 - Carnival and Silent Auction
Wednesday Electives
There will not be electives on 3/8 to allow classes to prepare for Purim or on 3/22 due to a special art project with Mrs. Rosenstrauch. Otherwise, we have changed the offerings to the following:
Origami
Israeli Boot Camp
Israeli Dance
Yoga
Student Council
Sunday Electives
This is the last Sunday of this cycle of electives. We will be offering new electives beginning 3/19.
4th Grade State Museum Program
Every year the Federation offers a special program for 4th grade religious school students at the State
Museum. I have heard it is a fun and informative event. Please see the flyer for more details.
Mazel Tov To...
Nina and Brian Kaplan on the birth of their son, Harrison Jacob Kaplan (Tzvi Yaakov). 6lbs 12oz, 19.5 inches. Born on Feb 21. We also wish mazel tov to the proud older sisters Eliana (4th grade) and Julia (1st grade) Rosen.
Upcoming Events
3/5 - 9:30-11, 8th Grade Family Education with Rabbis Dan, Cashman and Eligberg
3/12 - Purim Program at Temple Israel
3/19 - 9:30-11, 6th Grade Family Education with Rabbi Dan
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