Classroom Vocab, Blessings of the morning and Parsha

Last week, the students exclaimed that they want to know how to say all of the different things in the classroom in Hebrew, this way, they will speak more Hebrew in class! (I’ll keep you posted on that one). Ask your child to read his or her cards to you.

When he held a class meeting this week, we talked about the idea of learning more about Judaism, not just “doing” it. We looked through our siddur (prayer book) and chose a prayer we felt like we could learn more about. The students chose the prayer Birchot HaShachar, prayers of the morning. These prayers are supposed to align with our morning routine and different things we do when waking up and starting our day. These are not in the order that they are in the prayer book, but enjoy. Ask your child to explain what his or her blessing is about. (excuse the technological errors, it is cutting of some videos and I can’t seem to figure out how to change it)

 

Finally, we learned an exciting Parsha again today (aren’t they all exciting? ) Toldot! Here are some Parsha questions for you to quiz your child on at home:

How many children did Yitzchak and Rivka have and what was special about them? (2-TWINS)

What color hair did Esav have (red)

What did Ya’akov put on his arms to make them feel like Esav’s arms? (Goat Skin)

What did Ya’akov still from his brother Esav?  (A blessing)

What happened to Yitzchak when he got old? (He was blind)

What did Rivka tell Ya’akov to do at the end of this parsha (Run away)

Challenge questions:

What does Ya’akov’s name mean and why? (It means heal, and it is taught that he was holding onto his twins brothers heal when he was born)

With whom did Ya’akov go live at the end of the Parsha (with Rivka’s brother Lavan)

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