Chocolate Seder here we come!

Dear Families,

BOSTY Shabbat was a great success! Thanks for all your support in the process. The students made the Kabbalat Shabbat service really special and learned a lot in the process.

This past Tuesday we began preparation for the bi-annual Chocolate Seder. The 5th Grade has been assigned to re-write The Four Children portion, the Elijah story, and the conclusion of the seder. Our version will be a chocolate one!
We read through the story of Passover and a chocolate version of the story as well. The students enjoyed brainstorming ideas for how to make our portions chocolaty (i.e. The Four Chocolates instead of The Four Children). The process actually made the students think critically about the meanings and interpretations of various elements of the Seder.

For homework, we gave each student a short article to read about how Passover is celebrated in Israel. They were asked to write how their celebration is different and similar from an Israeli celebration. Students have also been encouraged to do any additional research that they feel is necessary to gain a fuller understanding of the way Passover is celebrated in Israel.

Shalom,

Micah and Ariana

BOSTY Shabbat Prep

Grade 5 Students and Parents,

Please check out the new section of our blog (to the right) that contains everything you'll need to practice at home for our upcoming BOSTY Shabbat Service (Friday, March 25).

Find your name in the list of Service Assignment links and you'll be able to view all the prayers that you'll be leading. All of the students in grades 5 & 6 will be on the bimah for Hinei Ma Tov, Hashkiveinu, Oseh Shalom, the song grade 6 is writing and our closing song (which we'll be choosing as a group next week). There are also recordings of the tunes of each prayer in the BOSTY Shabbat section of our blog (more audio files coming soon!).

Please don't hesitate to contact Shari (schurwin@ohabei.org) with any questions!