Yom Kippur
A day of prayer and asking forgiveness for all our mistakes.
We created a 'mini shul' in our classroom to get a feel of what Yom Kippur is all about.
It was Beautiful watching these precious children find a siddur (prayer book), sit down and daven all the songs they know. Their innocent sweet voices was a lesson to us as Morah's to try to strive for the pure love they have for Hashem.
Devorah Leah and Elizabeth bringing their babies to Shul.
Sitting quietly davening.
Rabbi Dovi reading from a copy of a Torah scroll.
We placed slippers in our Shul and taught the children how we don't wear leather shoes on Yom Kippur. Levi had fun trying on adult slippers.
Slipper matching game.
Shua "Even policemen daven to Hashem!"
Siddur and alef beis play dough cutters was a great way to learn the Hebrew letters and enjoy some sensory fun!
White is customarily worn on Yom kippur to be like Angels. Children had white paint to create any picture they wanted.
Sukkot
We role played the story of when the Jews were in the desert and Hashem placed a cloud surrounding and protecting the Jewish people. The holiday of sukkot reminds us of this special 'nes' (miracle). The outdoor structure called a Sukkah- represents the cloud. Anything we do inside the sukkah becomes a mitzvah!. The main idea we instilled in the children, is the kaballistic explanation: that a Sukkah, is a big HUG from Hashem! Hashem loves us and is consistently protecting us and taking care of us.
In the Sukkah we feel that in a very real way!
During this discussion, as if on cue-- Liam came to visit us and asked if he could give Levi a HUG! ;)
Later on in the day, Max took the initiative to review the story of the clouds.
Max loves to make us laugh, he told us (as he was picking up a cotton ball)
"This is a cotton meatball!"
Sukkah Decorating
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