In this week's Torah portion we learn about what happens to a person who speaks Lashon Hara - speaking words that are not nice about another person.
A person who speaks Lashon Hara is called a Metzora.
In the time of the Bais Hamikdash (Temple) this person would get a rash, called Tzaraas. This rash looked like white spots all over the person's body.
A person that got this rash needed to go to the Kohen and the Kohen would diagnose if it was really Tzaraas or if it was something else. Just like a doctor. The Kohen wouldn't want to tell the person that it's Tzaraas because he didn't want to hurt the person's feeling.
If the person had Tzaraas the person had to do Teshuva.
This week we started a really sweet new routine. Right before Davening we go around and each child shares one thing that they are grateful for...
For example:
Bela Riva shared with us that she was grateful for her new shoes.
Motty shared with us that he is grateful for his sister Rivka that is coming back home.
Malka shared with us that she was grateful for being Tznius.
Saige shared with us that she was grateful for her friends.
Evan shared with us that he was grateful for Papa Erik that is coming to visit.
Here we see Malka and Motty writing what they are grateful for.
This way we got to focus on the positive versus the negative. We spoke about how these days we don't get Tzaraas but if we make the choice not to speak nicely about someone else we are bringing negativity to our bodies.
Pesach is coming!!!
We are so excited for Pesach. We started talking about the big idea of Pesach and what it's all about.
We had a wonderful discussion with the children. The Morah asked the children if they ever had an experience that they felt limited and stuck.
Dovi is writing a sight word with his eye closed. This is a very limited way to write.
All of our friends were very passionate about sharing their stories and how it felt to be stuck. Some felt sad, some felt scared and some felt overwhelmed. It wasn't fun. The biggest fear was not knowing when are they going to get out of the bad situation!
Then the Morah asked the children, "Can you imagine how the Jewish people in Mitzrayim felt?"
Reading Games
A fun snack-time learning game. Read the letter and lift the cup, 3 guesses to get the cheerio!
Blowing and releasing air in balloons to see which aleph-bais letter it will get too! At first Faiga wasn't able to blow up the balloon, but she kept trying and after some hard work she was able to blow it up.
W and More
Practicing our Writing skills! Evan wrote his name with glue, coated it in salt and watched Watercolors travel and create beautiful colors. Mendel practiced typing his name on the computer. It was a little tricky.
Washing our toys for Pesach was a great sensory experience
Hands-on math practice! Making math problems for our friends.
Happy 5th Birthday Mendel!
We Love You.
Keep Learning and Growing.
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