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Temple Beth-El Religious School September 11, 2002          Number 2		5762 hra, 5

The Five Prohibitions of Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is a day of "NOT" doing. There is no blowing of the Shofar and Jews may not eat or drink, as fasting is the rule. There is a belief that to fast on Yom Kippur is to emulate the angels in heaven, who do not eat, drink, or wash.

1. Eating and drinking

2. Anointing with perfumes or lotions

3. Marital relations

4. Washing

5. Wearing leather shoes

While Yom Kippur is devoted to fasting, the day before is devoted to eating. According to the The Talmud the person "who eats on the ninth of Tishri (and fasts on the tenth), it is as if he had fasted both the ninth and tenth." Prayer is also down played so that Jews can concentrate on eating and preparing for the fast.

L’Shanah Tova

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope that it is one filled with sweetness and inner peace.  Attached to the Dor L’dor is an interpretation of the prayer, “Avinu Malkeinu.”  I encourage you to have your students create their own personal interpretations of the prayer “Avinu Malkeinu.” 

                                      Welcome to our Art Teacher

Rachel Kardon has accepted the responsibility of becoming our art teacher.  Art will start in a few weeks, she will spend the next few Sundays listening to your suggestions and learning more about the curriculum.

Car Pool Pick-up

We have 340 kids safely in their cars and on their way within 15 minutes, thank you to everyone for helping out with this procedure.  Please remember to walk your students down and have them follow you in a line out the door to your grade sign.  You may leave when your kids are gone.  Please say goodbye to me before you go if possible.  Thank you.

                                                       Snack

Please call your “snack parent” to remind them to bring snack.  Introduce yourself, tell them how wonderful it is to have their child in your class and then tell them to bring the grub on Sunday.  You may request a specific snack to coincide with a lesson you are teaching.  “Please bring in vegetables because we are studying the Garden of Eden.”

Ma’aseh

Please keep in touch with your ma’aseh and ma’aseh please keep in touch with your teachers.  At least one email or phone call a week.  I was happy to hear that many of you had contacted the ma’aseh before Sunday.  Keep this going!  Our ma’aseh are valuable resources and they also are our link to the kids. 

Ma’aseh meetings will be happening at least once a month in two shifts.  Our head ma’aseh, Allison Marks and Miriam Goldberg will be leading the meetings under my supervision.  Ma’aseh will decide which shift of the meeting they will attend.  This insures that you still have a ma’aseh in your classroom while the other is out at the meetings.  Meetings will last approximately 30 minutes.  If there is a ma’aseh interested in this project please inform Amy.

Va’ad Beyt Sefer

Amy Strickland will be heading up our Va’ad Beyt Sefer (student government).  She will be coming to the different classrooms to explain the program.  Please be prepared to select one student from your class to participate in this program.  This is for 3^rd through 8^th grades.  They will be meeting once every other week.

Boxes for Storage

-a message from Iris Berman-Smith

If you could place the materials that need to be carted out of the building in the hallway after class it would be a big help.  I understand some of the teachers are doing this, but not all of them and the custodians have to go into each room to double check.

Thank you.