ALEPH CLASS
NEWSLETTER
February 2017 | Shvat 5777
ARIOT / TAL AM HEBREW PROGRAM
In Hebrew, we learned the Lamed story: We
enjoyed the story of Doda Leah who goes to
school with her ice cream truck, bringing
GLIDA with different flavors to the kids. We
noticed that since the word for ice cream,
glida, ends with kamatz and the letter hay, it
is a feminine form and we have to use the
feminine form for the colors too: GLIDA
ADUMA, GLIDA CHUMA, etc.
The children loved making the ‘decorations’
for the ice cream truck. Some of them wrote
the sounds that the truck made: “LEE! LA!
LEE! LA!”. Some wrote in Hebrew script and
some in print, according to their abilities.
Some created the menu, drawing the
different ice cream cones and naming the
flavors in Hebrew, for exampla: SHOKOLAD,
VANIL, BANANA, etc.
Doda Leah is so kind. When she noticed that
Gila is sick, she drove to her house to bring
her the ice cream. We enjoyed acting the
story out and when the computer randomly
picked a boy for the job of DODAH Leah, we
took this opportunity to change it to DOD
Louie, and with it changing all the verbs to
the masculine form. We had a lot of fun while
learning. We love the Tal Am and Ariot
program!
DEVORA (SABRINA) AND ELAN
WITH THE TORAH
CONTENTS
TAL AM HEBREW
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TU BISHVAT
SIFRONIM,
BOOKLETS FOR TU BISHVAT
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THE TU BISHVAT SEDER
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ALEPH NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY 2017/ SHVAT 5777
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ELLIE AND HARRY
SHLICHAY TZIBUR
SHABBAT WITH EVY AND
ARIEH WITH THE TORAH
DALIA AND COBY
WITH THE TORAH
For Tu bishvat , The birthday of the trees, we learned: The parts of the tree, the 7 species that Israel was
blessed with and why we love trees.
The 7 species that Israel is blessed with are:
Wheat and Barley, (bread, challah, matzah, a mitzvah from the Torah.)
Grapes (wine for kidush)
Pomegranate, (on Rosh Hashanah we ask God to make us as full of good deeds as the RIMON is full of
seeds).
We also learned how they help us do mitzvot:
Figs (there’s always a ripe fruit around for us on the fig tree, just like there’s always something to learn
when you open a Torah, and there’s always an opportunity to be kind!)
Olives Oil for the Menorah in the holy Temple and for Chanukah.
Dates as sweet as honey, like a righteous person each of that tree’s parts are useful: The baby branchlulav, the branches - s’chach on the sukkah, the trunk and dead branches to make a fire at night in the
desert, and the fruits give you a lot of energy and shade in the hot desert. What a blessing!!!.
THE SIFRONIM WE READ FOR TUBISHVAT
We read the little booklet "ETZ
KATAN, ETZ GADOL". We laughed
as Hillel figured out and thanked
God for creating small fruits on big
trees so if they fall on our heads it
won’t be disastrous!
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We also read the little booklet
"LAMA OHAVIM ETZIM?" Why Do
We Love Trees? We love them for
the food and shelter they give us;
for the animals, for their beautiful
flowers, foliage and more. We wrote those in Hebrew on the beautiful
big tree stickers we received from JNF.
When it was time to read the little booklet “ARIOT BROSH HASHANAH
LA’ILANOT” comparing the trees to us, the Jewish people, on our Rosh
Hashanah, we had the blizzard. We took the booklet home to read and
watch from our windows. The trees’ heads are covered with a white
kippah of snow and from their branches are hanging the white sheets
of ice, just like a tallit. The wind hauling and whistling like a shofar
between them. They move their trunks and branches as in prayer, a
prayer for a good year for rain and for plenty of fruits. Of course we do
that too, pray with them, as their good year is our good year!
Shanah Tova La’ilanot!
THE TU-BISHVAT SEDER
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We had a wonderful Tu-Bishvat Seder including a Haggadah.
We enjoyed feeling grateful for the abundance of variety of fruits that God gave
us and the diligence in which the wonderful PA parents decorated the school.
It felt very festive!!! Enjoy the enclosed pictures.
HaMorah Lichter
I was so
happy Rav
Yosi gave
me the task
to read a
quote from
the Talmud
about the fig
tree.