I have a few slightly connected items for you this week. First, in class the students learned all about Rosh Chodesh, the Jewish celebration of the new month that comes with the new moon.
For those of you that might be new to the subject or need a refresher, here is nice link:
My Jewish Learning : Rosh Choedesh
We also talked about how Jewish months are different from our "regular" months. I thought you might like this visual calendar that shows how they line up:
Secondly, you may have noticed that your student came home with a placemat that looked something like this:
We made these a couple of weeks ago as part of our discussion about food blessings. It took them a while to be laminated but now they are home to you just in time to add a little thankfulness to your Thanksgiving table.
And, on a related note,
I stumbled on a interesting and throught provoking Thanksgiving article about gratitude and parenting in Tablet Magazine You should consider book marking Tablet, I have it in my bookmarks. It has tons of great articles on contemporary Jewish culture and politics.
The gratitude article can be found here and is worth reading:
How to Teach Your Kids to be Greatful by Marjorie Ingall
I hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving. There is no class this Sunday, I will see you back for a family program on 12/4. We have all sorts of fun Hanukkah things planned for you!
-Suzan
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