Important Congregational Meeting March 8

There will be an important congregational meeting on March 8 at 10:00 am in the sanctuary on Sunday, March 8. This meeting will discuss the plan for the renovation of the Temple Beth Or building. Plan on joining us!

 

Spotlight on Grade 6

This year the 6th grade meets together with the 5th grade for Hebrew for the first part of Sunday morning and on Wednesdays. We are making good progress in learning congregational melodies and also in reading the prayers for a Shabbat morning service. The students are also using The New Siddur Program for Hebrew and Heritage, each working at their own pace and self-checking their work when they are finished with a chapter. We also have three favorite games. In Hangman, we use Hebrew words from the particular prayer we are studying. For the Memory game, students have to match Hebrew words with their English translations. And Around the World is a very fast-paced reading game used with flashcards. Things can get very noisy during these games, but it’s a good kind of noise!

The 6th grade has also learned the blessings for reading the Torah and recently walked through some of the mechanics of the Torah service. Each student was able to hold the Torah and we were able to look at the Song of the Sea, a poem sung by Moses after the Israelites had crossed the Sea of Reeds. The song contains the Mi Chamocha text that we see in our evening and morning services. We saw what the text looks like in the scroll and heard it sung to what may be the oldest melody in the Torah.

- Cantor Joyce Dumtschin, Rabbi David Burstein & Rabbi Judy Chessin

 

Mitzvah Opportunity

Our friends at David’s Church are in need of childcare providers for their Easter Services on Sunday, April 12, 2009. There are two services, one at 9 am and one at 10:45 am. Volunteers would need to arrive 15 to 20 minutes before the service. We need between 4-6 individuals for each service.

If you can assist, please contact Marvin Miller at 641-5374 or by e-mail at srmmem@aol.com.

 

Culinary Recipe

What's cooking with our culinary team? Today's recipe creation was Sour Cream Chocolate-Chip Cake. You can check out the recipe by clicking here to visit Epicurious.

 

Save the Date!

Purim is almost here!

Plan on joining us for great fun at our Purim carnival on March 8! Bring your costumes -- the fun starts at 12:00. As always, BOTY will be putting on a fantastic carnival with games and lots of fun. See you there!

 

Scout Shabbat Honors

At Scout Shabbat at Beth Abraham on 2/14, we're pleased to share that 4 of the 5 scout religious emblems awarded went to TBO kids: Anna Kate S., Josh S., Noah G., and Adam G.

Mazel Tov, scouts!

 

Our PTO Is The Greatest!

TBO Religious School is very fortunate on Sunday mornings to have the wonderful assistance of dedicated volunteers. PTO Moms and Dads collect attendance and tzedakah, distribute snacks, work on special projects in the Education office and just generally lend a hand. Here are just a few of the wonderful parents who help us on Sunday mornings:

Melissa Guadalupe, Eileen Wolf, Jennifer Mader, Gina Kahn, Andrea Kuperman, Jereme Kuperman, Deb Char....the list goes on and on.

PTO volunteers -- know how much we love and value your important contribution to our school. Thank you!

 

Check us out on Flickr!

There are lots of fun things going on at TBO Religious School on Sunday mornings. Don't miss a moment of it - view our photostream at Flickr today by clicking here.

Even better, why not join us next Sunday and linger over a cup of coffee and a bagel at Cafe Or, or some good study in Rabbi Chessin's Tanakh study group (10:30 am)?