This week's class will start with an exploration of the synagogue as a Beit Midrash, or "house of study." We will talk about how people of all ages - from second grade through adulthood - come to the synagogue to learn and study together. We will also think about rooms within our own synagogue where learning happens.
We will also be introduced to the letter TAV this week. Tav is a consonant that sounds like "t". By learning this letter and putting it together with the other letters we have learned (Shin and Bet) we are able to read the word Shabbat.
Speaking of chagim, or "holidays", we will also be talking about Yom Kippur, which begins this Friday night. Students will tell us what they already know about the holiday and then we will look at the idea of Teshuva, which literally means "return" and begins with the letter TAV. We will reflect on the past year's mistakes by using an analogy of a missed target on the board, and then we will "do teshuva" by literally returning to a clean slate.
Students will each bring home a sheet with their Hebrew homework for the week, but if your student missed class, the homework can also be found online at this link: http://www.tiyulim.torahaura.com/Script/S_Lesson_Three_Page_One/s_lesson_three_page_one.html
Have an easy fast!
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