Thursday, March 11, 2010
PESACH AT CHABAD HEBREW SCHOOL!
k-1st grade.
2nd grade.
now that we're in Grade two, we're old enough to learn much more history about Pesach. We enjoyed discovering the different items on the seder plate and the reasoning for each one. How proud we are to show all our parents our special Pesach Haggadah's with all the 15 different steps to the Seder. We hope to keep them real well so we can add more pages to it each year. We have also spent time learning two stanza's to the mah nishtana and the famous dayeinu song and can't wait to sing it outloud at the Seder.
3rd grade.
We took Pesach to a whole new level this year! would you ever imagine how we could apply the story of Pesach to our very own lives? Well we discussed and brainstormed together and then began to realize how matza represents being humble- as it does not rise and chametz represents arrogance. The King Pharaoh within us wants us just to think of ourselves and not to be worried about others- that’s Chometz, arrogance, bragging, just being concerned about yourself.Matzah is being humble, not constantly talking about yourself, and thinking of yourself, rather helping other people and looking out for othersIt was amazing to see a real connection with the story and our daily lives. Hopefully we will be able to experience true freedom this Pesach!
4th and 5th grade!
How interesting it was to see that the concepts of chametz (arrogrance- bc it rises) and matza(humility bc it doesn't rise) is demonstrated in the hebrew letters that make up each of the words. Chometz and Matzah have the same letters with one exceptionMatzah has a heyChametz a chet The chet has 3 walls, nothing can enter. It represents selfishness, when you worried about no one but yourself. You are only concerned with yourselfThe Hey has a space, it make rooms for others. It does kindness and good deeds for others. We also went through the steps of the Seder and look forward to sharing the significance of each one at the Seder.
6th grade.
This year we reviewed all we have learnt in previous years and explored in greater depth-- the idea of ridding our homes of chametz, why we need to drink four cups of wine at the seder, why we need to re-live this story each year and the idea of specially made shmura matzah. We discussed methods of how to win over the Pharoah within each and everyone of us and how to experience true freedom
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HAPPY PESACH!
What fun we had learning about the festival of Pesach.We explored many different themes and the children really got a feel for what went on during the time of slavery in Egypt. We now know what slavery really means and how much the Jews suffered under Pharoah's rule. We made our very own Pesach suitcases and filled them with special Pesach objects like a drinking cup for the four cups of wine representing freedom, a mini ten plagues book, some matzah and more.We also discussed the difference between chametz and matzah and the different foods that we are and aren't allowed to eat on Pesach. We can't wait for Pesach to come already!!
2nd grade.
now that we're in Grade two, we're old enough to learn much more history about Pesach. We enjoyed discovering the different items on the seder plate and the reasoning for each one. How proud we are to show all our parents our special Pesach Haggadah's with all the 15 different steps to the Seder. We hope to keep them real well so we can add more pages to it each year. We have also spent time learning two stanza's to the mah nishtana and the famous dayeinu song and can't wait to sing it outloud at the Seder.
3rd grade.
We took Pesach to a whole new level this year! would you ever imagine how we could apply the story of Pesach to our very own lives? Well we discussed and brainstormed together and then began to realize how matza represents being humble- as it does not rise and chametz represents arrogance. The King Pharaoh within us wants us just to think of ourselves and not to be worried about others- that’s Chometz, arrogance, bragging, just being concerned about yourself.Matzah is being humble, not constantly talking about yourself, and thinking of yourself, rather helping other people and looking out for othersIt was amazing to see a real connection with the story and our daily lives. Hopefully we will be able to experience true freedom this Pesach!
4th and 5th grade!
How interesting it was to see that the concepts of chametz (arrogrance- bc it rises) and matza(humility bc it doesn't rise) is demonstrated in the hebrew letters that make up each of the words. Chometz and Matzah have the same letters with one exceptionMatzah has a heyChametz a chet The chet has 3 walls, nothing can enter. It represents selfishness, when you worried about no one but yourself. You are only concerned with yourselfThe Hey has a space, it make rooms for others. It does kindness and good deeds for others. We also went through the steps of the Seder and look forward to sharing the significance of each one at the Seder.
6th grade.
This year we reviewed all we have learnt in previous years and explored in greater depth-- the idea of ridding our homes of chametz, why we need to drink four cups of wine at the seder, why we need to re-live this story each year and the idea of specially made shmura matzah. We discussed methods of how to win over the Pharoah within each and everyone of us and how to experience true freedom
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HAPPY PESACH!
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