Dear Parents,
This Sunday, March 20th is the holiday of Purim! Much time has been spent in Hebrew school discussing the meaning and significance of the holiday. Therefore we strongly encourage you to join us at our annual Purim Celebration geared to our Hebrew school families this Sunday at 4 p.m- There are no regular classes in the morning.
For more info about the party please visit chabadrt.org! Any questions, feel free to call Hinda 914 330 1366.
Additionally, each of your children in grades K-5 have recieved his/her own CD with songs she/he should practice at home for our upcoming "Hebrew School Musical" on June 5th.. Please take the time to practice over the next 2 months.
Happy Purim!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Aleph Champ update
We would like to congratulate Trevor Stern, Adam Kurland and Jesse Barnett on advancing a level in Aleph Champ this past week!
Well done guys! Keep it up!!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Hamentashen Recipe
Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon rind
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
FILLINGS:
1 lb. poppy seed filling
or 1 lb. Jelly
YIELDS: 4 dozen hamantashen
Preheat oven to 350º.
Grease cookie sheets.
Beat eggs and sugar. Add remaining ingredients, and mix well. Divide into four parts.
On a floured board roll out each portion to about 1/8 inch thick. Using a round cookie cutter cut 3 inch circles.
Place 1/2 teaspoon of filling in the middle of each circle. ( Diagram 1 )
To shape into triangle, lift up right and left sides, leaving the bottom down, and bring both sides to meet at the center above the filling. ( Diagram 2 )
Bring top flap down to the center to meet the two sides. Pinch edges together.
( Diagram 3 )
Place on greased cookie sheets 1 inch apart and bake in a 350º oven for 20 minutes.
Diagram 1 :
Diagram 2 :
Diagram 3:
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Hamantashen, 'Haman pockets', are eaten on the Jewish holiday of Purim. This holiday celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people, in the year 356 BCE, from Haman's plot to annihilate all the Jews, in a single day.
While the sage Mordechai rallied the Jews to prayer and repentance, his cousin, Queen Esther, engineered Haman's downfall at a private wine party to which she invited him and the king. She prevailed upon King Achashveirosh to hang Haman and to issue a decree, empowering the Jews to defend themselves against those who sought to destroy them.
On the thirteenth day of the Jewish month of Adar, the day originally slated by Haman for murdering the Jewish nation, the great battle was fought. The Jews defended themselves against their enemies and were victorious. They celebrated on the following day, the fourteenth of Adar. This day was instituted as the Purim holiday on the Jewish calendar.
A time honored Purim custom is for children to dress up and disguise themselves, an allusion to the fact that the miracle of Purim was disguised in natural garments. This is also the significance behind the Hamantash, a pastry whose filling is hidden within its crust. The Hamantash has a three cornered shape to remember Haman, who wore a three cornered hat.
A popular filling for the Hamantashen is poppy seed. The seeds are in remembrance of Queen Esther, who ate seeds and vegetables, in her efforts to keep kosher while living in the king's palace.
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon rind
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
FILLINGS:
1 lb. poppy seed filling
or 1 lb. Jelly
YIELDS: 4 dozen hamantashen
Preheat oven to 350º.
Grease cookie sheets.
Beat eggs and sugar. Add remaining ingredients, and mix well. Divide into four parts.
On a floured board roll out each portion to about 1/8 inch thick. Using a round cookie cutter cut 3 inch circles.
Place 1/2 teaspoon of filling in the middle of each circle. ( Diagram 1 )
To shape into triangle, lift up right and left sides, leaving the bottom down, and bring both sides to meet at the center above the filling. ( Diagram 2 )
Bring top flap down to the center to meet the two sides. Pinch edges together.
( Diagram 3 )
Place on greased cookie sheets 1 inch apart and bake in a 350º oven for 20 minutes.
Diagram 1 :
Diagram 2 :
Diagram 3:
_______________________________________________________________
Hamantashen, 'Haman pockets', are eaten on the Jewish holiday of Purim. This holiday celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people, in the year 356 BCE, from Haman's plot to annihilate all the Jews, in a single day.
While the sage Mordechai rallied the Jews to prayer and repentance, his cousin, Queen Esther, engineered Haman's downfall at a private wine party to which she invited him and the king. She prevailed upon King Achashveirosh to hang Haman and to issue a decree, empowering the Jews to defend themselves against those who sought to destroy them.
On the thirteenth day of the Jewish month of Adar, the day originally slated by Haman for murdering the Jewish nation, the great battle was fought. The Jews defended themselves against their enemies and were victorious. They celebrated on the following day, the fourteenth of Adar. This day was instituted as the Purim holiday on the Jewish calendar.
A time honored Purim custom is for children to dress up and disguise themselves, an allusion to the fact that the miracle of Purim was disguised in natural garments. This is also the significance behind the Hamantash, a pastry whose filling is hidden within its crust. The Hamantash has a three cornered shape to remember Haman, who wore a three cornered hat.
A popular filling for the Hamantashen is poppy seed. The seeds are in remembrance of Queen Esther, who ate seeds and vegetables, in her efforts to keep kosher while living in the king's palace.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
DON'T MISS IT...
Celebrating all the Hebrew Birthdays that fall out in the month of Adar:Miles Ogihara
Philip Chantz
Diana Chantz
Rebekah Rosman
Aaron Rosman
Jeremy Raynes-Goldfinger
Dylan Wels
Jonathan Getz
Lindsay Mosberg
Philip Chantz
Diana Chantz
Rebekah Rosman
Aaron Rosman
Jeremy Raynes-Goldfinger
Dylan Wels
Jonathan Getz
Lindsay Mosberg
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