Oh Yeah! More New Letters!

More New Letters

This week, the letter ב (vet) will be our focus.  Just like several other Hebrew letters, vet is a fraternal twin! Yep, ב (vet) is בּ (bet)'s twin.  It is very easy to tell they are in the same family because the only difference is that vet has no belly button.  A great way to remember the difference, is to say:

  A  בּ (bet)  WITHOUT a bellybutton is a ב (vet).

In the past few weeks Mechina has also learned the letters

 כ (chaf) and ר (reish).

• כ (chaf) is a fraternal twin to the letter  כּ (kaf).  כ makes a "ch" sound, think of l'CHaim.  The sound is created at the back of the throat.

• ר (reish) makes a "r" sound and has a round roof. The fact that its roof is round will be important later on.

Judaics: Mitzvot

Along with all the Hebrew we are learning, we have also been learning about several mitzvot.

Bikur Cholim (Visiting the Sick)

To learn about this mitzvah we read the book Get Well Soon . It tells the story of a young boy that is eager to do the mitzvah of Bikur Cholim.  It shows all the ways that we can help those that are sick. Here are some examples we discussed:

1.) Making a card

2.) Bringing them food

3.) Visiting them and keeping them company

4.) Reading them a book

5.) Sending Flowers

In class we decided to create Refuah Sh'lema (Get Better) cards for patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. It was amazing seeing them so excited to help brighten another child's day.

TALMUD TORAH (Studying Torah)

For the past couple of week's we have focused on this mitzvah. Talmud Torah is the mitzvah of studying Torah. To do this Mitzvah, we learned the blessing for the study of Torah and began to read from a child's Torah. Much of our conversations have been  about why we study Torah. Torah study is important because the Torah teaches us lessons.  In addition, we are in the process of creating a beautiful Torah art project, complete with the blessing. It will be coming home next week.

Oh, and did I mention they are learning that the Torah has 5 books and that they are learning their names.

Saying Thank You to Our Veterans.

Mechina & Kindergarten created special posters for our Veteran's day Shabbat.

You Can Never Have Enough Pictures

Shabbat Helpers

Can you make a Hebrew Maze?

It's been a minute since our last update, but that's because we have been having so much fun. From Sukkot to 2 new letters we have been Hebrew Fun, Hebrew Fun, Hebrew Fun!!!!

SUKKOT סוכות & SIMCHAT TORAH שמחת תורה

We visited the sukkah, learned about the lulav and etrog, made decorations for our sukkah and more!! Learning about Sukkot was very exciting.

Mechina also learned all about Simchat Torah and the traditions we have on the holiday.

1.) Finishing the Torah and then starting the Torah all over again.

2.) Unrolling the scroll completely.

3.) Dancing with the Torah.

HEBREW NEWS:

The letter KAF

Mechina met the letter כּ (kaf), כּ makes a “k” sound like the “k” in kangaroo. This letter can be confusing because it looks a lot like a bet בּ. It is very special in that it has had an interesting day at school.  He had a very sore throat so he went to see Nurse Wendy.  When he got there the nurse gave him a "kaf" drop.  This helped a lot, so he was able to go around all day and say his name clearly, Kaf.  In class I was careful to point out that kaf does not have a bench in the back. If it did, it would be a Bet. We enjoyed using and practicing the following words:

Yes     kehn       כּן

Kippah             כּיפה

Dog     Ke-lev  כּלב

Soccer      Ka-door-regel      כּדורגל

Wall      Ko-tel      כּתל

Star     Ko-kav    כּוכב

Chair   Key-say    כּסא

The letter HAY

Our letter this week was ה (hay). This letter is extra fun because of the silly way you can remember its "h" sound. Imagine that the letter is a horse stall. The gap on the left is where you throw the hay to the horses. Note: the key words in English also make a "h" sound. Also, you can think of hay as only having half of a side. When ה shows up at the end of a word it  is silent. Here are some words that start with a hay:

Mountain Har הר

Parents Ho-reem הורים

Haggadah Ha-ga-dah הגדה

She Hee היא

He Hoo הוא