We hope you continue to remain well at home and look foward to seeing you this Sunday morning. Please join our livestream at 9:30. It is important to keep the routine for kids (and us adults). The morning will be all about Preparing for Passover. See the message below for the details you need, along with information to help with your "seder at home" Passover seder next week. Please reach out to us with any questions or needs.
Sending you virtual hugs! Rabbi Karen and Rabbi Micah
Upcoming Calendar
Grades K-6: Shorashim RS THISSunday, April 5, 9:30-11:30 am Join via livestream from for our opening blessings and songs. Click the buttom below to participate live on Sunday morning. Click herefor a copy of the prayers we sing.
Following our opening communal time, we will all be Preparing for Passover! Teachers are sending Jewish learning to do at home. Look for a separate email from Rabbi Karen for your grade/s.
At 10:30 am, join the Rabbis via Zoom for special Passover songs and other preparations for our Passover seder. We will conclude by 11:00.
Grades 3-6: NO Hebrew Sessions on Tues., April 7 OR Wed., April 8 (Passover) Hebrew learning continues from home on April 14 OR 15 via FaceTime with your teacher. We will resend the sign-up next week. Please continue to practice at home (see below).
Grades K-6: Special Passover Family Session on Sunday, April 12 10:00-11:00 am
Samech is the first letter of the word seder, which means "order." On Passover, the seder follows a specific order of telling our story of the Exodus from Egypt to freedom. The word seder has the same shoresh (root) as the word siddur (prayer book), which also follows a specific order. Even though things seem out of order right now, we hope you will be able to create good Passover memories at your family seder.
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Hebrew Home Practice for Grades 3-6
15-20 minutes a week of Hebrew practice is encouraged. Please check your folders. Do you need a copy of a prayer? Let Rabbi Karen know and she'll send it to you.
Review the Passover Packet below. 4th-6th grades should practice the Four Questions - reading and chanting. 3rd grade should practice reading the first question.
Please see your Temple weekly shofar email (yesterday morning) for "sharing a seder" information, joining the rabbis for seder, and other important Passover details.
Passover Resources
Within this link from the Union for Reform Judaism, find info for How to Lead a Virtual Seder, Haggadah options, recipes, crafts, songs, kids' activities, videos, and check lists for seder items. Please contact the rabbis with ANY questions.
SEDER SONGS: Four Questions Practice (scroll to bottom for video): 4 Questions Dayenu Practice Video: Dayenu Fun Afikoman Song (from rabbis' friend): Afikoman
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In Other Temple News...
Virtual Tot Shabbat on Saturday, April 11, 9:00-9:45 am
Wake up and celebrate Shabbat together! A fun, short service, story, Oneg snacks, and craft activity for young children, parents and caregivers with the rabbis. We'll also sing fun seder songs! Join us via Zoom on Saturday, April 11 at 9:00. Enjoy your own snack after!
Join Temple Beth David for our second congregational trip to Israel in April 2021! Registration is now open.Visit this link for more information and to register. Contact Rabbi Micah with any questions.
