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HOMEWORK 01/26/2020

01/28/2020 09:24:52 AM

Jan28

Please see the kitah dalet homework assignment from Mr. Chazdon.

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HOMEWORK 01/12/2020

01/14/2020 09:24:49 AM

Jan14

Please see the kitah dalet homework assignment from Mr. Chazdon.

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HOMEWORK 01/05/2020

01/07/2020 10:02:23 AM

Jan7

Please see the kitah dalet Hebrew homework assignment from Mr. Chazdon.

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Homework 12/8/2019

12/08/2019 10:17:07 AM

Dec8

Mr. Chazdon

Please click the link to access the Hanukkah Blessing Homework Exercise for Mr. Chazdon.

https://images.shulcloud.com/1336/uploads/HanukkahCandleBlessingExercise12-17.pdf

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homework 11/24/19

11/24/2019 09:26:58 AM

Nov24

Mr. Chazdon

Shalom Parent of Kitah Heir Merkaz L’Ivrit Students,

I ran short of copies of the home assignment today. I’m attaching it to this message.

Best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Lane Chazdon

Homework

 

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homework 11-3-19

11/03/2019 08:50:46 AM

Nov3

Mr. Chazdon

Please click this link for the assignment.

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homework 10-27-19

10/30/2019 01:18:47 PM

Oct30

Mr. Chazdon

Click here for the assignment https://images.shulcloud.com/1336/uploads/LaneLessons11and12withtranslit.pdf

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November-month at a glance

10/29/2019 08:32:04 AM

Oct29

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Shalom Kitah Dalet families,

**Kitah Dalet will participate in a special family Shabbat 12/6/19. Dalet families will share dinner together followed by a service including kitah dalet on the bima. More information to follow.

Here is a brief summary of what we plan to cover in the coming weeks:

11/3/19: The class will begin our unit on being a mensch! We will frame the unit with the idea that a mensch uses Jewish values...Read more...

homework 10-13-19

10/13/2019 11:13:19 AM

Oct13

Mr. Chazson

Please click the link for the homework assignments:

https://images.shulcloud.com/1336/uploads/LaneLessons7and8withtranslit.pdf

https://images.shulcloud.com/1336/uploads/LaneLessons9and10withtranslit.pdf

 

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October month at a glance

10/01/2019 01:13:35 PM

Oct1

Mrs. Deckert

Shalom Kitah Daletְ families,

Here is a brief summary of what we plan to cover in the coming weeks:

9/29/19 We will prepare for Rosh HaShanah exploring the themes of Teshuvah/ returning to our best selves and the wake up call of the sounds of the shofar. We will celebrate the sweetness the New Year 5780 offers with a sweet round challah, apples and honey!

10/6/19 We will prepare for Yom Kippur as we explore the idea...Read more...

session 25 4/7/19

04/07/2019 10:07:37 AM

Apr7

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

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session 24 3/31/19

03/31/2019 12:01:15 PM

Mar31

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

*Class Trip: I want to take a moment to say KOL HAKAVOD to kitah dalet! Your visit last week to Bethel Springvale Nursing and Rehab brought joy and sunshine to the seniors in Croton! You sang beautifully and your personal visits with the seniors were a...Read more...

session 21 3/10/2019

03/10/2019 11:43:31 AM

Mar10

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

CJL students started the morning in sanctuary, waking up and warming up with Rabbi Pain and Cantor Lauren. We had some fun with Purim songs as we get ready to celebrate Purim ! We will celebrate the holiday next week with a mini Megillah and carnival ! Students should come to class in costume! It can be Purim related, pajamas, a team uniform or their favorite Halloween outfit!

In class, we continued...Read more...

session 20 3/3/19

03/03/2019 10:23:36 AM

Mar3

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

*We started the morning with tefillah led by Rabbi Pein. She often shares stories about the weekly Torah portion and this week she shared a story about a young girl who loved flowers and decided they would beautify the tabernacle. Back in class, I asked the students what THEY would bring to beautify our sanctuary. They had a creative array of ideas, ranging from bringing their joyful voices to colorful...Read more...

session 19 2/10/19

02/10/2019 09:02:00 AM

Feb10

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

After learning about the Ten Commandments, I introduced the students to the different ways of classifying these mitzvot. One way is to separate them into positive and negative mitzvot. (You shall..or you shall not.) Another way is to classify mitzvot according to those that involve actions between people and those that are between a person and God. Our 9-10 year olds had very strong opinions about how they...Read more...

SESSION 18 2/3/19

02/03/2019 09:22:20 AM

Feb3

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

*I hope everyone who attended Mitzvah Morning enjoyed it and found it meaningful!

*The class had a discussion about the 3rd through 8th commandments. Is it murder if someone kills an animal for food or kills an animal that is an endangered species? Is it stealing if you take medicine from a store for a poor person or if you find a dollar in the street and cannot return it? Why is it important to...Read more...

SESSION 17 1/27/19

01/27/2019 09:01:20 AM

Jan27

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

MITZVAH MORNING!

SESSION 16 1/20/19

01/20/2019 09:00:24 AM

Jan20

Mrs. Deckert and Mrs. Chazdon

SNOW DAY!

session 15 1/13/19

01/13/2019 10:16:42 AM

Jan13

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

Students came into the sanctuary tired and bleary eyed, but Cantor Lauren got them singing and moving to joyful music!

We introduced an expanded list of middot/ Jewish values and the students were very excited to share how they embodied these values in their lives, adding stickers to our growing mensch chart.

The holiday of Tu B'Shevat celebrates the birthday of the trees in Israel. We had...Read more...

session 14 1/6/19

01/06/2019 09:23:51 AM

Jan6

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

*We started our new unit in the Book of Exodus with a fun 'Let's find out what we have in common' activity. Teams built pyramids with each 'brick' representing one thing the pairs had in common. By the end of the activity there were lots of smiles and tall towers representing our friendships! (See photos attached!)

*A midrash tells us that we should each consider that we were present at Mount Sinai...Read more...

session 13 12/16/18

12/16/2018 09:23:02 AM

Dec16

Mr. Chazdon and Mrs. Deckert

Shalom Kitah Dalet Parents,

In our 13th Ivrit session our Daletniks found their very own copies of the Mitkadem text to take home and keep. I recommended that they use it to brush up on letters and vowels that they are likely to forget in the coming semester. The prayers we will study will not have every letter and vowel, so review will be very helpful. I also demonstrated an alternative and, perhaps, more fun way of reviewing: the...Read more...

session 12 12/9/18

12/09/2018 08:56:43 AM

Dec9

Mr. Chazdon and Mrs. Deckert

Shalom Kitah Dalet Parents,

It was great to see everyone Sunday at our Kitah Dalet Hanukkah program! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. I was pleased with much of the Hebrew decoding that we saw in Hebrew Bingo. Since we didn’t have a formal Hebrew session I did not assign homework.

It’s not too late to donate food to our food drive. I will deliver the donations to the Croton Caring Committee next Sunday after...Read more...

session 11 12/2/18

12/02/2018 01:10:27 PM

Dec2

Mrs. Deckert

Dear Kitah dalet families,

This week was all about Hanukkah!

*We reviewed the history of Hanukkah going way back to the reign of Alexander the Great!

*Each student designed a beautiful Hanukkiah ! They are functional but lit candles should always be in an attended room for safety.

*We talked about...Read more...

session 10 11/18/18

11/18/2018 01:32:08 PM

Nov18

Mrs. Deckert

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

*Rabbi Pein and Cantor Lauren led us in a special tefillah. Cantor Lauren taught us a new way to approach Nisism B'Chol Yom/ Prayers for Daily Miracles as we added hand gestures and joyful voices. Rabbi Pein then shared a true story about Yosele the holy miser who lived and died in Poland in the 17th century. His neighbors judged him to be unkind and uncaring as they never saw him sharing his great wealth...Read more...

session 9 11/11/18

11/11/2018 01:34:19 PM

Nov11

Mr. Chazdon and Mrs. Deckert

Shalom, Kitah Dalet Parents,

                              

I told our Daletniks that I was very pleased, overall, with the quality of the homework turned in last week. In our 9th Ivrit session our Daletniks

reviewed the 6 letters...Read more...

session 8 11/4/18

11/04/2018 09:47:15 AM

Nov4

Mr. Chazdon

Shalom, Kitah Dalet Parents,

In our 8th Ivrit session our Daletniks

 

reviewed the two letters making the [k] sound, Kaf (כּ) and Kuf (ק), as well as the somewhat complicated vowel Sh’va (ְ).  Sh’va has a short, neutral sound when with the first letter of a word; it makes no sound in the middle or at the end of a word. I spoke of this...Read more...

session 7 10/28/18

10/28/2018 09:49:38 AM

Oct28

Mr. Chazdon and Mrs. Deckert

Shalom Kitah Dalet Parents,

 

In our 6th Ivrit session our Daletniks

 

reviewed recently learned letters and vowels began study of two letters making the [k] sound:  Kaf (כּ)  and Koof (ק). We noted that Koof (ק) is the only letter going below the line that is not a...Read more...

session 6

10/21/2018 09:32:20 AM

Oct21

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet Families,

*We started the day in the warm sanctuary led by Rabbi Pein's visual tefillah and Mr. Chazdon's joyful guitar. Rabbi Pein talked about this week's parsha in which Abraham and Sarah welcomed guests to their tent, teaching us the importance of welcoming others. Rabbi also told us that we will have special guests to welcome next week from the IDF/ Israeli Defense Force.

*In class, we reviewed our BE A...Read more...

session 5 10/14/18

10/14/2018 08:46:05 AM

Oct14

Mrs. Deckert and Mr. Chazdon

Dear Kitah Dalet families,

*Today's class began with a discussion about what it means to be a good person. What types of things does a good person do and how do they act? I explained that in Judaism we have a special word for a 'good person.' We call them a mensch! A mensch is a person who uses Jewish values to help them make good decisions. These values are called middot (plural) and the middah (singular) of the day was rachamim/...Read more...

session 4 9/30/18

09/30/2018 10:23:54 AM

Sep30

Mr. Chazdon and Mrs. Deckert

Shalom Kitah Dalet Parent,

 

Our pre-Simhat Torah Ivrit sessions yesterday  evening were only 25-min but covered a lot opf ground in a fun way. First, we reviewed the most recently learned letters:  י, ה, ד, ח, and vowels    וּ and ִ  . New letters were not introduced, given the too-short time we...Read more...

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