Ma Koreh
Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary
Rosh HaShanah
This week we welcomed in the month of אלול Elul with the sounding of the shofar during our morning tefillah and Shabbat celebrations.
Students have been busy creating and preparing for Rosh HaShanah, creating clay honey pots and apple plates for the Rosh HaShanah table and making a clay mezuzah case for home.
To connect with the Montefiore home, the SRC teamed up with the JNF for a lunchtime activity to decorate and write Rosh HaShanah messages on cards that will be delivered to the residents of the Monte.
As we journey through the month of Elul, through our tefillah experiences and our learning in Jewish Studies and Hebrew, we will look at the significance of this time in our calendar as a period for personal reflection and renewal, change and improvement.
Hearing the sounds of the שופר, waking us up from our daily routines as a call to לשפר, to improve ourselves, our lives and our world.
The New Year, ראש השנה, as a time for looking back on the year that has been, looking forward to the new year, providing the opportunity to לשנה, to change ourselves and our world.