Volume 30 Issue 8 19 Mar 2021 6 Nisan 5781

Ma Koreh

Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary

Pesach peulah

Josh and Mia, our informal Jewish Life educators, developed a Pesach peulah (informal learning activity) they will be running for students in Years 5 and 6 until the end of the term. This activity encourages students to see connections between contemporary issues of climate change (as a modern day plague impacting the earth) and refugees (as strangers in a strange land looking for a homeland) and Pesach. In this activity, students were also asked to think about the symbolic meaning of items at the seder table and were challenged to think up a new item to bring to the Pesach table that reflects a theme or concept related to Pesach.  

Chabad Matzah Factory

Rabbi Levy and the Chabad Matzah Factory came to school last Friday and will be back again in Week 9. Students in Year K and Year 5 were able to learn about Pesach and matzah with hands-on experiences of making their own matzah. 

Year 3 visiting the school’s Aron Kodesh and Torah scrolls

This term, Year 3 have been deepening their knowledge and understanding of familiar Jewish symbols. Through a close reading of the Shema, they have identified the rituals of mezuzah, tefillin and tzitzit. After a hands-on exploration of these ritual items, students created posters to show their knowledge. We have also been learning about the similarities in synagogue designs across the world and connections back to the Temple in Jerusalem and the Mishkan used by the Israelites in the wilderness. Students visited our School’s Aron Kodesh for a close up inspection of it and the Sefer Torah.