Ma Koreh
Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary
Pesach celebrations continue
Our Pesach preparations and celebrations continued this week in the Primary School.
We had an exciting delivery of fired clay Judaica, created earlier this term by our students. To complement the learning they have been doing on Jewish symbols and the Shema prayer, Year 3 students designed and decorated a mezuzah. Year 4 students created beautiful matzah plates and Year 5 students designed a seder plate. Todah Rabbah to the Hebrew teachers who ran these activities and to Lia Klugman who fired hundreds of items for us in time for Pesach.
K-2 Dramatic Pesach Celebration
We welcomed many K-2 parents and grandparents to watch our K-2 Dramatic Pesach celebration. This event was written and directed by our Hebrew Drama Specialist Ms Anna Maylis and was led by our K-2 students who performed in Hebrew and English. It included a Hebrew play telling the Pesach story and involved songs performed by Kornmehl, Year K and Year 1.
Year 6 Pesach Experience
Year 6 students and their accompanying adults had a Pesach experience entitled ‘Yetziat Mitzrayim – Leaving our Narrow Places’. This event involved lots of ruach, Pesach songs, student presentations and videos and blessings over the symbolic Pesach foods.
In the spirit of Ma Nishtana and asking questions, participants had the opportunity to learn, discuss and share their ideas around the following concepts:
Leaving Mitzrayim – leaving our narrow places: These tables explored the notion of mitzrayim as any place or time of feeling people feel constrained or limited in their lives.
Freedom from… freedom to… These tables explored questions around the nature of freedom and the responsibilities that come with freedom.
Dayeinu…how much is enough: These tables reflected on the importance of gratitude and being mindful and thankful for the good we have in our lives.
Seder symbols: What role is played by the iconic Pesach symbols and food and can we be creative and think of new or different foods or objects to represent these ideas.
Thank you to all the staff involved in this event. From the Primary Hebrew teachers teachers who prepared the students, K-2 and Year 6 classroom teachers, the P&F parent helpers, Maintenance Staff, Mr Novak Manojlovic who accompanied the students on piano and our AV technician Mr Tommaso Parisi to Lyv Akres and Noah Klein, our Informal Jewish Life Leaders for helping create and run the Year 6 event.
Thank you to Ms Stacey Rosenfeld, who organised and co-ordinated Seder foods, equipment and logistics over 10 different events, involving all students from Years 3-12.
Thank you to Sharon Arnott for capturing the Year 6 Seder. Enjoy this selection of photos.
