Today we had Hebrew School and we covered a little bit of Aleph, bet... we worked on Shin, Tuv, and Bet and while Nathan semi-knew the letters and sounds, Charlie did not but he did amazing with these letters and read his first two Hebrew words: Shabbat and Bat (daughter). He was so proud of himself and Nathan clearly needed the review and helping Charlie along was a perfect opportunity for that!
We discussed Shabbat today and went onto the "Lighting" of Shabbat (still working off of that play/show theme where we initially discussed the "overture"). In discussing the lighting, I was asked a lot of questions-- some of which I had to look up and get back to Nathan on:
1. Why do we bring our hands to our eyes 3 times when lighting the Shabbat candles -- I was able to explain about going from "darkness to light" in bringing the candles into our souls starting shabbat but no where have I been able to find out why 3 times? If anyone knows, an answer would be great!!!
2. Why do women light the candles? -- because women set the foundation for the home, according to chabad.org and this is why they have the opportunity to usher shabbat into the home
We talked about the mitzvah of inviting someone into your home, in particular for Shabbat and we read Tefillat Habayit (prayer for the home). Then each boy wrote their own prayer for our home which I will print out and laminate to read at our Shabbat table:
Nathan's blessing: May this home be shared with others, loved, have peace and be welcomed by Shabbat. Charlie's blessing: May the people int his home be good and healthy.
We ended Hebrew with a Rosh Hashannah Video that Talli sent me that goes to one of the boys' favorite songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_M5-qthA8w&feature=player_detailpage
This will set the tone for our unit on Rosh Hashannah that begins this weekend!
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