Do you know what a shoresh is? If not, ask a JEC student in Ramah 3 or above at the JEC and they will tell you. The Hebrew program that we piloted last year and implemented this year, teaches our students about the shoresh of a word, the root. That is to say, Hebrew words are based off of three root letters that help you to understand the meaning of the word (for example seder, siddur, beseder all have the same root and meaning order – the Passover seder has an order, the siddur house the order of our prayers, and when things are going ok, it is all in order). Our students, even our youngest students are learning that they can make sense out of Hebrew by noticing the root of the word. Our K-3 enjoy learning a Hebrew word of the day with the Cantor and trying to connect the word to another Hebrew word they have learned in the past. At home, why not make a game of it – try and associate one Hebrew word that you know and try and find others that sound similar, you may be looking at a Shoresh. I’ll start – Kiddush – you go next.

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JEC Dates of Note
March Session Dates: 3, 7, 10, 17, 21, 24

Tallit and Tefillin: 7, 14, 21

First Shabbat Program

Saturday, March 6th, 3rd-6h grade service

March 21 – School Passover Program

March 28 - April 4 Spring/Passover Break

SDJHS session Dates: 3, 10, 17, 24

Renee B. Rittner, MSW, MAJS, MAJE, M.Ed

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