Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai
A Helping Hand to Those in Need
Last week’s tragedy was hard to believe. Hearing the stories, seeing pictures and videos, following the news, it all felt like a horror story.
We are blessed to have had our families home safe but know others who didn’t, and who are sitting Shiva for their loved ones lost.
We spent hours thinking of a way to support from afar and alongside the beautiful letters Kadimah students wrote to those injured, we decided to fundraise for Magen David Adom (MDA) - Israel’s national emergency service.
We are grateful to those of you who donated money towards helping. Funds raised will go towards helping the organization deal with such tragedies and providing support to its brave workers who will forever be scarred.
Thank you all, and may we never witness such terrible accidents like this, ever again.
If you would like to donate please find the information below:
Account number: 06-0158-0947026-00
Reference: "MDA"
LAST WEEK…
Mazal Tov Allesia Lord
We extend a big Mazal Tov to the Lord family on such a wonderful Bat Mitzvah. Allesia did an outstanding job leading the Friday night service and spoke beautifully at her Bat Mitzvah celebration.
We had the pleasure of teaching Allesia last year when we had the chance to get to know her and we enjoyed her peaceful, wise presence at each class. May we only share S’michot together!
Bar Mitzvah History
This week’s class focused on Jewish history, BCE, first Temple, second Temple, Romans, Babylonians, Jerusalem and so much more. We enjoyed seeing the group form a closer friendship which improves with each class. The students were interested, had lots of questions and we were impressed with their existing knowledge. Looking forward to next class!
Peula Writing Day with BA
Although camp is only one week long, preparing for it takes about six months. Together with the BA mads, many hours of work, logistics and planning go into that one week, so we can ensure camp is the best it can be.
This past Sunday the team gathered to write their Peulot - the educational information we hope to pass on to our Chanichim.
Each Peula is discussed at length, planned to fine detail and executed in a fun, authentic way so our Chanichim can enjoy and learn at the same time. Well done Josh Sampson and Reuben Beattie for leading the group and this upcoming camp.
Hebrew Club at KadimahThank G-d, Hebrew Club is growing! This week we had 20 kids attend and it was loads of fun.
In light of the Meron tragedy which happened last week in Israel, we learnt about Lag B’Omer, why we celebrate it and what we can learn from our mistakes back to the time of Rabbi Akiva.
We then wrote letters for the kids and families who were injured in the Meron tragedy and learnt some new words like רפואה שלמה and how to use them in a sentence. We will send the letters to Israel this week and hopefully they will put smiles on faces.
Coming up!
BM Class 9:00AM, Sunday, AHC.
JNA - May 11, 7:30PM. Yom Yerushaliam Machane Yehuda cooking workshop. RSVP to the Shlichim please.
TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT. DON’T MISS OUT. See details on poster below.
Looking forward to a healthy, happy week.
The Fogels
Generously supported by the Joyce Fisher Charitable Trust