Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah | Congregation B'nai Israel

Shehecheyanu!

Yes, really.  We can always find something for which we are grateful - even in these times. May Gd continue to grant us life and sustain us through these times as we create a new learning space together: students, parents, and teachers. As we create our online community, we will stretch our imaginations about what our Jewish world at CBI looks like right now. The most important thing is to see each other.  I can’t wait to see all our students together beginning this coming Sunday at 10:00 am!

Here’s what our first meeting, this Sunday, March 29, will look like: we’ll begin at 10:00 am. I will have a whiteboard up with a question for you to answer or think about when you enter the school community space. We’ll begin with an all-school meeting, by giving instructions on how to use the format. We’ll continue together with sharing and singing. We’ll talk about Passover and then we’ll separate into breakout rooms by grade: Kindergarten and under, Grades 1-2, and grades 3-7.

We’ll come back together for Tefillah. Students will be dismissed and parents will have an opportunity to share your needs and concerns. Parent support over coffee, tea, or wine? We can do that!

We know this is a frenetic time - with more demands on you than ever before.  Please head over to PRTT on Facebook to stay up to speed with what we are doing. 

Materials needed:

• Device for tuning in: If there are multiple children in your house in different breakout rooms, try to create some family distance between devices to eliminate as much extra sounds and movement. If you’re having trouble, let me know in the Zoom chat box or text me at 847-331-3048.
• Paper and markers for answering questions or drawing and holding up to screen: pencil and pen cannot be seen on the video.
• Link for Passover Haggadah for easy reference:  http://jewishfederation.org/images/uploads/holiday_images/39497.pdf 

We’re ready for some Jewish community! Make sure you bring your patience while we figure it out!

Warm Regards,
Maureen Sechan

PRTT Religious School Schedule - Welcome Back!

Sunday PRTT Religious School -  Grades 1-2, 3-7
Sunday, March 29 and April 5 from 10:00 - 11:00 am 
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvcO2hrzkiKkGx-ZqRXRp0NiqswkUTcg 
Please register by no later than this Friday at 4:00 pm to allow for us to assign you to your class cohort for our lessons.  
Parents - please plan on staying after the lesson to let us know how it worked for your family and how you are doing.  We're here for you!

18 Minute Matzah Challenge
Tuesday, March 31 at 4:00 pm
www.facebook.com/events/210676200156488
Participate in an "18 Minute Matzah Challenge."  Gather your materials and meet us on Facebook Live.  This will be a "Virtual Field Trip" to the kitchen with Maureen. Our event is open to the community - create a Watch Party and invite your friends and your grand-friends to join. 

Weekday PRTT Religious School - Grades 3-7
Wednesday, April 1 from 5:00 - 6:00 pm
https://zoom.us/j/484802599
Continue our studies of Hebrew, Passover, and Tefillah.

B'nai Mitzvah Tutoring by Appointment
We can schedule twice-weekly meetings for students according to their schedule via Zoom or Face Time. 

Congregation B’nai Israel welcomes you to our Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah Religious School! We are excited to partner with you to ensure that your child continues to build a rich foundation of Jewish knowledge in our warm and nurturing environment.

We recognize that children have differing learning styles. At CBI, we are committed to helping every student reach their full potential by providing experiences and instruction sensitive to the unique motivation and spark that exists in every child. Classroom experiences rely on art, movement, journaling, and multi-media techniques to engage our learners.

Throughout our curriculum of Hebrew, Bible, History, and Holidays we continually seek to reinforce our special relationship to our faith and to each other by identifying the common thread of Torah and ethics. We place special emphasis on Tefillah (Prayer) and Tzedakah (Righteousness) to further enhance that goal.

We are very excited to have you join our community, and we take our mission seriously: from generation to generation, CBI leaves no-one behind! We welcome family participation in our school, and we look forward to getting to know you!

Email our Director of Lifelong Learning, Maureen Sechan, for information on how to register your child or call 727.381.4900 ext 1011.