The main part of our lesson today was about the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah, which happened be celebrated September 13th through 15th this year. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, it is a special time to reflect upon the mistakes made that year. Either things that were knowingly done wrong, or helpful things that you chose not to do.
During this holiday a shofar is blown. The sound of the shofar(a rams horn) is a reminder to look inward and repent. And the children began working on their own shofars which they will bring home next week.
Finally, we began working on our first song together. It is called 'Haida' and it is a ancient Jewish folk song. Make sure to ask the kids what Haida means. :)
I had planned on letting the kids listen to a few samples of the shofa, but we had some technical difficulties. Here is the link if you would like to listen with them..
www.youtube.com/watchv=j8t1r2DSxsg&list=PLnG9OF7ADgElpAyEar9Yv500GYonmSR9&index=1
