Letter Ches

Our Mail Man this week to bring us a new letter was our dear friend Dylan. He brought us the letter Ches. It has one big line on top, one big line coming down on the right side, jump to the other side and make one big line coming down on the left. Make sure the line on the left is attached to the line on top, other wise, it'll be letter Hey. :)

Dylan taking out letter Ches from envelope


Chaya Raizel begins with the letter Ches

Ariella forming letter Ches

At a Chasuna (wedding), the kalla (bride) and chosson (groom) get married under a Chuppa (wedding canopy) Chasuna, chosson, and chuppa all begins with letter Ches. Also, notice that the shape of the chuppa looks like the letter Ches. We had a little mock wedding to see how the chuppa actually has the same form as our letter of the week.

We had four friends come hold the sticks of the chuppa, Rochelle dressed up like a kalla (bride) 

and Ethan dressed up like a chosson (groom).

Challa also begins with letter Ches.

We went to the kitchen to see Morah Bella, our very own challa baker, who we have on school grounds.

Song 1: "Mix mix mix the challa

Mix mix mix the challa

Mix mix mix the challa

get ready for shabbos"

Song 2: "Sticky sticky sticky sticky challa dough, challa dough, challa dough.

Sticky sticky sticky sticky challa dough, challa dough, challa dough.

Challa for Shabbos."

For letter Ches, we wanted to make our challa for shabbos extra special so we voted for toppings we wanted to put on top of our challa. Sprinkles and chocolate chips were the winning toppings! :)


For Mommas and Pappas: 
Q: What is challa? Why do we knead and bake challa for shabbos? What is the significance for it? why is it such a special and holy mitzva especially for women? 
Click on link below to find an article that interests you.
http://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/323423/jewish/Challah.htm
Click link below for reason we braid challa.
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/480266/jewish/Why-Is-Challah-Braided.htm