Ohel Avraham

On Thursday we went into Avraham’s tent. We learned that it had four doors so that he could let people in from all directions to do the Mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim. We practiced the Hebrew words for east, west, north, and south; Mizrach, Maarav, Tzafon, & Darom.

We did Tefila in the tent and our Hebrew Morning Message. We then created the letters to spell Avraham’s name with our bodies. We had a great time!

                We made a Gimmel too because we are Gan Gimmel!

Alef

Vet

Reish

Hey

Mem Sofit!

What does that Spell???

Avraham!

Hachnasat Orchim

Tasty Torah Treats

After learning about the  mitzvah of  Hachnasat Orchim that Avraham Avinu loved to do, Gan Daled was invited to Gan Bet's classroom. Since we (Gan Daled) were the guests, we thought it would be nice to bring something to our hosts. We  brought along a terrific book called, I Go Visiting, by Rikki Benenfeld. The yeladim noticed the ryming pattern in the book and they enjoyed joining in to complete the sentences.

Following the story, Gan Bet shared a delicious snack. Each child made their own tent cookies using chocolate chip cookies, yummy vanilla frosting and brown ice tea crystals to remind us of the desert and a chocolate kiss to resemble a tent. The children not only enjoyed making the scrumptious cookies but enjoyed eating the cookies alongside their friends too!

Todah rabah to Gan Bet for being amazing hosts!

Be Our Guests!



Bruchim HaBaim LeGan Bet! We excitedly welcomed our friends from Gan Daled, while practicing the mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim, just like Avraham Avinu!

Our gracious guests brought a story to share with us.....

And Gan Bet served up a snack in turn, as we made Avraham's Tent Cookies!

 



We spread some frosting.....

 

Sprinkled some "sand".......

 

And placed the "tents" on our "desert" cookies.....

 

We enjoyed time with our friends from Gan Daled all the while!

 

 

 

 



Let's Do Lunch

We had very special guests in Gan Daled, Emma Shore's great grandmother, Mickey Bernstein and her friend Rose Weinblatt, both residents of Daughters of Miriam, came to our class. Emma's father, Jonathan, and her brother, Ben, came as well. After joining us during music where they enthusiastically sang, clapped and played on rhythm sticks and tambourines, they watched the children dance. The ladies shared lunch with us. Mickey and Rose admired the tablecloth designed by the children and asked to keep the floral centerpieces made by the class. As Jonathan had to return to work, as well as drive Mickey and Rose home, the two friends took the delicious cake
baked by the children with them.

It was a wonderful and moving experience to see three generations in our classroom. We are so glad that we were afforded the opportunity to observe the mitzvah of Hachnasot Orchim in such a meaningful way.

Gan Daled Welcomes Shabbat

This past Friday we were excited to put into practice the mitzvah of Hachnosit Orchim Gan Daled invited Gan Gimmel to be guests at our Shabbat party. We enjoyed sharing our food and friendship. It was a most enjoyable morning.

Avraham's Tent

This week Gan Daled learned about the mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim from Parsha Lech Lecha. After we spoke of how Avraham welcomed his guests we had a chance to visit his tent. This interactive, hands on Parsha experience truly brought to life our forefather's love for this mitzvah. The children enjoyed dramatizing the story of Avraham and the three angels. As expected, Avraham and Sarah treated the Gan Daled visitors to a delicious snack.

We really got our hands wet as we continued re-enacting scenes from the Parsha. The children helped make a well and filled it with water. Just as Avraham used well water to wash his guests' feet, Gan Daled is using the well water to wash their hands for Hamotzei.