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Shabbat School Questions and Answers
On June 5, TBY held its annual Shabbatuation for all Hebrew & Shabbat School students. All of the students took part in leading the Shabbat morning services. In preparation for the morning’s presentation, Alexis Wagner, one of the teachers asked the students to answer the following questions. These questions, along with their answers, gave us insight in what they learned throughout the year. This makes it clear to all, how important Shabbat school really is, and most importantly, they enjoy learning!
1) Are you Jewish?
A resounding “ yes “
Yeah, I are Jewish
2) What does it mean to be Jewish?
It means to believe in one god and to follow the ways of the Torah
To learn the torah and the prayers
To have my Bar Mitzvah
It is special
It means you get to read the torah and you learn about Moses, G-d and other things
It means to learn Torah
We eat challah, play legos all the time
Juice is for being Jewish
You are different
It means being nice to each other
We love G-d
We follow rules god gave us; discuss & think about things
We are part of an ancient civilization
Different than other people
We believe in G-d
It means that I believe in G-d / Adonai
Studying the torah
3) How can you let other people know about being Jewish
Wear a star of David around your neck in public and be proud to be Jewish
Tell them
Tell them about Judaism
They can play Legos with me. They can wear a kippah
You can learn another language and culture
Tell them
The holidays
You should light candles on Friday night
We can invite them to our temple
That we light Shabbat candles
You can tell them about Moses, god and the torah
You can explain with songs & stories about holidays, rituals & actions
Teach them
I tell them about it and what you have to do
4) What did you learn this year in Shabbat School?
Shavuot is the cheesecake holiday
I learned about different prayers and what they mean.
I learned a different language
Songs & prayers
Pam teach me a whole lot
I learned about G-d
Letters, words and prayers
Learned about the ten commandments
I learned about Passover and Hanukkah
A lot of different stuff
Prayers
I learned about the Torah, Moses, god and the Jewish alphabet
Different songs and prayers
We learned some prayers
We learned to analyze & discuss deeper into the readings
I learn how to say words, prayer, letters
5) Is there anything you would have liked to learn about that was not taught? What?
I would have like to learn to speak Hebrew for speaking
No, I learned lots of stuff
Totspot
I would like to learn why do we have to learn to speak differently
Yes, I would like to know what my parsha will be
Yes, I would like to learn jewish translations
I want to learn how G-d made fire in the bushes to talk to the Jews
No, there isn't anything I would have liked to learn that wasn't taught
What the Yotzer Or means
I would like to learn some more hebrew prayers
6) What would you like to tell other people about TBY Shabbat school
The scenery is very lovely
It's fun, interesting & informative, with activities mixed in with lessons
How it is really fun!
You learn the hebrew language
It is fun and you learn a lot
It's awesome
We play Legos. It's fun
I learned a different language
It is cook to learn another language
It's fun
I would tell them that it is great and fun
It is very fun and you learn a lot easily
The teachers are nice and helpful
It's interesting
It's fun. We have a playground
Yes - come if you’re jewish
7) What is your favorite Jewish food? Why
Latkes - because they are good
Challah - because it is crunchy!
Jelly-filled donuts
Latkes - they are tasty good
Challah
Hamentaschen
Latkes - they are good
My favorite jewish food is the challah because I think it tastes good and because I like bread
Matzah
Latkes - because they are yummy
Matzah - it is just so good
I really enjoy blintzes because they are yummy, fun to make & festive
Challah
Latkes
Matzah - it's good
8) What is your favorite Jewish holiday? Why?
Sukkot- because building the sukkah is fun
Hanukkah, because it's fun
Rosh Hashanah because the challah looks very cool
Hanukah - I get presents
Passover
Hanukkah - we get presents
Shabbat
My favorite jewish holiday is Passover, because it is fun and I like the food
Hanukkah - because we get presents
Hanukkah - it's fun
I enjoy Passover, because it has yummy foods, fun & makes you stop and think
Hanukkah, because it's a miracle that it happened
Hanukkah, because it's fun
Passover, because you can eat chocolate at the chocolate Seder
Hanukkah
9) What is your favorite Jewish ritual? Why
Lighting the candles on Friday night because they are beautiful
My Bar Mitzvah - it felt great
Hanukah games (dreidel) because it's a break from learning
My favorite jewish ritual is singing the songs, because I like to sing
Lighting the candles
Chocolate at the chocolate seder
Blessing juice
Talking about Moses
Lighting the hanukkah candles
Blessing the challah - because we get to touch everybody
Lighting the candles
I like to throw bread in the water for the high holidays, because it's symbolic & fun to do
Lighting the candles
The Chocolate seder
10) What is the most important thing about Shabbat services? How do they make you feel?
Different ways, mostly relaxed
Awesome and good
Talking
The prayers
I think the most important thing about shabbat services is the torah. the services make me feel good
The music - it makes me feel happy
Torahmatics, because I get to learn something new
It's good be here
Doing prayers - it makes me feel happy
I think the prayers & torah reading is the most important - some prayers make me feel solemn & some joyous
Praying to god - it makes me feel happy
So we learn about god. the services make me feel comfortable
Being together