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Mitzvah Day 2016
Mitzvah Day 2016: BRS held a Mitzvah Workshop to learn service mitzvot and there was a book swap which collected 150 books for Demelza children’s hospice.
Thanksgiving and Jewish Values
For those of us who are American, November means one thing. Thanksgiving. While it is entirely an American holiday, it was inspired by the Jewish festival of Sukkot—the autumn harvest festival. For those who like a little Hebrew word...
Forgiveness is a Creative Act
The two High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are linked. On Rosh Hashanah, we celebrate Creation and on Yom Kippur, we forgive and ask for forgiveness. These seemingly different themes are actually very well matched because forgiveness...
The Kittah Chet Shabbat morning service
The Shabbat morning service on 16 July was very ably conducted by the members of Kittah Chet to mark their graduation from the Cheder. In addition, while the Torah scroll still lay on the bimah after the Torah reading,...
Cheder End of Term
Some photos from the talent show, prize giving and other merriment from the Cheder end of term.
Menachem Av, the Comforting Month of Av
The Hebrew month of Av, a time of many of the worst tragedies in Jewish history, begins this year on 4 August. Tradition teaches that on the first day of Av, Aaron, the first Israelite High Priest and...
The Power of Prayer
In a remarkable short story, “A Tale of Three Wishes” by Isaac Bashevis Singer, three children hear a tale that whoever makes a wish late at night on the last day of Sukkot, their wish will come true. One...
Cheder Nosh!
This morning there were two nosh-fests at cheder (and that’s before they even started on the pizza etc at the youth club!). First we had Israeli snacks during break to mark Yom Ha’Atzma’ut, which had been during the week dubbed...