Fifth and sixth grade led Shabbat Service and Teacher Appreciation 5/14

Hello –

Fifth and sixth grade students will be participating in the Shabbat
Service held on May 14, 2010 at 7:30 pm.

We ask that each family participating contribute
to the Oneg, choices are listed below.  In addition, we ask for at
least 2 parents who will help with set up and clean up of the Oneg.

If you are a grade 5 or 6 parent who has not yet RSVP’d, please
complete the form below and return to the temple office, or send
your response to tboeducation@gmail.com.

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___________________________ will / will not participate in the
5th and 6th grade Class Shabbat Service and teacher appreciation on 5/14/2010.  I / We understand that we are responsible for set up and clean up after the Oneg.

I am willing to:

__ set up before the Oneg
__ clean up after the Oneg

I will bring:

__ fruit tray
__ 2 dozen cookies
__ cheese tray
__ vegetable tray
__ baked goods
__ two (2) cans of juice

Parent name: __________________________________________

Parent phone:__________________________________________

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Temple
office, 435-3400.

Please complete the form below and return to the Temple office by
Monday, May 10, 2010.

Temple Beth Or Education Office
5275 Marshall Road
Dayton, Ohio 45429
937.435.3400 office
tboeducation@gmail.com

re-dedicated by our dedication

I left the temple today feeling great. It was a long day, but one of great joy.  I watched our religious school students sing their hearts out.  I heard a gifted and well travelled artist comment on the “special ruach” of our temple.  And I watched my baby be passed, cuddled and loved upon by person after person. I saw grandmas sitting next to preschoolers, rabbis next to congressmen, architects, past presidents, and custodial staff smiling and looking around with such pride. It was a great day to be at Temple Beth Or and an even greater one to be your rabbi.

Thank you all,

Rabbi David

thanks

Thanks to the Youras and  Heumans  and all of those who helped make this day amazing. The weekend was spectacular and we should be very proud.

Temple Beth Or Dedication Information

The Meaning of Confirmation

In Talmudic times, children were allowed to perform ritual commandments (bless the Torah and wear tefillin) as soon as they were capable of performing and understanding these mitzvot.  At age 13 a young boy became “bar mitzvah“, meaning the age of majority and his father thanked God for no longer being responsible for his son’s observance.

Only in the Middle Ages, were minors barred from performing ritual mitzvot, and thus, the celebration of a boy’s first public observance –being called to the Torah for a blessing on the Sabbath nearest his13th birthday — became a celebration called Bar Mitzvah.

But the early Jewish Reformers of the 19th century were disturbed both by the timing and the relevance of the bar mitzvah ceremony.  Thus they promoted an alternative (or additional) ceremony called Confirmation. Confirmation focused on doctrine rather than ritual, was coeducational, and occurred at age 16 or 17 so as to prolong the child’s Jewish education as well as to better reflect the true conferring of religious obligations and adulthood upon the student.

While Temple Beth Or’s 10th grade has thus far been reviewing topics of Jewish literacy (things the students need to know as adult Jews in this world) we  now dedicate much of our spring to writing a unique Confirmation liturgy for the Sabbath nearest Shavuot, May 21.  Many of our Confirmands have helped lead family services at Temple Beth Or for 10 years, and their Confirmation Service is always a wonderful occasion, reflecting the class’s special memories, talents and individuality.  I know that like me, you will be delighted, with the offerings of their hearts and minds.

Shalom,

Rabbi Judy Chessin

Adult Ed classes now posted for 2010

Visit our Adult Ed page at http://tboeducation.com/adult-education/ for more information!

Fourth Grade film-making

TBO Religious School 1/31/2010

Originally uploaded by tbodayton

Lots of fun pictures this morning on Flickr.

Here, Michael kneels by some of the props our fourth grade students are using as a part of their year-long movie making project.

Want to see more photos?

Click here.

Newly revised – the TBO Education pages

Welcome to the newly-revised TBO Education information pages!  As we get information that needs to be shared, it will be posted here on this web site.

Take a look

Take a closer look at the links on the right — you’ll see a big link to the Temple Beth Or main congregational web site.  You’ll also see a big link to the current upcoming Education events, as well as one that lets you subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

Beneath those links, you’ll see links to each of our static pages:

• About
• Religious and Hebrew School
• High School
• Adult Education
• Inclement Weather Policy
• Contact us

You’ll also find links to our handbook and our one page calendar.

Lastly in that right column, you can follow our latest Tweets, subscribe to get emails whenever this blog is updated, view our photostream on Flickr or even just search this site.

Found!

Found in the religious school office today:

One pair of dark-framed reading glasses missing one of the lenses.

Sound like yours? Contact Nora at tboeducation@gmail.com.

Focus forward!