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What an awesome way to get in to the High Holiday spirit! Over 50 people joined in learning about Rosh Hashana thru a Tashlich toss, a special bee keeper presentation, and a variety of fun booths, run by a group of dedicated volunteers! Thank you Amit Kadoch, Michelle Frid, Alex Sheron for you help! Shana Tova - May this year be one filled with Jewish memories and learning!
An amazing time welcoming Shabbat with warmth, love, music and delicious Challah! Thanks Jonathan Khersonsky and German Pinkhasova for rocking the Shabbat songs on the guitar!!
Join a once a month kid friendly Shabbat experience. Here's what one father had to say about his experience at the Family Shabbat. We would love to have your family join! "Family Shabbat was a perfect opportunity to meet other Jewish parents in the community and has already resulted in new friends. The music, the baking, and the kid-centric Torah portion all culminated in a great time for my family". - Jonathan K
Woah! 150 children brought the Chanukah spirit and the strength of the Maccabees to Marin this morning! The joyous energy of this event, with children and grandparents building their very own Menorah was truly a sight to enjoy!
Over 65 people attended Novato's first ever Shofar Factory! Children and adults learned all about the process of making a shofar, and got to sand, saw, drill, and shellac their very own shofar to take home. Happy blowing!
Shakes in the Sukkah '14
Doing the Lulav shake while enjoying milkshakes was the talk of town. Building edible Sukkah's, designing beaded star of David's as the Sukkah decoration and enjoying Sukkot activities was the highlight of the holiday! Having already enjoyed 2 family holiday events (the first was the Shofar Factory), excitement is growing for the big one on Dec 14 as we will be in Home Depot building our very own wooden Menorah's! See you there!
250+ people participated in a fun Menorah Building Workshop at Home Depot!! 153 children received a Home Depot apron and got to work hammering, gluing and painting their beautifully hand-crafted Menorahs. The heroes in the story of Chanukah were the Maccabees-which means hammer. The children building their Menorah's yesterday did lots of hammering To me it was the sound of music! The hammering of the Macabees represents the strength of the Jewish people during the time of Chanukah, standing strong for our Judaism. This hammering and strength was in full force yesterday. Am Yisroel Chai! See you this Wednesday, outside of Whole Foods Novato, for the Grand Menorah lighting and Olive Oil Press
A beautiful crowed gatherd before Purim to learn about the joyous holiday. We discussed practical lessons we can take from the Purim story and even got to see the inside of the Megillah scroll! We made all sorts of delicious Hamantashen to take home and share with family and friends! Looking forward to the next pre holiday event, as we learn about Passover and make our very own Matzah.
A beautiful day learning about Passover and how to make Shmurah Matzah from the wheat stalk to the baked Matzah. Check out the article in the Marin IJ http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20150329/in-novato-children-get-an-introduction-to-matzo-with-a-dash-of-history
What a sweet time! A wonderful family holiday event learning all about the Jewish new Year with interactive booths! We had Planet Bee foundation teach us about bees and how they make honey, with real hives, bees and fun games! Next family Holiday event is the Sukkah hop on Oct 4th, stay tuned for more info! Hope to see you all for High Holiday services at City Hall on Sept 14th, children's program is provided during services
A great experience visiting different Sukkahs across Novato, we got to say a blessing in each Sukkah, hear a beautiful Sukkot story, design our very own Lulav and Etrog, create our flags for Simchat Torah and do the Mitvzah of shaking the Lulav! Our next family holiday event is on December 6th at Home Depot for a Menorah building workshop!
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