Chanukah in Primary One!

We have been celebrating Chanukah this week in Primary One.

chanukah story

In Kodesh we wrote about the story of the Maccabees and how the temple was destroyed and they tidied it up and the lamp was lit and stayed on for 8 days! – Kaleb and Sammy R

chanukah

In Ivrit we were pretending to be a Chanukiah with Ivrit words for the different colours. – Maya

Ichanukia

We were making Chanukiahs out of elastic bands on a special peg board. We were working our fine motor skills – Calum

lighting chanukiah

I lit the Chaukiah for the first night of Chanukah. Rabbi Rubin came in to visit us and we sang Ner-Li to him! – Miriam

reading chanukah story

The Primary Twos came into read us stories they had written about the war that happened with the Maccabees and King Antiochus. The oil was meant to last for 1 day but it lasted for 8 days until they were able to get some new oil. It was a very special miracle. – Harry

shul visit

Today we went to Shul and we sang Ner-Li to all the people. Rabbi Rubin gave us a sevivon and a donut! – Tia