Third Week Activities

THIRD WEEK, 10-17th September, 2012

HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH!!!!

L'SHANAH TOVAH!!!!

Dear Students:

Next class Monday sept 17, we will see at 1 pm in the English Lab. You will have the last chance to complete your 4 hours.

1. I hope you enjoy your Rosh Hashanan!!

2. See the video 

   

a. Why the people on the video are happy?

they are happy because it is the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah spiritual

b. What do you understand from the video? (Explain with your own words)

that they are happy that a new year is celebrated the day of God and the creation of the first man with apple. also with honey and a kind of horn that make the sound of celebration

3. Read the next article about Rosh Hashanah and complete the spaces with your own information.

• What's The Most meaningful thing in my life?   Most significant to me is my family depends on it felcidad of everyone. regardless of local circumstances     in which it finds.
• Who in my life means the MOST to me? How often do I let them know this?   My mom and my sister. and although I am not very expressive deal with them whenever I can show them how important they are to me. but should hacrlo every day.
• What are the Most Significant things I've Achieved in the past year?  continue my studies. despite some problems I could go with them and that's the most important and so I must fight.
• What do I hope to Achieve next year and in my life Generally? continue my studies, find a steady job to continue with them and demonstrate my knowledge

Rosh Hashanah - 17th September

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival. It lasts two days.

It commemorates the creation of the world.

Rosh Hashanah is also a judgement day, when Jews believe that God balances a person's good deeds over the last year against their bad deeds, and decides what the next year will be like for them.

It's a time for people to think about their priorities in life and to reflect on what has been achieved in the past year.

It's a time of asking for forgiveness for wrongdoings (sins)

It's a chance for Jews to ask questions about their actions throughout the year.

Questions considered during Rosh Hashanah include:

What's the most meaningful thing in my life?

Who in my life means the most to me? How often do I let them know this? 

What are the most significant things I've achieved in the past year?

What do I hope to achieve next year and in my life generally?

 

In the synagogue

A lot of time is spent in the synagogue during Rosh Hashanah.

One of the synagogue rituals for Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the Shofar, a ram's horn trumpet. A hundred notes are sounded in a special rhythm.

The sound of the shofar starts a ten-day period known as the 'Days of Awe', which ends with the solemn festival of Yom Kippur.

After the service a special meal is eaten at home, including:
apples dipped in honey, a symbol of the sweet New Year that each Jew hopes lies ahead
a sweet carrot stew called a tzimmes is often served
Hallah (or Challah) bread in a round loaf, rather than the plaited loaf served on the Sabbath, so as to symbolise a circle of life and of the year
often a pomegranate on the table because of a tradition that pomegranates have 613 seeds, one for each of the commandments that a Jew is obliged to keep.


4. ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE LINKS I MENTIONED BEFORE.


A. Why is not Rosh Hashanah Celebrated in January?

Rosh Hashanah, the month in which God created the world and it is from this celebration when counting the years. On this day, was created the first man, Adam.

B. How people celebrate?

they celebrate Rosh Hashanah with 6 sweet foods such as apples dipped in honey and honey cake, as the desire for a sweet year. Some families also celebrate with symbolic foods like the head of a fish, pomegranates and carrots.

The head of a fish is for us to be "like the head and not the tail." This is a symbol of having a year that we're on top and not the bottom. Pomegranates are a symbol of abundance. Have you ever tried to count how many seeds are in a pomegranate? Too many to count. We wish you health and happiness for the new year, as many good things as there are seeds in a pomegranate.

C. Where is Rosh Hashanah Celebrated?

Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means literally "head of the year" or "first of the year." Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year


D. When it is this celebration?

Jewish Year 5772: sunset September 28, 2011 - nightfall September 30, 2011
Jewish Year 5773: sunset September 16, 2012 - nightfall September 18, 2012
Jewish Year 5774: sunset September 4, 2013 - the night September 6, 2013
Jewish Year 5775: sunset September 24, 2014 - the night September 26, 2014
Jewish Year 5776: sunset September 13, 2015 - the night September 15, 2015

E. What is the relation of the Shofar and the Rosh Hashanah?

The shofar is a ram's horn which is blown somewhat like a trumpet. One of the most important celebrations of this holiday is hearing the sounding of the shofar in the synagogue.

F. What's the significance of the special Rosh Hashanah foods?

Dip apples in honey shed "sins" in a river



LISTENING

5. Watch this short video (less than a minute)


                               



a. Those What children eat in Rosh Hashanah?

apples and honey

b. What they normally do in Rosh Hashanah?

go to the synagogue with his parents

c. What they wish for Rosh Hashanah?

ask good wishes to their families

6. READY!!! A QUIZZ OF ROSH HASHANAH

• We hope that HaShem grant us a sweet new year.
• Tashlich
• Shechianu
• Teshuva, Tefillah, Tzadaka
• Micha
• Yamin Noraim
• Yom Hadin
• Yom Hazikaron
• Yom Truah
• Machzor

1. To dance!!

  

2. Review the grammar from the last class

Comparatives and superlatives 

First conditional

3. Write 100 to 200 words about

If I win the balotto, if  I won the Baloto seek a safe place for my family, I would go with all of the country for a while, then would buy houses for my family, try to make my dreams and my family really consider, would try to invest in various businesses for a future have something stable for my sons and their sons, travel around the world, invite friends and help them in what most would. learn many things, buy dogs of different breeds, I like dogs, also would have a kennel for stray dogs and try to create a specification of foundation so they can help the street dogs

The song of week