IN-PERSON Mishpachah Mornings
Tot Shabbat has rebranded ourselves!
We are now Mishpachah Mornings!
This program is geared toward our youngest children
up through elementary school.
RSVP to mishpachah@templedavid.org so that we can know
that we have enough snacks, juice, and challah!
Added September 2022
Saturday, September 17 at 9 a.m.
Happy 5783!
Let’s read, do a special High Holy Day craft and eat a special snack.
Please let us know you are coming!
Added June 2022
Saturday, June 18 at 9 a.m.
Planting Flowers at Temple
Families with kids of all ages, come join us!
Please let us know you are coming!
RSVP to mishpachah@templedavid.org so that we can know
that we have enough snacks, juice, and challah!
Added May 2022
Please Join Us on May 7 for
Shavuot: Thou Shalt
What are commandments?
How many are there?
How can they be delicious?
These and more questions will be answered
followed by homemade challah and juice
and a special Shavuot snack.
RSVP to mishpachah@templedavid.org so that we can know
that we have enough snacks, juice, and challah!
Added April 2022
Saturday, April 9 at 9 a.m.
From Pharoah to Freedom
With a Chametz vs. Matzah Taste Test!
Added March 2022
Please join us on March 12 for
Shushan Shenanigans
Adar Art Activities, Shushan Stories,
Megillah Munchies, Grogger Goings-on!
Added February 2022
Please join us on February 12 for
All Things Israel
Music, dance, crafts, books, and, of course, a taste test!
Added January 2022
Please join us on January 22 for
The Forest and the Trees
It might feel like winter, but it is time to celebrate the birthday of the trees!
We’ll do a craft, say our blessings and enjoy homemade challah, juice,
and a special Tu BiSh’vat snack.
Added December 2021
Please join us on December 18 for
Light and Darkness
As we approach the darkest day of the year,
we will explore light and darkness through crafts and stories.
Tot Shabbat and PJ Library®
Together at Temple David!
If you are not already registered for PJ Library®, sign up to receive free age-appropriate books from 6 months through 8 years at www.pjlibrary.org. You don’t need to have signed up for the books in order to attend.
PJ LIBRARY® is a Jewish Family Engagement program implemented on a local level throughout North America. We mail free, high-quality Jewish children’s literature and music to families across the continent on a monthly basis.
PJ LIBRARY® is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, made possible through partnerships with philanthropists and local Jewish organizations. Today, families in hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada are able to explore the timeless core values of Judaism through books and music.
All families raising Jewish children from age six months to eight years old (depending on the community) are welcome to enroll.
And for 9-11 Year-Olds
PJ Our WayTM for 9-11 year-olds. Members may choose one of four great books each month; write book reviews and watch videos made by kids in a safe, moderated online community, and apply to join the PJ Our Way Design Team, which helps design T-shirts, bookmarks, and other program materials.
Sign up here: www.pjourway.org
| When? | Topic |
|---|---|
| Sat. 11/20/21 9 a.m. |
IN-PERSON Heroes + Oil + Gelt = Chanukah! Let’s tell stories, sing, do a project and more! |
| Sat. 10/23/21 9 a.m. |
IN-PERSON Loving Our Neighbors! Scavenger Hut–not “Hunt” but “Hut”! Actually, three of them! Join us for special activities in each of our three sukkot: on the bimah, outside in back, and outside in front. |
| Sat. 09/25/21 9 a.m. |
IN-PERSON Scavenger HUT! Let’s figure out how we can love our neighbors through stories, activities, and songs. We will stay masked and socially-distanced but enjoy one another’s company! All Shabbat snacks will be individually packaged. |
| Sat. 08/28/21 9 a.m. |
IN-PERSON Let’s Welcome the New Jewish Year! A new year celebration with stories, a project, activities, and special snacks plus a homemade challah, of course. |
| Sat. 07/10/21 9 a.m. |
IN-PERSON Temple Scavenger Hunt Let’s get back into Temple with a scavenger hunt! We’ll check it all out together! And we’ll have homemade challah and juice and a special snack. |
| Sat. 06/12/21 9 a.m. |
IN-PERSON Planting Flowers at Temple Come help us beautify Temple by planting flowers under the green thumb of Miranda Nixon. |
| Sat. 05/22/21 9 a.m. |
ONLINE Jewish Art Let’s look at famous Jewish artists and their artwork and then make our own! Please have paper and markers or crayons near you! |
| Sat. 04/10/21 9 a.m. |
ONLINE Happy 73rd Birthday Israel Let’s celebrate Israel’s 73rd birthday! Wear something blue and white or with Hebrew on it and let’s celebrate! |
| Sat. 03/20/21 7 p.m. |
In-person in the Temple Parking Lot and Online Weiger Religious School Grades Pre-K through Second Grade cordially invite you to a Socially Distanced Havdalah service in the Temple David parking lot |
| Sat. 02/13/21 9 a.m. |
ONLINE Purim: 2 Queens, 1 King, and 1 Bad Guy! We’ll tell a story and sing. Costumes are welcome! BYO snack—something triangular perhaps? Please join us! |
| Sat. 01/09/21 9 a.m. |
ONLINE Tu BiSh’vat We are going to have a Birthday Party for the Trees In January. On Zoom. We can do it! Please join us! |
| Sat. 12/12/20 9 a.m. |
ONLINE Lighting Up the Way! |
| Sat. 11/14/20 9 a.m. |
ONLINE Cooking with the Raithels We’ll collect all the lights we have: flashlights, phone flashlights, candles, lamps, and then we’ll show and tell about our chanukiot. Join us! And… if you can have juice and challah, then the blessings will be extra delicious! |
| Sat. 10/03/20 9 a.m. |
ONLINE Sukkot: Wave the Lulav, Look Up, Sit Down We may not be together but we can still celebrate Sukkot! |
| Sat. 09/12/20 11 a.m. |
ONLINE Sweet Honey and Loud Shofarot Grab your Apples and Honey and a LOUD Noisemaker Using Zoom will not stop us from a story, project, snack (though you’ll have to provide this one!) and more. |
| Sat. 08/15/20 11 a.m. |
ONLINE How to be a Good Neighbor Let’s figure out how to make our birthdays even better by adding in Jewish games, words, songs and more. B.Y.O.C. (Bring Your Own Cake or Cookies) Using Zoom will not stop us from a story, project, snack (though you’ll have to provide this one!) and more. |
| Sat. 07/11/20 11 a.m. |
ONLINE Making My Birthday Jewish First of all, let’s figure out who our neighbors are. Are they only the people that live right next door and across the street? Shall we consult Mr. Rogers? Then, let’s figure out how to be a good neighbor. Is it only what not to do (don’t let your dog keep getting loose and making a mess)? What about what we should do? Join Us On Zoom! |
| Sat. 06/13/20 11 a.m. |
ONLINE Caring for Our World! Since we will to be online, we will meet one another’s animals and learn how we care for them, show one another our favorite tree, and much more! We may even have special two– and four-legged guests… Using Zoom will not stop us from a story, project, snack (though you’ll have to provide this one!) and more. Led by Rabbi Barbara Symons |
| Sat. 05/09/20 10:30 a.m. |
ONLINE Shavuot! On Shavuot!we celebrate when God gave us the 10 Commandments. One of them says: Honor your father and your mother. As Shavuot!, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day are all around the corner, let’s celebrate our mommies and daddies. Led by Rabbi Barbara Symons |
| Sat. 04/04/20 9 a.m. |
ONLINE Four! Four cups of wine. Four children. Four questions. Let’s explore them all together! Led by Rabbi Barbara Symons |
| Sat. 03/07/20 9 a.m. |
Let’s Learn about Purim! We’ll celebrate Queen Esther and eat some special snacks. Led by Janice DiCola |
| Sat. 02/08/20 9 a.m. |
Let’s Learn about Tu BiSh’vat We’ll celebrate the Birthday of the Trees and eat some special snacks. Led by Miranda Nixon |
| Sat. 01/11/20 9 a.m. |
Our Weekly Holiday—Shabbat! We will sing Shabbat Songs and eat some special snacks. Led by Janice DiCola |
| Sat. 12/21/19 9 a.m. |
Meet the Maccabees! We will tell the Chanukah story, make a special craft, eat a special snack, and sing songs. All in an hour! |
| Sat. 11/23/19 9 a.m. |
As Thanksgiving approaches, let’s focus on family! Let’s make a family tree and celebrate our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and more. We will have homemade challah and special treats. |
| Sat. 10/19/19 9 a.m. |
Sukkot in the Sukkah! We’ll decorate, we’ll eat, we’ll even look for stars! Homemade challah for all! |
| Sat. 09/14/19 9 a.m. |
High Holy Days Apples, honey, Birthday party for the world, books, songs, shofar sounding—we’ll do it all! And we’ll enjoy a special High Holy Day treat and homemade challah. |
| Sat. 08/26/19 9 a.m. |
Torah Let’s sing about the Torah! Let’s visit the Torah! Let’s look at how the Torah is dressed! Let’s read about the Torah! We will have sweets that make us think of the Torah, juice, and homemade challah. |
| Sat. 07/13/19 9 a.m. |
Israel Let’s talk about Israel, look at Israel, taste Israel and read about Israel together. We will have homemade challah and special Israeli treats. |
| Sat. 06/22/19 9 a.m. |
Love Your NeighborIsrael Let’s talk about Israel, look at Israel, taste Israel and read about Israel together. We will have homemade challah and special Israeli treats. How do you love your neighbor as yourself? To figure it out, let’s read books, do a project and top it off with homemade challah. |
| Sat. 04/06/19 9 a.m. |
Passover Why is this night different from all other nights? Let’s find out through stories, crafts and snacks. |
| Sat. 03/16/19 9 a.m. |
Purim Purim is our very own Jewish fairytale. Let’s learn about it together. Join us for this fun Tot Shabbat complete with homemade challah, juice, and of course, Hamentaschen. |
| Sat. 02/16/19 9 a.m. |
Shabbat Shalom Tot Shabbat Stories, a special project, and learning about Shabbaton Shabbat. Homemade Challah and special snacks! |
| Sat. 01/19/19 9 a.m. |
Tu BiSh’vat Let’s celebrate the Birthday of the Trees with a special party! Homemade Challah and special Tu BiSh’vat foods will be served. |
Please let the Rabbi know you are coming by
RSVP’ing to 412-372-1206 or totshabbat@templedavid.org
and bring your friends!
Bunnies at Temple David!
During Tot Shabbat on August 18, we learned about the mitzvah of caring for animals. Gretchen Underwood from Rabbit Wranglers was kind enough to bring our guests Shelby (white) and Guinevere (brown).
Not only did we learn about how to handle and pet the bunnies, we also made healthy snacks for them with alfalfa and bunny treats. Did you know that bunnies shouldn’t eat carrots too often? They are sugary treats that are reserved only for special occasions….the same way we only eat cupcakes on special occasions.
