Letter from Mrs. Shere

                            February 12, 2015

Dear Ganon Parents,

    I am Colleen Shere, and I am substituting for Fraidel Schusterman in Ganon while she is on maternity leave.  I have substituted for her in the Judaic classroom twice before, and I taught the Ganon class for two years as the English teacher.  It is fun to be back, and with this great group of children.

    This week’s Parsha, or Torah reading, is Mishpatim.  Following on last week’s reading, where we received the Torah at Mount Sinai, this week’s reading describes in detail many laws on daily life and business dealings.  We spoke briefly in class about giving your animal to someone for safekeeping while you’re away, and how that person has to take good care of it.  Also, we talked about finding a lost thing, and then trying to find its owner.

    Generally, we talked about the Torah being full of mitzvot, like these and so many others.  The children enjoyed trying to think of as many mitzvot as they could.  We passed out colorful stones, and the children used these stones to brighten up the mitzvot pictures they drew.

    We began speaking about Purim, our next holiday.   Our bracha of the week is shehakol, and our bracha fair will be next week.

    I am at the school from 10 until 11:45 a.m. every day except Tuesdays.  You can reach me at cshere@hhai.org or 317-475-9769.

                   

                        Colleen Shere