We love Shabbat. It is a special holiday that comes every Friday, and it is fun. That's why we think it should be shared. We enjoy sharing it with moms and dads, grandmas and grandads, and maybe even aunts and uncles. Every Friday we choose one child to be the Shabbat child. On his/her special day that child invites his/her family to our classroom. We sing some songs, we say the blessings, we eat, we chat, we have fun.
We wanted to make this day even more special, so we let the Shabbat child bring the Challah Bear home for the weekend. Challah Bear goes home with a special Shabbat bag with Shabbat items in it.
The reason we decided to do something like that is because we thought it would be good if the children could bring home something to share this special holiday.
To make the bag, I bought a plain canvas bag and decorated it with fabric puff paint, though I did sew on some parts (the flowers, candle sticks, and the Kiddush cup).
In the bag we put Challah Bear, a Kiddush cup,
a tzeddakah box,
candle sticks, real candles, kippahs, a challah cover, and a challah roll.
We ask the family to take some pictures while they are out with Challah Bear over the weekend. When they bring the bag and Challah Bear back we ask them to bring the picture back for Challah Bear's journal.
At the end of the school year we make copies of the journal. We attach all the pages to make one journal for each child as a keepsake from our school year.
Shabbat is here, Shabbat is here,
We are so glad that Shabbat is here.
Candles burning bright, it's Friday night ,
We are so glad that Shabbat is here.
Shabbat Shalom everyone.
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