Grade 7 students and their families had a memorable evening on Monday, November 6, at the annual Bar Mitzvah Workshop. Leading up to bar mitzvah season, students gather to learn more about what it means to become a bar mitzvah and how to appropriately celebrate the occasion for themselves and with their friends.
Students beautifully presented a short speech about the meaning of their Hebrew names and the divrei Torah were collected into a packet for everyone to learn more about their friends’ names and forge a deeper connection with their classmates.
The program also included a special demonstration from a sofer, Rabbi Zvi Chaim Pincus. Rabbi Pincus brought in various materials related to t’filin and spoke about the process and the meaning of wearing the special spiritual item. The famous “Schnitzel Guys” were also in attendance to bring some ruach, and they demonstrated how to appropriately and effectively dance at a simchah. And of course, a delicious dinner was catered by Smash House Burger in Kew Gardens Hills.
Special thank you to Mr. Jacob Grossman and Rabbi Ephraim Bernstein for organizing such a beautiful evening.
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