Friday, April 1 is Matzah Mitzvah Shabbat
At the ECC instilling the values of mitzvot, tzedakah and tikun olam are integral to our program. We do what we can to engage the children in hands-on learning experiences to help teach them these concepts. For example, our Chanukah toy and our weekly tzedakah box coin collecting.
The ECC has always participated in The Passover Food Drive, which is now in its 39th year of helping those in need to celebrate Passover with dignity.
Our tzedakah on Friday, April 1 will be allocated specifically to Matzah Mitzvah.
There are so many opportunities to foster a sense of Jewish identity throughout the year. We are experiencing that with the holiday of Purim. Purim is a holiday marked by joyous activities. The children are experiencing this holiday in a wide variety of activities; dressing up, holiday crafts, giving food to those in need, hearing the Purim story, and many more classroom experiences.
Through these fun-filled activities, we fulfill the four Mitzvot of Purim.
| Mitzvot | How we fulfill the Mitzvot at the ECC |
| 1. Sending gifts to friends and family (Mishloach Manot) | Preparing Mishloach Manot |
| 2. Listening to the Megillah | Telling the story |
| 3. Participating in the Purim feast | Eating hamentashen |
| 4. Sending gifts to the poor. | Donating our Wacky Mac graggers to the Food Bank |
Kita Gimel was privileged to have Adrienne Dubb as a classroom volunteer, lovingly referred to as Nonni. We first met Adrienne as a grandmother of a student. We at the ECC are so grateful for her hard work! We thank Adrienne for her time, patience, expertise, amazing generosity and dedication. Adrienne will be fulfilling her grandmother’s duties as she awaits the arrival of a grandchild. We wish her and her family well and we will miss her very much. We look forward to welcoming her back to the ECC in the future.
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