[Teachldsseminary] QUESTION: First week ideas

[Kim Malacko]

Also, for those who have a Hebrew Congregation in your town -
I am arranging with the local synagogue to take our students there for a 
tour and presentation.  They'll be able to learn first hand what the Jews 
believe, and they'll  get to  see and touch the Torah Scrolls and teffilin, 
etc.  The boys will be required to wear kippot.  They'll be able to read 
from the siddur (prayer book), and hopefully the chairman (they don't have a 
Rabbi here) will chant from the Torah Scroll.   And I usually attend a Yom 
Kippur service - which this year is Friday night and Saturday Sept. 21 and 
22nd.  It's not appropriate to take the students, but usually they welcome 
serious visitors.  For those of you who live in larger centres, you can get 
their entire calendar and attend all their services whenever you want. 
Unfortunately,  here they have just a small congregation and so only observe 
one or two services at the synagogue.  It's difficult for them to get a 
minyan (prayer quorum), so they don't have daily services anymore.  Sad, 
really.
Kim M.