Hebrew Learning Circles

What Is The Legacy Passage Bar and Bat Mitzvah Program?

We have developed the Legacy Passage Bar/Bat Mitzvah program as a response to the incongruous experience reported by many a Jewish family after their child’s big day. Legacy Passage is designed to enable a new Bar/Bat Mitzvah paradigm. We approach Bar/Bat Mitzvah holistically. The program treats the Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation period and ceremony as a Jewish celebration of the child’s entire self - body, heart, mind, abilities, family, people-hood, and soul - not only as an initiation into synagogue life and membership… continue reading »

by Rabbi Modek, January 3rd, 2010, 5:55pm Tags: Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, Haftorah, initiation, Jewish education, Jewish legacy, Jewish tradition, life cycle, Parenting, religion, rite of passage, synagogue, tutor Posted in Bar Mitzvah / Bat Mitzvah

Home As Hebrew School

Home Is Where The Hebrew School Is (By Julie Wiener. Published in The Jewish Week, NY, Dec 15, 2009) For 12-year-old Juliet, of Sleepy Hollow, getting to Hebrew school each week requires no carpool. Instead, on Mondays at 6 p.m. she waits in her living room, and Hebrew school comes to her… continue reading »

by Rabbi Modek, December 23rd, 2009, 1:28pm Tags: Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, homeschooling, Jewish education, Jewish tradition, life cycle, synagogue, Temple, tutor, tutoring Posted in Bar Mitzvah / Bat Mitzvah, HLC Article