Pics from Mezuzah craft-thursday Dec 27

Welcome to 'Mezuzah land'

Hop on board and get ready to stop at 'Mezuzah land'.This Thursday December 27 we will be decorating Mezuzot covers and we will hear a great story called, 'Welcome to Mezuzah land'. We will also get to see the inside of a real Mezuzah and learn about how Mezuzot are made.

Hope to see you! shterny

Come along and hop on to the mitzvah train!

Throughout the school holidays we will be completing an exciting
project called ‘My mitzvah train’.

Each week we will be making a craft with a mitzvah theme and then adding a wagon to our very own mitzvah train.

This Thursday December 19 will be the mitzvah of Tzedakah-charity. Each child will be able to decorate their very own tzedakah box! We will also learn a new song about Tzedakah and hear a story called, ‘The very best place for a penny’

Come on in and enjoy the ride!
C u on thursday!

Shterny

School holiday fun!

YES we are open throughout the school holidays and YES your welcome to bring along older siblings too! Watch this space as each week we will be doing a special activity so don't forget to check the blog regularly! If the weather warms up we will have a paddling pool for the kids..fun fun fun!
keep u posted!
shterny

Pics from our chanukah party!

Chanukah celebrations!

Ima Veani Pre-Chanukah party

Come celebrate..Next thursday,November 29 9:30-11:30

* mini menorah lighting * Chanukah songs *Menorah craft activity
* Sufganyot * Gifts for the kids (bring along a small gift to swap)


Family Chanukah celebration, Sunday December 2 2007

Chabad for Israeli's together with 'Ha-Moadon Ha-Yisraeli' invite you
and your family to a Chanukah party for children 0- 12 yrs.

* Make your own menorah *sufganiyot *Shirei Chanukah
* Dmei Chanukah( bring along one gift per child)

3:00- 5:00 at "Ha-Moadon Ha-Yisraeli" 23 Saber st Woollahra
Cost: $5 per family

Chag Sameach!

Chabad for Israeli's and F.R.E.E. present Menorah lighting at the beach!

December 9 2007, 6pm outside Bondi Beach Pavillion

*BBQ * Music *Jumping castle *Dancing * Menorah lighting * Sufganyot

some pics from sundays carnival

Sunday's Carnival Review

A big thank you to all the volunteers that made our challah booth such a success! Leanne,Mark,Ayelet, Orit,Sharon,Sarah,Bassi,Idit and Anat-i couldn't have done it without you! just for the record...i made 6 batches of challa dough that's approx 100 people that came through our stall!

special mention and thanks to Idit for organising the roster,buying the products and picking up the air tank!!

Here are some pics..(coming soon..)

For those of you who wanted the recipe..i am posting it again...here it is.. I hope to see some new faces next week..stay tuned for more updates!

Raisin Challah

4 cups warm water
2 tbspn dry yeast
4 eggs
½ cup oil
½ cup honey
½ cup sugar
2 cups of raisins (or to taste)
14-15 cups flour
1 tbspn salt

Glaze: egg whites and poppy seeds or sesame seeds

Method:

Pour warm water into a large mixing bowl. Stir in yeast, and then add eggs, oil, sugar, honey and raisins. Mix well and add about half of the flour. Stir well

Let mixture rest for 45 minutes (covered with a damp cloth)-an hour, until the yeast is bubbly, this is the first rising.

Add the salt and most of the remaining flour. Mix and knead on a lightly floured board, adding flour only as necessary to be able to handle the dough. The dough should be soft. You may let the dough rise again for another hour if desired.

** Mitzvah of ’Hafrashat Challah’- Separate Challah “Before you take the Challah, you have to say the Bracha
"ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וציוונו להפריש חלה- then take a fist size portion in your hand and say the blessing and burn it. ( read below for more details.)

Place Challah in greased pans and let rise for 45-60 minutes

Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Brush tops of loaves with beaten egg and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake for about 45 minutes to one hour for loaves or 30 minutes for rolls. Remove from pans and cool on racks.

** The Mitzvah of Hafrashat Challah, separating Challah, is one of the three Mitzvot entrusted especially to the Jewish woman. This Mitzvah embodies the belief that all of our sustenance comes truly to us through G-d’s Hand. Just as we may not use the dough unless we have separated Challah, so too a portion of our livelihood is always reserved for the giving of charity which is given freely — “of the first and the best.”
Our sages tell us that observing this Mitzvah “will cause a blessing to rest on your house.”
Challah is separated before the dough has been divided and shaped into loaves.

Come and visit our 'Challah making' booth at the childrens festival this sunday!!

Ima ve-ani will be having a 'challah making' stall at the festival on sunday (see flyer above) we would love to see you and love it more if you can Volunteer some of your time to help run the activity..let me know if you can ASAP!

hope to see you there!

Welcome back!

After a little break over the Chagim we were back in action last thursday. Welcome Sara and children Ellanor and Noam..thanks for joining us! hope to see you again! thanks to all of you for coming back,,what a great turn out it was! enjoy the pics
Special thanks to IDIT for the photo's!!

Simchat Torah

Come and celebrate Simchat Torah!This Thursday night oct 4 2007..

Fun for the whole family..dancing..dinner and treats for the kids!
No Charge and everyone is welcome!
6:30 pm-late at Bet Knesset Harambam 255 old south head rd Bondi (Betar building)

Chag Sameach!

Pics from Sukkot BBQ & Picnic

We had a great time on monday..getting messy with the edible sukkah's and making colourful flags for simchat torah! it was a GREAT turnount..with over 40 people! thanks to all of you who came and made it a success!
hope to see you on simchat torah! (see post above)


Galia, Liron and TOmmer


Noam Diamont

Sukkah Party

Come and celebrate Sukkot with the ‘Israeli community’ Monday October 1 2007 (Public holiday) with a family picnic at ‘Thomas Hogan reserve’ Francis st, (opposite Bet Knesset Harambam) from 11am-2pm

Program includes:

. BBQ in the Sukkah
. Build your own edible Sukkah
.Make your own Simchat Torah flag
.‘Arbat Haminim’ hunt
. Novelty races
.Shake the Lulav and etrog
.Raffle

In the case of rain, party will still be on! For further information please call Shterny 0410348770 or email shternad@tpg.com.au Chag Sameach

'Ima Veani' in the Jewish news-(last week's edition)

Kayla's party..this week at playgroup

Happy Birthday Kayla! Leanne would like to invite you all to join in celebrating Kayla's third bithday this thursday (Sept 20) at playgroup.Also, I am in the midst of planning a Sukkot party (Sukkot begins sept 26, for one week)so stay tuned for more info...

take care,Shterny

SHANA TOVAH UMETUKAH!

I would like to wish you and your family a Shana Tova, may this year bring you much happiness, love and 'Nachat' from your children. I would like to extend an invitation to you and your family to join us at Bet Knesset Harambam (Betar building, old south head rd Bondi) for the Rosh Hashana Tefillah, the Shofar blowing ( kids love that!) will be around 11am both Thursday and Friday morning. There will be a children’s service as well.

Wishing you all the best
Shterny

Raisin Challah recipe

Hi everyone!

firstly, thanks to all of you who joined in the Shabbat lunch last week, i hope you enjoyed yourself, i certainly did! This week at playgroup we will be making cards for Rosh Hashana, for those who missed out and hopefully we will have the shofar factory come , some time in the next two weeks, on a sunday, to make real shofars with the kids.. i will keep you posted when i have it confirmed! hope to cu u this thursday

below is last weeks challah recipe..the best so far!! so i have heard....

Raisin Challah

4 cups warm water
2 tbspn dry yeast
4 eggs
½ cup oil
½ cup honey
½ cup sugar
2 cups of raisins (or to taste)
14-15 cups flour
1 tbspn salt

Glaze: egg whites and poppy seeds or sesame seeds

Method:

Pour warm water into a large mixing bowl. Stir in yeast, and then add eggs, oil, sugar, honey and raisins. Mix well and add about half of the flour. Stir well

Let mixture rest for 45 minutes (covered with a damp cloth)-an hour, until the yeast is bubbly, this is the first rising.

Add the salt and most of the remaining flour. Mix and knead on a lightly floured board, adding flour only as necessary to be able to handle the dough. The dough should be soft. You may let the dough rise again for another hour if desired.

** Mitzvah of ’Hafrashat Challah’- Separate Challah “Before you take the Challah, you have to say the Bracha
"ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וציוונו להפריש חלה- then take a fist size portion in your hand and say the blessing and burn it. ( read below for more details.)

Place Challah in greased pans and let rise for 45-60 minutes

Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Brush tops of loaves with beaten egg and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake for about 45 minutes to one hour for loaves or 30 minutes for rolls. Remove from pans and cool on racks.

** The Mitzvah of Hafrashat Challah, separating Challah, is one of the three Mitzvot entrusted especially to the Jewish woman. This Mitzvah embodies the belief that all of our sustenance comes truly to us through G-d’s Hand. Just as we may not use the dough unless we have separated Challah, so too a portion of our livelihood is always reserved for the giving of charity which is given freely — “of the first and the best.”
Our sages tell us that observing this Mitzvah “will cause a blessing to rest on your house.”
Challah is separated before the dough has been divided and shaped into loaves.

This week at playgroup..

hey everyone!

thanks to all of you who replied and are joining us for the shabbat lunch this weekend,i'm sure we will all have fun..for those of you still waiitng to reply..it's still not too late!!

this week we will be making a special personalised Rosh Hashana cards (see above) to send to Saba and Savta in Israel....and we will be making challah again, but this time it will be round challah ( I hope it looks as good as the pic..) with sultanas 'Lichvod Rosh Hashana'. we will also start singing our 'Shana Tova ' songs..so please bring your Cd's!

Hope to see you again this week!!

making challah- (can't get sound yet..)

Doing the 'ooga'

Coming up for this week...

Firstly, thanks leanne and Idit for your comments! it's great to have a little feedback,,actually shows me that there are some of you reading this blog!!

This week at playgroup we will be making challah..AGAIN..but with a new recipe..i also have some nice colouring in sheets for the kids and they will be able to colour in a candle stick and decorate it...

hope to see you!

a reminder..if you are planning on joining us next week for an inspiring,tasty and fun shabbat lunch, please confirm as i am starting to add up numbers for catering..

take care!!
shterny

p.s i sent some pics to the jewish news so if you do not want your pic to be published let me know ASAP!!

Challah covers and challah baking today

well, shmully is in bed, (covered in green paint...)and shira is out.. so i have a couple of minutes free to post..it was fun today wasn't it??, painting for our first time..we will be doing that again! thanks mirriam for all your help! challah baking was a hit again..i think we will be doing that again..and again..and again...soon we will vote for the best recipe..enjoy the pics! keep u posted and make sure to keep on checking for updates!

a beautiful peice..whose was it??

our artwork
Shira and me

Amalia the artist

Kayla and Zara (great to see you again!)

קבוצת "אמא ואני" חוגגת שלוש שנים

קבוצת "אמא ואני" חוגגת שלוש שנים

כל המשפחות הישראליות מוזמנות להצטרף אלינו לסעודת יום שבת מסורתית

תאריך25: באוגוסט 2007
בבית כנסת הרמבם (בנין ביתר) 257 Old South Head Rd
זמן: תפילת שחרית 9:30
סעודת שבת -2:00-12:15
מחיר5 2 דולר למשפחה

*חמין של שבת
*אוירה טובה
*בואו לפגוש משפחות ישראליות/דוברות עברית
*תוכנית מיוחדת לילדים
*מרצה אורח: הרב לידר בנושא:
"שימור החדוות הנישואין אחרי ילדים

להרשמה ופרטים אפשר להתקשר לשטרני 0410348770
אימייל: shternad@tpg.com.au

Shabbat lunch-change of date AUG 25

hi

just letting you know that the Shababt lunch will be on AUGUST 25 (instead of the 18th) Invitations will be sent out in the mail in the next two days..i will post one on the blog soon! hope you and your family can join us!

This weeks activity-Challah covers

hi everyone

hope you are all well..still waiting for YOUR feedback..c'mon post a comment or two..tell us all how the challah turned out last week..
this week, we are going to be making challah covers..(see pic below) so come on and join in the fun! we also, (hopefully, if i am organised enough!) will be making challot once again!


just one more thing: i would love to start a 'mini' discussion sesion on various topics each week, so we will try to fit in right before circle time (approx 10:15) this weeks topic will be,;how to make shabbat more meaningful for the children (based on last weeks handout)! we'll give it a try and see how it works..bye for now

10 ways to make shabbat more meaningful for your family

hey
for those that didn't get the handout today i posted the link

http://judaism.about.com/od/jewishfamilyfun/a/family_shabbat.htm

Enjoy!

P.s when i get the time..i'll start putting up posts in hebrew too..

our shabbat party today!

We had so much fun today making challah and having a shabbat party! we will be doing it again for sure! thanks to all of you for coming! enjoy the pics..hope the challot cooked (and tasted!) alright...let's hear some comments!

Shavit and Maayan

Rina and Guya..& shmully..hard at work!

Idit and Amalia!great to have you join us again!

Shabbat table

lighting the candles

Leanne B, Kayla, Sharon and Lilly

Shabbat party tomorrow!

just a small note to let you know that we will be having a shabbat party tomorrow (Aug 2), we will be making challah and learning some new shababt songs! hope to see you there..feel free to bring a long a friend or two!

Ima Veani-shabbat lunch Aug 18 hold the date!!

hey everyone

save the date Aug 18-we will be celebrating "ima Veani's' 4th birthday with a special shabbat lunch, all current,past (and future!) families of playgroup are invited to join! program includes: delicious Israeli style lunch with hot 'Chamin', guest lecturer and special program for the kids with games,storytelling and heaps of fun!

i will email an official invite soon with the final details..i hope you can come! stay tuned for more info ...

Welcome

a big hello and welcome to our new blog, i hope to update regularly with pictures and updates of up and coming activities..when i figure out how to post in Hebrew i will add that too...stay tuned...