PiCTuRe ThiS

A Party For Prayers

Kindergartners at Yeshivas

Darchei Torah earn their

first siddurim.

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Clockwise from top left:
Brocha Gittel Moses, Chana Malka
Lange and Sara Carmen at the siddur
party.

Rivky Gold, holding her son Michal,
takes a picture of the children.

Nechama Bayla Kahn shows her sid-
dur as she photographed by Ruth
Kroil.

Yissocher Weil and Yeshaya Hurvitz
excitedly look at their new siddurim.

I

wo dozen pairs of
small antsy feet in
dress shoes
showed through the
crack at the bottom of
the curtain on the audito-
rium stage at the
Agency for Jewish Edu-
cation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
The curtain parted to
reveal a lineup of boys
and girls, dressed in
their Shabbat best, for
the annual Yeshivas
Darchei Torah Siddur
Party, held in April at the
school's "Girls' Building"
in Southfield.
The kindergartners
received their first sid-
durim (Hebrew prayer
books), each with a
cloth bookcover decorat-
ed by the child's mother.
For these children, dav-
ening (praying) is an
exciting privilege they
had earned. Wearing
special "siddur crowns"
and crepe paper stream-
ers, the students sang
songs welcoming friends
and family, expressing
gratitude to parents and
teachers, and thanking
the Almighty for their
many blessings.
— Susan Tawil