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Lesson In Matrimony
Akiva youngsters re-enact
biblical wedding ceremony.
Avi Selesny and Golda
Rappoport, both 5, get
"married" in a mock
wedding at Akiva,
way,' Nachlas said.
Rabbi Jeff Ney, rabbinic dean of the
Southfield-based school, officiated at the
ceremony and explained that Rivka's best
attribute was her kindness.
The chatan (groom), Avi Selesny, 5,
of Southfield, and kallah (bride), Golda
Rappoport, 5, of West Bloomfield, were cho-
sen by lottery. The parents of the bride and
groom also had special duties during the
wedding ceremony.
The Early Childhood and elementary
classes as well as invited guests danced to
music, ate yummy food and made necklaces
as a reminder of the gift of jewelry given
to Rivka by Eliezer, who was the servant of
Yitzchak's father, Avraham.
Lisa Parshan is director of Akiva Hebrew Day
School's Early Childhood Department.
while classmate, Orit
Bluth, center, also 5, of
Southfield, observes.
School's Early Childhood
Department's mock wed-
ding of Rivka and Yitzchak.
In Parshat Chaye Sarah, the
weekly Bible portion, the wedding of Rivka
and Yitzchak takes place. To create personal
meaning and connection to this histori-
cal story, the kindergarten Judaic Studies
teacher, Rivkah Nachlas, came up with this
festive idea.
"It's a way to take an abstract event in the
Torah and make it come to life in a concrete
Lisa Parshan
Special to the Jewish News
W
hat would you call a day when
wedding invitations are mailed,
people come dressed in their fin-
est, and dancing and food are served?
You would call it Akiva Hebrew Day
Joe Cornell Hosts Fifth-Grade Dance
All fifth-graders in Metro Detroit
are invited to a dance party 7-8:30
p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, at the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield.
The event is sponsored by Joe
Cornell's dance program, which teach-
es etiquette, social interaction, social
responsibility and fun.
Steve Jasgur, president of Joe
Cornell Entertainment (www.joecornell.
corn), says, "The fifth-grade dance
party is an opportunity to check it out
and register for the next school year —
our classes fill up quickly and we want
everyone to have ample opportunity to
get in on the action."
Registration and a program calendar
for the 2011-2012 Joe Cornell dance
class season will be available next
month.
"ln preparation for the seventh-
grade social scene, our dance program
teaches sixth-graders social interac-
tion and social responsibility," says
Becca Schlussel, Joe Cornell vice
president.
To register for the dance, call (248)
356-6000.
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