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Practicing
For Passover

Hi!lel students displayed their knowledge and
artwork just before the holiday.

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First-graders

Andy Tukel and

Seth Goldstein

as Moses and
Pheroah

arents, grandparents, educators and many guests enjoyed Passover early this
year at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills.
The excitement began in the Hillel Early Childhood Center where 2-year-olds
made charoset and created Elijah's cups; 3-year-olds created their own Haggadot and
stomped grape juice with their families; and 4-year-olds held their own mini-seder, cre-
ated matzah covers and mixed salt water in the science lab.
Model seders are an annual tradition at Hillel that various grades present for their
families. The kindergartners rejoiced in singing the four questions; first-graders mar-
veled at telling the story of the Exodus while displaying their handmade Kiddush cups
and candlesticks created with local artist Gail Kaplan; second-graders danced their way

through the Red Sea; and fourth-graders read from the Haggodot without missing a
beat.
Third-graders enjoyed a family program at school where they played Passover trivia
games on the Smart Board, created decoupage vases and sang holiday songs with their
parents. Fifth- and sixth-graders incorporated one of Hillel's core values, tikkun olam
(perfecting the world), by visiting residents at Fleishman and Meer Apartments in West
Bloomfield.
From early childhood through eighth grade, the children at Hillel learn what it means
to be Jewish; they learn the importance of tradition, the meaning of the holidays and
how to incorporate the teachings into their lives each day.

Marc and Becky Melamed of West
Bloomfield with their son, Ari, who is a
student in the Early Childhood Center

Kindergarten students Ethan Grey, Mia
Jacobson and AJ Goodman portray the
plague of frogs.

Early Childhood Center student Ari
Salama carefully chooses jewels to put
on his Kiddush cup.

Third-grader Jack Katz of Huntington
Woods and his mother, Rachel

Fourth-graders Bennett Grosinger and
Joshua Zack at the seder

First-graders Skylar Elbinger and Benji
Schmeltz with Baby Moses

Second-graders are ready for their
seder

Ethan, Marcie and third-grader Ben
Goldstein of Farmington Hills

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1pril 21 2011