feels nice.”
Meanwhile, one way
4-year-old twins Riley and
Easton Foon of Bloomfield
Hills will be sharing in the
holiday is by putting together
JFamily Detroit’s edible
sukkah craft project, which
gives kids the chance to
use tea biscuits, cereal and
pretzels to make their own
sukkah.
They’ll also be attending
services with parents
Samantha and Michael
for the holidays. “Simchat
Torah, as a kid, I remember
going to the service and
marching around with the
little Torahs,” says Samantha
Foon. “It’s really one of my
favorite things I did as a kid
at Temple Israel.”
It’s also part of her
family’s goal of giving the
kids an understanding
and feeling of community,
togetherness and shared
traditions, she says. “I
want them to have a well-
rounded Jewish education,
not just from school but
from family members, from
their congregation and
from Jewish organizations
within the community.”
Lacey Foon of Bloomfield
Hills, her husband Elliot,
and 2-year-old twins
Phoebe and Eloise will be
making edible sukkahs and
have additionally arranged
to receive a visit this Sukkot
from Royal Oak Chabad’s
mobile sukkah, which will
feature activities geared
for kids, music, prizes and
more.
Talk about it!
Shemini Atzeret is a great time of year to
think about rain and conserving water. Start a
conversation in your family:
• How do you feel when it rains and why?
• Sometimes we feel sad when it rains because it
spoils our fun. What are some of the good things
rain does?
• Rain nourishes the earth and helps plants to
grow. What things do you need to help you grow
big and strong?
• What are things we can do to save water?
Shemini Atzeret
Don’t forget about Shemini Atzeret! The holiday starts
Monday evening, Sept. 27. During this holiday, it’s customary
to recite a prayer asking for rain. It makes sense — it coin-
cides with the start of Israel’s rainy season.
Here’s an activity from JCC’s JFamily Detroit, and some
things to think about over the holiday:
How to:
Create a
Rain Stick!
3. Pro tip! If you make one
foil coil thinner and insert the
smaller coil into the larger
coil, this will really make it
sound like rain!
4. With one end cap secured,
insert the coils into the card-
board tube. Add the popcorn
kernels (or dry rice or beans).
Secure the other end cap to
seal the tube.
*Optional: Tape or glue end
caps to make the tube more
secure.
5. Now close your eyes, tip
the rain stick back and forth,
and imagine the rain falling
over the Land of Israel.
Need additional help mak-
ing your rain stick project?
Check out the JFamily
Detroit Facebook page and
JFamily Detroit Community
Facebook group for a brief
instructional video
(@Jfamilydetroit).
Need rain stick materials?
Contact jrosenbaum@jccdet.
org for more information.
2. Take the large pieces of
aluminum foil and roll each
piece into long “snakelike”
shapes. Form them into
coils by wrapping around
a stick (like the dowel rod
from your honey dipper or a
pencil).
Here’s what to do:
1. Use yarn, stickers, glue
stick, markers and other art
supplies to decorate the
outside of the tube.
You’ll need:
· A cardboard tube with
plastic end caps
· Aluminum foil sheets
· Popcorn kernels
· Yarn and stickers to
decorate the tube
MORGAN DIEHL, JCC ART DIRECTOR
Riley Foon and her mom, Samantha, of Bloomfield Hills, make an
edible sukkah.
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