FEBRUARY 16 • 2023 | 45

Farber Hebrew Day School 
hosted a Saturday night, 
community-building Melaveh 
Malka on Jan. 14. More than 
160 people were in attendance 
for this fun event.
It started off with a musical 
Havdalah led by fifth-grade 
Judaic studies teacher Rabbi 
Joshua Strosberg. Families 
then joined together for 
singing and dancing, bringing 
the packed room to life as 
students, parents and teachers 
joined together to celebrate 
the end of Shabbat and the 
beginning of the new week. 
After the singing and 
dancing, students circulated 
through Havdalah-themed 
projects, such as creating 
spice bags (besamim), a 
Havdalah plaque and beautiful 
Havdalah candles from 
beeswax. 

Families also had the 
opportunity to play the highly 
popular Fowling game (football 
bowling) and the competition 
was almost as strong as the 
excitement in the gym. 

Of course, what is a melaveh 
malka without food? The 
evening concluded with pizza 

and fries for everyone, with a 
d’var Torah by Head of School 
Dr. Josh Levisohn. 
This event was one of 
several this year that has 
filled the need for additional 
community building following 
the lonely years of COVID. 
Families are responding 

very enthusiastically to these 
opportunities for coming 
together in person with their 
children and their peers. 
Special thanks go to Rabbi 
Ari Steinig, who conceived of 
and planned the entire event 
with the help of a number of 
other volunteers. 

PHOTOS COURTESY OF FARBER

Melaveh Malka at Farber

Elishama 
Ellis

Gila Leib

Shirli Gotlib 
and Jacob Gotlib

Supported through the generosity of The Jewish Fund and the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Family Foundation.

 
 
 
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