Silverstein students explore traditions of Rosh Hashanah

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Silverstein Hebrew Academy preschool students practice blowing the Shofar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. They learned the symbolic significance of blowing the shofar as part of the school’s mission to provide a well-rounded education in Jewish cultural heritage as well as an advanced secular education. (Photo courtesy of Zimmerman/Edelson)
Silverstein Hebrew Academy preschool students practice blowing the Shofar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. They learned the symbolic significance of blowing the shofar as part of the school’s mission to provide a well-rounded education in Jewish cultural heritage as well as an advanced secular education. (Photo courtesy of Zimmerman/Edelson)
Silverstein Hebrew Academy third grade students decorate apples to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, dipping the apples in honey after a prayer as part of the school’s mission to provide a well-rounded education in Jewish cultural heritage as well as an advanced secular education. (Photo courtesy of Zimmerman/Edelson)
Silverstein Hebrew Academy third grade students decorate apples to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, dipping the apples in honey after a prayer as part of the school’s mission to provide a well-rounded education in Jewish cultural heritage as well as an advanced secular education. (Photo courtesy of Zimmerman/Edelson)

Silverstein Hebrew Academy pre-school and third grade students celebrated Rosh Hashanah in November by engaging in an interactive educational experience to learn about the customs and traditions of the Jewish New Year.

Students learned about culturally significant and symbolic food including apples and honey, as well as how they are traditionally prepared. They also learned how to make and blow the Shofar, a traditional Judaic instrument made from a ram’s horn.

The Rosh Hashanah celebration was part of the Silverstein Hebrew Academy’s mission to provide a well-rounded education in Jewish cultural heritage in addition to its advanced secular education.

For more information about the Silverstein Hebrew Academy, please visit www.shagn.org.

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