Rabbi Felix Aber Religious School
2011 Registration Instructions
The program of the Rabbi Felix Aber Religious School of Temple Beth-El begins with Preschool and runs through High School. Our preschoolers and their parents meet once a month to learn about the Jewish holidays.
Kindergartners and first-graders attend classes on Sundays, and study the holidays, Bible stories and Jewish concepts, and begin learning some Hebrew.
Second through seventh graders attend school twice a week: --on Sunday mornings and Wednesday afternoons -- for a comprehensive program which includes Hebrew, Liturgy, Bible, Jewish Ethics and Values, the Jewish Calendar and Life Cycle, History, Rabbinics, Jewish Literature (classical and modern), etc.
In preparation for greater participation in the life of the community, and to enhance their study of the Liturgy, each class participates in a Shabbat Service once a year.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah training begins in the second semester of sixth grade and continues through seventh grade, with sessions in class as well as private weekly lessons with the Rabbi. The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Family Education Unit is an opportunity for all members of the family to take part in the learning which precedes the joyous celebration.
Our Midrashah (Hebrew High School classes) are open to all post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah students, who attend once a week and enjoy a varied program including such subjects as Comparative Religion, Conversational Hebrew, and Yiddish Literature in Translation.