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Wait, Wait... One More Turn
By Jason Stoogenke
Abby Sherman doesn’t ery at
drop off anymore.
The biggest issue these days is
whether to take the stairs or the el
evator.
The elevator has the “pretty
eool” buttons, so her father, Allen,
says it “tends to win out.”
Then it’s the long walk down
the hall to her elassroom, the
threes, with Mr. Mario and Ms.
Julia.
Instead of tears now, Abby has
her routine.
It’s a long one, espeeially for
dad. But, it’s well worth it, to see
Abby not just happy, but exeited
for sehool.
She takes off her jaeket. Then,
they do the “eountdown.” 5 ...
4... 3... 2... 1. Sure, dad has to
throw in some deeimal points to
make the eount last longer, but,
still, there are no tears. Just
smiles.
They do the hug. One they
demonstrated for me. Abby’s arms
ehoking dad. Her legs tueked
under.
Then ... the hand off Usually
to Mr. Mario. Maybe he gets a
hug. Dad gets a fist pump.
Abby hits the ground running,
usually going after the “table
toys,” her yogurt, and her “Jammy
Sammy.”
Sound familiar? It should. Any
parent knows drop-off. How they
used to dread it. And the faet that
they don’t anymore speaks vol
umes for CJP.
For Allen and Abby’s mother,
Suzy, CJP is more than just a plaee
with “no more erying anymore.”
They eherish the Judaiea pieee,
how Abby “knows more Hebrew
than I do.” How she knows the
prayers and wants to do Ha’motzi
over the ehallah.
Suzy loves the interaetion Abby
is learning ... and eherishing.
Suzy says, “She blossoms there.”
And Suzy doesn’t say things
lightly.
Like many of Abby’s elass-
mates, she walks around with eon-
fidenee. Like she “owns the
plaee.”
And what a plaee to own. With
Ms. Patti’s musie, Ms. Debbie’s li
brary, and Coaeh Dan’s gym. Es
peeially Coaeh Dan. Abby hears
the name. Her faee lights up.
And it’s not just about Abby.
Her parents have met friends
here and enjoy the sense of eom-
munity too.
They eonneet with other people
who have ehildren the same age.
Children who seem thrilled and
enthralled when you walk in.
Children who shout “your
mom’s here” or “your dad’s here,”
making a “surprise” piek-up im
possible.
They’re just too exeited to keep
a seeret.
Maybe that exeitement is why
Abby has a hard time leaving eaeh
day.
She ropes mom or dad into
pushing her on the swing on the
new playground.
One push beeomes two, two
beeome three, and so on.
It’s like Abby’s drop-off
“eountdown” in reverse.
Instead of dad working in one
and three-quarters, one and a half,
one and a quarter, to make it last
longer.
Abby does the stretehing. And
she does it so well ... and her
elassmates like CJP so mueh.
Soon Abby’s parent is pushing as
many ehildren as the swing-set
holds.
“Filled to the max,” Allen says.
“I’ve done many fair share
hours at the swings during piek-
up,” Suzy jokes.
So the days when drop-off was
the hard part seem long gone in
the Sherman household. And
probably many other CJP homes
too. Now, getting the ehildren to
leave sehool is the ehallenge.
For more information about
having your ehild Learn, Grow,
and Conneet with us, please eon-
taet Alyson Kalik, CJP registrar, at
704-944-6776 or akalik@shalom-
eharlotte.org. Half day enrollment
for the 2012/2013 sehool year for
ehildren ages one to five is eur-
rently underway. ^
Preschoolers’ Wedding Teaches the
Mitzvot of Jewish Weddings
By Leah Levin
A few weeks ago, the Jewish
Presehool on Sardis held our an
nual wedding. During Judaiea, the
ehildren learn about the various
eharaeters from the Torah. Two
sueh eharaeters are Yitzehak and
Rivka (Issae and Rebeeea). In the
aftermath of all of our fun wed
dings, I thought I’d share some in
teresting tidbits and information
on Jewish wedding eustoms.
Veil Covering
In eonneetion with the above,
one of the eustoms is for the
groom to eover the bride’s faee
with a veil. This dates baek to the
times of Yitzehak and Rivka.
When Rivka first met Yitzehak
she eovered her faee out of mod
esty.
going
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Standing under the chuppah.
Today we see the veil as a form
of renewal, and a new vision be
tween the bride and the groom
that brings a long lasting eonnee
tion.
It is also at this time that the fa
thers and grandfathers of the bride
and groom give blessings
to the bride. I know that for
me this was probably the
most emotional time of the
wedding.
Now the funny thing is
that under the ehuppah,
while my faee was still
eovered (it is a Chabad
eustom to have a veil that
is opaque), I was laughing
hysterieally and so glad
that no one eould see. We
have some very funny rel
atives and some really in
teresting eomments were
baek and forth.
White
It is a eustom for the groom to
wear a white “kittel” whieh is a
long white eoat. Why? The wed
ding day is like a mini-
Yom Kippur for the bride
and groom. On this day
they are forgiven for all
past mistakes and are
ready to start anew. This
is a also a speeial time for
the bride and groom to
pray for those who are
siek, ehildless, ete.
Chuppah
Why a ehuppah? The
eeremony takes plaee be
neath an unenelosed
eanopy, open on all sides.
This is a demonstration of the
eouple’s eommitment to establish
a home whieh will always be open
to guests, as was the tent of Avra-
ham and Sarah.
Breaking the Glass
This is one that we all know
Breaking the glass.
and that is shown whenever some
one is depieting a Jewish wed
ding. This reminds everyone that
even at the height of our personal
joy, we must, nevertheless, re
member Jerusalem, and yearn for
our imminent return there.
Aeeording to another interpre
tation, the breaking of the glass is
a metaphor for the finality of the
bond that has been established.
Just as a broken glass ean never be
reeonstrueted, so, too, we pray
that this relationship last forever.
Did you know?
One last fun faet - did you
know that is aetually a mitzvah to
attend a wedding to make the
bride and groom happy? Next
time you are at a wedding, re
member that while you are having
a good time you are also doing a
mitzvah.
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