BEKI Kids

Shabbat will be snowy! 

We are expecting 5-8 inches of snow overnight!

BEKI will be open on Saturday morning for the intrepid. There will be no organized children’s services, but service rooms will be open for kids who want to play.

In This Edition

• Saturday: No Organized Children’s Services Due to Snow

• Sunday: No BINA

• Wednesday: No BINA

• Save the Date: Saturday, January 10, 6:30-8 PM: Pajama Havdalah with PJ Library

• Fun with the Parsha: Vayigash (This Week with At-Home Discussion Question and Parsha Video!)

* Saturday: No Organized Children’s Services Due to Snow

It’s a snow day Shabbat! There will be no pre-organized children’s services at BEKI, but the service rooms will be open with toys, books, and parsha plays.

* Sunday: No BINA

Religious school is on Winter Break until 2026. We’ll see you back in the classroom on Sunday, January 4!

* Wednesday: No BINA

BINA will be on Winter Break.

* Save the Date: Saturday, January 10, 6:30-8 PM: Pajama Havdalah with PJ Library

Join us Saturday, January 10 at 6:30 PM for Havdalah in your pajamas!

Celebrate the sweetness of Shabbat’s close with PJ Library, Ezra Academy, and Shore Chadash. Get ready for a fun sing-a-long led by Shore Chadash’s songleader, Adam Blotner. Wear your best PJ’s for a PJ Library style pajama party. Enjoy a Havdalah themed craft, pizza bagels & more! Event hosted at Ezra Academy, 75 Rimmon Road, Woodbridge.

* Fun with the Parsha: Vayigash (This Week with At-Home Discussion Question and Parsha Video!)

Parshat Vayigash tells the end of the story of Joseph and his brothers. It is full of excitement and drama! The sons of Jacob are begging Pharaoh’s most powerful advisor for food during the famine. Little do they know, that advisor is actually Joseph, their own brother.

Joseph tests his brothers by asking them to betray another brother, just like they did to him so long ago. Benjamin is the baby of the family, Rachel’s only other child, and someone who also received special treatment. Joseph accuses Benjamin of stealing, and demands to keep him in Egypt, while all the other brothers go back to get their father.

Tempted to take a similar action in betraying a brother, this time, the sons of Jacob make a different choice. Judah stands up and explains that they cannot abandon Benjamin. Their father will be too sad.

Joseph sees that they really have changed. He bursts out in tears and explains that he is Joseph. He does not want his brothers to feel bad for sending him to Egypt so long ago. Rather, God made this happen on purpose, so that Joseph would be able to protect and save them. Joseph finds a home and food for his family in Egypt. He is reunited with his father Jacob there, so that the whole family can finally be together.

DISCUSSION QUESTION: The Rabbis taught that there is one way to really know someone has made teshuvah: changed their ways after a bad mistake. That is when they are faced with a chance to make the same mistake again, but instead, they make a better choice. Can you think of a time when you faced a familiar problem, but chose to respond to it in a better way?

PARSHA VIDEO: Here is a video about Joseph’s reunion with his brothers from the fabulous BimBam.