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Matok is young children’s programming at BEKI. Matok means “sweet” in Hebrew, and we hope that our programming brings sweetness to your world!

I hope that you are having a joyful and meaningful holiday!

Join us on Shabbat morning for children’s services and enjoy a Kosher for Passover Mini Kiddush with fruit and sweets.

Also, read below to learn Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Chol HaMoed–these sweet middle days of Pesach.

In This Edition

• Saturday Morning: Shabbat Children’s Services

• Sunday: No BINA

• Wednesday, 4:15-6 PM: BINA Returns

• Fun with the Parsha: Chol HaMoed Pesach

* Saturday: Shabbat Children’s Services

Each service location will be well-heated with one or more space heaters.

Children’s Havura (Birth-Preschool) meets inside in the preschool classroom.

K-2 Kehila (Kindergarten-2nd Grade) meets in Classroom 6.

Junior Congregation (3rd-6th Grade) meets in the library.

* Sunday: No BINA

BINA is on Pesach Break.

* Wednesday, 4:15-6 PM: BINA Returns

BINA will meet again this Wednesday, May 1 as we return from break.

* Fun with the Parsha: Chol HaMoed Pesach

This Shabbat, we take a break from the weekly schedule of Torah readings to focus on Passover! We call this week Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach: The Shabbat of the intermediate days of Pesach.

Literally, Chol HaMoed means “ordinary [days] of the festival.” Only the holidays of Passover and Sukkot are have Chol HaMoed days. These are both 8 day long holidays with a pattern that goes: two days of Chag (festival), four days of Chol HaMoed, two more days of Chag.

These intermediate days are both holiday and not. We don’t have the restrictions of a chag day, not to work or go to school. At the same time, Chol HaMoed still carries the sweetness and specialness of a holiday. And for Chol HaMoed Pesach, we are still eating matzah rather than regular food!

There is even a special way to greet each other on Chol HaMoed: Mo’adim L’Simcha. May these Chol HaMoed days bring you joy!

On Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach, just like on Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot, we read a special parsha: Exodus 33:12-34:26. These verses of Torah talk about how to celebrate both Pesach and Sukkot, so it fits both times.

Moadim L’Simcha to everyone!

Annie Norman-Schiff