A special visitor - Year 2

 Today Year 2 prepared for a special visitor - Rabbi Irit.

They have started to learn more about the Jewish faith, its similarities and differences with Catholicism and how they celebrate Shabbat.

Questions included:

• What’s on the scroll on the mezuzah?

• Are synagogues different to churches?

• What do Jews do in the synagogue?

• Have you written using the Hebrew alphabet?

• What God do you believe in?

• What is a Torah?

Rabbi Irit gave us an insight into the role of a Rabbi and even showed us how to write 'Shabbat' in Hebrew - they write from right to left and their alphabet doesn't include any vowels!

She showed us her mezuzah with a tiny, handwritten scroll inside. She also showed us her Torah and explained about the 3 main sections - laws, prophets and stories/psalms.

We finished by singing along to 'Shabbat, Shalom!'

The children enjoyed learning about a different religion and were respectful and engaged.