Sifriyat Pijama returns to HALB

The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach held its first Family Sifriyat Pijama event of the year last week.

Over 40 families strong, with children in preschool through the third grade, this event brought families and community together while emphasizing Ivrit and Hebrew culture. A story reading of the November Sifriyat Pijama book, Maaseh BaChatulayim (A Tale of Two Cats), was led by HALB’s Bnei Akiva shlichot, Ayala Gozland and Moriah Hertz. The two cats, one black and one white, were good friends who began to envy one another and ultimately realized that each was unique and special in his own right.

Activities, all completed b’Ivrit, related to the story and its characters, as well as to the pitgam, yehi kvod chavercha chaviv alecha keshelach, which expresses the value of treating one’s friend’s dignity with as much respect as one would treat his or her own. All participants took home a copy of the story, along with the various story-related projects and crafts that her or she created.

Special thanks to Sifriyat Pijama and its donors, preschool directors Morah Lisa Zakutinsky and Morah Felicie Ackerman, Ayala Gozland, Moriah Hertz and Morah Elinor Israeli.