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Welcome to the HWPS Cheder Page

Our Cheder is a great place for all 5 to 16 year olds to learn about Judaism.

HWPS Cheder aims to teach children about:

Hebrew language
Familiarity with Synagogue rites and practices
Jewish studies
Community Participation
Jewish Culture

Here are some of the planned highlights for 2008/09:-

Sunday 20th September	First Day of new Cheder year
Friday 11th December	First Chanukah Candle/Family Service
Sunday 21st February	Purim Preparations
Sunday 28th March	Cheder Model Seder
Sunday 15th May	Family Service - Israel Theme
Sunday 4th July	End of Year Party

Here are the Cheder classes and teachers:-

Class	Teacher/Helpers
1	Miriam Smith & Hannah Sanderson
2	Richard Bach & Daniel Gerstein
3	Karen Brown & Lewis Smith
4	Rita Asbury, Sam Rosewicz & Miriam Sanderson

And don't forget.......THE HEBREW SQUAD.......See below or click here! Contact Lindsey Cohen if you want to join the squad!

Cheder Times
Starts : 10:00 (get there by 9:55)
Break : 11:00-11:30
Finish : 12:30

KABBALAT TORAH GRADUATION!......On the 5th July 2009, following their visit to Berlin in April, Hannah and Miriam Sanderson, Sam Rosewicz and Lewis Smith led the service and addressed the packed congregation. They are pictured below with Rabbi Frank preparing for what was a wonderful service. Afterwards, our new Chairman, Adrian Cohen, presented each of them with a High Holy Days Machzor.

SHABBAT FAMILY SERVICE......On the 13th June 2009, the Cheder children led a memorable morning service. The congregation who attended felt privileged to be there and were impressed by the high standards of reading in both Hebrew and English. Many thanks to Abbie, Alexandra, Sam, Sarah, Alexander, Rachel, Noah and Tommy.

BACK TO OUR ROOTS!.....Pictured above are the parents, teachers and children of our Cheder on their trip to the Jewish east end of London on 11th February 2007. 35 people visited former Synagogues, the former Yiddish theatre, Brick lane and the site of a Soup Kitchen for the Jewish poor. A worthwhile and enlightening trip for 3 generations!

Pictured above are our four 2006 confirmees, from left to right, Daniel Gridley, Daniel Carter, Miriam Smith and Joseph Sanderson who led the KABBALAT TORAH service on 15th July 2006. A 150 strong congregation enjoyed a moving service. All 4 read from the scroll and told us of their visit to Berlin in April and of those righteous men and women who had saved Jews during the Nazi period. Alan Solomon, Synagogue Chairman, presented each confirmee with a Machzor after the service.

Kiev Koppers.......Kiev Koppers........Kiev Koppers
Get your kids to take their loose change to Cheder every Sunday and support our sister community in Kiev, Ukraine. Rabbi Alex Duchovny, previously an assistant Rabbi of HWPS and now the full time rabbi for the Kiev community will be extremely grateful for every penny we can give to help this young community. Stop press......Over £9,500 raised to date!!!

Get your parents to join.....THE HEBREW SQUAD!!

Can your parents read, write or speak Hebrew? Are you over 16 and want to pass on your knowledge to a new generation of our Synagogue's kids? Why not come and help our Cheder on a Sunday morning? Teach the kids on a one to one basis and watch their Hebrew improve and help them become a source of pride to our Synagogue. A true mitzvah! Just ring Lindsay Cohen or the Synagogue office if you can help.