The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-13
iecis of instruction.

Beginning with the third year. the
child is taught to translate tue Bible.
At first. simple portions from the Pen
tateuch are chosen, but as the child
passes from grade to grade, he takes
up such portions of the Bible as Judges,
Samuel. Kings. Psalms, etc. Very little
time is devoted to this subject in the
au average of from two to two and one
half per week of biblical instruction is
given. The postgraduate class has be-
gun the story of biblical commentaries,
and at present time is being initiated
into the study of Rash In the original
Hebrew.
Hebrew is taught with twO-fold
purpose: To give the child the facility
to read at sight portions of the Bible
and the prayers and to give him some
facility in reading ard writing modern
Hebrew.
In the first grade the child is taught
to read from the Reshith Daath. This
is followed by the study of such text
boks as Rabbi Reichler's Hebrew Man.
ual, the Schachraith, the Sepher Hatal-
mid, and finally the Bible proper. He
brew grammar is taught in the highest
grades Prayer Book teaching has also
two-foid purpose: To give the child
fluency in reading the daily, Sabbath
and holiday prayers; to acquaint the
child with the arrangement OF the
Prayer Book, so that he may be easily
| able to follow it when he goes to the
synagogue for services. When the child
completes the Reshith Daath, he is
| Immediately introduced to the Prayer
Book itself, no intermediary textbook
being used. Several of the most i'm
portant prayers are selected and trans
lated Some of these are the morning
and evening prayers, the eighteen bene-
dictione, the Sh'ma. etc.
! A regular instructor in music visits
ench class once II eek and instructs the
children in the singing of various He
brew and English songs and hymns,
which songs are afterwards sung at the
Sunday morning assemblies and Sab
bath afternoon services.
A special course. covering four years
of instruction. has. therefore, been pro
vided for pupils who are above twelve
years of age who come to the school
without having received any religious
of parents and others, meet in the
school. There are also literary clubs
n G,ee Club. Scout Club, the school
choir and the like.
A parents Association created TO en-
list the interest of the parents in the
school itself is gradually growing NOR,
important and active. 1t aims to make
the parent feel responsible not only foi
sending his child to Hebrew School
hut osee that the Hebrew School
which his child attends is efficient
and to use his efforts to improve it
There are many poor children in the
ncighborhood. and the Parents Asso
ciation has felt that its duty is to raise
wunds to supply these children witt
clothing and to provide their families
with food and other necessities. Or
Passover n number of needy families
were helped with all the necessar!
Passover foods and quite large mum
her of children were given articles ol
clothing ON Purin and Chanukah tho
Parents Association provided gifts OF
candy for each pupil in the school
The funds of the Parents Association
are raised by the sale of tickets fol
the Chanukah and Purin entertain
ments. and by the payment of MONTH!
dues by the members. AT the present
time there are over 125 active paying
members. A Sabbath afternoon service
has recently been organized. severa
boys from the school act as cantors
The children also compose the choir
conduct the services entirely, and fill
the auditorium every Saturday.