Happy Birthday! Or should we say “Yom Huledet Samaech!” In Hebrew School, we celebrate each child’s special day on the Jewish Calendar. Using the nifty Jewish Birthday Calculator we calculate each child’s Jewish Birthday.
How do we celebrate? A Jewish birthday is celebrated in 4 ways:
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We think about others and give extra Tzedakah (charity);
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We think about our potential and make a New-Year-Resolution;
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We think about our identity as a people and share a Torah thought or story;
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A year has passed and surely we accomplished a lot in that year…what a reason to celebrate! No birthday is complete without a party!
During ClubKEF we celebrate the coming Hebrew month's birthdays by giving each child whose birthday is coming up a special Birthday Certificate with their Hebrew birthdate, a Happy Birthday pin, and a cupcake to take home. We sing a Happy Birthday song together, and of course take a picture of the honored celebrants.
Jewish Birthday Campaign For Men, Women, and Children - celebrate with us free of charge!
•Informative reminder e-mail before your Jewish birthday including the date and customs of how to celebrate
•Special mention in the E-Torah email (first Shabbat of the Hebrew month)
•Birthday cake with a framed list of all those celebrating their Jewish birthday (yourself included, of course!) during the Kiddush luncheon of your monthly 'Birthday Shabbat' at Chabad
Hebrew School students are automatically enrolled. To sign up friends and family log onto www.TheChabadCenter.Org/JewishBirthday or click HERE
