Morah Anat shared one of her family’s special recipes. The sufganiot (Israeli donuts) were delicious!

Ingredients:
4 cups of flour
2 1/4 cups of milk (a little warm, not hot)
2 eggs
1 1/5 Tbl. sugar
peel of 1/5 lemon
2 1/2 tsp. yeast
1 tsp. vodka (we didn’t use this with the BERSers)

Directions:
1. Place flour in a large mixing bowl and create a hole in the center of the flour.
2. Pour in the sugar, yeast, and half the milk ( 1 1/8 c.)
3. Mix, then cover the bowl and allow it to rest for 10 minutes.
4. Add about 3/4 c. of milk, lemon, and vodka (optional), mix gently.
5. Once the dough thickens, add the left over milk. Sometimes you may need to add a little extra milk depending on the flour.
6. Cover the bowl with a plastic bag and kitchen towel for about 1 hour.

Cook:
Heat oil in a frying pan. Place 1 tbs. portions of the dough into the oil and fry until done.

You can inject the sufganiot with jelly and dust with powdered sugar, if you would like.

Bon Appetit!

***These are delicious!!

A big todah to Iris Daniel for teaching while Morah Liat is in Israel. The children loved the Hanukkah songs Morah Iris sang with them!

FYI: Every week we take lots of photos. Many are taken by our little photographers at BE. The kids are taking turns capturing our religious school mornings to share. Last week’s photographers were: Sean, Marina, Sarah, Sophia, Iris and myself!

Have a fantastic week!

Shereen Ben-Moshe

Kitah Alef, Morah Anat’s class created an amazing hanukkiah. Each child wrote a prayer they wished for their family on a candle. They also spent the morning learning about the Parashat, singing songs and working on their Hebrew skills.

Morah Lital’s class worked on their Hebrew skills. She taught them some new Hanukkah songs and commented on how impressed she was with the songs they already knew.

Morah Bev’s class practiced the Friday night prayers and read about the history of the Hasmonean Period.

Vania and Marina worked on a new portion of the BERS Torah project. They created a picture of the story of Rivka and Eliezer at the well.

We also had Aviv, Morah Lital’s husband, come talk about Israel Birthright trips. He showed some great pictures of the fun things they did on the trips he led as a soldier in the Israeli Navy. Aviv also talked about working for the Minister of Minority affairs. During that time, he helped create some important laws that helped Israel’s religious minorities. He did a wonderful job explaining the Israeli system and even had a selfie of him in the prime minister’s office. Judith gave the children each a piece of pottery from an archeological dig that is 2000 years old and from the time of the Maccabees!

Another fabulous Sunday at BERS!!

See you next Sunday!

L’Shalom,

Shereen Ben-Moshe