Consecration
This ceremony marks the children’s formal entry into Religious School and the beginning of their Jewish Education at Congregation Solel. Rabbinic literature teaches us the importance of making learning sweet. In the days of the shtetl of Eastern Europe the teacher often put honey on the page of a Hebrew book for the child to taste—so the child would always think of learning as “sweet.”
The Consecration ceremony is for all Kindergarten and new students currently in Religious School who have not been consecrated. We look forward to your child’s participation in services on this special evening.
This consecration ceremony is part of the synagogue celebration of Simchat Torah and is a most fitting time for our children to begin their regular study of Judaism. We will be singing and dancing with the Torah as we conclude the annual reading and begin reading the Torah anew.