LEC Preschool’s fourth annual Hachnasa L’Cheder – Arainfirnesh was its largest yet, with fifty boys, ages three and four, beginning their formal chinuch with song, tradition, and sweet honey.
The excited boys were carried into the grand event snugly wrapped in their fathers’ talleisim and welcomed with lively music. Led by veteran mechanchim Rabbis Yaakov Roth and Mendy Weiss, the boys and their fathers and grandfathers proceeded through the special minhagim: identifying the Alef-Beis and licking the honey off each letter, savoring the sweetness of Torah. They enjoyed a specially prepared egg and honey cake, each stamped with a possuk, and together recited the Twelve Pesukim. And then, the boys were lifted onto their fathers’ and grandfathers’ shoulders for a joyous dance!
“I always looked forward to the day that my son would have his hachnasa l’cheder,” shared parent Mrs. Michal Eleff. “It wasn’t a tradition passed down at my son‘s previous school, so I felt so overcome with emotion that, boruch Hashem, LEC celebrated this event with so much care and intention.”
The event, organized by Preschool Director Mrs. Bina Rosenblum, was “truly designed with the children and parents in mind,” says Mrs. Eleff. “There’s no better comfort to a parent than knowing that their school nurtures their child with love and care with each milestone and tradition.”
Photos by Dovid Davidsohn and Shlomi’s Magnets
