KIDS Issue 976 · August 30, 2023

The Right Note

Letters from parents, teachers, and students as they reflect upon school years past and share their dreams for the one that’s starting

The Right Note
Dear Parents of the Adorable Yingele About to Learn Alef-Beis,

IS your little prince asleep yet? His backpack right next to his bed where he can see it?

I’m sure you’ve talked to him endlessly about going to cheder, about having a rebbi and not a morah, about the davening and learning he’s going to do, and of course about the toys and the slide in the yard.

You may have butterflies. You hope the system won’t be too harsh or strict, that the class isn’t so large he’ll get lost, that the rebbi will be wise and kind, that he’ll even notice him.

I want to tell you what’s happening with your son’s rebbi the night before cheder starts.

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