Welcome to Kitah Vav (Grade 6): Meet your teacher and learn about your curriculum!
Hannah Limov (they/she)
Kitah Vav (Sixth Grade)
Hannah is deeply excited to be returning for a third year at CDT. They are a third year rabbinical student at Hebrew College, having spent the previous 8 years living and working in western North Carolina in a variety of social work positions and at various synagogues. She received her BA in Environmental Studies and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Colorado Boulder and their Master of Social Work from Western Carolina University. They believe that Judaism holds powerful wisdom for healing our hearts, minds, and the world, particularly within and for queer community. They love to adventure in the woods (particularly Jamaica Pond & The Arboretum!), dig their hands into soil tending to plant babies, dance, & sing off key with friends, particularly during shabbos.
Ila Karp (she/her)
Kitah Vav Assistant
Ila is ready to start up another fun year as the assistant teacher in Kitah Vav. She has previously worked as a Madricha for Kitah Gimmel and Nitzanim. Ila is a Junior at Boston Arts Academy and loves hanging out with friends, playing cello, and everything musical theatre. She is honored to hold an Assistant Teacher role and is super excited to continue engaging in her Jewish Community this year!
Curriculum Overview
2022-2023, Siddur Creation Project: This year in Kitah Vav students will shift from learning about Torah stories to contributing to the community by creating a Friday Evening siddur that will be used at Dorshei Tzedek for years to come. The current All Ages Shabbat siddur is in need of repair, many copies are coming apart, the font is not accessible, and it could use an update. Students will evaluate the current siddur and ask, what would be included in a siddur that reflected our values and community? Students will learn about Jewish artists and styles as they each create work to go into a Friday evening siddur. Students will deepen their connection with Shabbat and prayer as they work on their pieces.
2021-2022, Introduction to Prophets and Rabbis: Picking up at the end of the Torah, this class introduces students to a selection of stories from the Prophets with a view towards perspectives on leadership and justice. The fall focuses on the Israelite experience entering the land of Israel, including pictures of centralized religious life at the Temple. In the spring, the class is introduced to rabbinic figures and the transformation of Jewish spiritual orientation in the rabbinic period post-Temple. Following the theme of leadership, Kitah Vav students and their grown ups will have family programming with Earnest and Rabbi Toba about the B’nei Mitzvah process.