Leading Through Worship and Hardship Rachel Berry
Torah (Old Testament) for the first time as Jewish adults. Cantor Shpall supports them every step of the way, recording herself singing Torah portions for s Cantor Jaime Shpall enters the beit kehillah, students to listen to, correcting mispronunciations, the community room, an aura of peace radiates and adjusting wrong notes. She is not alone. A team through the room. Her wide, lively smile and laugh accompany this peace, inviting her students to look up of Madrichim, teens who have already had their b’nai mitzvahs and have come back to help, are there to to her, seeking guidance. support the students as well. The room, used for miscellaneous meet ups Shpall has a special bond with every student, and teen group meetings, has been converted into a temporary classroom, filled with 13-year-olds studying shown in her personal knowledge of their family and their interests, as well as her passing “hellos” for their bar and bat mitzvahs, a significant course of and “how are yous”. The room is mostly quiet, as Jewish study in which they are called to read from the
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