This past school year Miriam Simcha learned to read Hebrew. Each week a different letter or vowel was introduced and by the end of the year Miriam Simcha was reading quite smoothly. All the proud mommies assembled for the class Siddur Party. One highlight was the girls singing through medley of niggunim that they had learned throughout the year- one for each letter of the Aleph Bais! I'm amazed at the wealth of knowledge Morah Devorah has given her this year: torah, kriah, stories, Nigunim.
I've always loved singing and these nigunim that took me years to learn now grace our nightly bedtime routine. Miriam Simcha will call out a letter and I'll sing the corresponding nigun. One night Miriam simcha asked me to make the night light brighter because she couldn't see Bubby Miriam's aleph bais. I was caught off guard. my mother's aleph bais needlepoint graced my childhood bedroom until I married and now hangs prominently in my children's room. I hadn't realized that Miriam Simcha was using it as a guide.
although i dont remember my mother and I don't know much about her,I feel connected to her in this moment. This small momento from the past has become the cornerstone of the future. I'm extremely proud of my daughter, of the person she is becoming, and I'm proud that she is brining her Bubby along on her journey.
