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Bayit to Bayit Presentation Outline Alternative to traditional religious school
 * What is Bayit to Bayit?**
 * Meets twice a month on Sundays for 3 hours
 * Families celebrate Shabbat together once a month on a Friday night or Shabbat morning
 * Home study materials provided for parashat ha shavuah
 * Adults and children learning at their own level
 * Interactive learning

Holistic
 * Temple program supports, enhances, facilitates Jewish life at home
 * Curriculum touches on holidays, Shabbat, Torah, how to be a mensch, Tzedakah, social action and mitzvah projects
 * Not just learning but doing – at home and at shul

Community
 * Families connect with one another in small havurot
 * Community oriented program
 * Family Shabbat dinners or lunches at homes
 * Establish relationship with clergy and synagogue leaders
 * Involvement in community Tzedakah projects
 * Provides a way for day school families to connect with synagogue

Intangibles Not just informative but tranformative
 * Spiritual nourishment
 * Lifelong learning
 * New social networks

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