5th Grade Mitzvah Scholars Program 5785 (2024-2025)                                                                                                                                    Mitzvah Scholars is a collaborative learning program for parents and their rising b’nei mitzvah.                                                                                                        Parents should plan to attend each session unless otherwise indicated.

Shabbat, December 7

12:30-6:00 PM

Mini-Retreat & Havdalah 

5th & 6th graders should join us for an all-day program, starting with lunch and concluding with Minchah and Havdalah. Parents are invited to join their children for Minchah (Bar Mitzvah of Josh Burgess Eisenberg) starting at 3:45 PM and stay through the end of the program at 6:00 PM.

Sunday, December 15

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

5th Grade Orientation

11:00-12:00 Parents only

12:00-1:00 Students & Parents Co-Learning

Join us for brunch and discussions about the Mitzvah Scholars Program, about becoming b'nei mitzvah at OKC, and about the process of becoming a Jewish Adult.

Shabbat, January 4

9:00-10:00 AM

Torah

Student & Parent Co-Learning

What’s in the Torah? Chumash exercise: parents and students explore a guided scavenger hunt through the Five Books of Moses.

Shabbat, February 1

9:00-10:00 AM

Nevi'im

Student & Parent Co-Learning

What’s a Haftarah? We’ll explore the Prophets; seeing the different types of prophecy, what do they mean to us today?

Friday, March 7

5:45-8:00 PM

Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday Night Dinner, & Discussion

5th Grade Mitzvah Scholars Families

Families of Mitzvah Scholars should join us for Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv services followed by dinner. Our special guests at dinner will be veteran OKC b’nei mitzvah families who will share their experiences of becoming b’nei mitzvah at Ohr Kodesh.

Sign up HERE for the March 7th program

Shabbat, April 5

9:00-10:00 AM

Ketuvim

Student & Parent Co-Learning

Interactive discussion about the five Megillot and exploring their themes and messages.

Sunday, April 27

9:30-11:00 AM

D'var Torah Writing Workshop

Student & Parent Co-Learning

Join us for bagels at 9:30 and then a one-hour program at 10:00.

Learn the steps to writing a D’var Torah, followed by each student delivering a short D’var Torah in class.

Shabbat, June 7

1:00-2:00 PM

Trop Class Siyyum (Parashat Nasso)

Parents & Family Invited

Fifth graders who have participated in Trope Class during spring of 2025 will each read their text from the Torah during this celebration of learning. Siyyum will take place after Kiddush.