B'nai Mitzvah: Crossing the River (CTR) Learning
Crossing the River (CTR) is a two year program through our Religious School that nurtures and prepares students to become a B'nai Mitzvah, if they so choose. At Nevei, our goal is to help students and their families connect to this important part of their own personal and unique journeys.
CTR 1 is the first year of our program. Students meet on Sunday mornings and Tuesday afternoons throughout the year. Highlights of our CTR 1 program are:
- Four Worlds focus (body, heart, soul and mind)
- Specific ritual study with Rav Bracha
- Introduction to Torah Study and the Tanach (Old Testament) through "Weird Torah"
- Mitzvah project learning + group planning
- Community-building (Relational Judaism approach to welcoming, belonging and connection)
- Social aspects of B'nai Mitzvah through the new Moving Traditions B'nai Mitzvah model developed by Rabbi Daniel Brenner (we are a pilot participating program this year)
- Parent + student learning classes
- Siddur Hebrew learning: decoding, reading, vocabulary, developing personal prayer meanings and chanting
- Hebrew infusion + community building through chuggim (electives)
- Community fieldtrips + guests
- Arts focus project: Creating a personal tallit + tying tzitzit (including study on the meaning of the tallit)
CTR 2 is the second year of our program. Students meet on Sunday mornings and Tuesday afternoons throughout the year. Highlights of our CTR 2 program are:
- Four Worlds focus (body, heart, soul and mind)
- Specific ritual study with Rav Bracha
- Introduction to Torah Study and its deeper meanings
- Individual mitzvah project support
- Community-building (Relational Judaism approach to welcoming, belonging and connection)
- Social aspects of B'nai Mitzvah through the new Moving Traditions B'nai Mitzvah model developed by Rabbi Daniel Brenner (we are a pilot participating program this year)
- Parent + student learning classes 
- Siddur Hebrew learning: decoding, reading, vocabulary, developing personal prayer meanings and chanting
- Introduction to learning Trope
- Hebrew infusion + community building through chuggim (electives)
- Lifecycle learning through guests and fieldtrips
- Community fieldtrips + guests
- Arts focus project: Creating a personal siddur that represents the individuality and thoughts of each student