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Every year we support the Hong Kong Community Chest Dress Casual Day. Carmel School will be participating in this event on Tuesday 31 October.
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We concluded Yom Kippur elevated. The sounds of the prayers are still playing in our heads. We feel fulfilled and pure. We have dwelled on the past, understood our mistakes and asked for forgiveness. Now, what is the first action we take? We build the Sukkah to commemorate our forefathers’ journey through the wilderness.
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Grade 11 student Hinako has made local headlines after publishing with her Personal Project: Beach Board, a board game designed to raise awareness about beach environmental issues in Hong Kong.
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“Yom Kippur atones for transgressions between a person and Hashem. Yom Kippur does not atone for transgressions between a person and his friend, until he makes peace with his friend”
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On Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 September, G4-10 students went to take part in our annual Tashlich at the Aldrich Bay waterfront.
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As we all wait for the time of Shofar blowing over Rosh Hashana, we must ask yourselves: “ what I should be doing or even thinking during the blowing?”
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Carmel School alumnus Eitan Fischer has published a non-fiction book about his experience growing up.
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On Wednesday, Elsa High School students participated in a Shofar-making activity with the help of Rabbi Mendy.
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This week's parsha, Nitzavim, is always read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah. This passage has numerous parts that relate to Rosh Hashanah. The book of Nitzavim discusses our devotion to G-d, the Torah, as well as the mitzvot.