Rabbi Goldstein told the children, against the background of joyous music, that he loved the atmosphere at the school, with its love of Torah, Hashem and Shabbos.
He said that the Shabbos Project was an opportunity for all the Jews in the world to participate. He asked the children to make sure that all their friends – some of whom were not Shabbos observant – took part in the project.
“Shabbos is light. It comes in with the light and goes out with the light,” he said. “We are trying to bring much light into the world.”
Armed with “squishy emojis”, the Chief Rabbi quizzed the children on aspects of Shabbos, presenting them to the pupils, who came up with the correct answers. He said that 1 357 cities in 96 countries were part of the project.
Rabbi Goldstein, Rabbi Dovid Hazdan (dean of the school) and Rabbi Mordechai Rodal sang and danced with the children.
