Parnas HaYom!
What is Parnas HaYom? Meaning “sustainer of the day” in Hebrew, Parnas HaYom gives people the opportunity to remember a loved one or celebrate a joyous event by underwriting the study of Torah by UHI students for a day, a week or even a year. Parnas HaYom is now conducted in countless Jewish day schools nationwide, and school supporters use it to remember a Yahrzeit, celebrate a birth, wedding, anniversary or bar/bat mitzvah, or to reap the spiritual benefits for a speed recovery (in Hebrew, refuah sheleimah) from illness. But how does it work? The students are made aware for whom they are learning through an announcement at the beginning of the day, as well as a placard at the entrance of the school noting that day’s Parnas HaYom and notices placed in the school newsletter. How can I be part of this? Individual days may be obtained for $18, a week for $72 and the rest of the year can be sponsored for $360. Days in perpetuity, along with a special Etz Chaim plaque, can also be reserved so that your loved one can always be remembered by UHI in a living, vibrant and uniquely Jewish fashion. Please contact Barbara Bell or Malka Seewald for more information or to request forms in order to reserve a special commemoration. Forms are also available at the UHI office.