The 2nd week of Hebrew School started to feel a little more settled (a LITTLE more). Everyone found their way to the right rooms, and we got into the subject matter. Hebrew is still being fine tuned as some students still needed to be evaluated.
Core Strength- Jewish Values
We again began with sit ups and push ups while reciting the 7 values (middot) of Shir Hadash. I think we will all be in great shape by the end of the semester!
This week we discussed Kehilla/Community. What is a community? How many communities are we part of? Some examples are School communities, Neighborhood, Scouts, Jewish Community, Shir Hadash, etc. We talked about things that we do for our community that we might not do for complete strangers, even if we haven;t actually met the community members. We watched a short video about Operation Solomon, that brought members of the Ethiopian Jewish Community to Israel. Then we made puppets of members of our communities, including one that looks just like Rabbi Eitan!
Hebrew- While Morah Limor was finishing up the last of the evaluations, we all joined together with Morah Forouz and played Hebrew games.
Heroes and Villains of the Torah - Noah
We began with a rousing rendition of the Floody Floody song, you all remember it from summer camp. Here is a link to it on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQjYJdtwoc
As I was the only one to sing, it became a little bit awkward, but I persevered!
We discussed the attributes that Made Noah a hero, and discussed if he would be considered a hero today, or was it just by contrast to the rest of hte people surrounding him? We pretty much all agree that he would be not that special today. We made Ark Diorama's some of which are on display in the room if you want to take a look.
I will be out of town at a family wedding next week, but if you have any questions please drop me a note.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
For the week of 9/11/16
And....We're off!
The first week of Religious school has come and gone. One or two minor glitches arose and were quickly sorted out. Next week we will all get to Tefillah (services) with Rabbi Eitan, everyone will be assigned to their Hebrew class, and be in the right Judaica choice.
First hour-Core Strength- Jewish Values we discussed what are Values, what are Jewish values and where do we find them in the world.
We watched a video about using words that hurt or words that help. The students were able to determine what values were demonstrated in the video. We also did sit ups and push ups while reciting the values in both Hebrew and English (it is core strength, after all.)
The Hebrew word often used is Midot (middot) in Yiddish Middos.
the 7 Middot (core values) of Shir Hadash are :
Hebrew-Almost everyone was evaluated by Limor Wasserman, our Hebrew specialist, who will assign them to their appropriate Hebrew class. after the students were evaluated, we played Hebrew Bingo, getting in some good practice remembering letters and vowels.
Third hour -Hero's and Villains of the Torah
As a class we discussed what makes someone a hero, hhat sort of personality traits a person has to have to be a hero. Is a Hero always good? We talked about Super Heroes' and the students got to imagine their own superhero and what their super power would be and how they would look. We will be talking about Noah next week and what made him a Hero of the Torah. We will be working on a Class Comic book for a semester long project.
See you all on Sunday,
Morah Lynne
The first week of Religious school has come and gone. One or two minor glitches arose and were quickly sorted out. Next week we will all get to Tefillah (services) with Rabbi Eitan, everyone will be assigned to their Hebrew class, and be in the right Judaica choice.
First hour-Core Strength- Jewish Values we discussed what are Values, what are Jewish values and where do we find them in the world.
We watched a video about using words that hurt or words that help. The students were able to determine what values were demonstrated in the video. We also did sit ups and push ups while reciting the values in both Hebrew and English (it is core strength, after all.)
The Hebrew word often used is Midot (middot) in Yiddish Middos.
the 7 Middot (core values) of Shir Hadash are :
- Kedusha (Holiness): Pursuing spirituality in our lives
- Hochma (Wisdom): Enriching Jewish life through the study of Jewish sacred texts, history, language, literature and civilization
- Kehilla (Community): Connecting students and parents together in a caring and sharing larger Jewish “family”
- Derech Eretz (Thoughtfulness): Being a mensch; behaving with kindness, compassion, respect, dignity and sensitivity
- Tikkun Olam (Healing the World): Improving the lives of others, the environment and the world around us
- Hidur Mitzvah (Beauty): Elevating life, worship and learning through the creative arts
- Ahavat Yisrael (Love of Israel): Supporting and visiting Israel – the homeland of the Jewish People
Hebrew-Almost everyone was evaluated by Limor Wasserman, our Hebrew specialist, who will assign them to their appropriate Hebrew class. after the students were evaluated, we played Hebrew Bingo, getting in some good practice remembering letters and vowels.
Third hour -Hero's and Villains of the Torah
As a class we discussed what makes someone a hero, hhat sort of personality traits a person has to have to be a hero. Is a Hero always good? We talked about Super Heroes' and the students got to imagine their own superhero and what their super power would be and how they would look. We will be talking about Noah next week and what made him a Hero of the Torah. We will be working on a Class Comic book for a semester long project.
See you all on Sunday,
Morah Lynne
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