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Archives for February 2012
A Walk On The Child Side: Handy Project For Tu B’Shvat And Beyond
Every so often, I walk through my synagogue’s outstanding Early Childhood Center to see the exciting projects underway as the seasons change and the Holiday cycle rolls on. Right now, in honor of Tu B’Shvat, trees are branching out on walls and bulletin boards. I had the pleasure of watching four and five year olds […]
Bin There – Done That: More Ideas On The Way
My kids call it a mess. My husband calls it clutter. I call it unlimited potential. What are we all talking about? We’re referring to the boxes, bags, bins, and files of educational materials and resources that I’ve amassed over decades of involvement in both secular and Jewish education. The original impetus for writing my […]
Yitro: Three Preconditions of Arriving at Sinai יתרו
Rabbi David Ingber explores the narrative of a visit by Moshe’s father-in-law Jethro and discovers three preconditions of arriving at Sinai. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/059.mp3Podcast: Download
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Reaching Kitah Gimel: Our Tu B’Shvat Seder
In a previous post (“Take A Cue From The Zoo” 1/29/12), I mentioned that I was planning a Tu B’Shvat celebration for Kitah Gimel and hoped to make it a memorable sensory experience. Tu B’Shvat came. We celebrated with a gala Tu B’Shvat Seder. Was it multi-sensory? I’d say, “Yes!” – colorful JNF posters to […]
Our Connection to Nature… Our Connection to Technology
This week, in celebration of Tu B’Shevat there was a great deal of conversation about trees and our relationship to nature. I was so impressed by the connections that the children expressed feeling towards plants, trees and other living things. As I watch and listen to all that is taking place I have a sense […]
Episode Seventeen: Yitro
In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the torah portion Yitro.
In this portion, Yitro, for whom the parsha is named comes with his daughter and Moshe’s sons to see Moshe. In relationship, he becomes the first “Jew by Choice.”
Amichai explores Exodus, chapter 19, verse 5 and specifically the word Segulah. The word is translated as everything from treasure, to valued, to chosen…
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Two Jews On Safe House
Rogue agent Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) has been off the grid for the past ten years and he’s been on the CIA’S most wanted list for the last decade. CIA agent, Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) has been posted to a remote, empty Safe House in Capetown, South Africa for over a year. He’s job is […]
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Episode Twenty-Six: How To Emulate God
In Episode Twenty-Six of The Tisch Rabbi Michael Rose Knopf continues to explore Moses Cordovero’s Tomer Devorah. Each week Rabbi Knopf meets with his dedicated students at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, PA, where he serves as Assistant Rabbi, for this wonderful learning experience. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/Tisch/026.mp3Podcast: Download
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Yitro
At Sinai the shofar was sounded While thunder and lightning abounded We stood side by side While Moses inscribed 10 laws on which our faith is founded.