Aaron and sons are ordained Their job is carefully explained It’s oily and bloody Messy and muddy No wonder their robes get all stained!
Vayikra Limerick
The Olah is completely consumed The Minchah is very perfumed Zevach Shelamim: Sacrifice of well being But with Asham and Chatat sin’s presumed
Vayakhel-Pikudei Limerick
When the Mishkan was finally erected The Israelites all felt connected The people’s largesse Gave God an address And the tablets were safely protected
Ki Tissa Limerick
With Aaron in charge of the fold The people could not be controlled When they cried out for Moses He took rings from their noses And made them a calf of pure Gold
Tetzaveh Limerick
The High Priest has fabulous clothes Resplendent from head to his toes With his Urim and Tummim And colors a bloomin’ People see him wherever he goes
Dancing into the Future: Teens and Israel
Spending a weekend with teens who are excited to learn about engaging with Israel is an exhilarating, and for me at least, almost a spiritual experience. I’ve just returned from The iCenter’s MZ Teen iConnect with Israel conference. Eighty teens from all over North America explored how they could make Israel more a part of […]
Taking The Time To Examine (and Re-Examine) The Burning Bush
What a whirlwind of a week it has been! Matzah baking, Haggadah making, frogs here, frogs there, frogs are jumping everywhere! It is so beautiful to watch the many ways that the children have integrated these Passover stories into their play, their work, and into their very marrow. Children are crossing the Red Sea in […]
Reaching Kitah Gimel: The Synagogue as a Teaching Tool and a Learning Opportunity – Part 3
Here are more ideas for using your synagogue as a teaching tool and a learning opportunity:Point out photo displays of past Rabbis, Cantors, and lay leaders. If possible, invite one of the individuals pictured to speak to your class about his or her role in the life of the synagogue.Similarly, if there is a photo […]
Reaching Kitah Gimel: The Synagogue as a Teaching Tool and a Learning Opportunity – Part 2
We Jewish educators are often accustomed to entering our classrooms through the education wing and focusing only on that area, but let’s consider the entire synagogue as a valuable teaching tool and a learning opportunity.In addition to the Sanctuary activities described in my previous post, here are more examples of ways to make the synagogue, […]
Reaching Kitah Gimel: The Synagogue as a Teaching Tool and a Learning Opportunity – Part 1
On a recent Wednesday, our classrooms were being used for a social action program, so the Hebrew School teachers were offered other locations in the synagogue to use as their classrooms. I chose the Sanctuary, since my Kitah Gimel students are studying the prayers for the Torah Service. They stood on the Bima and imagined […]
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