Jan 10
This week at the Jewish Enrichment Center, we started our new theme: יוֹסֵף (Yosef)! After hearing the text (Genesis 37:1-11) for just the first time, the children in Nitzanim v’Anafim (“Buds” for 1st-2nd grades and “Branches” for 3rd grade) were absolutely bursting with questions and ideas. “This is Ya’akov and all his children. Everyone except …
Jan 19
A new, teeny tiny text: וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר דַּבֵּר אֶל-כָּל-עֲדַת בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם קְדֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ כִּי קָדוֹשׁ, אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם “Adonai said to Moshe, Say to all the group of the Israelites, ‘Be holy, for I, Adonai your God, am holy” ( ויקרא; Vayikra, Leviticus 19:1-2) A 9-year-old responds using micrography: “What is holy / …
