Hello All! We had another FANTASTIC week at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek. I am so impressed with our 6th graders. I
have taught this class for 6 years and usually by now, the kids start
slogging. That is the what I call the mental point where one is mentally
jogging and then the brakes start to come on and the synapsis go SLOWER than
usual. Anyway, while they might be slogging at home, they are NOT
slogging at shul. They are ON IT!
On Sunday we partnered with JFS and made some soup,
cornbread, and comfort packs for the homeless in Detroit. The kids were
amazing. I hope that they went home and shared their culinary skills with
you. There was some leftover soup, and we had a taste of the mushroom
barley soup. Phenom! Again, the children were focused and fully
participatory in this program. They really enjoy community service
work. This is such a blessing. I am proud of them. I have
some community service time sheets for Sunday, if they need any to complete bar
/bat mitzvah hours or service hours at school.
On Tuesday, we continued to delve into the narrative of
Sodom and Gomorrah. We discussed the balancing act of partnering with God
and how do we do this when it seems one sided. We talk to God, but does God
talk back? The kids worked on a Minecraft and Lego activity to experience
this dilemma. The kids all had a mission: build a house, castle, park, mall
etc… and then the kids had different jobs. For instance, some had to make
the castle walls tall, others had to make the mall colorful, others had to make
the castle pretty, others had to make the mall big. They had to work
together WITHOUT communicating. So, they had to really observe their team
mates’ behaviors to see what they were doing. This way BOTH groups could have
their mission accomplished. It was frustrating, but they got it done!
We then broke up into discussion about how do we know what
God is telling us. How do we wrestle with God when we have a one sided form of
discussion. How do we listen? How do we observe?
It was a great talk. Proud of them.
See you Sunday. Thanks for all you do,
Morah Leah
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