LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF 

BUILDING COMMUNITY IN KITAH DALET

We are busy building our sacred community (kelillah kedoshah) in Kitah Dalet.  We have been talking about the importance of building connections with others to help make the world a better place and creating relationships that connect us to GOD and to each other.   Although we come from different families, schools, cities and neighborhoods, and we have different values, interests and talents, we are connected through many similar experiences and most importantly, we are connected as Jews. 

We tried our hand at webbing and talked about passing on traditions and customs from generation to generation. During the webbing exercise, students discussed the many different ways we actively participate in building our Jewish community.  We learned that our strength comes from action, and when we no longer practice our customs and traditions, our community slowly disappears.  This visual activity gave our students a unique way of seeing how we are all connected, and how when we lose our connections, our community ceases to exist. 

Our Tuesday afternoon rotation begins in the Chapel where we daven together as a community, and then we regroup to explore the mitzvot, middot, and holidays that make us one people.  We began a discussion on Rosh Hashanah, and we will continue sharing our experiences next week.  Please ask you child to share one goal they have for the New Year, and encourage them to work towards meeting their target.  

Wishing you an amazing Shabbat and an awesome weekend.  See you Sunday, Barbara