Thursday, November 13, 2014

THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE RIGHT THING TO DO

Thank you to all of the families who participated in our Fall Fix-Up program Sunday morning.   The opportunity provided a wonderful and rewarding lesson for both the adults and children in our group, and our students experienced the true meaning of Gemilut Hasidim, performing a loving act of kindness.  They began to understand that being Jewish commands us to do things for others because it is the right thing to do, and we do these things not for recognition or rewards, but because we are a community and we help others when we are able.   

On Sundays we use the Torah as our textbook, and we have been talking about being created in GOD’s image and each of us has free will, the right to make the choices we choose.  This week we added in the concept of Yetzer Ha Rah and Yetzer Ha Tov, the inclination to do right, and the inclination to do wrong.  Our Tuesday afternoon students expand the discussion from a different perspective, and we have been talking about doing the right thing, ethics, values, and morals.  We continued talking about taking things that don’t belong to us, and added in different scenarios.  Ultimately, we decided that things are not always as they seem, and sometimes doing the wrong thing may not be as wrong as it seems.    Please ask you student to share some of the concepts with you.  


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