Hello all!
WE had a
fantastic lesson on Sunday and the kids were wonderful. We have had
some great weeks with lots of great learning ; I am going to miss them the next
few weeks! We went to Adler hall and watched a clip from the movie The
Croods. If you have not seen this movie yet, rent it on Netflix. It is a
blast and appropriate for the whole family. My teens still love it too!
The Croods live according to a very rigid set of rules: Anything new is bad,
stay in the cave, always be scared. The mission of the family is to stay
together and to stay alive. Why these rules? Because the world
around them was scary! The world was dangerous! They were outnumbered by
"the unknown."
We then transferred this
knowledge to the plight of the Israelites. They had been enslaved for 400
years, they were recently liberated, but had NO IDEA what this meant. They were
outnumbered by the unknown.. they were vulnerable and weak, they were
fragmented and the only way to keep them together? RULES. The 10
big ones. And then, since we are such a cranky bunch, 613 were added on…
but for the moment: 10.
WE
also discussed how ALL OF US were at Sinai for the revelation of the big 10.
I showed the kids the pictures of my family, going back to 1887 in
Lithuania and I showed them each generation from then until now. My
ancestors actually had the whole black coat and hat thing going on. I
have walls of photos of cranky looking old Jewish guys who were rabbis.
:) The kids found this SUPER interesting. If you have any old
photos, it is time to take them out. The kids wanted to hear the stories!
We
discussed TRIBEHOOD and how we are all a tribe. Ask the kids how a
handful of jellybeans is like the Jewish people… (some good, some sweet, some
look good but are not so good, some look bad and taste great, and all together,
we make quite an assortment! )
Have a wonderful Passover,
Leah
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