The students in Kitah Dalet have been talking about building community and what a group of people need to become a strong and viable community. In Parsha Lech Lecha, we learn Abraham is told to leave his home, and move to a land GOD would show him. Abraham takes his family and a few belongings, and puts his future in GOD's hands. Abraham's faith in GOD is the basis for all we do as Jews, and even today, we trust in GOD to help us do the right thing.
In our Sunday morning block, we talked about what makes a working community, and shared our ideas about why the Jewish community has been in existence for thousands of years, while similar communities have disappeared. We talked about the things that make us strong, and what our ancestors did to guarantee our survival. We decided all Jews share a common religion, language, food, land, and value system. We talked about the Jewish people being spread all over the world, but with these shared beliefs, we find a common thread. These threads have helped us endure through hardships and antisemitism, and have made us stronger as a people.
On Tuesday afternoon, we observed a moment of silence for the fallen heroes and soldiers working to protect Israel, and we celebrated Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Birthday. We learned about the Jewish communities in India, Morroco, North America and Israel, and came together as our Shaarey Zedek Religious School Community, eating falalfel, hummus, pita, and chocolate in true Israeli style.
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