Hello All! We had a fantastic week this week. Thanks to
everyone who participated in Fall Fixup. The weather was beautiful; the kids
were fantastic; the clients were happy! It was a win/win experience for
everyone involved. I know that I left the event feeling terrific.
My group helped a woman in Oak Park who was a Holocaust survivor. She
shared with us her story, showed us pictures of her trip BACK to see the
camp where she spent 4 years of her life, and she was so kind and
grateful. It was a treat. I was honored to hear her stories and
help her winterize her home. I also can say that when I returned to MY
home, and looked at ½ an acre of unraked leaves, it made me wish that I had the
CSZ team behind me with rakes and bags. I have a LONG road of raking ahead of
me! Anyone want to come over and rake? J
On Tuesday, we were lucky enough to have Rabbi Starr speak
with us about writing a D’var Torah. This is our workshop that we will be
working on for the next month. Rabbi Starr introduced a text to them and showed
them how to go about asking questions about the text. He modeled the
behavior during our session. The kids were PHENOMENAL. The questions that
they asked were SPOT ON. They were attentive, engaged, excited. It was such a
pleasure to watch their young minds just spin. Torah scholars in the
making!
We then moved on to read the next line in Vayera. This was
about how Abraham got his guests milk and meat. The kids had to answer
the million dollar question: WHY is this weird? Bravo to Noah M. for
realizing.. wait “that is not kosher!” We then looked up the rules of
kashrut while playing a real live action Angry Birds game. It was a
blast. On Sunday we will watch a short video on the rules of kashrut and
discuss eco kashrut.
Have a wonderful week and see you Sunday,
Leah
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