Dear 7th Grade Parents,
We started off our learning session on Sunday discussing the 3 ways to change G-d's judgement of us after G-d has inscribed our fate on Rosh Hashanah and before it's sealed on Yom Kippur...1) prayer 2) repentance and 3) tzedakah.
We started off our learning session on Sunday discussing the 3 ways to change G-d's judgement of us after G-d has inscribed our fate on Rosh Hashanah and before it's sealed on Yom Kippur...1) prayer 2) repentance and 3) tzedakah.
Then we learned about the Jewish method of repenting and
delved into the details of the mitzvah of Tzedakah even further. We've discussed Maimomedes Tzedakah ladder and the different levels of holiness and ways that we can give tzedakah.
After some text based study and discussion, we took the opportunity to make our very own Tzedakah boxes so we could put our learning into practice. (Please see attached pictures). We also made a tzedakah box for our classroom so that we can routinely donate when we are in our classroom.
After some text based study and discussion, we took the opportunity to make our very own Tzedakah boxes so we could put our learning into practice. (Please see attached pictures). We also made a tzedakah box for our classroom so that we can routinely donate when we are in our classroom.
On Tuesday we continued our High Holiday preparations. We thought about who we
are--including what about ourselves we are most proud of, what makes us
happiest, and how others perceive us. After this thought provoking exercise we
learned a Reb Zeisha quote about how we will be assessed at the end of days and
what that means. This text focuses on us being the best person we can be and
that God does not measure us based on what others have been able to accomplish
in their time on Earth. We delved into the significance of being measured
against our own abilities in light of our weaknesses and being proud of who we
are with all of our individual uniqueness and holiness.
I'd like to point out that the Hebrew term for being different is the same as the Hebrew term for holiness! WOW!
Then we learned about the importance of community through the story of Rabbi Eliezer. Through this story we delved into what it means that the Torah is not in Heaven. Instead, the Torah is now in our hands to argue over it's meaning and proper observance. Over the course of our learning we came to understand that being the best person we can be and living up to our potential is a lifelong pursuit.
Shannah Tovah!
Morah Emily Hollenberg
I'd like to point out that the Hebrew term for being different is the same as the Hebrew term for holiness! WOW!
Then we learned about the importance of community through the story of Rabbi Eliezer. Through this story we delved into what it means that the Torah is not in Heaven. Instead, the Torah is now in our hands to argue over it's meaning and proper observance. Over the course of our learning we came to understand that being the best person we can be and living up to our potential is a lifelong pursuit.
Shannah Tovah!
Morah Emily Hollenberg
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