Seekers Updates 4/27-4/28: Mitzvot
Kita Alef with Stephanie
Class this week was sweet as usual. Some students joined at 3:00-3:30pm to jumpstart their Hebrew learning skills. All of Kita Aleph is invited to join this learning using the same Seekers Zoom link.
Today, Kita Bet learned about how we can make ourselves holier and more connected to the Creator by performing Mitzvot. We played a fun Mitzvah guessing game where we each chose our favorite Mitzvah and had to draw it or act it out, and the rest of the class had to guess what mitzvah we chose! It was so much fun!! Kira played a game with her dog to show that it's a great mitzvah to love and take care of our animals. Hiram chose one of the 10 commandments, do not steal, and drew it beautifully!
We learned so much today and then reviewed it all with a game of True or False. We learned that if we practice the Mitzvah of loving our fellow as we love ourselves, we will be performing many Mitzvot in the process! Being Jewish is cool because we are always working on becoming better holier people:)
Kita Gimmel with Yardena
Kita Daled and Zayin with Heather
This week we studied the parsha (torah portion) Kedoshim. The parsha lists many acts of holiness- ways that we take care of ourselves, ways we respect other people, and ways we respect the land. We spent a good chunk of time discussing what holiness means to us and what we consider holy acts. Then, we discussed possibly the most famous line from this parsha "love your neighbor as yourself". By looking at this verse along with the verses before it (which include "don't hate your brother (we translated this as sibling!) in your heart") we were able to parse out how identifying our own emotions helps us to best love ourselves and those around us. In culmination students had the opportunity to make feeling wheels, tools that help them to categorize and identify their emotions, as well as which emotions signal to us that our needs are or aren't met. You can check out examples in the slides posted in the Google Classroom.
Kita Hey with Yonatan
Class this week was sweet as usual. Some students joined at 3:00-3:30pm to jumpstart their Hebrew learning skills. All of Kita Aleph is invited to join this learning using the same Seekers Zoom link.
From 4-5pm we learned about the letters ק and ר. We also learned about the idea of a Mitzvah: advice for tasks on how to make our world into a better world. Then we all shared some examples of Mitzvot. The main Mitzvah example we focused on was from Parshat Kedoshim: Love others as you love yourself.
Kita Bet with Batya
Today, Kita Bet learned about how we can make ourselves holier and more connected to the Creator by performing Mitzvot. We played a fun Mitzvah guessing game where we each chose our favorite Mitzvah and had to draw it or act it out, and the rest of the class had to guess what mitzvah we chose! It was so much fun!! Kira played a game with her dog to show that it's a great mitzvah to love and take care of our animals. Hiram chose one of the 10 commandments, do not steal, and drew it beautifully!
We learned so much today and then reviewed it all with a game of True or False. We learned that if we practice the Mitzvah of loving our fellow as we love ourselves, we will be performing many Mitzvot in the process! Being Jewish is cool because we are always working on becoming better holier people:)
Kita Gimmel with Yardena
This week we talked about Parshat Kedoshim. We opened class with talking about different categories of Mitzvot (person to God and person to person) then I gave examples of Mitzvot in Parshat Kedoshim and the students put the Mitzvah in the correct category. We spoke about the commandment to "love others as you love yourself.” We discussed what it means and if it is truly possible. Each student chose a Mitzvah they personally connected with and shared why they chose that special Mitzvah.
Kita Daled and Zayin with Heather
This week we studied the parsha (torah portion) Kedoshim. The parsha lists many acts of holiness- ways that we take care of ourselves, ways we respect other people, and ways we respect the land. We spent a good chunk of time discussing what holiness means to us and what we consider holy acts. Then, we discussed possibly the most famous line from this parsha "love your neighbor as yourself". By looking at this verse along with the verses before it (which include "don't hate your brother (we translated this as sibling!) in your heart") we were able to parse out how identifying our own emotions helps us to best love ourselves and those around us. In culmination students had the opportunity to make feeling wheels, tools that help them to categorize and identify their emotions, as well as which emotions signal to us that our needs are or aren't met. You can check out examples in the slides posted in the Google Classroom.
Kita Hey with Yonatan
This week we learned about Jewish commandments through the lens of Leviticus and more specifically through the Torah portion Kedoshim. We learned about how in each act of ours we can refine godly sparks and learn to bring more loving kindness to the world.
Kita Vav with Stephanie
What fun! I was really proud of our class this week. We talked a lot about what inspires us to do a Mitzvah. There are so many different approaches to what a Mitzvah is. The majority of the class seemed most inspired to do a Mitzvah for the reason that it brings joy to people. We learned about the Mitzvah of Pe'ah, giving one-sixth of your crops to those in need, and we talked about the implications of this Mitzvah today in general, and especially during COVID-19. The students shared any insightful comments about how we can do Mitzvot during this time. Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday at Hebrew class.
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