Thursday Aug 3
This week flew by!! We learned about Shabtai Zvi today – the false Mashiach whom the Jews flocked to, rallied around and believed in, way back in the 17th century. He traveled all around Europe and the Middle East and all the Jews who were desparately seeking hope and comfort, after the Chmelnicki Massacres, believed […]
Wednesday August 2
Today’s shiur was about government, leadership and the Va’ad Arba Aratzot which was a body of governemnt set up by the Jewish community in the Poland region during the period we are learning about. Again, different ages related at various levels, but everyone talked about qualities of leaders and why we need to have representatives […]
Tues Aug 1st
We learned about codification of law today -what rabbi Yosef karo did with the Shulchan Aruch. We also discussed minhag and Jews having slight differences and variations, based on where they live. The Ram”a added his “Ashkenazi notes” to the shulchan aruch to give validation and credibility and encouragement to the Ashkenazim doing things a […]
Monday July 31
Our shiur today started with an activity – we broke little ceramic jugs!! Talk about experiential education… Then we talked about Tzfat, the Ari z”l and the kabbalistic idea called Shevirat haKeilim – “breaking the vessels”. This basically means that when Hashem created the world He infused it with a lofty, Divine light which was […]
Sunday July 30
Shavua Tov! Today in shiur our chanichim, in Eidot Alef-Daled, learned about a man named Baruch Spinoza, who lived in the mid-1600’s, and the cherem that the Jewish community declared on him, i.e. they ex-communicated him due to his radical heretical writings. We discussed the questions that come up with this form of a reaction. […]
Friday – Shabbat #1
Friday’s shiur topic was conversos, keeping Judaism a secret and what it means to be Jewish. Different ages developed the topic in different ways but everyone was challenged to articulate what being Jewish means to them and to think about if they ever keep their Judaism a secret… Kaytana is up to the sibling rivalry […]
Thurs July 27- Tisha B’Av
Tisha B’av today began with a late wake up. Tefillah was followed by kinot recited in the context of a skit. There were a few stations where tzevet acted out the background or explanation of the kinah, and then the eidah said it together. That brought us until chatzot (mid-day), so we were able to […]
Wednesday July 26 -Erev Tisha B’Av
Our bunk names this session reflect the period of Jewish history we are studying. We have some names, some cities and some books – Vilna Gaon, Rav Yosef Karo and Rav Hirsch; Venice, Krakow, Amsterdam and Tzfat; Bomberg Shas, Aruch haShulchan and Mesilat Yesharim. Each bunk will have a chance to present their name and […]
Tuesday July 25 – FIRST DAY: Opening Tochnit
Welcome Second Session, Summer 2023 Parents! We could NOT be happier to have your children here with us for the next 4 weeks. Our noseh (topic/subject) for the month is Moshevet HaTenuot – the word tenuot means “movements” and is a bit of a play on words. We will be studying the wanderings of the Jewish People […]
Sunday July 17
Shavua Tov! We had a beautiful last Shabbat together with our routine of singing, tefillah, dancing, learning and eidah time together. It was so bittersweet knowing this was the last Shabbat for all of our chanichim and for many many tzevet too. We hope the chanichim will take the ruach home and keep singing all […]