For the past few months, the Grade One students have been learning about community, and about the two kinds of ‘hearts’ that create community:\u00a0\u00a0\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1, the “wise or skilled heart” and \u05e0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d1 the \u201cgenerous heart.\u201d They have been learning how we bring together our intelligence, skills and talent– our \u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1 along with a willingness to contribute and care — our \u05e0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d1 to create a strong community. In doing so, we create, just as the ancient Israelites did, a \u05de\u05e9\u05db\u05df – a dwelling place for God. The ancient Israelites created a physical \u05de\u05e9\u05db\u05df, by offering their talents of carpentry, weaving, and jewelry. Today, the Grade One students helped create a spiritual \u05de\u05e9\u05db\u05df by offering their voices, our minds, and our hearts to a beautiful Kabbalat Hasiddur ceremony. Their families joined them in a community prayer, \u05ea\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e6\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 and witnessed the \u05d7\u05d5\u05db\u05de\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d1 — the skills each of our students learned to read the Hebrew prayers; families were invited to be \u05e0\u05d3\u05d1\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d1 – generous participants in our community prayer. Together, by creating community, we created a \u05de\u05e9\u05db\u05df, a dwelling place for God.<\/p>\n
Shabbat Shalom<\/p>\n
Moreh Greg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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