For the past few classes we have been discussing the topic of Holiness. The word holy in Hebrew comes from the shoresh or root [קדש]. We began by exploring our siddur or prayer book to find Continue reading
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Revelation and the Covenant of Abraham
For the past few weeks, our 6th graders have been learning about the concepts of Holiness, Revelation and Covenant. We began by defining holiness, what it means to be holy. We performed a ‘scavenger hunt’ around the synagogue in search of holy objects and we discussed how a mundane object could be a holy object depending on its use and context. Continue reading