Whole Family School Year 1, Lesson 3 September 30, 2012

Sukkot

MIDDOT: review shalom bayit, hiddur mitzvah, hachnassat orchim

                       Creating our Jewish home away from home

9:00-10:00       Hebrew

Milon for the day: orchim, mitzvah

Debbie:  music/story with R. S will be at the end today from 9:40-10:00

Rana: 2nd graders should join K/1 at 9:20 and 3rd graders should join K/1/2 at 9:40 to go over Consecration with R. S

(I anticipate that this will be the only time the 3rd graders join the younger kids this year)

10:00-10:30     T’fillot/Assembly

10:30-11:30     Judaics

10:30-10:40  Snack & Check In (how was YK, RHS?)

10:40-10:50  Shalom Bayit

go over meaning of shalom bayit
Show and tell items brought from home to make this our home away from home
           Place items around room/put items up in room

10:50-11:00   Introduce Hiddur Mitzvah: it is encouraged to create beauty in a place that we want to be special

Begin by asking “Why do we decorate our homes? What does it do for us?”

Discuss hiddur mitzvah

• What sort of things do we decorate? Why?

(Shabbat tablecloths, decorating our bedrooms, etc.)

• How does cleaning up our space make it more beautiful?

11:00-11:10  Finish K’vutza room banners

1. Tear one foot off the bottom of the banner LENGTHWISE
2. On the large piece that is left put your K’vutza name & each individual’s name
3. Add other decorations, Hebrew words, Jewish values, etc. as you and your group like!

11:10-11:20  Mini Family banners for the sukkah

Divide the one foot strip that is left in as many pieces as you have families in your k’vutza.  Each family should put their family name on their mini banner with something special on there about them as a family.

Last 10 minutes:  Hachnassat Orchim

Erev Sukkot: how can we make people feel welcome?
Connect to “hiddur mitzvah” and give examples such as:
when we invite a guest we want to clean up to enhance our guests experience ties into...

HOMEWORK: Invite a guest over for a meal.  In preparation, talk about how we welcome guests and show hospitality.