Group Dynamics

Goal:  Proving to the chanichim that we should be “all for one and one for all”.  Working together is usually the best solution.

To encourage teamwork, To improve communication skills, To listen to each other.

1.discover the sentence “all for one, one for all “

                                      יהי כבוד חברך חביב עליך כשלך" "

2.build the Bnei Akiva semel puzzle.

Goal: the Chanichim should understand the importance of being united as a Bnei-Akiva group and of course as a nation.

Atzmaut – is it a Torah value?

A peula with this theme does not present a difficult concept for chanichim to take in. But there should be more depth to it that just “being nice to each other” games. Snif should end with a feeling of caring about other people.

            But such a peula could work on several levels – dealing with the following:

i.                     Our responsibilities towards our friends

ii.                   Our responsibilities towards those people we know or know about who are less fortunate than ourselves (e.g. the elderly)

iii.                  Our responsibilities to less fortunate Jews in other parts of the world

To teach the chanachim the main events of Parshat Vayechi and hwo to work together through a Treasure Hunt.

Proving to the chanichim that we should be “all for one and one for all”.  Working together is usually the best solution.

Teach about Jewish Leadership: Harav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, ZT”L