General

Nights ideas (Good for machanot )

Goals: Teach about the rise of the Reform Movement in Jewish History, and the Orthodox response, focusing on the role of Rav Hirsch.

Goals: Teach about two Acharonim, Ramchal and R. Yakov Emden. Teach the history of Shabtai Zvi and how this affected Judaism in the aftermath

A short movie aboat the Rosh Chodesh & the centrality of the moon for the Jewish nation.

Goal: Women will learn about Rosh chodesh and the meaning of it for women nowdays.

To introduce the topic of Kiddush Hashem; to understand the high value we put on life; To learn about Pikuach Nefesh

Teach chanachim about Sfirat HaOmer

The chanichim should understand the meaning of their shevet Lavi – that we should act like lions by being strong morally in our personal lives, and by fighting back and being strong as a nation.

To encourage members of Chevraya Bet to think about how they can get involved in tikkun olam b’malchut Sh-dai.

Noseh: The lesson of Shmini Atzeret: G-d loves us, and he doesn’t want to let go.

Goal: To create an experience for the chanichim to help them understand why we have Shemini Atzeret.

משחק בו צריכים חברי הקבוצה צריכים לנחש מה הביטוי הכתוב בכרטיס שנמצא אצל חבר קבוצתם. הוא מאידך צריך לתת להם רמזים מה הביטוי, מבלי להשתמש במילים הכתובות על הכרטיס.  

Teach a little bit about Tashlich and make the minhag a little more entertaining