Goal:

Introduce the characters in the discussion and make them meaningful to the participants

Outline:

Similar to all the picture pool triggers where participants choose an item with which they can identify and present it.

The goal of this Peula is to impart to the chanichim the message that history is a relevant part of today. We do not only go to visit famous locations and graves in

Israel for their historic significance. Rather, each place has an important impact on and relevance to our lives today.

¨ To understand the difference between Galut and Geulah.

¨ To help the Chanichim understand what living in Israel means according to our ideology.

¨ To make sure the Chanichim believe the Derech of Torah Ve’Avodah is correct.

¨ To help the Chanichim feel confidant and proud of the Bnei Akiva ideology.

To teach the chanachim that the source of “tzionut” in Hebrew literally is “tzion” – one of the names of Yerushalyim. Tzionut is a longing for Yerushalyim.  But that is not how we have come to understand it.  We understand it as a love of

Israel, (Yerushalyim included in that) encompassing that of both modern day Midinat

Israel and of the “Old”

Israel.