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Celebrating Pesach at Kesher
Posted on April 14th, 2010 No commentsWe celebrate Pesach in different ways: each family has its own customs and traditions. In some families, one person readis the whole text of the Haggadah. Others pass the Haggadah around the table; Some always have make sure to serve their grandma’s recipe for gefilteh fish; and, some families are convinced their traditional sweet charoset is the best in the world.
At Kesher, we celebrated this year with an emphasis on the story of Geulah (redemption). In this photo, the kids were making skits of moments in which we, through our identification as Israelites, contribute to the story of our redemption. This is one of the ways in which Pesach traditions become unique for each family — we are all free to create our own celebrations.
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Ometz Lev (courage) in the Chanukah story אומץ לב בחנוכה
Posted on December 11th, 2009 No commentsAnafim Nitzanim and Shorashim were all busy this week learning about the Ometz Lev (courage/strengthening hearts) through the Hanukkah story. We all have our moments when we can’t do something cause we feel ‘faint hearted’ but we also all have the amazing ability to strengthen our hearts to enable us to do things. In the story of Chanukah the Jews stood up for their right to live their lives as Jews, despite the surrounding obstacles that the Greek empire tried to impose.
We were joined by Lesley student Heather Zeiden, who has designed a special book making project for our Ometz Lev curriculum. Kesher kids are preparing a Chanukah booklet divided into eight candles for eight stories of courage from their own lives. Here we can see the preparation of these books, which feature special ‘paste paper’ that Heather taught us to make.
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