Please remember that if you did not turn in your study guide for the Book of Ruth it is due on TUESDAY, May 15th. All students are encouraged to participate in the Chiddon Tanach (bible contest). All students are required to complete the study guide.
In Leviticus 23:22 we read, “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corner of your field; and the gleanings of your harvest you shall not gather; for the poor and the stranger you shall leave them (the corners and the gleaning).”
1. Why is the owner commanded to leave the corners and gleanings rather than being commanded to gather the produce and give it to the poor?
2. What is this mitzvah called?
6th – How did you fulfill the mitzvah of כבוד זקנים today? How did it make you feel? Why was it important?
7- You have now spent a whole year volunteering at Mt Herman once a month. How do you feel about the experiences you had there? Do you feel like you were able to make a difference? How?
8th – write about the project you participated in.
This week there is no actual question of the week. Instead, you must post your section on the Chicago website by Tuesday. If you do NOT know how to post it you can send it to me as a word document and I will post it for you. Be sure NOT to delete other people’s posts – choose the correct page and select the “parent” when you post.
This week’s Torah portion includes the prohibition against Lashon Ha Ra – Gossip. Why is Lashon Ha Ra such a bad thing? What kinds of problems can it cause? How do we prevent it?
While in Chicago we worked at a gemach run by the Chicago Chesed Fund.
Explain what is a gemach, where does the name come from, who does it serve and what work did we do there. What types of items does this gemach provide, how does one “qualify” to receive them and who do they work to protect the receivers from embarrassment? What mitzvah/mitzvot does working in a gemach fulfill?
How did YOU feel about the work that you did?
If you need to refresh you memory you can go to http://www.chicagochesedfund.org/ for additional information.
You should write this in detail assuming that the reader knows nothing about a gemach. Your journal entry should be a minimum of 3 well written paragraphs. It should be posted to your blogfolio as well as my blog.
DUE: Tuesday, May 1st.
What mitzvah did we do by conducting the model seder at Mt.Carmel?
Why was this important?
This Shabbat was known as Shabbat HaGadol. How is it determined when to observe Shabbat HaGadol?
This week we delivered used clothing to Fundraising For the Future.
1. How was this a mitzvah?
2. How much money will we be collecting? We will be paid 12 cents a pound.
We brought in carts weighing:
159 lbs
205 lbs
209 lbs
115 lbs
185 lbs
157 lbs
169 lbs
161 lbs
193 lbs
199 lbs
212 lbs
57 lbs
This Shabbat (March 24, 2012) we took 3 Torah scrolls out of the ark and read from each of them. This is very unusual. WHY were there 3 Torah scrolls read from?
BONUS: When else could this happen (needing 3 Torah scrolls on one Shabbat)?
