Pre-Pesach Workshop
One of the R"aMim (I talked about this position before), developed an incredible Pre-Pesach workshop today.
Building on Devarim 26:6 and the way the Haggadah....
"The Egyptians treated us badly and they made us suffer, and they put hard work upon us.".....
"And they made us suffer," as it is said: "They set taskmasters over [the people of Israel] to make them suffer with their burdens, and they built storage cities for Pharaoh, Pitom and Ramses."
"And they put hard work upon us," as it is said: "The Egyptians made the children of Israel work with rigor. And they made their lives bitter with hard work, with mortar and with bricks and all manner of service in the field, all their work which they made them work with rigor."
and the way the Rambam.... (In every generation one must show himself as if he personally has come out of Egypt...)
...understand it, this Rebbe took the opportunity to teach the texts and have the kids "turn it around" by contributing to the school. They built a handball court - complete with fixing up a cement wall and floor - in the field behind the school. The secretary and I got permission and permits from the village where our school is located, a couple of parents donated the supplies (not so much money all-in-all) and the teacher - with a lot of experience with building - oversaw every step of the process. It took two, 4-hour class periods to learn the texts, and another two periods to build it. Today was the final stage and, once the cement and paint dry, the class and the school will have a permanent memory of a great experiential learning experience!
Building on Devarim 26:6 and the way the Haggadah....
"The Egyptians treated us badly and they made us suffer, and they put hard work upon us.".....
"And they made us suffer," as it is said: "They set taskmasters over [the people of Israel] to make them suffer with their burdens, and they built storage cities for Pharaoh, Pitom and Ramses."
"And they put hard work upon us," as it is said: "The Egyptians made the children of Israel work with rigor. And they made their lives bitter with hard work, with mortar and with bricks and all manner of service in the field, all their work which they made them work with rigor."
and the way the Rambam.... (In every generation one must show himself as if he personally has come out of Egypt...)
...understand it, this Rebbe took the opportunity to teach the texts and have the kids "turn it around" by contributing to the school. They built a handball court - complete with fixing up a cement wall and floor - in the field behind the school. The secretary and I got permission and permits from the village where our school is located, a couple of parents donated the supplies (not so much money all-in-all) and the teacher - with a lot of experience with building - oversaw every step of the process. It took two, 4-hour class periods to learn the texts, and another two periods to build it. Today was the final stage and, once the cement and paint dry, the class and the school will have a permanent memory of a great experiential learning experience!
posted by T.Y.I.I. at
Monday, March 27, 2006
2 Comments:
Now, if you really wanted an experiential experiment you might demolish the handball court and tell the kids that they have to rebuild it on the hottest day of the year. Of course, you would never do that, but perhaps discussing how they would feel if you had, might be a further step towards understanding how the slaves felt while being exposed to Paroah's backbreaking work and mind games. In any case kudos to your creativity. It sounds like something that your students will always remember, and what a nice addition to your school. Was it HARD work for them?
Sounds good.
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