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Leo Baeck Temple's **F **AMILY ** S **HABBAT ** E **XPERIENCE  Family Shabbat Experience (** FSE **) is a program designed to approach Jewish Education in a new way. This is an alternative to the Sunday component of the LBT Religious School program for families with students in grades K through 6. The goal of FSE is to enhance LBT families’ engagement in the Jewish values of learning, community, and involvement in Jewish life. Participation in FSE means making a year-long commitment to a new way of learning; parents and children participate in FSE together each Saturday afternoon that FSE occurs. Though there is a classroom component to the program, the learning at FSE extends far beyond the academic aspects associated with school learning. It is an experience of learning through living Torah and Jewish life.

Those who enjoy and value spending time together with their family, partaking in lifelong Jewish learning, and building strong friendships with other LBT families will be well suited to our Family Shabbat Experience. Both long-time members and new families are welcome. 
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“I always look forward to -- I need -- our weekly Shabbat observances. For me, our Saturday afternoons together have evolved into my conception of Shabbat. It //is // Shabbat to me. Many of us in the group have remarked that our Shabbat gatherings help us to recharge ourselves. At this very moment, I feel as if my soul (Sandy Ragins would say, "my //n'shoma //") is running on battery reserve power. I need to recharge. I need for us to meet, and I need for it to happen regularly. Singing along with you during our services and sharing our thoughts during our discussions opens channels somewhere within me that are full of static the rest of the time. Our group makes me feel connected to something greater than myself in a way that nothing else in my day-to-day life does.

Please don't underestimate the worth of FSE to me and to others in the group. Based on my personal experience thus far, I believe our group has greater spirituality, intellectual inquisitiveness, and sincere warmth than do many other entire congregations. I value our exchanges more highly than I do any sermon or lecture. I even value simply sitting quietly among you (although you may have observed that I'm rarely quiet). And please don't forget that you are part of the reason why I feel the way I do about FSE.” This handbook is given out to every family before the year begins.
 * FSE Family Handbook **

 1st Semester 2008-2009 Adult Curriculum Themes on Shabbat  **FSE Torah Family** Every week a new family becomes the “Torah Family” of the week. During the week the study the Torah portion with their family and think of a creative way to present the Torah portion for the week. This is in lieu of reading from the Torah. This links to YouTube for a sample of what one of the families did for their presentation. Link to Torah portion video. Jacob and Esau meet after a long separation. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">Two-minute Parshah about Jacob and Esau...
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On October 10, 2008 the FSE families had a home hosted potluck Shabbat for all FSE families. The Shabbat experience began at 5:30pm at one of the FSE family’s home. We taught many of the Shabbat meal rituals and created a Shabbat Seder Handout for each of the families. Many families were introduced to new rituals and many families shared with the group their own families Shabbat rituals. [|Shabbat Blessings Booklet.doc] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;">We took eleven families camping to Leo Carrillo State Park. We arrived an hour before sunset. We try to remain as Shabbat friendly as possible. We had hot Salmon for dinner cooked over the campfire and the rest of the meals were cold. This trip changed people's lives. We had ma'ariv services around a campfire and lead a Shabbat hike service on a 1 mile trail. We ended Shabbat early with a fire made from a bowsaw courtesy of Dr. Gabe Goldman. Attached is a registration form and a sample schedule. <span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2008 1st Semester “Shabbat” **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Syllabus [|Shabbat Curriculum.doc] ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Ice Breakers and Welcome [|1st Day Program.docx] Study on //Vayishlach [|1st Day Text Study - Teacher's Guide.docx]// The Gift of the Jews [|The Gift of the Jews.docx] Shabbat //Tefillot [|Shabbat Tefillot Lesson 3.doc]// The Spirit of Shabbat [|Spirit of Shabbat Lesson 2.doc] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6e00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;">**The Most Amazing Havdalah Family Program** Supplies and Materials [|Stations and Materials needed for Havdalah program.docx] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Passport [|HAVDALAH PASSPORT.docx] <span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> **Station 1** ** B’SAMIM; Awaken Your Senses [|B’SAMIM; Awaken Your Senses.docx] ** ** Station 3 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> ** Ordering of Havdalah Part 1 [|Ordering Havdalah.docx] Part 2 [|Ordering from Shabbat to Havdalah Instructions.docx] Part 3 [|Order Explanation Sheet.docx] ** **Station 4**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **Havdalah Candles for Sale [|Havdalah Candles for Sale.docx]** **Station 5**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **Separation Anxiety [|Separation Anxiety.docx]** **Station 6**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **Too Much of a Good Thing [|Too Much of a Good Thing.docx]** **Station 7**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **Fingernails to the Light [|Fingernails to the Light.docx]** **Station 8** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **Make Your Own Grape Juice Mix [|Make Your Own Grape Juice Mix.docx]** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14.5pt; color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **<span style="font-size: 14.5pt; color: #00b050; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Syllabus ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[|FSE 2ND SEMESTER Syllabus.docx] Jewish Identity Buffet Israel and Jewish Identity Anti-Semitism and Jewish Identity (Rabbi Ragins) Jewish Community (mourning) Jewish Humor (Bill Grundfest) Jewish Identity and Food Jewish Peoplehood JCC, Ahad Ha’am, Hebrew Free Loan, Kaplan Modern Jewish Identity HEEB, Reboot, JDub Records, Josh Neuman, Jewilicious, Our Family’s Jewish Story? What is the direction of Jewish Culture? ** <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> **<span style="font-size: 14.5pt; color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tza’ar Ba’alei Hayim (Zoo Field Trip Program) [|FSE Goes to the Zoo.doc] ** [|Jewish Life Coach Job Description.doc] **
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">Shabbat Dinner **
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 * Station 2 The Drama of Havdalah [|The Drama of Havdalah.docx] **
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Resources:<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We've purchased the following resources for our families courtesy of our Legacy Grant. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE; text-underline: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE;">“What’s your Shabbat Moment” - The Gift of Shabbat Cards offer 52 new ways to look at Shabbat with different eyes. This is the perfect gift for religious school teachers, new temple families, or for you. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE; text-underline: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: HE;">by Noam Zion (Author), Shawn Fields-Meyer A step-by-step guidebook to the Jewish Sabbath, with blessings and songs, rituals and reflections, stories and lots of art. Full color; designed to work both for beginners and for already-knwledgeable Jews who want to deepen their understanding of Shabbat practices.

Havdalah Candles, CD with the Cantor's Voice singing the blessings, and a Havdalah handout <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidilanguage: HE;">[|Havdalah Blessings.doc] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;">

**Contact Information:**

<span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; text-align: right; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">Director of Education Avram Mandell <span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; text-align: right;">amandell@leobaecktemple.org <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">310.476.2861 ext 221

Associate Rabbi Rabbi Leah Lewis <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">llewis@leobaecktemple.org <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 310.476.2861 ext 205

FSE Consultant Lisa Langer, R.J.E llanger@urj.org 888.756.8242, ext 21

Evaluation Harold N. Urman, Ph.D. Vital Research, LLC hurman@vitalresearch.com 323.951.1670 <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype'; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype';">1. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">Are we missing learning opportunities? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype'; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype';">2. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">Are we missing community building opportunities? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype'; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype';">3. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">Are there more authentic ways to bring in Shabbat? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype'; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype';">4. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">Are there more natural ways to bring in Shabbat? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype'; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype';">5. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">What other tools can we give our families? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype'; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype';">6. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">How can we empower our families to take ownership over the program? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype'; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype';">7. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">How can classes be more about celebrating Shabbat while learning rather than simply class? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype'; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Palatino Linotype';">8. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">Should we do more take home activities or questions? 9.How this program fits in with our work with the RE IMAGINE project?
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