Kol+HaLev-+Retreat+Program


 * ZORIM**
 * WRESTLINIG WITH THE HOLINESS CODE**
 * STUDENT PROGRAM #1, KOL HALEV RETREAT**

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 * GOAL:** The goal of the program is to introduce and explore with the student the text of the holiness code
 * MATERIALS:** zeroxes of an abbreviated text of the holiness code with the various mitzvot (addendum one), plastic eggs with one of the mitzvoth in each one,

0-5: Students will settle in, 5-20: Introduction to holiness code 20-25: Mitzvah hunt 25-45: Charades 45-60: Sicha
 * TIME TABLE:**

Madrich will pass out zeroxes of the Holiness code (addendum one) and discuss that this is the Torah portion for today and that it contains many mitzot how we should act to be a holy person. 1) What is holiness? 2) What are some ways we are holy? 3) What are some ways this Torah portion tells us to act to be holy? Egg containers each with one of the mitzvot from the Torah will have been hidden around the room. Students will be told to search for them, but NOT open them. Divide the students into three groups (have one group give eggs to another if one has more eggs so that each group has the same number of eggs). Then have one group open an egg and act out the mitvah in it and have the other groups try to guess which mitvah it is. (they can refer to the zerox to help them guess). Each group should take a turn until all the mitzvot have been acted out. Redivide the eggs so every student has equal amounts (or no more than one extra). Go around the room and have each student share the mitzvah they have and discuss: 1) What does that mitzvah mean? 2) Why is the action it is describing “holy”? After all the mitzot are discussed, ask is the Holiness Code a good name for this portion. Why do they think it is called this?
 * METHOD:**
 * 0-5: Students will come in and settle down**
 * 5-20: Introduction**
 * 20-25**: **Mitzvah Hunt**
 * 25-45: Charades**
 * 45-60: Sicha**


 * BONIM, SHORASHIM**
 * WRESTLINIG WITH THE HOLINESS CODE**
 * STUDENT PROGRAM #1, KOL HALEV RETREAT**

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 * GOAL:** The goal of the program is to introduce and explore with the student the text of the holiness code
 * MATERIALS:** zeroxes of an abbreviated text of the holiness code with the various mitzvot (addendum 1), plastic eggs with one of the mitzvoth in each one, zeroxes of the __Sedra Scenes__ play for Kedoshim

0-5: Students will settle in, 5-20: Sedra Scene 20-25: Mitzvah hunt 25-45: Charades 45-60: Sicha
 * TIME TABLE:**

Students will act out the skit for Kedoshim from __Sedra Scenes.__ Then pass out zeroxes of the Holiness code (addendum 1) and discuss how it contains many mitzot about how to be holy; 1) What is holiness? 2) What are some ways we can be holy? 3) What are some ways this Torah portion tells us to act to be holy? 4) Is being "Holy" a separate commandment, or do all the commandments that follow constitute a definition for what being "Holy" is? 5) Why are we given this list of do's and don'ts if the last verse in the chapter states that we should "observe all my statutes..."? What's special about the commandments elucidated in Leviticus 19? Egg containers each with one of the mitzvot from the Torah will have been hidden around the room. Students will be told to search for them, but NOT open them. Divide the students into three groups (have one group give eggs to another if one has more eggs so that each group has the same number of eggs). Then have one group open an egg and act out the mitvah in it and have the other groups try to guess which mitvah it is. (they can refer to the zerox to help them guess). Each group should take a turn until all the mitzvot have been acted out. Divide the eggs so every student has one or two. Go around the room and have each student share the mitzvah they have and for each one discuss: What that mitzvah means? Why is the action it is describing “holy”? When finished, ask is the Holiness Code a good name for this portion. Why do they think it is called this?
 * METHOD:**
 * 0-5: Students will come in and settle down**
 * 5-20: Introduction**
 * 20-25**: **Mitzvah Hunt**
 * 25-45: Charades**
 * 45-60: Sicha**


 * ZORIM, BONIM, SHORASHIM**
 * WRESTLINIG WITH HOW HOLY TO WE HAVE TO BE**
 * STUDENT PROGRAM #1, KOL HALEV RETREAT**

1) what it means to be holy 2) how holy do we have to be 3) how material objects can be used for non-holy and holy purposes. 4) how day-to-day activities can be sanctified. 5) Appreciate that Judaism maintains that there is a potential for holiness in every action and material object. 6) Appreciate that rituals and ceremonies provide the opportunities to transform and ordinary action/object into a sacred action/object.
 * GOAL:** The goals of the program is to introduce and explore with the student


 * MATERIALS:** limbo sticks (3), charts of different degrees of holiness (addendum 2), matches, paper, grape juice, several coins, cans of food, copy of Yotzer Or prayer,

0-5: Students will settle in, 5-25: How Holy Can You Go? 25-45: Match Activity 45-60: Making objects holy
 * TIME TABLE:**

There will be a chart posted on the wall listing different degrees of holiness ranging to perfection which will be at the bottom. Students will play the game:”Limbo” while repeating how holy can you go. After each round, the limbo stick will be lowered to coincide with the chart on the wall, and the phrase at that level should be read. The lowest level should be impossible for any student to go under illustrating perfection is unattainable. After playing limbo, review the chart and discuss the different levels of holiness. Discuss why as we get closer to perfection, they are harder to achieve. Take a match, and ask the class what can be achieved with the match. Answers will vary from constructive to destructive (e.g. can heat food, can light a fireplace, can burn a house down, can light a cigarette). Note: If the students do not suggest answers like this, you may wish to demonstrate both the positive and negative by heating a piece of food and burning a piece of paper. Tell the class that all material things can be used for constructive or destructive purposes. Discuss this and have them suggest objects that fall into this category (e.g. using a gun defense or offense, using mass media for dissemination of news or propaganda, etc.). Ask the class if there are there any material things that do not fall into this category. Discuss. Ask for other examples of material objects that can be used for good and bad. Use grape juice as an example (hopefully suggested by students). Produce a bottle of grape juice. Explain that grape juice is used for many Jewish rituals (e.g. Shabbat, marriage, brit mila, etc.) which teach us that objects can be used for both ordinary and sacred purposes. The rituals and ceremonies provide opportunities to transform an ordinary action (i.e. drinking grape juice) into a sacred action (i.e. a mitzvah). Divide into three groups (depending on numbers- Zorim should do as an entire group). Give each group one of the following 1) the coins 2) the can of food, and 3) the copy of the Yotzer Or prayer Groups should come up with how Judaism makes each o these things holy**. (I.e.** Coins through giving charity, can food through our blessings over food, and Yotzer Or, a prayer that proceeds shema, thanks God for creating light and darkness and other things that we take for granted on a day-to-day basis. Shorashim and Bonim may want to come up with a skit to illustrate their point depending on which students and how many are there. After this exercise, ask the students to name other examples of finding the holy in the ordinary. Conclude by explaining that Judaism maintains that in every action there is a potential for holiness and therefore, Jewish life is structured around the attempt to realize this potential in every deed.
 * METHOD:**
 * 0-5: Students will come in and settle down**
 * 5-25: How Holy Can You Go Game?**
 * 25-45**: **Match Activity**
 * 45-60: Making objects holy**

Leviticus 19:1-32 1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2. Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy. 3. Revere your mother and father and keep my sabbaths; I am the Lord your God. 4. Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods; I am the Lord your God. 5. And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it of your own will. 6. It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day; and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire. 7. And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. 8. Therefore every one who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the consecrated thing of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 9. And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10. And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger; I am the Lord your God. 11. You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie one to another. 12. And you shall not swear by my name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. 13. You shall not defraud your neighbor, nor rob him; the wages of he who is hired shall not remain with you all night until the morning. 14. You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God; I am the Lord. 15. You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16. You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; nor shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the Lord. 17. You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall reason with your neighbor, and not allow sin on his account. 18. You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. 19. You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with mixed seed; nor shall a garment mixed of linen and wool come upon you. 23. And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count its fruit as uncircumcised; three years shall it be uncircumcised to you; it shall not be eaten. 24. But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy for praise giving to the Lord. 25. And in the fifth year shall you eat of its fruit, that it may yield to you its produce; I am the Lord your God. 26. You shall not eat any thing with the blood; nor shall you use enchantment, nor observe times 27. You shall not round the corners of your heads, nor mar the corners of your beard. 28. You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you; I am the Lord. 30. You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am the Lord. 31. Regard not those who are mediums, nor seek after wizards, to be defiled by them; I am the Lord your God. 32. You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God; I am the Lord. 33. And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not wrong him. 34. The stranger who dwells with you will be as one born among you. You shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God. 35. You shall be righteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or quantity 36. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have; I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37. You shall observe all my statutes, all my judgments, and do them; I am the Lord.

ADDEDUM #2: DEGREES OF HOLINESS 1. Breaking your mom’s vase, lying and saying your brother broke it. 2. Breaking your mom’s vase and gluing it back together without saying anything. 3. Breaking your mom’s vase and admitting you did it when asked. 4. Breaking your mom’s vase and admitting it without being asked. 5. Throwing a ball near your mom’s vase but stopping when told to. 6. Listening and not throwing a ball in the house near your mom’s vase. 7. Never breaking anything in the house because you always listen, follow the rules, and don’t do ever do anything wrong. Perfection.