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//Shmirat Ha-Guf// Children’s Learning 9-16-07 Lesson 1

I. Intro: Betzelem Elohim Sitting in a circle on the floor we will begin with a brief discussion of the idea of Betzelem Elohim, that we are made in the image of G-d. I then connect this to the idea that if we are made in the image of G-d we need to care for out bodies and take care of them just like we do all other holy things.

II. Activity: Cleanliness Tips
 * I read the Shel Silverstein poem “Dirty Dan”. This is a poem about the dirtiest man in the world.
 * Each child will then pick a card with a body part on it eyes, nose, face, feet, ears, and hands. There are signs up around the room with each of those body parts on them. Children go to the sign that matches their card and together with the other children in their group come up with ways that Dan should clean those body parts. Each group then shares their ideas

II. Songs and Closing Back to a circle on the carpet to sing “Head Shoulders Knees and Toes”, “The Hokey Pokey”, and a Hebrew body parts song. The session ends with each child turning to the people next to him/her and wishing them a Shabbat Shalom.

Materials: -//Where the Sidewalk Ends// -Blown-up picture of Dirty Dan -Dirty Dan cards with body parts on them -Body part signs

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