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**Session #4 ** **Saturday Morning ** **//Chayei Sara //**        · **9:00-9:10  **Nosh and Informal //Shmooze// · **9:10-9:25  **Reflect on Shabbat Sharing <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9:25-9:35  **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Introduction: What Makes a Matriarch? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9 :35-9:50  **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Who are the matriarchs in your life?—Adults and Kids Separate <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9:50-9:55  **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Characteristics of Matriarchs <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9:55-10:10  **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Creating a Jewish Home—Adults and Kids Separate <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">10:10-10:20  **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sharing and //Tkhines// <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">10:20-10:30  **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Down time before services <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">10:30-  **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Shabbat Morning Services—Bar Mitzvah of Ariel Serruya <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Activities available for students on Upper Lobby (Brown box of puzzles) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Learning Experience: <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I. Reflect on Shabbat Sharing (15 mins.) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prior to Saturday morning, Shabbat 2.0 participants will be asked to take some time reflect upon their Shabbat Journals and Shabbat Sharing Assignments. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask learners pick one memorable moment from their Shabbat Sharing experiences or their personal Shabbat home experiences. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Take a “snapshot” of this experience (draw or vividly describe the scene) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Participants will share their “snapshots” of their Shabbat Sharing experiences with the Shabbat 2.0 community <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">II. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Introduction and Overview**:** What Makes a Matriarch? (10 mins.) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask participants to brainstorm: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What is a matriarch? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">From their definitions clarify: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Jewish Matriarch is someone who helps to keep the continuity of the Jewish people by passing down Jewish tradition specifically in the home. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">While the “role” of the matriarch was historically filled by women, men can also hold characteristics of Jewish Matriarchs. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Overview: We will spend the morning exploring the role and work of Jewish matriarchs and honoring matriarchs who have touched our lives by sharing their stories. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Model sharing our “matriarchs” stories <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Faye and Rachel will share stories of “matriarchs” with the group. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Highlight that within our definition of matriarchs, the “matriarch” doesn’t have to be a woman. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Move into next section of program: Adults and kids will have opportunity to share stories of “matriarchs” in their lives. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">III. Who are the matriarchs in your life? (15 mins) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Adults and kids will split into two groups. Adults will stay in Lower Ballroom with Faye and the Rabbi and Kids will move to the lobby with Robin and Rachel. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Adults: (Lower ballroom) <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Protocol for sharing stories: <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Invite participants to share the story of someone who helped to pass down Jewish tradition to them, specifically in the home. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Break into groups of 4—ask spouses to go to different groups. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Each person will have 3 minutes to share the story of a “matriarch” in their life. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">While one person shares, the person sitting to their left will be a time keeper and the person to their right will listen and record **characteristics of the matriarch** that the person is sharing. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We will use the cards with characteristics at the end of this section of the program. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kids: (Lobby) <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask kids to describe a matriarch in their own life: <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Who helps to pass down Jewish tradition in their home? <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Have older kids sit with younger kids to help them pick out a matriarch in their life. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Invite kids to describe their matriarch using a poem or a picture. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kids will describe their matriarch on the same size paper as the adults “characteristic” cards. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask kids to think of one characteristic about their matriarch to share with the adults <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">IV. Characteristics of Matriarchs (5 mins.) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Have kids and adults come back together. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask each participant to share one characteristic of their “matriarch” with the group and have them tape their “characteristic card” or drawing/poem onto a life size outline of a person with the heading: “Who are our matriarchs?” <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Move into the next part of the program by highlight the role of the home in people’s descriptions of matriarchs. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">V. Creating a Jewish Home (15 mins.) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Adults and Children will break up into two separate learning groups. Adults will remain in the Lower Ballroom with the Rabbi and Rachel. Kids will move to Room 4 with Robin and Faye. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Adults <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Perelmuter will teach //parashat ha’shavuah//. Learners will explore //Cheyei Sara// as a text that speaks to creating a Jewish household and passing down tradition. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kids (with Robin and Faye) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask kids to create a “recipe for a Jewish home.” <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask and discuss, “What goes into making a Jewish home?” <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Explain to kids that we will be making Challot for next Friday’s community dinner. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Practice breading challah with paper. Ask kids to write four “ingredients” that go into building a Jewish home on their slips of paper. (Ask older kids to mentor younger kids) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Braid challot <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">VI. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sharing and //Tkhines// (10 mins.) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kids move down to Lower Ballroom. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask kids to share their recipes for a Jewish home with adults. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ask an adult to share what they learned from //Chayei Sara// about making a Jewish home (in kid friendly language). <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Honoring our Jewish matriarchs by reciting a //tkhines//. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A //tkhines// is a women’s Yiddish devotional prayer from the late 17th-early 19th centuries. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Adapted from //Seder Tkhines//—17th Century: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· //<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God of my ancestors, I honor you by //<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> baking bread, and I ask you to bless all the ingredients. Send an angel to watch over my baking, so that all will be done well, the bread will rise nicely, and will not be burned. These baked goods will honor… //Shabbat//…Bless my work as you blessed the dough of Sarah and Rebecca, our mothers. * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Shabbat Sharing” for next week. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Share a family recipe and share a little about the person who the recipe came from. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">November 14th, 2009/ 27 //Cheshvan// 5770 **
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Overarching Theme: Who are our Matriarchs?—Honoring the People Who Pass Down Tradition **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Enduring Understandings: **
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Jewish Matriarch is someone who helps to keep the continuity of the Jewish people by passing down Jewish tradition specifically in the home.
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">While the “role” of the matriarch was historically filled by women, men can also hold characteristics of Jewish Matriarchs.
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The home is an essential location to Jewish life and Jewish education.
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Essential Questions: **
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Who are/were the people who helped to shape your Jewish life?
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What are characteristics of matriarchs?
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What role does the home have in Jewish life and Jewish education?
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What makes a Jewish home?
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Goals: **
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Provide opportunity for participants to reflect on their experience of “Shabbat Sharing.”
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Explore the role of matriarchs in keeping continuity of Jewish tradition
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Focus on characteristics of matriarchs rather than gender
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Explore the importance of the home in Jewish life and learning
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Expose Rosh Chodesh community to Shabbat 2.0 and expose adult learning community (Rosh Chodesh) to Shabbat 2.0 community.
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Basket Item: **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Recipe Cards
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Setting: **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Shabbat Morning
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Intergenerational learning model & parallel adult/child model
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Members of Rosh Chodesh are invited to this session to add their voice to conversation and experience Shabbat 2.0 community
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Rosh Chodesh will meet with rabbic intern on Thursday evening for learning session around a similar theme. Description of Session:
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In honor of the week’s parasha, Chayei Sarah —The Life of Sarah, we will spend our session discussing the theme of Matriarchs. Together we will learn about our Biblical Mothers as well as explore the many ways in which we can honor and recognize our biblical and personal matriarchs in our liturgy. We will spend the evening studying classical and modern texts. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Time Frame: **<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9:00- 10:30 am **Location:** Lower Ballroom
 * <span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Need: **
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Room set-up
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">E-mail families
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Recipe cards
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Easel with paper—marker
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3” X 5” cards for “matriarch characteristics”
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5ft. of butcher paper
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ballpoint pens
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Crayons
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Tape
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Strips of four pieces of long paper stapled at the top
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Stapler
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Instructions on how to braid challah
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Different challah recipes
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Challah Supplies (Faye)
 * <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Brown box of games

* <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Chava Weissler. //Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women//. Boston, MA : Beacon Press , 1998.