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Reform Temple of Forest Hills Shabbat 2.0

**October 17th, 2009/ 29 //Tishrei// 5770** **Session #3** **Saturday Morning—Shabbat Central** **//Bereshit//**


 * Overarching Theme: God’s Creation and our Relationship to the Natural World**


 * Teva Learning Center: Jewish Environmental Education**

· Shabbat is a time when we celebrate God’s creation of the natural world. · //Shomrei Shabbat//—Keeping Shabbat means protecting the world which God created.
 * Enduring Understandings:**

· What does it mean that God gave people dominion over the creatures of the earth? · How do we celebrate God’s natural creation?
 * Essential Questions:**

· Participants will explore the connection between Judaism and environmentalism. · Particiants will explore ways in which they can help protect the natural world.
 * Goals:**

· Learning with greater Temple family · Learning to be facilitated by Teva educators · Intergenerational learning broken--into smaller groups based on ages of children · Adults without kids will create their own learning community as part of Families with older kids group
 * Setting:**


 * Basket Item:** Energy efficient light bulb


 * Learning Activities:** Prepared by Teva

9:00-9:15 Breakfast and Informal //Shmooze// 9:15-9:30 Opening program: People to People (Entire Community) 9:30-10:25 Break out groups Families with younger kids—Eco Drama Families with older kids and empty nesters—Eco City 10:25-10:45 Sharing what we learned (Entire Community) Services “18 things you can do to in a Jewish home to save the world.” Learners will create “Brit Adama” as a household during “sermon” spot in service
 * Time Frame:** 9-10:45, followed by Intergenerational Services

There are two components to your “Shabbat Sharing” experience—one to do during your Shabbat preparations and one to do during Shabbat. · Shabbat Preparations: o “Green” your home in preparation for Shabbat. Look back upon the //Brit Adamah// —the Environmental Covenant that you composed a few weeks back. (I’ve attached a copy if you need a new one). See if there are any environmental changes that you might make in preparation for Shabbat, like preparing a Shabbat dinner without meat or turning off electronics for the day. o Take time during Shabbat to journal about the //Brit Adamah// that you created. § What commitments are you making in your //Brit Adamah//? Why? § If you have started to keep these commitments, what has been challenging about keeping them? What has been fulfilling about keeping them? § If you haven’t started to keep these commitments yet, discuss a plan of action that will help you to keep them. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· During Shabbat: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o God created the universe in six days and rested on Shabbat. Take Shabbat as a time to enjoy the world that God created—enjoy the great outdoors! You could enjoy your favorite park, explore a new park, go for a bike ride, or appreciate the changing of the leaves in neighborhood. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o Share what you did in your Shabbat journal.
 * Shabbat Sharing:**