CU_2.2(2008-9)

(CU_2Actual)(Curriculum)

Week 2- September 21, 2008 10:00 am 	Meet children in cafeteria 	Walk back to class 	Opening discussion o	Circle Time 	Why is Fall and the harvest so important in Jewish Culture? o	Class rules 	Do not use the board 	Be respectful of class room-leave it the way you found it 	No food or drink 	Be respectful of others and their ideas 	Word of the Week o	" Talmeed-“student” (talmidim (male students); talmidot (female students)) o	Word of the Week Dictionary 	Draw picture that illustrates meaning of word of week and write a sentence about the picture 	Fall Festivals o	Review New Material 	Origin as end of one farming year and beginning of the next 	The ability to measure time provides the ability to mark time, to know when certain things will occur within a time period and to act accordingly. Thousands of years ago, before there were Jews, the solstices and equinoxes were used to predict when to plant and when to celebrate the harvest 	The fall festivals had 3 main components: The Day of memorial the Day of Purgation and the actual harvest. The two former stages ceremoniously removed all noxious and evil influences. The Harvest home included (a) the actual reaping of crops and fruits and the bringing n of the vintage;(b) the performance of special ceremonies to make the rain fall (Sukkot marked the beginning of the rainy season) and c) the custom of  living in booths o	Activity-Harvest Wreath 	Make list of different fruits and vegetables harvested in the fall 	Wreath •	Cut out middle from paper plate •	Have children color pictures of fruits and vegitables that are harvested in the fall, cut out, and glue around rim of plate. •	Tie yarn at top 10:50-11:15 	Music 11:20-11:40 	Snack 11:40-12:15 	Rosh Hashanah o	Background 	-It is observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar 	Rosh Hashanah is observed as a day of rest 	Rosh Hashanah is characterized by the blowing of the shofar,[3] a trumpet made from a ram's horn, intended to awaken the listener from his or her "slumber”.In the earliest times the Hebrew year began in autumn with the opening of the economic year. There followed in regular succession the seasons of seed-sowing, growth and ripening of the corn (here meaning any grain) under the influence of the former and the latter rains, harvest and ingathering of the fruits. In harmony with this was the order of the great agricultural festivals, according to the oldest legislation, namely, the feast of unleavened bread at the beginning of the barley harvest, in the month of Abib; the feast of harvest, seven weeks later; and the feast of ingathering at the going out or turn of the year 	Rosh Hashanah meals often include apples and honey, to symbolize a "sweet new year". Various other foods with a symbolic meaning may be served, depending on local minhag (custom), such as tongue or other meat from the head (to symbolise the "head" of the year). Other symbolic foods are dates, black-eyed beans, leek, spinach and gourd, all of which are mentioned in the Talmud. Pomegranates are used in many traditions 	Typically, round challah bread is served, to symbolize the cycle of the year. Gefilte fish and Lekach are commonly served on this holiday. On the second night, new fruits are served to warrant inclusion of the shehecheyanu blessing, the saying of which would otherwise be doubtful (as the second day is part of the "long day" mentioned above). 	Throughout Rosh Hashanah no bitter or sour food is eaten. People eat foods including a sweet bread called challah, pomegranates, and apples dipped in honey. Sweet food is eaten throughout this holiday, symbolizing the desire to have a new year filled with sweetness. o	Activities 	Draw picture of their idea of Rosh Hashanah in holiday passport 12:15-12:30 	End of day discussion o	What did we learn today 	Dismiss class in cafeteria

Supplies: Paper plates Fruit pictures Crayons Yarn Scissors Holiday passports Dictionaries paper