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Exercise: Good Reasons for Leaving – UPS, MS

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Exercise: Good Reasons for Leaving

Do you think the following are good reasons for leaving? Explain why or why not.

  1. You leave the room because your brother refuses to give you the video game.
  2. You stop being someone’s friend because you discover she/he stole something from you.
  3. You run away because your brother is constantly making you feel bad about yourself.
  4. You run away because your sister hits you when you do something to annoy her.
  5. You change schools because your teacher tells you that you aren’t bright.
  6. You leave your friend’s sleep-over because some of the kids are drinking alcohol.
  7. You leave home because your mother hits you when you do something that upsets her.
  8. You stop taking swimming classes because the swim instructor insists that you wear a bathing cap.
  9. You leave the softball team because you think your coach treats girls and boys on the team differently.
  10. You leave camp because you are lonely.
  11. You leave camp because you are bored.

Exercise: Good Reasons for Leaving – HS, A

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Exercise: Good Reasons for Leaving

Do you think the following are good reasons for leaving? Explain why or why not.

  1. You leave the room because your brother refuses to give you the video game.
  2. You stop being someone’s friend because you discover she/he stole something from you.
  3. You leave home because people in the house are constantly making you feel bad about yourself.
  4. You leave home because your parent/spouse hit you when you do something to annoy them.
  5. You change schools/jobs because your teacher/employee tells you that you aren’t bright enough to advance to a better level/position.
  6. You leave the party because kids are drinking alcohol and getting drunk.
  7. You leave the local softball team because you think the coach is racist.
  8. You leave the city where your parent’s live to go to college/take a job in another State..
  9. You leave camp/work early because you are bored.

Exercise: Circles of Attachment – PS, MS

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Exercise: Circles of Attachment

What in your life are you most attached to? Think of your home – if you were to leave home, what would be most difficult to leave behind? What not as difficult? Draw three circles. In the center put the thing it would be most difficult to leave, then move out in the circles with things that would be less difficult to leave (from hardest to less hard). Pick a different community you are part of (school? sports team?) – what would be hardest to leave behind if you were leaving that community?

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Exercise: Different Meanings of “Lech L’cha” – LPS

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Exercise: Different Meaning of “Lech L’cha”

Read the sentence on the left – which kind of “Go Forth!” do you think is invoked here? You can mark more than one, but make sure you can explain what you mean in each case. If you mark more than one, explain what it would mean to ‘go’ for each one you marked (eg: going camping might be ‘go forth’ because going to camp means you are moving geographically, but it also may be ‘go to yourself’ because when you are camping you discover you are now capable of doing things that you never would have thought you could do).

  Go!
Leave where you are for somewhere else		 Go for yourself!
For your own benefit — (eg: financial or physical benefit)		 Go to yourself!
Getting to know yourself better		 Go to the person you will become!
Growing up, becoming a better person
Kate, age 6: “I’m excited about starting a new school, I’m going to learn so many new things.”        
Eli, age 5: “we went to the lake for the first time I thought I would be scared to go in the water but I learned that I really liked it!”        
Zaitlan, age 8: “Going to summer camp last year was my first time away from home – I really became more confident and independent.        
Ronnie, age 7: “We are going to visit our grandparents in Texas – I am really excited”        
Kate: “I’m going to miss you when you leave, but I know the job in Boston pays a higher salary.”        
David, age 9: “Once a week after school I go with my mum to the home where my grandparents live. I help them to go down to the dining room and sometimes I sing for them because they like that.        

Go back to the Biblical text – if we view Avram’s journey through each of these lenses, how might we understand the meaning and significance of his journey?

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Discussion Plan: Different Meanings of “Lech L’cha” – UPS, MS

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Discussion Plan: Different Meanings of “Lech L’cha”

Read the sentence on the left – which kind of “Go Forth!” do you think is invoked here? You can mark more than one, but make sure you can explain what you mean in each case. If you mark more than one, explain what it would mean to ‘go’ for each one you marked (eg: going camping might be ‘go forth’ because going to camp means you are moving geographically, but it also may be ‘go to yourself’ because when you are camping you discover you are now capable of doing things that you never would have thought you could do).

 

 

 Go!
Leave where you are for somewhere else		 Go for yourself!
For your own benefit — (eg: financial or physical benefit)		 Go to yourself!
Go to greater self-understanding (to understand who you are now better)		 Go to the person you will become!
The person you will one day be — fulfilling your destiny, or becoming a better person
Kate: “I’m going to miss you when you leave, but I know the job in Boston pays a higher salary.”        
Eli: “I went on this retreat to get in touch with the ‘real me’ – it was very cool. I learned lots about myself.”        
Zaitlan: “Going to summer camp last year was really important – I really became more self-confident and independent.”        
Esti: “We are moving to Israel – I don’t want to go, but my parents say it is the only place we can truly grow up to be ourselves. But I think I am my best self right here.”        
David: “Getting up early for basketball training is not fun, but I know that I’ll appreciate the fact that I made this effort when I make it to the championships.”        
Sam: “Once a week after school I go with my mum to the home where my grandparents live. I help them to go down to the dining room and sometimes I sing for them because they like that.”        

Go back to the Biblical text – if we view Avram’s journey through each of these lenses, how might we understand the meaning and significance of his journey?

different meanings

Exercise: What do we eat and why/why not? – LPS

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Exercise: What do we eat and why/why not?


 		 I eat this Someone else in my family eats this Other people in my culture eat this In the Torah it says we shouldn’t eat it People from other cultures I know of do eat it I don’t think anyone eats this – but it wouldn’t be wrong if they did. No-one should eat this– it is harmful or morally wrong
Fish              
Dried flowers              
Mushrooms              
Buttons              
Raw eggs              
Animal Hair              
Cats              
Gum              
Pork              
Leftovers              
Strawberries              
Ants              
Mouldy bread              
Human Beings              
Dolphins              
Paper              
Someone else’s half eaten sandwich              

Exercise: What do we eat and why/why not? – UPS, MS, HS

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Exercise: What do we eat and why/why not?


 		 I eat this Someone else in my family eats this Other people in my culture eat this In the Torah it says we shouldn’t eat it People from other cultures I know of do eat it I don’t think anyone eats this – but it wouldn’t be wrong if they did No-one should eat this– it is morally wrong
Fish              
Dried Flowers              
Mushrooms              
Beef              
Golf balls              
Raw eggs              
Lamb              
Animal Hair              
Blood sausage              
Monkeys              
Cats              
Gum              
Pork              
Elephants              
Leftovers              
Strawberries              
Ants              
Human Beings              
A leather shoe              
Dolphins              
Mice              
Paper              
Someone else’s half eaten sandwich              

Exercise: Which of these things grow?

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Exercise: Which of these things grow?

Which of these things Grow? Grow bigger Grow older Grow up Don’t Grow Something else If you said they grow, how? If you said they don’t grow, why not?
Seeds            
Apples            
Dried flowers            
Your legs            
Characters in a story            
Dolls            
Knowledge            
Eggs in a nest            
Balloons            
God            
The wind            
Your temper            
Problems            
Your mind            
Crystals            
Houses