Midreshet Devora Update- Last Week of November 2010
The last week of November has kept the Midreshet Devora students very busy with lots of Torah study, tiyulim and Chesed Opportunities.
On Sunday, November 21, after their morning classes, the students went with our art teacher, Shira Sack to a home for girls ages 13-18 from broken homes in Mevaseret called ”Orr Shalom”. We made beaded and thread jewelry with them and they really enjoyed it – they asked when we are coming back! Orr Shalom is Israel’s largest non-profit organization providing residential and therapeutic services to children who have been removed from their homes due to severe abuse and neglect.
On Monday, the students spent their time in between Sharona’s Women in TaNaCh class and Rav Jonny’s Kashrut class teaching Parshat HaShavua to women in their 80s and 90s at a local senior residence called Mishkenot Arnona, helping young men and women with special needs make candles, soaps and aprons at a factory called “Shekel” here in Talpiot, volunteering as a hospital clown and broadcasting on Midreshet Devora’s radio show.
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SHEKEL, Community Services for People with Special Needs was founded in 1979 to develop services in order to enable people with disabilities to enjoy a better quality of life and integrate naturally in the community. Shekel sells gifts and ornaments, decorative candles, aromatic soaps, tablecloths, embroidered aprons, bags, throw pillows and many other beautiful items. All products are handmade by workers with special needs in SHEKEL’s factories.
On Tuesday, the students studied modern Israeli poetry on the topic of Akedat Yitzchak, the binding of Isaac as well as Navi, Jewish Philosophy and Religious Zionism. In the evening we watched a film about Rashi.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the students went to the Galil with our tour guide Ezra Rosenfeld.
On Friday night we had a full Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.
On Sunday afternoon, we went to Yemin Moshe with Rav Alan.
In the evening we went to a special presentation in Hebrew called “Vayikara Shma B’Yisrael” with a panel discussion of what the title should be for a female spiritual leader. We liked the term “chachama” and even had a chance to vote at the end!
On Erev Chanuka we went to the Yerushalayim Shel Zahav nursing home with Sharona and her family where we painted jugs with the residents followed by a “Grape Juice and Cheese Party” in honor of Yehudit from the Chanuka story and an evening of candle lighting, latkes and sufganiot.
We are looking forward to a fun and spiritual Chanuka in Yerushalayim and we are excited about seeing “101 Dalmations The Musical” on stage in Hebrew on the last day of the holiday!
Wishing you a Happy Chanuka from Yerushalayim!
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