Kabbalah of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, the Torah way!

With Thanksgiving coming up, we took this opportunity to explore being thankful and appreciating how everything is from Hashem!

At circle time we invited our friends to come up and draw what they want to thank Hashem for.

Mina- "For my mommy."

Chana Rochel - "Getting to kiss my mommy."

Sholom- "Helping my mom in the morning."

Yanky- "Everything!"

Adelle- " My friends."

Shmuel- "The food I eat."

Definitely added so much energy to our davening songs when we sang 'Modeh ani'!

A special Chassidic day connects to our theme.

This week we celebrated the 20th of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan which is the birthday of the 5th chabad leader, the Rebbe Rashab.

The Rebbe Rashab taught us the importance of learning Chassidus- the deep yet practical gems of the holy Torah. Chassidus (Which is Kabbalah) are a big part of our 'big ideas' in our class's curriculum.

For example this week when talking about how thankful we are to Hashem, we pointed out how Hashem is everywhere!- Not just in heaven or in a holy place but in us and in everything.

We had fun pointing to where Hashem is and gave extra Tzedaka in honor of the special day.

This fit in beautifully with our theme as we THANKED Hashem for creating us and being around us at all times.

Sholom drawing himself as we talked about 'self love'. You are so special Hashem made you!

This week we worked on saying "Thank you" and "No thank you"

Menachem said a big thank you to Chana Rochel who was giving him a ride.

We played a game to give us more opportunity to practice our manners.

Different types of foods were presented on different plates. When a friend offered a certain food to another they can reply with "Thank you " or " no thank you".

Personal private time.

Davening is a gift for us to take the time to stop and think, talk to Hashem.

Before one davening circle each child was invited to draw what they wanted to communicate to Hashem. 

Adelle "Thank you Hashem for shoes and boots." Eitan "Chavarim-friends!"

 Using our mini siddurim to daven to Hashem was so special to watch precious children talk to Hashem.

Tzedaka time is a great opportunity to thank Hashem for what we have and thinking of others who don't.

Bringing the rain in ;)

Using different mediums to create "rain".