Just like Noach

Diving into this week's Torah portion of Noach was really exciting! We learned many relevant life lessons. 

Hashem instructed Noach to build a "Teivah" (Ark/ Very large boat)  and bring his family into it. 

Noach was also instructed to bring seven pairs of each kosher animal and one pair of each non-kosher animal. When people asked Noach why he was building the Teiva, he told them that Hashem was going to send a big flood to clean away all the bad things in the world. If they want to be saved, they need to start being kind, and doing the right thing. No one listened to Noach, and once he was finished building the Teiva , it began to rain. The rain turned into a "Mabul" (flood).

Water came pouring down from the heavens and shooting up from the ground. Nobody was able to escape. Only Noach and his Teivah were safe and they floated above the Mabul. 

Just like Noach had a special job, each person in our class is gaining a lot of responsibility skills with their very own job for the week.

Noach had the job of feeding the animals EVERY single day! It was a lot of work. One day Noach was late to feed the lion! The lion got very angry and hurt Noach. From then on Noach walked with a limp from the attack.

In Hebrew the word Teiva has 2 meanings: a Teiva is a boat like the boat Noach built to protect him and his family. A Teiva in hebrew also means a "word", when we use kind and sweet words it's like building a Teiva to protect our sensitive soul and when we use not nice words it can hurt our soul.

Story from Hayom Yom

 2 students were learning in place called Mezibush, They got into an argument and one student shouted at the other he wanted to rip him up like a fish! The Baal Shem Tov came over to them and told them to close their eyes. They saw in Shamayim the student actually being ripped like a fish! This teaches how careful we should be with our choice of words.  Because they have a big impact! Imagine what we create with saying kind words.

Puppet show:

Our Mitzva notes are now displayed as creating the rainbow. In the theme of our kind words and actions protect us, Hashem sent the rainbow as a sign He will forever protect us and not make another Mabul.

Painting the ocean for our bulletin board!

There were 3 levels on the "Teivah".

The top floor was Noach and his family,

The middle floor were the animals,

The bottom floor was for all the stinky garbage and storage.

We created our own garbage for our "Teivahs"

Working on our personal Teivahs

Rainbow making!

Outside Teivah building!

Letter "Gimmel"

This week we learned the letter "Gimmel"

We followed the shape with our bodies to understand how the the bottom of the letter are like feet of a person. The letter "Gimmel" teaches us about "Gemillas Chassadim" ie giving those in need. Not only with walking feet but running feet!

 Noach was a big giver and helped everyone on the Teivah with all their needs.

Happy Birthday Shua!