Last week, we learned how Hashem created the world and why: so we can do lots of mitzvos! But in this week’s parashas (Torah portion) Noach we learned that the people began making a lot of mistakes, and they didn’t fix them. Hashem had made the people very strong and very tall, but even with all their “superpowers,” they still didn’t choose to do the right thing. The children shared wonderful ideas about what they would do to help others if they were taller and super strong! Theo, said he would pick fruit for people who need it, and Eli said he would build houses and fix their roofs.
There was a man named Noach, and he was different. He was a tzaddik (a righteous person) who always tried to do what was right and to listen to Hashem.
Just like Noach chose to do good and help others, our friends worked together to carry the light table back to the Morah room, using their “super strength” and teamwork to help!
Hashem told Noach that He is going to bring a big mabul (flood) to clean the world and make it new again, and that Noach must build a big teva (ark or big boat) to keep him safe.
Although it was sunny and bright outside, inside our classroom it was raining! The children used the light table and droppers to create big, strong “raindrops,” connecting to the story of the Mabul. They loved watching the drops fall and mix, just like the rain that filled the world in Noach’s time!
Noach listened to Hashem right away. He and his sons worked for many years building the teva. They used a lot of wood and covered it with black zefet (tar) so no water could come inside. Hashem told Noach to bring into the teva seven pairs of kosher animals and one pair of non-kosher animals, a boy and a girl, so that after the mabul they could have babies and fill the world again. He also told him to bring food for everyone, for the animals and for his family.
We decided to give it a try and make our own teivot! The children carefully built their arks, remembering to include the trash on the bottom floor, the animals on the second floor, and Noach, Naama, and their family on the top floor. It was so special to see everyone working together and imagining life inside Noach’s teva!
When everything was ready, Noach went inside the teva. Then the rain began to fall. It rained for forty days and forty nights. The water covered even the tall mountains!
But inside the teva, Noach and all the animals were safe, Hashem was protecting them. Noach and his family worked around the clock to take care of every animal, big and small.
With this idea in mind, we got a special visit from Morah Rachel's cats in our classroom!
Yossi showed us how to feed the cat, just like Noach cared for the animals in the teva!
And then, a silly little chicken came to visit too! We were all amazed when Golda gently picked up the chicken and placed her in the carrier when it was time for her to go home!
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From Noach, we learn how important it is to take care of Hashem’s world. Just like Noach protected the animals and kept them safe, we can protect nature too! We talked about how we should never throw trash into the water or on the ground, and how keeping the world clean makes Hashem so happy.
The children worked so hard creating the animals for our bulletin board! Each one was made with so much care and creativity. Here are some of their amazing animal artworks -
The mabul stopped, and when the land became dry, Hashem told Noach and his family to come out of the teva. Noach thanked Hashem for keeping them safe, and Hashem placed a beautiful rainbow in the sky as a sign that there would never again be another mabul like this.
To connect to this idea, we created a big, colorful rainbow on our bulletin board! We’re filling it with our friends’ beautiful mitzvah moments, just like Noach’s Mitzvas brought light and kindness to the world. 🌈
Chassidic Teaching
Noach went into the teva, which in Hebrew also means “word”! We learned that Hashem wants us to “go into the word” — to daven (pray) with kavana and fill our words with light. That’s why this week we learned a new morning bracha — Matir Asurim, which means “Hashem frees those who are bound.” Eli helped us understand it by showing that when we’re asleep, we can’t move or do mitzvos, but when we wake up, Hashem gives our neshama (soul) back and gives our body koach (strength) to get up, move, and do mitzvos!
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