Thoughts and Kavanot from Kitah Hay (5th Grade) and Kitah Vav (6th Grade)
Yotser Or Nico Blaustein and Samuel Appelbaum
I am thankful for waking up in the morning and living the life I live. The Earth, food, and water; without them, we can’t live and God created all of the living things. This is what connects us to God.
Mi Chamocha Sadie Reynolds and Mirit Skeen
The most important things about God are that God is holy, that there is only one God, and that God saved us from slavery. God is special and separate from us because God is able to be everyone and everywhere at once. No one and nothing can do what God does. Also, we all believe in the same God, so God is sort of above us, because no one else can say they’re the leader of such a big group of people. It is important that God set us free and not a person, because we’re supposed to believe in God, so if someone else set us free, we might not believe in God.
Shema Jacob Schmeltz, Gabe Weintraub, Dalia Engelberg
It is important to listen, because that is how we learn things. If you don’t listen, you won’t have anything to say. If you don’t listen, you can’t know what you need. We listen to God everywhere, so if you are in a forest and you are totally quiet you can hear all the sounds that are a part of God. We talk to God by praying together and reading Torah.
Shema Yisrael The words that come to my ears Sanctifying God Adonai's greatness Spread throughout the universe In all the beings
The Eternal one has reigned for all time bestowing blessings Joe Rosen
Avot Yael Gelman, Sydney Rosen, Benji Hertog
Our parents have taught us to be respectful and kind to those who surround us in our everyday life. They have given us the strength to love and care for those who care for us by loving and caring for us every day. In these ways, our parents connect us to God. Our parents make us feel that we are a part of our Jewish life and community. They pass down the love that they receive from God to us. In the voice of God, our parents teach us how to encourage a good and healthy life, and they encourage us to teach the generations to come.
On Shabbat we are not supposed to do work. If we have to do "work," then we'll have to find a way around it, like cutting and gluing
Thoughts and Kavanot from Kitah Hay (5th Grade) and Kitah Vav (6th Grade) instead of writing, or walking instead of driving far. But isn't that doing more work scientifically? Yes it actually is. But in terms of Jewish work it would be less work, because Jewish work is determined because of what people do during the week a lot. So if I check Facebook a lot, then it is classified as work, but if I don't study with microscopes a lot it is not classified as work. Jonathan Ben-Israel
Shabbat, Holy times Shabbat, times of forgiveness A special day
A fine time to care To celebrate God A day to thank God for things A time to relax
A time to feel good Special day of happiness
Emanuel Deutsch-Dornfeld
Aleynu God who is the wonderful One Who made everything, who we bow
are our way of saying thanks
down to when in need of help.
Always working, in our life it's different.
The One who made all the Stories, People are anything from good to evil. Given us all the well known sources our prayers that we say to God
We get breaks but God doesn't All our sacred secrets are safe with God, and we know nothing, seeming like we know everything. Leah Lawrence-Cohen
Shema means listen or pay attention because God, is our God, and God is one. This is saying, God is one, no one can be God or try to be God. Owen Weiss
Thoughts and Kavanot from Kitah Hay (5th Grade) and Kitah Vav (6th Grade)
Adon Olam The crown of all time that is our God, Who made our mortal shape, Brought forth all things So that's the name that came. And after everything is gone, Our God will always stay, And will remain in splendid Balance to keep everything in place.
Our God is only 1, no one can take its place, You can't compare to God, Because it has its own special place. Without a beginning there is no end, So that is why God created us to live a life to spend. Our God gives care to all our families, God helps us get through life when we're in times of need. Michaela Deutsch-Dornfeld
You love us And we love you You have cared for us for many years You are God Our ancestors trusted you And you gave them the laws of life You are our loving parent You make us understand to hear, keep, to teach, to learn, to see and love. Chloe Arons We are presenting the Torah to you. A different story, and a different meaning, every time you read it. Together we pray and worship God. Together we share our thoughts and our time. Leo Kupferman
This prayer is telling us why God is here. This prayer is about how God will always rule the world. This prayer is Eyn Kamoha.
This is a haiku about the ruler of earth This guy's name is God! Emily Barkin
Thoughts and Kavanot from Kitah Hay (5th Grade) and Kitah Vav (6th Grade)
The Importance of Jewish Education Learn why we walk on this earth Embrace what we believe in Jewish Education means to me Power Knowledge Truth Courage
Jewish Education Haiku My right as a Jew The knowledge I acquire Here is where i learn Nicole Stein Eyn Kelohaynu
To me this prayer means that nobody or nothing is like God. This prayer means this to me because nobody and nothing can be equal to God who provides us food, air and water. Also, nobody can be as awesome as God. Andrew Jeszeck
God is awesome. God created us and provided us with everything we need. God is very important to us. No one else is like God. We give thanks Adonai. Thanks to God we are alive. Jake Keller Taking out the Torah . We are beginning an extravagant journey and God will come with us. May we be strong and be blessed . Respect Torah. Let me do good and be good. Antonia Ramos Torah Haiku Words of meaning with people praying all around the sacred paper. Jonah Brumbach Thoughts on Kedushah
I feel God's presence around me when I'm snowboarding. The thrill of going fast on my feet on the snow, my favorite thing in the world makes me happy. I feel God's power in me. The most amazing things have happened to me while I'm on the mountain. I was on a lift in Vermont with my brother over the winter and when we just got close to the peak, we went through the clouds. We both looked back behind us and just then we were amazed with God's creation. We
Thoughts and Kavanot from Kitah Hay (5th Grade) and Kitah Vav (6th Grade)
were only about 10 feet above an ocean of clouds with the tips of mountains popping up. This and many other things that happen when I'm snowboarding make me feel God's presence. Matan Acklesberg Kedushah is Hebrew for holy. When you recite the Kedushah that is a very holy prayer. When I take my adorable God-created dog to the dog park, I can't help admiring God's impeccable work. Jasper Hilliard When I skateboard I feel God's protection. I feel this way because I've never gotten seriously injured or broken a bone. In this I feel God around me and his protection. I feel all the wonderful thing's God has created for humans. Walter Garrison We are learning what Kedushah is in many different ways like art and acting! It makes it fun for the students to learn and fun for the teachers to teach. I feel proud, excited and happy when I'm performing on stage with an audience. Lauren Novak Teacher's Note: The root of kedushah spelled backwards is shaked, which means almond. The root shaked makes the word shekidah, which means diligence - we need to work diligently and intently to feel kedushah. Yael Rahamim The Kedushah is a mixture of many things. It's like we remember God creating us and we give our full attention to his holiness. We also give our full emotion. We have almond trees as an example because it blooms first. All life is holy. It's like we remember all the miracles at the same time. Will Novak I am filled with joy when I am with my family. We laugh, sing, dance enjoy together. When I am with my family I see God's creation in their hearts and eyes. The are special to me in many ways. I also feel God's creation when I am at Camp Sprout Lake, a Jewish sleepaway camp, when my camp as a whole Jewish people are singing prayers and laughing together. I also see God's creation on a daily basis when people help others and people do nice things. Emma Kugelmass
Thoughts and Kavanot from Kitah Hay (5th Grade) and Kitah Vav (6th Grade)
The inner emotion is to overcome, then pray. We sing and dance with all our hearts to get every ounce of ruach out of us and into our song. We ask everyone to join and celebrate holiness together to feel holy and show our love towards God. Charley Polaner
I am Jewishly fulfilled at my camp. I go to Camp JRF, a Jewish camp. I feel God's spirit when I climb a mountain and look out at the world below me. Hana Ackelsberg Kedushah is holiness. The Kedushah is also the 3rd prayer of the Amidah. The Kedushah is a very special prayer. We stand on our toes as we say Kedushah three times. We express kavvanah or inner passion. The meaning of kavvanah is direction or intention. The prayer also says that God is present everywhere. Hannah Jablons Sofia Nigro