Who took the "thanks" out of Thanksgiving? Between football and electronics sales, it can be a challenge to remember to take time out of the day to actually say thank you. For our 7th grade boys, it will certainly not be a challenge. Our first mishmar of the year focused on the idea of hakarat ha-tov - recognizing the good that others do for us and remembering to appropriately acknowledge them. Using the birth of Yehuda as a basis, Rabbi Ross discussed different approaches as to why it was specifically with the birth of her fourth child that Leah felt a need to say thank you. Having learned that thanks should be given even for those things that we expect to be given to us, our boys enjoyed a filling dinner from Dougies, and, yes, every one of them said thank you.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
7th Grade Mishmar
Who took the "thanks" out of Thanksgiving? Between football and electronics sales, it can be a challenge to remember to take time out of the day to actually say thank you. For our 7th grade boys, it will certainly not be a challenge. Our first mishmar of the year focused on the idea of hakarat ha-tov - recognizing the good that others do for us and remembering to appropriately acknowledge them. Using the birth of Yehuda as a basis, Rabbi Ross discussed different approaches as to why it was specifically with the birth of her fourth child that Leah felt a need to say thank you. Having learned that thanks should be given even for those things that we expect to be given to us, our boys enjoyed a filling dinner from Dougies, and, yes, every one of them said thank you.
