Lo Alecha Hamlacha Ligmor: Alleviating Suffering Through Mitzvot
In this guide, learners confront the brokenness of the world engage with the Jewish tool of mitzvah to help alleviate it.
About this Curriculum
This curriculum guide is called Lo Alecha Hamlacha Ligmor, after Rabbi Tarfon’s famous saying that it is not upon you to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it. In this guide, high school learners in a synagogue setting confront the brokenness of the world around them, and they engage with the Jewish tool of mitzvah to help alleviate it. Along the way, they will act out these mitzvot to confront suffering in the real world, and to create personal meaning for themselves
This curriculum guide was written by Rabbi Lenette Herzog Goldman, 2015 graduate of HUC School of Education. It was intended for high schoolers in a religious school or youth program setting.
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Living Judaism is an all-inclusive experiential learning model of Jewish Education. The purpose of the model is to engage every learner, provide carefully constructed learning experiences, build a strong identity, root students firmly in tradition, and create memories to last for years to come.
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