Written for students in high school and up, this lesson can be adapted for younger ages.
Incorporating text from the Megillah (Book of Esther) and the Talmud, this lesson asks several important questions such as:
- Throughout the pandemic - from the very beginning and being in the middle of the storm, to acclimating to "the new normal," to the vaccine roll out - how have our lives been turned upside down, and how have we responded in positive and destructive ways to our own "ve-nahafoch hu" moments?
- What have we learned about ourselves and our communities over the past 10-12 months, including our individual and collective strengths, weaknesses, vulnerabilities and needs? And how can we take at least one of these lessons forward with us when, in the months or years again, we once again see an Olam Hafuch, a flipped world?
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Topic
- Jewish Holidays (Chagim)
- Jewish Text and Thought
- Jewish Tradition
Grades
- 3 - 12
Setting
- After School and Beyond
- Congregational Learning
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Teen Engagement
- Family Engagement
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A Haggadah supplement from the Hartman Institute for Passover 2024
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The lesson and resources on this page are designed to facilitate a conversation through the lens of a novel with young people about leadership—from different strengths to different approaches, and where additional adult intervention may be warranted.
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Dr. Ruth Nemzoff discusses that this is not a time for perfection in a Pandemic Episode of the Thought Experiment Podcast.
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