This is a friendly reminder to register
for the Holiday Program in the beginning of the school year!
 Lesson 1: Rosh Chodesh/Welcoming the New Month
Examine the method by which Rosh Chodesh was declared and announced to Diaspora Jewish communities. Students gain a greater understanding of the Jewish calendar and of the centrality of the Land of Israel to Diaspora Jewry during the Second Temple period. The lesson includes interactive clips of a visit to Mount Scopus (Mount of Olives) to experience the mountaintop bonfire system of announcing Rosh Chodesh.
 Explore virtual visits of the struggles cited in the story of Chanukah in Modiin and Emek Ayalon (Emmaues). Focus on issues of Jewish sovereignty and the miraculous story of the military victory of the Maccabbees. The session draws parallels to the Israel Defense Force in the context of the rebirth of Jewish sovereignty.
 Lesson 3: Destruction of the Temple/10 B'TevetDelve into an interactive study of the destruction of the First and Second Temples. Debate the dilemmas and decisive actions of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai and R. Akiva to perpetuate the Rabbinical cycle of Oral Law while struggling with the loss of the Temple.
Lesson 4: Tu B'Shvat
 Discover the revitalization of Jewish life in the modern State of Israel, with a focus on the mitzvot that apply only in the Land of Israel, such as leket, shikchah, peah, trumot and ma'asrot (setting aside portions of land for the poor and tithing). Explore the renewed relevance of these mitzvot after centuries of exile and how these laws are still used as a method of providing for those less fortunate in Israel today.
 Lesson 5: Purim: Jews from Around the World
A look at Kibbutz Galuyot/Gathering of the Exiles in contrast to the status of a people "scattered and dispersed among the nations," as written in Megillat Esther. The lesson focuses on the concept of natural redemption and familiarizes students with the activities lost Jews,uniting to rejoin their people and their land.
Participation is via Distance Learning or JETS Workshops in Israel.
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