Avot U’Banim – 10.30.10

When I worked as the Youth Director at the Young Israel of Hollywood – Ft. Lauderdale, one of the most successful programs that we ran was V'Shinantam L'Vanecha, a parent-child learning program. We ran the program during the winter months, approximately twice a month on Motzaei Shabbat.

I was very pleased to discover that a similar program exists here in Teverya – and I don't have to run it!

Avot U'Banim takes place every Motzaei Shabbat (also during the "winter" months) at the Maimonides Heritage Center, from 6:30-7:30pm.

The learning handouts that are distributed each week are very well organized, each one composed of a variety of sources on a particular topic (Zerizut, Chesed, etc.) The handouts are colorful, they contain a few graphics, as well as some questions to help review the material.

Following the learning session, which lasts about 40 minutes, Yehuda Israel, the Program Director, asks the children a few questions about the material that they have just learned. These questions are followed by the AT-BASH Parsha Questions – a series of questions on the parsha, whose answers follow the order of the Aleph-Bet. Yehuda, also a charismatic storyteller, concludes the learning program with a meaningful and inspiring story for the children (and parents).

There is always a treat of some sort for the children at the conclusion of the program and points for attendance are tallied. Points can be redeemed for prizes at a future date.

Be sure to join us next Motzaei Shabbat at 6:30pm (or 18:30 as they say here) for the next installment of Avot U'Banim!