General

Teach the chanachim about the fight between the jews and the babalonians for Yerushalayim.

GOAL: So… the goal is that the Chanichim will understand how deep is the connection between Am-Yisrael and Eretz-Yisrael and how trees are helping that connection and making it stronger. The city that we are going to talk about is called Rosh-Pinna- One of the best examples for people who got connected to their land through trees.

An interesting list of facts to get kids interested in a peulah (preferably) relating to israel

Goal:

To describe the efforts and accomplishments of Bnei Akiva members in the United States to help found the State of Israel and since- smuggling arms, demonstrating, raising money... and relate them to the efforts and beliefs of the religious chalutzim.

To teach the chanachim all about Asara Btevet.

Goal:  To get the chanichim to think about:

            1-the challenges of Aliyah throughout history in different generations, from the time of Olei Bavel until today, and what lesson can be taken for our lives. 

            2-the specific hardships encountered by the immigrants detained in Atlit and why their situation was particularly difficult and historically important.

Goal:

To discuss the involvement of the chanich in Bnei Akiva today and in the future

What is more important in a Jewish country? Torah institutions or secular insitutions?

To have the Chanichim pretend that they are King David and have the oppurtunity to build up our Jewish homeland.

Objective:  To expose the chanichim to the different religious, political and social aspects of Israeli society. 

In addition, to give the chanichim an opportunity to think about how and why Israeli society manifests these different views in the ways that it does.  (ie why bumper stickers?)

To explain and teach the chanachim the story of the Chalutzim and how they came to build the land of Israel.