The Eternal Question
Recurso
Tipo:
Peula - Atividade
em:
English
Idade:
15-18
O tamanho do grupo:
8-30
Tempo estimado:
50
minutos
Hadracha Training Session – The Eternal Question
Written by: Naomi Rosenblatt, Jonathan Moses
Age: Hadracha
Goals: This is a series of activities and discussions designed to cover the gamut of hadracha skills and related issues.
The Peulot are ordered in three chronological steps: 1st, the chicken, 2nd the hatching, and 3rd, the egg. Explain to the madrichim as you begin that the peulot will be given in this order. At the end of all the peulot, you will have a brief discussion on why each peula was named the way it was, and why on earth we put them in this order (hey, isn’t the egg before the chicken? And why is hatching before the egg and after the chicken?! Patience, dear friends, all in good time…).
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#1 – The Chicken
Goal: To help the madrichim think about how to approach different difficult situations to deal with when running peulot. (Also to demonstrate really cool Israeli names to the madrichim to make them feel more Zionist J)
For each scenario, select a few actors. Give them a minute to read over the scenario, then give them 1-2 minutes to act it out. Don’t give them hints as they act – see how they improvise and work through the situation on their own. After each scenario, take 5-10 minutes to discuss with the group. What did the actors do correctly or incorrectly? What might be a better approach to dealing with the situation? How might such a situation be prevented in the first place?
Scenario #1: Tzvia is running a peula, and all seems to be going well until Ortal complains that she’s bored and doesn’t want to do the peula. She doesn’t see why they have to learn stuff – her parents think that Bnei Akiva is stupid anyway.
Scenario #2: Yigal is a madrich in Bnei Akiva. It’s a Sunday afternoon, and he’s at the mall hanging out with his friends. Suddenly, he sees a chanicha, Vered, from snif nearby. His friends are joking around and talking about some not-so-appropriate stuff (like lashon hara), when Vered recognizes him as a madrich from her snif, and comes over. Vered isn’t Yigal’s chanicha, and Yigal isn’t in snif now – he’s with his friends.
Scenario #3: Barak is giving over a peula to the chanichim. Off in the corner, Ben-Tzion, the co-madrich, is having a side conversation with another chanich about soccer, and is occasionally piping up and making comments like, “Barak, we don’t really have to talk about that. It doesn’t have anything to do with anything.” It’s clear that he’s trying to look cool in front of the chanichim.
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#2 – The Hatching
Goal: To help the madrichim learn the difference between “dumbing down” complex, difficult topics and contorting simple games to fit to a message.
I) The Peulot
Pick 4 madrichim to be the “peulot planners”. Split them up into two pairs: A & B. Have all the madrichim pick a game, and then send off group A to come up with a peula that uses that game and gives over some sort of important and useful message or moral.
Then have all the madrichim pick a noseh (ex. Aliya, pidyon shvuim, the secular/religious nature of the Israeli government – makes sure it’s a somewhat “meaty” topic). Then send group B off to the side to come up with a quick peula (a story, game, sicha) to address the noseh.
Bring back group A, and have them give over their peula. (Ideally, group B should be back and participating in the peula, but they shouldn’t be required to come back if they need more time to plan).
Then bring back group B, and have them give over their peula.
II. The Sicha
Start up a discussion with the madrichim in comparing the peulot:
- How did each peula run?
- How effective were they in giving over their message?
- Ask groups A & B: how hard/easy was it to come up with a peula? Do you think the method you used did justice to the message you gave over?
- Was it hard or easy to make the peula meaningful? Was it hard or easy to make the peula fun?
- Ask the madrichim: what do you think about the potential to “dumb down”
complex/difficult/non-juvenile topics vs. the trying to embellish simpler ideas?
- What is there to be gained from asking the chanichim to “stretch” to grasp more difficult concepts? What is there to be lost in always “bringing something down” to the chanich’s level?
Keep in mind that there are no completely right or wrong answers. Each method has its pros and cons – but the madrichim should learn to appreciate the importance of asking the chanichim to “stretch”.
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#3 – The Egg
Goals: To help the madrichim see that they know a lot more than they think they do!
Many madrichim seem to lack the self confidence in their own knowledge base about Israel, Zionism, Judaism, and difficult, opinion-based issues. It’s important to get them to realize that they already know a lot more than they think they do, and even if there’s something they don’t know, it’s easy to find out.
Step 1: The Game. Have the madrichim split up into pairs. Each pair will take turns playing. Send one person out of the room, and have his/her partner pick 3 statements out of an envelope. S/he must decide whether his partner will say if each the statement is true or false, and why. Then call the partner back into the room, and ask him to say true or false to each statement, and explain why. Based on the statements, you may want to run a brief discussion on a statement or two with the whole group after each turn.
Step 2: The Sicha. Run a quick, informal discussion on general knowledge: are you an irresponsible madrich if you don’t know everything there is to know about
The Statements – In no particular order
- We must all make òìéä
- çôùé òí ìäéåú ú÷åúéðå
- “òáåãä” means only ä òáåãú
- The çáø is thrifty
- ñðéó is the best part of the week
- !!öã÷ ëäðä
- It would be good to have a Jewish president
- Every ôòåìä should have a fun part
- Some people should just wear a mask all the time
- Coconut is a fruit
- The PLO was formed when the Arabs lost the Six Day War
- The ëåúì was once a wall of the äî÷ãù áéú
- ÷éáåöéí are good
- úåøä and òáåãä should be equal
- No cheese is bad cheese
- I want my kids to be ò÷éáà áðé çðéëé
South Africa is a crazy place - Theodore Herzl was also a doctor
- Alligators are named Alfred and Snuffy
Palestine was the original name of the country now called Israel - We will we will rock you
- Rav Kook discovered
Australia - Dimona is a moon of Saturn
- Socialism is your friend
- We must get a ãúé government in place RIGHT NOW
- Bats are non-kosher birds
- Every ôòåìä should have an educational part
- 10 > 6
- The book is better than the movie
- Horse milk is delicious but expensive
- àéìú has éùøàì àøõ ÷ãåùú
- çîàú áåèðéí is a suburb of éøåùìéí
- A Stormtrooper could totally kill an Orc
- äãøëä ends when îðçä begins
- It is important to visit the nursing home once in a while as part of Snif.
- There’s no bad time to play éøåùìéí àéìú öôú
- It should be illegal to burn the Israeli flag
- There should be Snif on weekdays too
- Thinking is good. TV is better.
- Zebras are just horses with stripes
- People who listen to “Jewish music” are cool
- If we couldn’t get
Israel in 1948, Canada would have done - Ariel Sharon became famous in 1956
- None of the àáåú ever entered éøåùìéí
- øîáØï lived in and named àáéá úì
- There are 2 main parties in the Israeli government
- îô÷ã is indispensable
- My opinion matters
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#4 – The Eternal Question
Now it’s time for that sicha we promised in the beginning! (Hurrah!) There are two questions that we will pose to direct discussion: there is no right or wrong answer, although we will tell you what crazy ideas we came up with.
1st: Why are the peulot named this way? Pretty much any answer can work, but here’s what we think: The Egg is where it all begins. It’s the potential for, and beginning of life. So too in hadracha: we start off with a basic knowledge base. This knowledge, paired with ideology and passion, is what drives us towards hadracha. Next is the hatching. Once you have this egg, this knowledge, it’s time to hatch a plan (i.e. the peula). The hatching is your means of arriving at the chicken. And what is the chicken? It’s the finished product. Once you’ve taken your raw materials and transformed it into something solid, then its time to deal with all the clucking and other problems that come your way.
2nd: Ok, so if that’s the interpretation of the peulot, why are they in reverse order? Once again, anything can go, but we’ll give you our opinion again: just like the Eternal Question, hadracha isn’t simple. The process is not a straightforward, linear progression. Sometimes by writing a peula, you will gain knowledge. Sometimes in giving over a peula, you will learn a lot about how they should be properly constructed. Sometimes you gain basic knowledge while giving over a peula, because you learn something from your chanichim (one of the greatest feelings in the world!). Only when you embrace the Chicken, the Hatching, and the Egg all at once can you truly perfect your henhouse. ;-)
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