Hakamat Hamedina - Agriculture In The New Yishuv
Typ av resurs:
Peula / aktivitet
in:
Engelska
Ålder:
8-13
Storlek:
5-30
Beräknad tid:
90
minutes
To teach about the huge importance of agriculture in the New Yeshuv, how this fits with our ideals, and depict the amazing obstacles that were overcome by the settlers.
Bucket, spoon
small bowls or cups
cards for minesweeper
Topic: HaKamat HaMedina
Noseh: Agriculture in the New Yeshuv
Written By: Josh Skarf
Goal: To teach about the huge importance of agriculture in the New Yeshuv, how this fits with our ideals, and depict the amazing obstacles that were overcome by the settlers.
Materials: Bucket, spoon, small bowls or cups, cards for minesweeper
Background
Game 1:Minesweeper
I’m sure everyone is familiar with the computer game “minesweeper.” This game will be a form of that, with the same basic rules and a small twist. Before Shabbat, prepare 64 cards. Divide the chanichim into two teams. The teams will alternate picking spots on the board. The variation here is that instead of numbers (which would normally tell you how many adjacent bombs there are) there will be fruit: Grapes=5, Dates=4, Wheat=3, Cherries=2,
O | X | X | X | O | O | X | X |
C | G | X | D | O | C | W | W |
O | X | X | C |
| C | X | C |
O | C | C | O | O | W | X | C |
O | O |
|
| C | X | G | W |
X | W | O |
| C | X | X | X |
X | X | W | W | W | W | W | C |
C | W | X | X | X | O |
|
|
So this gives us a total of
20 X, 12 O, 12 C, 11 W, 1 D, 2 G, 6 blank
Make sure you have them arranged in order before snif so that you can simply put them down on the floor without revealing what is on the other side. Also, make sure to use paper that cannot be seen through. If this is problem, paste the cards onto construction paper. Arrange the cards on the group in between the two groups and have them pick a square, one at a time. The group with the largest harvest wins.
Explanation:
Game 2: Draining the Swamp
Divide the group into two teams. Set up 6-10 small bowls of water and an empty bucket or large bowl on one side of the room. Give each team member a spoon. All team members should go to the opposite side of the room. One member at a time will race across the room to the bowls, where they will have ten seconds each to scoop as much of the water out of the bowl and into the bucket. They will then race back and tag the next member of their team, etc. First team to empty all the bowls wins. Make sure to tell the chanichim that they will be penalized for spilling water on the floor (perhaps they will have to spend one turn cleaning it up instead of scooping water, or perhaps the next team member will have to wait ten seconds before he/she goes.) Also, this will work best if you station one madrich on each side of the room. The one next to the water will have to time the chanichim and make sure they stop after ten seconds.
Explanation:
When Jewish settlers came to Israel, they found a very desolate land. One of the worst regions was Emek Yizrael, the Jezreel Valley. It was swampy and malaria infested. Nonetheless, the settlers bought the land for 300,000 pounds from its Arab owners. The place was called “Death Swamp” by the former owners.
Nonetheless, the Jews of the Third Aliya went to work on the land. They drained the swamps (i.e. our bowls of water) using large tree trunks (i.e. our spoons). In this area they founded a settlement called Nahalal, the first Moshav. (A moshav is a communal settlement like a kibbutz, but with more private property.) With their enthusiasm, they quickly made the valley bloom. In time the area became the breadbasket of Israel.
Game 3: Fruit Basket
You can play this game for a little bit, using the same pieces of paper from the minesweeper game. Distribute the wheat, cherry, and orange pieces, one to each chanich. Have them sit in a circle with the exact number of chairs, but one person in the middle. That person must say either “cherry,” “orange,” or “wheat.” When he does, all those with that crop must switch seats. S/he then tries to get one of the seats. Whoever gets stuck in the middle must call out the next crop. To make the game more exciting, you can say that if someone gets stuck 3 times, they are out.
Explanation:
Perhaps it will suffice to simply mention that the crops we have chosen for these games were not random. Jaffa Oranges became one of the great crops of the early settlements. Wheat and dates are one of the sheva minim, (and wheat is also found on the Bnei Akiva semel.) Grapes were the biggest crop grown in the first settlements, most notably Zichron Yaakov, where there is still a big winery. Cherries were also a crop grown in Israel.
Another important point worth mentioning is the number of commentators who explain agriculture redemption as a sign of the Geula. It seems from Yechezkel and the commentaries on it (including in the gemara) that the Land of Israel only responds to Jews. As long as Jews live in Israel, it produces plants. When they are exiled, the land will lie fallow (as it did for 2000 years). But as soon as the Jews come back, the land will give produce again. Indeed this did happen. The Gemara goes on to tell how the agricultural redemption of Israel is one of the “true signs” that Mashiach will soon come. Perhaps this would be a good point to emphasize during mifkad, explaining how amazing it is that Israel was such a wasteland for thousands of years, and as soon as the Jews returned it began producing crops again.
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