10/13/10

This week, we reviewed Ein Keloheinu, and started learning about Adon Olam. We had three main themes associated with Adon Olam:

1. Adon Olam is a song with many melodies used by many different traditions, which creates unique customs all over the world.
2. Adon Olam is the name Abraham called G-d.
3. Adon Olam started as a nighttime prayer.

We discussed some morning prayers (Sh'ma, Modeh Ani, Yotzer Or) and some nighttime prayers (Sh'ma, Adon Olam). Then we read the first 7 lines of the prayer (in Hebrew) and read the entire translation. Some interesting things we concluded from the translation are:

- G-d rules
- G-d is always there for us
- G-d is the only G-d (also seen in Sh'ma)
- G-d will take care of us
- G-d will protect us while we're sleeping (this is why it originated as a nighttime prayer)

After discussing the translation and the meaning behind Adon Olam, we read the story on the back page of the packet and talked about the discussion questions on the bottom of the page.

Homework for next week:
- Translation activity of Ein Keloheinu on page 4 of the packet
- "Talk About G-d" activity on top of page 7 of the packet (underline what the numbers you agree with)
- Start learning the vocabulary in the "words" box on page 7

Reading Homework:
- Adon Olam (page 6)
- Mizmor Shir (Handout)
- Ein Keloheinu (page 2)

Remember to fill out your reading raffle cards and to actually write in the activities, if needed! We will be finishing these 2 prayers next week and starting Birkat Shalom.

For those of you who came to Back to School Night, it was so nice meeting you!

Please feel free to email me with any questions!

B'shalom,
Arielle Solomon
solomon4@bu.edu