THIS WHO WE ARE

When turning the words in the Torah we tend to look at the surface of the language, and don't always dig deep into the meaning of each passage. This week, we began to look at some of the reasons behind the stories in the Torah, and we pushed ourselves to think about our role in reaching for higher goals and living a Jewish life.  We talked about Free Will, and our ability to make good and bad choices, and having the power to resist temptation. Unfortunately, GOD tested Adam and Eve, and to their demise, they failed to live up to the test.  

On the other hand, we talked about our own urges to do bad over good, and took a look at some of our personal strengths and weaknesses.  Students shared their most positive and negative personality traits, and we shared our answers with our classmates.  We talked about how many of us struggle with the same inclinations to do bad and good, and all of us have to work hard to resist the urge to do bad over good.  In Hebrew, we call this the Yetzer HaRah and The Yetzer HaTov.  

We are nice, kind, holy, positive, funny, helpful, smart, and thoughtful, and we are mean, annoying, negative, questioning, judgmental,  selfish, rude, and loud.   WOW!  We are an interesting group! 

Have a great Shabbat, and a wonderful week!