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Every Child Has Their Own Path

Every Child Has Their Own Path

What if the key to helping a child succeed is not asking, “How do we get this child to fit into our classroom?” but instead asking, “How can we shape our classroom to help this child thrive?” This question is at the heart of Al Pi Darko – Hebrew for “according to his/her path.” It reflects the idea that every child learns differently, and that our responsibility as educators is to understand each child and find the approaches that allow them to learn, participate, and succeed. Last year, CAJE Miami brought this philosophy to our Jewish early childhood centers through the Al Pi Darko initiative, in partnership with Matan. The initiative was met with tremendous enthusiasm and demonstrated the power of giving educators practical tools to better understand and support children with diverse needs. The success of that initiative left us asking: How can we continue this important work as children move from early childhood into our Jewish day schools?
Write Your Own Torah

Write Your Own Torah

One of the great challenges facing rabbis, teachers and educators today is how to communicate the Torah in a language that is relevant. Moses, the greatest teacher of all, was faced with the same conundrum. Can stories, which are just words, help people feel as if they had lived it themselves? Could the Torah ever be as relevant for future generations as it was for the Jews who experienced Sinai firsthand? For the last five weeks of Moses’ life, during which the entire book of Deuteronomy takes place, he reviews, rebukes, exhorts and even pleads with the nation to remember and constantly relive those moments. And he saves the best for last, the final mitzvah of the Torah, No. 613, is for every Jew to write their very own Sefer Torah (Torah scroll). In the words of Maimonides (1135-1204), writing a Torah scroll is not just for the purpose of study, rather it is a sacred rite for everyone to accomplish in their lifetime.

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