To open class, we wrote down one act of loving kindness and posted it to our tree (as is our weekly habit). 

Our story this week was about the marriage of Isaac with Rebekah, and wrote about in our weekly journals. 

We also talked about Deborah, our first female prophet and judge! We accompanied this with some experiential learning about leadership. The students paired up and took turns guiding their blindfolded partner across the room. Then we talked about the qualities that make a good leader. 

To finish, we had an assembly to welcome Rabbi Cook. 

In the coming weeks, we will continue to go over the weekly parshot and journal about it. We have tentative plans to make some decorative challah covers on my birthday, November 3rd. Hope you don't mind if I bring in some sweets that day!