Being a Good Friend

Hi Yad b'Yad Families!

We had a great week in YBY on Sunday. It was nice to have the whole teaching team back together after both Bridget and I had been gone alternating weeks for what seemed like forever! It was great to work together and be with the students again. This week, we talked about the concept of dibbuk chaverim, which means closeness to friends. We talked about how our scholars taught that without close friendships, one could not truly study Torah! All the students are definitely able to be Torah scholars because they thought of wonderful ways in which they are good friends to one another and their friends outside of Yad b'Yad.

We asked the students to complete the statement, "I am a good friend because I..."

• Treat others how I want to be treated (a very popular response!)
• Give nice compliments
• Am fair
• Let my friends pick the activity first
• Share my snacks
• Apologize to my friends if I say something not so nice
• Take my friend to the teacher if he or she is hurt on the playground
• Help my friends

What great answers! The students also learned some new words in TPR with Tami. They are doing an excellent job remembering the verbs and actions. I'm so impressed! Since it was the beginning of Hanukkah, the students also got the chance to practice their dreidle skills after learning the verb "to spin", which is lehistovev in Hebrew. I'll post some pictures soon!

L'Shalom,
Julie