WELCOME BACK !
I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing break.
As a welcome back message I wanted to share with all of you this video I found. I think it expresses my personal appreciation ( which I don't do often enough) and that of our parents as well.
Enjoy and Welcome back
ADMINSTRIVIA ISSUES:
- Please set up a time to meet with me as soon as possible.
- I will be continuing my Walkthroughs and Pop ins as well. I will also be speaking with each of you on an individual basis about the formal and summative evaluations which will begin this month.
- As always student safety is and must always be our primary concern, therefore when at recess please make sure that we are supervising the students appropriately and that when on line students aren't running ahead of us.
- Mrs. Gersten sent out a revised Lunch Duty Schedule so please check that and refer to that updated schedule.
As always please free to speak with me about any issues.
Have a great week !
Akevy
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ReplyDeleteThank you rabbi it is very nice and touching presentation
ReplyDeleteI want to share with you this article let me know please what you think
Talmud Study
Subject: Talmud Study
Just when you thought that you saw it all in the Jewish world.
Talmud Study is now Mandatory in South Korea
The following fascinating article was translated by The Muqata from YNET.
Close to 50 million people live in South Korea, and everyone learns Gemara (Talmud) in school.
"We tried to understand why the Jews are geniuses, and we came to the conclusion that it is because they study the Talmud," said the Korean ambassador to Israel. And this is how "Rav Papa" became a more well known scholar in Korea than in Israel.
It is doubtful if the Aramaic scholars, Abbaye and Rava, imagined their discussions of Jewish law in the Beit Midrash in Babylon would be taught hundreds of years later in East Asia. Yet it turns out that the laws of an "egg born on a holiday" ("ביצה שנולדה ביום טוב"), is actually very interesting to the South Koreans, who have required that Talmud study be part of their compulsory school curriculum.
Almost every home in South Korea now contains a Korean-translated Talmud. But unlike in Israel, the Korean mothers teach the Talmud to their children. In a country of close to 49 million people who believe in Buddhism and Christianity, there are more people who read the Talmud-or at least own their own copy at home- than there are in the Jewish state of Israel. Much more.
"So we too will become geniuses"
"We were very curious about the high academic achievements of the Jews," explains South Korea's Ambassador to Israel, Young Sam Mah, who was recently a host on the program "Culture Today."
"Jews have a high percentage of Nobel laureates in all fields: literature, science and economics. This is a remarkable achievement. We tried to understand what is the secret of the Jewish people? How they-more than other people-are able to reach those impressive accomplishments. Why are Jews so intelligent? The conclusion we arrived at is that one of your secrets is that you study the Talmud."
"Jews study the Talmud at a young age, and it helps them, in our opinion, to develop mental capabilities. This understanding led us to teach our children as well. We believe that if we teach our children Talmud, they will also become geniuses. This is what stands behind the rationale of introducing Talmud Study to our school curriculum."
Young says that he himself studied the Talmud at a very young age: "It is considered very significant study," he emphasized. The result is that more Koreans have Talmud sets in their homes than do the Jews in Israel.
"I, for example, have two sets of the Talmud: the one my wife bought me, and the second was a gift from my mother."
Groupies of Jews
Koreans don't only like the Talmud because they see it as promoting genius, but because they found values that are close to their hearts.
"In the Jewish tradition, family values are very, very important," explains the South Korean Ambassador.
"You see it even today in your practice of the Friday evening family meal. In my country we also focus on family values. The respect for adults, and respect and appreciation for the elderly, parallels the high esteem in my country for the elderly."
Another very significant issue is the respect for education. In the Jewish tradition, parents have a duty to teach their children, and they devote to it lots of attention. For Korean parents, their children's education is a top priority.
Hemda,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
One of my goals this year was to create a community of learners where we can learn and share ideas with each other. Thank you for leading by example and sharing this article.
Besides the fact that there are more people studying Talmud or have Talmuds in Korea than in Israel what take away is there from this article for us as educators.
What can we and do we need to learn from this
Thoughts?