By Dov Sikowitz (5-8-09)

Today is twenty-nine days, which is four weeks and one day of the Omer.

 

It is a tradition to count the days between Passover and Shavuot, as we mark our freedom from slavery and celebrate our freedom to accept Torah. This is called "counting the omer." This year we will observe the tradition of "counting the omer" by sharing stories about the many different ways that we have been turned on to Jewish learning, and through Jewish learning to Torah.

When we were at the seder, it was my turn to read.  I read.  After I was done, I felt so good.  I looked in my mind at all the places the Jewish people had been.  I looked at Mt. Sinai.  I looked at the Nile River.  I looked at the Temple where the Romans destroyed.  I looked at the Wailing Wall.  I looked at the Red Sea.  I felt connected to all those Jews in all those places and I felt so, so good.

Written as dictated by Dov Sikowitz - Age 6 - who has just learned to read.  

These stories are brought to you by the Temple Emanuel RE-IMAGINE project, an 18-month initiative sponsored by Hebrew Union College, devoted to re-thinking and re-structuring our religious school.