Makor MiMakor מקור ממקור A New Lens on My Blog Shvuot: To Swear on Seven: A Shavuot Conversation with the Bronx Senior Center This blog model is called “Makor MiMakor”--the source from the source. Every month or so, I will share a piece of Torah or a quote or article (the Makor) that I learned with a member of the Kinneret community-- either a group of students, teachers, parents or senior citizens from our school’s intergenerational learning program (A Makor). I will then share their thoughts and reactions and conclude with a brief takeaway from that conversation. This blog’s subject is about the mitzvah of tochekah—of giving criticism. The Makor: R. Shimshon Refael Hirsch on Gen. 21:23- 'R. Hirsch points out that the word הִשָּׁבְעָה “seems to be formed from הִשָּׁבְעָ meaning seven and in its reflexive form, would mean literally “to give oneself up to the seven.” As the world was created in 6 days and on Shabbat, God rested, the number seven refers to God and
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A New Lens on the Blog : Makor MiMakor מקור ממקור Tochekah: To Criticize or Be Criticized: An 8th Grade Conversation in Room 108 I remember once sitting in a silent classroom, with nothing but the Tanakah sitting at the front teacher’s desk. “The Tanakh,” the Professor said half jokingly and half seriously, “says nothing.” This exercise was to teach us that our sources and our Torah speaks to us, only when we engage with them. It is in that spirit that I try a new blog model called “Makor MiMakor”--the source from the source. Every month or so, I will share a piece of Torah or a quote or article (The Makor) that I learned with a member of the Kinneret community-- either a group of students, teachers, parents or senior citizens from our school’s inter-generational learning program (A Makor). I will then share their thoughts and reactions and conclude with a brief takeaway from that conversation. This blog’s subject is about the mitzvah of tochekah—of giving critic