Teachers Monthly OVERVIEW s“xc Below please find this months program at a glance, followed by the resouces you will need. Monthly Tasks: Daily school Tasks Veholachto Bidrochov: Before Davening Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1. Spend 10 minutes talking Rosh about the maasim tovim of Play the Tanya CD for 5 minutes Chodesh Kislev Avrohom. (Hachayol page 4-5) and say the Tanya with your 2. Spend 10 minutes reviewing students and have them folow the Shlichus evaluation sheets Time: along on their Tanya sheet 3. Spend 5 minutes discussing Davening their choice of hachlotos Say the Rebbe’s pessukim in WWTC: Shemona Esrei 1. Help the children choose Friday Say the Rebbe’s kapitel 24th the ladder thats best for them Benching Kislev 2. Remind the chidren to say Say horachmon when you bench Time: their Tehillim and time quota Yomei Depagra - Special Days: Weekly school Tasks: Turn your school lunch into a mini fabrengen. Tell what happened on that day, sing a Sicha: Teach your students a Dvar Torah Day of Niggunim: Day of the week: niggun and say a Dvar Torah based on a Sicha of the Rebbe and send 1. Spend 5 minutes a week the week: and remind them to repeat home a paper for them to review by singing the Niggunim of the their shabbos table Time: week and talking about its Time: this at home! background (see Hachayol Preapre for these special days pages 6&7) using the hachyol magazine: Rebbe Video: Day of Rosh chodesh kislev (page 6) the week: 2. Spend 10 minutes a week Beis kislev (page 9) Play a video of the Rebbe (Living Torah) teaching your students the Tes kislev (page Time: Niggun of the month Yud kislev and Yud Tes Kislev (pages 12 & 13) Yud daled kislev (page 9) Rebbe Story: Day of Avos Ubonim: Day of Chof kislev (page 14 -15) Each week tell your students a story the week: the week: Encourage the children to Chanukah (page 17) about the Rebbe and send home a learn with their parents for paper for them to review by their Time: 25 minutes a week Time: Mivtzoim: Plan mivtzoim for shabbos table chanukah (Hachayol page 18) Avrohom asked him “What for you. Avrohom and Sorroh Introduction Zeide Avrohom Tzedoko was there to do in the however, planted the most Taivo, there weren’t any poor wonderful garden in their Our Great Grandparents Avro- When we speak of Avrohom and people there?” so he answered backyard, in which grew all kinds hom and Soroh embodied the Sorroh, our Great Grandparents, that the whole day and night of delicious and even rare fruits middoh of Chessed. They were the first thing that comes to they were busy feeding the and vegetables. They also had a living examples of what it means mind is that they were animals. And in that z’chus, stock room full of food, meat, to really care for and help an- tremendous Machnisei Orech. Hashem saved them because wine, eggs etc. Even though they other person. So complete was Hashem loves Tzedoko. did not charge for the food, they their commitment to doing loving Most people choose to live in a would ask their guests what they kindness, that the power in place where they won’t be So avrohom thought to himself, would like to eat, and then make charge of Chessed complained to bothered by people so often, “If Hashem loves Tzedoko so it for them! Hashem that since Avrohom was where the will have their peace much, that He even rewarded around, he was out of a job, be- and quiet, and can run their lives them for giving to animals, how He would always give the best cause Avrohom was doing all the undisturbed. much more he must love it when quality food for the guests. The Chessed! someone gives Tzedokko to tongue of a calf is a special Our grandparents lived not far people!” So he decided to make delicacy, and when the They looked out to help people in from Sedom, so that they would his home a free hotel to do lots Malochim came, he shechted the most honorable way, making be able to help all the people of chessed. three calves just to get a tongue them feel as comfortable as pos- that Sedom turned away. They for each person. He told Soro to sible. They really cared for other chose specifically to live in an The Torah describes their hotel use the finest quality flour. He people. Avrohom davened to area where there are a lot of as an “Aishel” which stands for wanted his luxury items to be save Sedom, even though he travelers that would need them Achilo – Eating, sh’siyo – Drinking used for a mitzvah. knew that they were undeserv- often. and Leviyo – Escorting (Similar to ing, because he cared for people. the word Levayo where we Avrohom had a special tree This is why they liked to help The Midrash says that when accompany and escort a person which would spread it’s leaves people so much, and this is also Avrohom was running away from who passed away). over the guest to protect them if why they taught people about Nimrod, he ran to Noach and his they were good people, and Hashem, because they really son Shem who were Avrohom’s The word “Aishel” can be would pull back it’s branches cared for them and wanted them Great….. Grandparents. re-arranged to become the word from a person who was not good. to have a good and proper life. One time, while he was there, he “Sho’al” which means to ask. When Avrohom would see the asked Shem what he did to Usually when you’re a guest, you tree pulling back it’s branches The goal of this course is to relay deserve to be saved from the eat whatever the host has from someone, he would show to the Chayolim a feeling of the Mabul and come out of the prepared for you. Even in a them extra special kindness. importance of caring with loving Teivoh. Shem told him that it was restaurant, where you pay them Chessed, and a desire to con- because of his Tzedoko in the to provide you with food, you can After Avrohom’s Bris, Hashem tinue in our fathers’ ways. teivoh. only order what they offer you. made it very hot so that no You can’t tell them what to make visitors would come and bother 1 Avrohom. When he asked his Sedom, he davened to Hashem them to be saved. Avrohom servant Eliezer why there are no that He should save them. asked that the whole city be Chassidishe Vort In Pirkei Avos it says “Yihyu guests, Eliezer told him that saved because of only 5 good aniyim bnei beischo” which no-one had come. The Midrash says that he dav- people in it. He always looked at literally means “the poor should ened as if they were his own chil- the good side of everything, even be (comfortable and frequent in Avrohom replied “I don’t believe dren. Even though they were if 95% was bad. your home) like the children of you!” and went out himself to mean people, he cared for them. your house”. Chassidim would check. He was sitting at the door Our Zeide Avrohom had real explain the mishnah slightly to look for travelers, when This wasn’t the first time that Chessed. He really felt for an- differently. “The children of you Hashem appeared to him. He such a thing happened. Before other person, even if they were house should be poor” meaning didn’t wait for people to come the Mabul, Noach also built the not the way they should be, and that one should give up their and ask him, he went to look for Taivo especially slow so people when they had a problem, he comforts and luxuries for having people to help. would see him and ask him what davened as if it was his problem. guests. Even if fit means that you he’s doing so he can tell them won’t have everything that you In fact, Hashem knew that guests that they should do T’shuvo. The gemorroh says that one of would like, or your usual comfort were so precious to Avrohom, the characteristics of Avrohom’s and privacy. We should have that if any came while Hashem He wanted to try and help them, children is that they have guests even if it is not was talking to him, he would stop but Noach didn’t daven to save Rachmonus. convenient and comfortable for speaking to Hashem and go help them. It didn’t really bother him us. the guests. That’s why when if they wouldn’t be saved, he just If one is only concerned with Hashem wanted to speak to wanted to do his job of “trying” themselves, their personal level, Avrohom he had to make it really to help them. That’s why he and their obligations, then if they Story When R' Levi Yitzchok of hot so no guests would come and didn’t succeed. Not one person have done everything they can, Berditchev was a young man, interrupt. The Gemoroh learns did T’shuvo and came into the they will be happy. After all before he was appointed rabbi of from this, that “Hachnosas Taivo with him. He didn’t care for “Oines Rachmono Patrei” – if you the city, he lived with his wife in Orchim is greater than speaking them, he cared for himself, to do can’t do something, Hashem will the home of his father-in-law, in to Hashem”! his job.