Learning About Brachot (Blessings)

Some of the students, all ready for a field trip, with their teacher.

BETH TFILOH has been part of the Baltimore area since 1921. Besides the synagogue, the Congregation also runs a group of schools for students in Grades K through 12, combining both secular and Zionist oriented Jewish studies, along with a summer camp, BETH TFILOH CAMPS, since the Congregation purchased it in 1951.

Just yesterday, third grade students from the BETH TFILOH DAHAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL made a visit to SEVEN MILE MARKET in Pikesville, accompanied by their teachers. The students had been working on a unit focused on brachot (blessings), so their market visit, involving a scavenger hunt, was the culmination of what they had learned.



The students were divided into teams and given bracha riddles to solve. For example, a riddle might ask "[W]hich traditional Chanukah food has the bracha of mezanot"? Answer: donuts. Or, "[W]hich fruits have the bracha of ha'adama"? Answer: Melons, bananas, or strawberries. Then there was the personal question, involving a search by each student, What is your favorite "candy that requires a bracha of shehakol?

Students had to write down the name of the food, the brand, and the kosher symbol. They also discussed what foods don't require any certification, like whole fruits and vegetables. At the end of their visit, the students acknowledged that this was a fun way to review what they had learned about brachot. Lila, one of the students, said, "It was fun splitting into groups and trying to find the mystery foods...we learned a lot of kosher symbols, like Star-K and OU."

One of the student teams working on their riddles.

Once they were all back at school and in their classroom, the students celebrated the occasion with a brachot party. They reviewed the blessings and the correct order in which to say them. Then came the best part; they got to eat their treats.

Back in the classroom, enjoying treats.

Thanks to information from this article about the trip on Beth Tfiloh: http://www.bethtfiloh.com/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=1024770; along with the above links.

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