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Hillel fourth-graders role play a pilgrimage
to the ancient "Temple" in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Dan Horwitz, Natalie Perach, Gabe Scharg, Alexandra Shaw, Rachel Stewart

and Erika Sallen

Artsy
iukkah

The Well welcomed
guests to a Heidelberg
Project-styled sukkah.

Rozalia Aronov, Ethan Rothenberg and Ryan Schmeltz role play as Kohanim

accepting the items from the pilgrims.

T

he Torah gives instructions
on how to harvest compas-
sionately and, during Chol
HaMoed Sukkot, Hillel Day School
fourth-graders visited Bowers Farm in
Bloomfield Hills to re-enact a pilgrim-
age to the Temple in Jerusalem.
As they picked fall vegetables, the
students, who were role playing, left
fallen fruit and the corners of fields
unharvested so that the widow, the
orphan and the stranger could reap
food for themselves.
The fourth-grade Judaic Studies
team devised the field trip so that the
holiday information would not remain
purely academic. Each fourth-grader
was preassigned and dressed in one
of the important roles of field owner,
foreman, field worker, widow, orphan,

stranger or Kohen (priest).
A farm stand was decorated as the
Temple in Jerusalem. Here, students
made their offering, and the priests
accepted and blessed the people,
saying, "Look down from Your holy
habitation in heaven and bless Your
people Israel, and the land that You
have given us, the land flowing with
milk and honey that you swore to our
fathers" (Deut. 26:15).
"It is our hope that besides a fun
time outdoors at Bowers Farm, our
students will remember not only aca-
demically what is a pilgrimage holiday,
but also understand the importance of
being part of a people that takes care
of its most vulnerable said teacher
Phyllis Meyers. *

A

Heidelberg Project-inspired
sukkah? The Well, Metro
Detroit's new pluralistic
Jewish community-building, educa-
tion and spirituality outreach initiative,
constructed its inaugural sukkah out
of reclaimed doors from the city of
Detroit and decorated it in tribute to the
Heidelberg Project.
Designed by architect Michael
Horwitz of New York and built by Brett
Finsilver and his team at Finsilver
Construction and Development Corp.,
the sukkah was in the Huntington
Woods backyard of founding director
Rabbi Dan Horwitz. Each day of the
eight-day holiday featured a different set
of guests, including interfaith families.
The Well, a project of the Lori Talsky
Zekelman Fund at Temple Israel, is
geared to the needs of young adults and
those who haven't connected with tradi-
tional institutions. Its philosophy is that
Jewish ethics, values, spirituality and
community can be directly applicable to
people's lives and should drive them to
positively impact the world.
Learn more about The Well at www.
meetyouatthewell.org. *

Huntington Woods families come for

barbecue: liana Block and Judah, Lauren

Acker and Jenna, Robin Berman, Jamie

and Sean Strasberger.

Ten young families with children ages

0-3 — The Bubble Club — enjoyed a visit

led by Lindsay Mall.

The Well

hosted a Big

Idea Breakfast

where attendees

discussed the

concept of

etiquette.

Naomi Bernard and Ayelet Kaplan bring in some of the harvest.

26 October 15 • 2015