First Meeting and Havurah Brit

We had our first meeting at the Weber's house. We discussed beginnings (התחלות or hatchalot) as this was the beginning to our havurah! We started off with the prayer that marks a milestone or beginning, the shehekianu (שהחינו).

We did a learning activity in which we created a collage with pictures from magazines that we cut out that represented the idea of beginnings. There was a terrific range of images, and we got the sense that we saw beginnings in unique and interesting ways.

We then regrouped by family and each family came up with items to contribute to a brit (ברית or contract) for our Family Learning Havurah. Through consensus, we came up with the following brit havurah:

1. Listening
2. Sharing
3. We will help each other
4. Be respectful
5. As questions
6. Be flexible
7. Be ready to try new things
8. Be ready to learn
9. Have fun

We're looking forward to the next gathering of the Havurah!