tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2073802866177507027.post3759003444017519156..comments2023-09-21T01:29:44.299-06:00Comments on Abba's Rantings: Reason #214 To Make AliyaAbbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147724170190982376noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2073802866177507027.post-22342311374630658392012-05-02T12:35:47.068-06:002012-05-02T12:35:47.068-06:00"most kids are going to explain" should ..."most kids are going to explain" should read "most kids are not going to explain"Abbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06147724170190982376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2073802866177507027.post-66141263705247026002012-05-02T12:34:16.970-06:002012-05-02T12:34:16.970-06:00PRAGMATICIAN:
how often does what happen? kids on...PRAGMATICIAN:<br /><br />how often does what happen? kids on a field trip participating in the discovery of bayis rishon seal with hebrew inscription? perhaps never before and never again. (in truth, it isn't even clear from the original article even how the kids were involved. was it a kid who actually found it, or were the kids just on site when someone else found it?)<br /><br />but the fact that kids in israel can literally sift through (our) history or go on tiyyulim to biblical and historical sites goes a long way toward making our past come to life, as well as forging an organic connection with eretz yisrael. it's not just another story about a long time ago in a place far, far away. this is on an emotional/psychological level, but is true for an intellectual level as well. now most kids are going to explain how gideon's soldiers drank from the river with finges based on watching a bedoiun do so (just read this in daat mikra), but at the very least they can find chevron on a map. ask a haftr kid where jericho is and he's likely to tell you out on long island.<br /><br />btw, yeshivat noam in teaneck does have some element in the curriculum whereby the classroom meets up with a teacher in israel to explore the land, or something like that.Abbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06147724170190982376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2073802866177507027.post-66051131458969862102012-05-02T08:28:25.628-06:002012-05-02T08:28:25.628-06:00Nice point.But how often does such a thing happen?...Nice point.But how often does such a thing happen?Pragmaticianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724757238921859366noreply@blogger.com