Idol Worship in Northampton

When the Israelites settled in the land of Canaan, they were surrounded by polytheists. The Canaanites worshipped numerous Gods, including El, the father of the gods, the godess Asherah, and Baal, the God of lightning and thunder. Today, we learned about some of these deities, and considered what idols the Canaanites might worship if they lived amongst us. And yes, we created our own idols. But I promise, we didn't worship them. Really.

We're continuing to work on the Shabbat Amidah, and discussed why congregations and prayer books have varying traditions for including the names of the matriarchs. We also took a look at our Modern Hebrew text book, which we'll begin to work on regularly, now that the holidays are finally over.

Kitah Hay is responsible for the Hebrew School bulletin board for the next month. We'll have several assignments displayed by the end of the week, so please come take a look - with your child - so s/he can tell you a little bit about our work.