Esther wanted to save the Jews but Haman’s Decree was already made so they made a new decree that the jew could fight back then Mordecai replaced Haman and all the Jews celebrated.

Chapter 6:

The king wanted to reward Mordecai for saving his life but Haman thought he was the one being rewarded so he said a outrages request then Haman had to lead Mordecai through the streets.

Chapter 7:

Esther wanted to save the Jews but she did not know how so when she had a banquet and told the king about Hamam’s evil plan. Then after the king stormed out, when he came back he thought Haman was going to hurt Queen Esther so he ordered to hang Haman right away.

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msteigmann

Esther found out about Haman’s decree to kill all the Jews. She wanted to hide her religion instead of confronting the king, but Mordecai said all the Jews would be killed if she didn’t so she said to  Mordecai tell every Jew to fast for 3 days and then she would confront the king and ask to have a banquet with Haman and the king. At that banquet she asked to have another banquet the next day.

Over the past week, I have been working on a final project for Jewish Studies. I have been writing a poem about god and making a drawing to go with it. This project has meant a lot to me because I got to learn and find out what God really means to me. This is my belief in God,

God cannot choose, nor back out. 

God helps, on our paths of life.

God is a tree and helps us climb the branches.

That was part of my poem. I believe that God’s role on this earth is to lead people in the best paths. I feel like God has helped me in my life with being a better person. Whenever my brain is like “don’t do that”, that is what I believe God is. God is a voice or object that helps you be a better person. This class really has clarified my vision of God.

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msteigmann

For a few months, I was in musical Tefillah. I learned the words keva (structure) and kavanah (meaning).  Gev.Honigman told us to write a song with keva and kavanah. My friend and I  (Simon) made a song using keva and kavanah. I learned how to make a song and how hard it is to make a meaningful prayer with structure. We made a new tune to the prayer redemption to the song Mr.Blue Sky by E.L.O. That was really fun!!

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msteigmann

1. Why did I pick my topic? I picked my topic because Sukkot is my Hebrew birthday and I wanted to learn more about Sukkot. It was really fun, I got to do a fun project with the 1st and Sr kindergarten. We got to build Sukkot out of food with them.
2. What was one of the main ideas that I learned that I did not know before? I learned that Sukkot is also the holiday of the harvest, also I learned that a Sukkah has a minimum of 2 and 1/4 sides.  
3. What did I find interesting and enjoy about doing my project? I found that in my project you could branch what we were doing in many ways. I enjoyed it because that lead us to the project with the 1st and Sr kindergartens.
4. How did doing my project enhance or influence my high holiday experience? It made this class awesome because in my project I could hang out and get to know different classes

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msteigmann

This was an amazing experience for me. I got to work with little kids and make a great presentation for our class. What I really loved was that I got to share my knowledge about sukkot. I look forward to doing more of these projects. What I would do differently would be to let the students choose their Jewish projects. Overall this was awesome!!!!

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msteigmann

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msteigmann

What I thought went well was our execution of our plan. We did what we had said we would do and did it well. One thing that did not go so well was the planning. It took very long to p,an ball this and I think we  needed a little more time to reach our maximum potential. I we were going to do this again I would want to have more time to plan. What surprised me is that the people who did the program ( the kids ), were not so polite and some of them were a bit obnoxious and rude. What I learned from Exodus Experience is that anything is possible because I thought we would not be able to plan fully or pull it off.

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msteigmann

• What did you learn about leadership from the Jewish Supreme Leader (JSL) election project?

That leadership comes in many forms

• Through the stories of the leaders we studied, what are some positive ideas the Torah teaches us about leadership?

Even when people might be bad if you look inside them they might have good inside them

• What are some negative ideas the Torah teaches us about leadership?

I don’t really know if there is, everything has a reason.

• If you could create the ideal JSL, what would that person be like: their qualities, their personal story, their weaknesses? Why?

They would be nice caring and they would have a bad childhood and use it to their advantage.

• How do you think leadership has changed from Torah times to modern times?  How is it still similar?

People are more stupid now and blow a lot of money on bad things

• How does the JSL election change the way you think about leadership?  Why?

It showed me that there is a little good in everybody if you can find it

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msteigmann