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Jewish Lego workshop a success!
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:38:42 GMT
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I just got back from the National Havurah Institute, a week-long gathering of
about 300 Jews (and a few non-Jews) that I’ve attended every year since 1999
(you can check it out at havurah.org). This year I offered an hour-long workshop
with the following description:
“Jewish Lego for all
If you put away your Lego collection after your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, think again!
Lego is for everyone old enough not to swallow it. In this hands-on workshop,
you will build any or all of three fully functional Jewish Lego projects: a
dreidel and two tzedakah (charity) coin boxes (basic and intermediate).
Instructions, supplies and help will be provided, along with a quick overview of
Lego terminology, theory, and what’s happening in the Jewish Lego world.
If you’d like to take your model home, please bring $8.25 to cover materials for
all three projects (216 pieces), or $1 for just the dreidel.”
I designed the three models, instructions for which are available at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=270496
(note: some of the files are ridiculously large; I plan to post compressed
versions soon, but it was hard to do while I was in New Hampshire at the
Institute). I ordered plenty of parts on Brickshelf, poked around to find what
*was* happening in the “Jewish Lego world”, and awaited the big day.
As it turned out, about 20 people showed up. Most were adults, since there was
organized programming attended by most of the Institute kids at the same time.
Some were adept-- notably, two expert crocheters, others slow, but everyone
finished at least one model.
In the last 10 minutes, I covered the main three categories of Jewish Lego
activity I discovedred through Web searching:
- The “Let’s build the world’s largest Lego menorah” category-- dominated by the
- The “Let’s get the kids to build a giant Lego project” category, e.g. a
- The dispute over whether building with Lego on the Sabbath is permissible
Finally, I offered some suggestions for future Jewish Lego projects.
The comments I received afterwards were enthusiastic, and I’m really glad I did
this! The only thing I regret is that I pre-collected the brick into kits, which
took too much time-- next time I’ll just put out the various parts in labelled
containers and let everyone assemble their own sets.
I got lots of help from my extremely patient husband Allan, and from some folks
in WAMALUG and Boston who helped me out when I realized I’d left a few key parts
at home.
I’d encourage anyone who gets the opportunity to run a similar session.
Best regards,
Judy
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