[HANASHIR:16326] Re: dinosaur song

[Shirona <shirona...>]

  Until just now I managed to avoid reading the lyrics of the "Dinosaur 
song"... with so much email one needs to make swift "delete" decisions. But 
here it is...a dinosaur in our midst...and I can't make believe it's not...

  With advanced apologies to the author of this song... I'm wondering about the 
desperate measures some of us are taking in trying to get our kids to be 
excited about Judaism.  A DINOSAUR to "sell" kids on Shabbat....?  Why just 
because we know little children love dinosaurs makes it wise, or even OK to 
link them with something deep and meaningful so they can "get it", or learn 
about it?  Even tiny children have instincts about what is real and what is 
phony.  

  Here's the thing:  If children grow up in a home where Shabbat is observed - 
then they will KNOW Shabbat.  But if children grow up in households where 
Shabbat is a day for chores and going to the mall and soccer practice - then no 
amount of dinosaurs or aliens or monsters or robots or cutie-patootie gizmos 
will make one bit of difference. Kids feel spirituality ( and "authenticity") 
probably better than we do, and if anything they're picking up on how desperate 
and/or hypocritical we are... teaching them things we don't practice... in a 
Barney costume.

  Sorry.  Nothing personal

  Shirona
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      There's a dinosaur knocking at my door

      Knockin' one two three

      There's a dinosaur knocking at my door

      And he wants to have Shabbat 

      He wants to have Shabbat 

      He wants to have Shabbat with me.

       

      Oh he wants to light the candles and

      He wants to drink the wine.

      He wants to eat the challah and 

      He wants to dine with us.

       

      There's a dinosaur knocking at my door

      Knockin' one two three

      There's a dinosaur knocking at my door

      He wants to have Shabbat

      He wants to have Shabbat

      He wants to have Shabbat with me.

       

       

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