[HANASHIR:16329] Re: dinosaur song

[rahel <rahel...>]

Thank you Sharona. : )

Rahel


At 01:25 PM 12/28/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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>>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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>>I
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