[HANASHIR:16681] RE: What's Hachnasat Orchim?

[Joy Newman <joyzee...>]

Hello!

When I responded to Nell a few weeks ago I mentioned how sometimes I tie 
songs like "Coming Home" or "Just Another Foreignor" into Hachnasat Orchim.  
My connection is that, like Abraham and other biblical characters welcomed 
strangers and guests, Israel has developed and thrived as a nation by 
inviting Jews from all over the world into the country and helping them make 
Israel their home.

Have others used this connection, preferably with older elementary school 
kids?  (3-6 or so)  Do you find that it works?  If not, what do you think of 
the connection?

I am very open to critiscm/suggestions, so...thanks so much for your help 
and feedback!

~smile always~
-Joy Newman
Rochester, NY


>From: "Don & Nell Hirsch" <dnhirsch (at) comcast(dot)net>
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: <Hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: [HANASHIR:16680] What's Hachnasat Orchim?
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:45:55 -0500
>
>Sorry - I should have defined it in my original email.  Hachnasat orchim is
>the mitzvah of welcoming of strangers and guests.  The example I've seen
>most often is Abraham inviting the three strangers in for a meal.  It's a
>lovely concept, with lots of potential extensions (good manners, tzedakah,
>etc.).
>
>Nell Hirsch

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