RE: Turkey In the Straw

[Adrian A. Durlester <durleste...>]

Oh, dear, Raquel-have you forgotten the story of the four sons we repeat every 
Pesach?

Adrian

On Wednesday, March 04, 1998 23:49, QuelliPG [SMTP:QuelliPG (at) aol(dot)com] 
wrote:
> Rick, I would hardly equate that beautiful story of the boy saying the aleph
> bet and hoping that God would make prayers of them with singing Adon Olam to
> TV show themes!
>
> The first is an example of a child who wants to pray and lacks the skills so
> finds another path to God...  the second is an example of kids who don't want
> to pray and don't know what the words mean and don't care but they like
> Gilligan's Island so we'll get them to sing the prayer to that tune so it
> will
> be fun.  What is the educational value?  I think that the Kavanah, the
> intention behind the prayer is much more important than the words themselves!
> The story of the little boy illustrates that beautifully.  I would rather
> have
> my students write their own prayers or meditate quietly for a few moments
> than
> sing a bunch of (to them) meaningless syllables to a TV tune!  Which do YOU
> think is prayer?
>
> Raquel