{"id":2360,"date":"2013-04-28T08:57:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T05:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birkatchaverim.com\/wordpress\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2018-02-19T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:57:57","slug":"mitzvot-unplugged-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birkatchaverim.com\/wordpress\/giving\/mitzvot-unplugged-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitzvot Unplugged Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birkatchaverim.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=2361\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2361\" alt=\"Mitzvot Unplugged Series Welcome from Birkat Chaverim\" src=\"https:\/\/birkatchaverim.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/mitzvot_unpluggedwelcome.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birkatchaverim.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/mitzvot_unpluggedwelcome.jpg 490w, https:\/\/birkatchaverim.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/mitzvot_unpluggedwelcome-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/birkatchaverim.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/mitzvot_unpluggedwelcome-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birkatchaverim.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/mitzvot_unpluggedwelcome-315x315.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m very pleased to welcome you to the first ever <strong>Mitzvot Unplugged Series.<\/strong> The series developed as a conversation in my head and then with my kids. As my children get older I think more and more about how to inspire and develop their own desire to be good people, love of Torah and desire to do <em>mitzvot<\/em>. I know that much of that is role modeling and working on oneself in order to teach through living. At the same time, I also know there are many people and organizations doing wonderful things to educate people, and in particular children values and Jewish values.<\/p>\n<p>This series is intended to explore ways to teach our kids Jewish values in a creative way. The period between Lag B&#8217;Omer and Shavuot seemed an appropriate time to focus on this, building towards <em>Matan Torah<\/em>. I am excited about the range of participants in the series. I would like them to be a surprise, but I will note that I seem to have a certain enthusiasm for home schooling (although I do not home school), artists of various sorts and non-profits for this series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are still a number of ways to participate in the series:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Guest posts:<\/strong> do you have something to say? We can still fit in one or two guest posts before Shavuot. You can mention what you&#8217;d like to talk about in the form below.<br \/>\n<strong>Links:<\/strong> have you written a post or article online that would be useful to teach values? Please do submit a link below.<br \/>\n<strong>Conversation:<\/strong> do you have something to say? 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