The Zayin value is Chochmah (wisdom).  This theme is explored in family education through developing the skills to write a d'var Torah using both Torah text and commentaries as well as our personal questions and insights.  In class, students work through contemporary, relevant ethical dilemmas, using skits and debate to come to conclusions and then exploring rabbinic literature which has developed to answer these very questions for the Jewish people. We hope to build in Zayin students both the curiosity and the feeling of entitlement to ask hard questions of Judaism and to seek out meaningful answers provided by our tradition, while finding their own voice in the mix. 

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