Introduction: If you could only see the world through one type of art, what kind of art would you want it to be? (Pop art, claymation, etc.)
Part I: Text Study (15 minutes)
Jacob and Esau by Edna Aphek (transl. Yishai Tobin)
I hear the smell of your garments
Esau coming from the field
The yelling of your eyes
A kneeling
And Jacob keeps reading the book
Guiding questions:
How does this poem play with senses?
Guiding questions:
Which interpretation do you like best?
What's the story behind your name?
Have you ever named someone (a pet, a character, a stuffed animal)? Did their looks factor into your decision?
(27) When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jacob became a mild man, raising livestock.(28) Isaac favored Esau because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah favored Jacob. (29) Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the open, famished. (30) And Esau said to Jacob, “Give me some of that red stuff to gulp down, for I am famished”—which is why he was named Edom.
Guiding questions:
What do you make of the use of the color red here?
Do you have a nickname? Have you ever given someone else a nickname?
What's your favorite kind of bean?
Part II: Art Time! (20 minutes)
We're going to make family trees out of leaves from campus! You can make your own family tree, the family tree from the parasha, or a family tree from your favorite book/tv show.