It's Not a Simcha, but it is a Mitzvah!

             

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1.    a-Brainstorm: What words come to mind when you hear the word divorce?

 

b-How does Hollywood think of divorce? 

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c- What do you need for a civil divorce?

 

2.   Mitzvah vs. Mitzvoh

3.   Mitzvah means Divorce is normative. What does that mean?

4.   What do you need for Judaism’s divorce? Activity:

 “Everybody Knows”.

5.    Torah Sources

 

6.   The Big Ideas:

·       Divorce is not a simcha, but it is a mitzvah.  

·        It is normal, normative, and important. It is not a sin.

·       Judaism is a religion for kids and adults. Many adults think Judaism is a religion for kids because they stopped studying it as kids.  But Much of Judaism only applies to adult life, such as divorce.

·       Judaism is concerned with all areas of human life, not just holidays and prayer.

·       American popular culture is rooted in a European Christian perspective of divorce, that divorce is a sin.  Judaism sees it as mitzvah: a way to make the world just and holy.