Charli Krite

Joel Ephraim

Rashi Commemoration Wednesday 4 July

Rashi cared his whole life about being Jewish. During the Crusades time period, where it was extremely difficult being Jewish, he chose to care about preserving and making Judaism accessible and understandable to the masses This holds a lot of important values that we can apply to our own lives today. We want all students in the High School to put themselves in the shoes of Rashi today and ask themselves. What does the future of the Jewish people look like and how are you going to be responsible for that future? As you go through the stations today, think about what values you are learning and how they relate to your Judaism.

Rashi dedicated his whole life to the perseverance and passion towards the Jewish religion. This is why the Rashi Year 11s were passionate about educating the rest of the Year about his values, and how they can be implemented into our own lives. The Year 11 Rashi Tutor Group decided to make it a fun commemoration. We planned a station rotation with each activity representing a different value. We picked the values that Rashi believed in and created activities that go around them. The whole idea was meant for the rest of the High School to be able to have fun while still learning about who Rashi was and what he believed in. The 6 values are: perseverance, passion, determination, bravery, unity/family and responsibility as we thought these were the best values that would describe Rashi and who he was.