זמן/Time. We all want more of it.

Year 7 Hebrew students have completed a unit of study about the concept of Time: Nature’s time of seasons and festivals, biological time of humans and animals, and wo/man-made time of schedules and calendars. Time seems to control every aspect of our lives. What would we do if we had more time? Students read a poem called ‘Request’ by Arianna Haran-HaCohen, asking for time for different things. It is written in a form of a prayer and begins with the words:

הייה טוב אלינו ותן לנו הרבה הרבה זמן – Be good to us and give us lots and lots of time.

Students had to write their own poem using a similar structure. It is my pleasure to share some of these insightful and thoughtful creations with you. I did not write a poem of my own, but had I done so I would have asked for more time to read Ma Nishma.