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Jewish Enrichment Center in Philadelphia Jewish Enrichment Schools Out Camps Makom Making Makom Community NEWS Camp A Place for Joyful Jewish Learning Picture the scene its about 10 am on the brisk sunny last Friday of winter break and sunlight is streaming in through the windows of our gathering space illuminating a group of fifteen kids aged four through twelve sitting in a circle on the rainbow rug. In the crowd there is a tiger a Spiderman one middleschooler dressed in vintage Exploring Narrowness in Beginnings Wow God ruler of the universe who kept us alive kept us in existence and brought us to this time. This is the translation of the shehecheyanu a brachah blessing that Jewish people say to acknowledge the beginning of holidays and other first times or rare experiences. Our learners encountered and unpacked this brachah as part of our new unit Vlogs Video Reflections on Learning Choice in Transformation by Trent Works A reflection on the Shorashim 1st2nd grade learners observations and insights around transformation in their lives and in the story of Yosef.