Some schools call it Spirit Day; others call it Fun Run. We are calling it "Ruach Run." Next week, the school is taking a field trip to a local university indoor gym for spirited games and activities. We are calling it "Ruach Run" to connect to the prayer added in the morning service after Simchat Torah, "Masheev HaRuach U'Morid HaGashem." This prayer acknowledges God who brings the wind and rain at this time of year. The Hebrew word for wind is also the word for spirit!
The morning of our Ruach Run is also Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, the beginning of the new month of Cheshvan. Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan is also Rainbow Day, a day dedicated to the story of Noah that we read on Shabbat that week. Children come wearing their Spirit Wear - their colored class T-Shirt. Each grade has a different color T Shirt, and the school, as a whole, looks like an actual rainbow! To combine a social action element with our morning of spirit, students bring in stuffed animals which will be donated to our children's hospital. The children place their animals on our makeshift "Noah's Ark" which adorns our main hallway.
The theme for our upper grades this month is "God in nature." We highlight this theme through story telling about our Giborei HaChodesh, our two heroes of the month. Heroes for the month of Cheshvan are the biblical Noah who was righteous in his generation, and Rabbi Eisenberg Sasso, author and Rabbi who wrote books for children about God in the world around us, such as God's Paintbrush.
Rainbow Day, Ruach Run, Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - all in one spirited morning!
We've got Ruach, yes we do! We've got Ruach! How 'bout you? Yeish Lanu Ruach, Kain Kain Kain. Yeish Lanu Ruach! Mah Itchem??
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