Group #1 Skit
Characters:NarratorDeborahBarakJaelSisera
Chapter 4
Narrator: Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth is sitting between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim and you see people come to her for decisions. As you can see here she is about to summon Barak who is the son of Abinoam of Kedesh in Naphtali.
Deborah: The Lord the God of Israel has commanded, Go! March up to Mount Tabor and take with you 10,000 men of Naphtali and Zebulun. And I will draw Sisera, Jabin’s army commander with his chariots and his troops, toward you up to the Wadi Kishon and I will deliver him into your hands.
Barak: If you will go with me, I will go, if not I will not go.
Deborah: Very well, I will go with you. However there will be no glory for you in the course you are taking for then the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.
Narrator: Deborah and Barak went to Kedesh together. Barak mustered Zebulum and Naphtali at Kedesh and 10,000 men marched up after him. Heber and the Kenite separated from the other Kenites descendants of Hobab who just happened to be the father in law to Moses and just pitched his tent at Elon-bezaanannim which just also happens to be near Kedesh. Sisera was informed that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up Mout Tabor which made Sisera order all 900 iron chariots and all of his troops moved from Harosheth to the Wadi Kishon.
Deborah: Up! This is the day on which the Lord will deliver Sisera into your hands the Lord is marching before you.
Narrator: As soon as this happens Barak charges down Mount Tabor as all 10,000 men come charging after him as Hashem threw Sisera and all of his chariots and armies into a panic before the onslaught of Barak. Sisera leaped from his chariot and fled down on foot as Barak pursued the chariots and the soliders as far as Harosheth. All of Sisera’s soilders fell by the sword and there were no men left. Meanwhile Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael.
Jael: Come in my lord, come in here, don’t be afraid!
Sisera: Please let me have some water, I am thirsty.
Heber opens some skim milk and gives him the cup filled with it
Sisera: Stand at the entrance of the tent. If anyone comes and asks you if anyone is here you tell them no!
Jael takes the tent and pin and grasped the mallet. When Sisera falls asleep she takes the pin and shoves it through his head until he is dead.
---THE NEXT DAY---
Jael: Come I will show you the man you are looking for.
They all go inside and see Sisera lying dead on the ground.
Narrator: On that day Hashem subdued King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites. The hand of the Israelites bore harder and harder on King Jabin of Canaan until they destroyed King Jabin of Canaan.
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alone
i have so many friends.
ive been so blessed to meet the most amazing people ever
im blessed everyday for being alive
but ive never felt so alone (in a while)
like. its summer. and ive been bored out of my
mind since kutz let me go home.
i can even talk to the boy that im in love with.
but i dont want to
i feel so down. i have so much to look foward too.
yet i cant smile about it.
im going to fucking israel.
yet i still have a frown on my face
i just want to run away and cry.
im scared.
im scared of being away from my parents for four months.
im scared of something happening while im gone.
im scared of failing.
im so scared.
but i know i have to take risks.
and i know i need this.
im so nervous. i dont feel secure right now.
garg.
I know we all have bad habbits.
I really hope no one reads this.
But I get jealous so easily. So easily. I hate this. Why cant I just be okay with everything?
Why cant i have the self confidence that people think I have.
Jeez.
This sucks.
I'm so bad at these games.
Boys. Men. Males. Anything but a woman.
Why can't I jump and shout I LOVE YOU, you mean everything to me.
Because then you would run away and regret everything?
Because you would get scared and wonder why did you get into it?
Because you are scared that you feel the same way and don't want to admit it?
It was so beautiful yesterday. We we have. It was so amazing. I haven't felt that way in such a long time. And it happend. It was so perfect. It felt so right. Why can't I tell you that? Why do I always have to say goodbye?
I know we will see eachother soon. I just don't know if I can wait that long. The funny thing is though, I'm the one who should be able to wait.
I want to call you. I want to hear your voice. But if I do, I know it's too soon. I know I'll come off too strong. My nerves will get the best of me. My giddyness will show. Sometimes I can't hide it sometimes I want to just let it all out and shout...i love you
Ohhh boys. What they can truely do to a woman. Or a girl. Or a female.
I wonder what he thinks...I wonder how he feels. I know I'm gonna be wondering for a while.
At least in 66 days I won't have to wonder and wait no more.
Until then...it's gonna be one long long wait. Long wait.
you know who, i love you.
Last Day of Junior Year
Friday June 15th, 2007
A day that I have been waiting for since probably mid October when school stops being easy and starts getting hard.
Some how I manged to survive this crazy, ever so crazy year.
Overall this year has really had it's ups in down.
Overall though, I think this school year has in grades wise been my best, but school as a whole with teachers and such, not actually top notch.
Three of my seven teachers left.
The first one left because she was offered another job that was a lot better for her, plus she was tired of teaching. A very respectable reason. She had been teaching for 20 years and she was one of my favorite teachers. She was my broadcast journalism teacher. Her warm and friendly ways seemed to make everyone love her and be happy. She was so into letting ourselves express ourselves in any way we wanted. She supported us no matter what happend in our crazy class. She was by far, one of the best teachers I had this year.
One left for two weeks to become a ninja. Yeah he's pretty sweeeeet.
The other left because she was pregnant.
As for my other teachers, some made me really think for myself and I learned so much from them. Other teachers didn't chanllege me nearly enough and believed that repition of the same thing was good for us. Yeah, what a joke. One of my teachers always had witty things to say, even though the subject was harder than hard, they still always made me smile.
I think I learned the most from my english teacher. He always gave us intense questions and really made me want to say what I felt about things. Our class always got into political discussions and arguments. I was one of the only loud mouth liberals and the rest of my class were either hardcore conservatives or moderates. As in, they would always argue me. I LOVED IT. No joke. I loved hearing their ideas and opinons and learning about the ways they live their lives. Its extremely intresting.
This year in NFTY, my true friends and true home, it was quite the year. Here are some little rap ups of each event.
Gesher Kallah-It was the first event that we
really shared with PAR. I LOVED it because I had just gotten back from Kutz and some of my closet friends are in PAR. I thought the event as a whole was fantastic. Songleading was so much fun and it was so great to utilize the leadership skills and teaching of kutz in my first ever event songleader. So fantastic.
LTI-By far, the greatest LTI I have ever been to. I loved the new layout, the new programming, everything. From 6 hour plenaries, to fun campfires. As songleader wise, it went horribly, but you learn from your mistakes. Project mayhem was siiiick. I blow the Shofar Naked, by far, an unforgetable moment for us all in NFTY-MAR. SOOOO amazing.
Fall Kallah-I have a new love for central VA. It was extremely beautiful in every way shape and form. I stayed with some of the nicest people. In their nice country home. The old couple was sooo nice. Songleading was fantastic. The chapel was beautiful for services and the acoustics were lovely. It was the first time I got to songlead with Adam, and it was awesome. The programs were so much fun too. I felt like it got a lot of people loving NFTY-MAR. The co-chairs were fantastic.
Winter Kallah-AAAAAAAmazing. As always. Perfect programming. Holly really showed us what she was capable of. The Our Space program changed people for good, especially me. The discussions and such, so powerful. The board really showed how they can work together to be this great group of leaders. The PVP program was outstanding as it always is. Although the sleep was lacking it was still fantastic. Plus having one of your best friends there was nice too. I had such a good time bonding with new people too. It was amazing.
CONVENTION 2007-the
greatest five days OF MY LIFE. I'm not even kidding. Having all my jewish friends from all over all in one place at one time, the greatest time ever. Sure I didn't sleep at all or what so ever, it still was fantastic. The songleading, the concerts, the programs, the services, AH so incredible. The overwhelming feeling of seeing everyone I love and truely care about all at once. Soooooo amazing. :]
TheVent-It was my offical four year with NFTY-MAR. Thevent itself, was pretty fun. I mean I got sick in the middle of it so it wasnt as good as it could of been, But I had fun being Pac-Man and doing all of the color wars. I love the West Side. Amanda did a fabulous job. The west really represented and I felt like we came together as a sub-region. :]
Spring Kallah-Well...this event was alright. Elections were long and hectic. Spring circle was awesome. I loved how I got tons of children. It really made me smile. I loved how much stuff I got passed down to me. Songleading was good...it just made me realize how much I'm going to miss seniors so much. Thats where some of my best friends are. In the same sense some will be moving closer to me. :]
I got into EIE. That will be this year..but I count as next year...
SENIOR YEAR HERE I COME! SENIORS '08 DOMINATE!
RAWR.
If I was a man, I would be kicking myself in the nuts right now.
After saying that...
I just give in too easily. Maybe not give in so to say..like I just let my emotions out too easily. And then it just scares them away. I'm still new to this whole being single thing.
It's been over a week since Adam and I have broken up. 15 months and 25 days of what I like to call one of the greatest relationship I have ever been in. But what now? Now this word and world of "single" is odd. New. I guess I don't know how to even handle myself.
You can't just blab out I LIKE YOU. Thats a big no no? I like being upfront. But now he's just run away. I'm not so good at that whole playing games crap. I mean honestly I hate that.
Jeez, I'm such a man. Men like things upfront. Girls like to be stupid about it and play with their heads. And I shouldn't take things so litteraly. Damn. I'm bad at this game.
I donno. I can't read people that well. But it has never been a problem for this past year. I've had Adam. Always there. Saying he loves me. Telling him I love him.
Now it's gone. I don't regret a thing. It was an amazing relationship. He's a great guy.
But even though our relationship was one of the most unrealistic things, it lasted for a while.
A 5 hour drive or train ride to see him. For him to see me.
A college boy and a high school girl. How long can it last? Apparently almost 16 months.
Oh well. I'll get the hang of this thing sometime...right?
TRSTY mixer..ignore
Title: The Ultimate TRSTY Mixer
Goals:
-to meet new PP’s
-to learn everyone’s names
-to have lots of fun!
Objectives: -To learn and get to know everyone’s names in the group your in
-Make team cheer(s)
-Make a good flag
-Make new friends
Materials: -index cards
-markers
-posterboard
-pencils/pens
-paper
Procedure: 00:00-01:00 Introduction and spliting into groups
01:00-03:00 Place names on back of the shirts
03:00-10:00 Figure out which name you are
10:00-12:00 Break into groups
12:00-17:00 Name Games
17:00-18:00 Explain the other mixers
18:00-30:00 Do the mixer
30:00-35:00 Second mixer
35:00-55:00 Make up cheers
55:00-65:00 Perform cheers
65:00-90:00 Make team flags
Detailed Procedure:
00:00-10:00 The main group leader is going to explain what a mixer is to the large group. They will explain how when everyone went into the room they got a different person on their back. With the person they got, they have to ask around people yes or no questions only to try to figure out the person on their back. Once they figure out the person on their back they then have to find other people with the same person and form groups with them. Once they all form their groups a group leader will come over to them and start the next part of the mixer.
10:00-12:00 Break into groups
12:00-17:00 Name games! First just do something simple like say your name and what color underwear your wearing, if you could pimp your ride what would you do, your favortie thing to eat during Passover, your favorite type of computer screen, or anything else you can think of! Then do a good name game. Go around the circle and have everyone say their name and an adjective that uses the same letter as the start of their name. EX: My name is Rachel. And I'm rocking, so I'm rockin rachel. Then the next person has to say the person's name before them and then say their own name and so on and so forth, until everyone knows everyones names.
17:00-18:00 Explain the mixer. The next mixer that you are doing with your group is two truths and a lie. Everyone goes around and says two true things and then says one lie. Everyone has to guess which one is the lie, and whoever gets it right gets to go and so on.
18:00-35:00 Have fun with the mixer! When your entire group goes have you group make a human knot and try to get out. If your done with that then make a pyrmid and have one of the group leaders judge it.
35:00-55:00 Now someone will go on the microphone (or yell) and say the next mixer. The next mixer is making up team cheers for and with your team. Make sure to tell your team that they are a team and they are going to be a team for the entire weekend. Make up some great cheers! Which ever's teams cheer is the best will get to sing it for all to hear.
55:00-90:00 Now create your team flag. You can do whatever you want and give your team a name. Rememeber these are the groups for the whole weekend.
