Acharay Values
What are they?
- Personal Responsibility
- What do you think “taking responsibility” really means?
- Atonement
- Sacrifices were for specific purposes – they were ways to ask for forgiveness for bad deeds or sins. How do you take personal responsibility?
- Kashrut
- What are the rules about what we can and cannot eat? Why would we have them?
- Holidays
- Think about all the holidays we observe. What themes do you find in common? What are the differences? How would you explain this all to a friend?
THE MORAL OF THE STORY
Another view for you:
In this portion we read about the custom of Scapegoating. Read this article: http://valuesandethics.org/scapegoating/ and answer these questions:
- Do you ever blame others for your actions?
- How does it feel when you get blamed for something someone else does?
- What do you do if you see someone falsely accused?