Mitzvah of the Month Themes for 5770
Annual Theme: “Derekh Eretz Kadma LaTorah” - Manners
MONTH –Start Date / Mitzvah or Middah / HERO REFERENCES
JHLV: Jewish Heroes Jewish Values – Behrman House
EG: Eizehu Gibor – Living Jewish Values – Torah Aura
Elul – Sept 5 / T’shuva
Repentance / EG p. 59: Sadia Gaon, Rabbi Mark Borovitz, John Paul II
Tishre – Sept 30 / Dibuk Haverim
Sticking by your friends / Mensch Book Ch 8
Heshvan – Oct 18 / Tzedek Tirdof
Pursue Justice / JHLV ch. 8 p. 59: Ruth Ginsburg, Sam Leibowitz, Louis Brandeis, Abraham ; JHLV ch 10 p. 79 (Tzedakah): Einstein, Rambam, Ruth; EG p. 53: Louis Brandies, Abraham J Heschel ; EG p. 89 (Tzedakah): Danny Seigel, Natalie Portman
Kislev – Nov 15 / Sovlanut
Tolerance / Hellenists vs. Jews
Ramat HaNegev; Bullying
Tevet – Dec 13 / Anava
Humility / EG p.65: Albert Einstein ( also in JLV p. 79), Moses
BBG
Shvat – Jan 17 / Shmirat HaTeva
Nurture Nature / EG p. 11: Ben Gurion, Kibbutz Lotan
Adar – Feb 24 / Kol Yisrael Arevim ze ba ze/Klal Yisrael/Ahdut
All Israel is responsible for one another;
Jewish Solidarity / EG p. 35: Robert and Myra Kraft, Rabbi Sizomu
JHLV p. 11 - Sandy Koufax
Queen Esther
Nisan – Mar 14 / Zikaron
Remembrance / JHLV Chp 12 – p. 90: Elie Weisel , Steven Spielberg
Iyar – April 18 / Tzionut
Zionism / JHJV Chp 3 – p. 19: Golda Meir; Judah HaLevi; Psalm 137 (Waters of Babylon)
EG p. 41 – Theodore Herzl, Golda Meir
Sivan – May 16 / Talmud Torah
Torah Study / EG p. 95: Rebecca Gratz, Nehama Leibowitz
JHLV Ch 1 p. 1: Yohanan Ben Zakkai, Ezra
Tammuz/Av - June / Rodef Shalom
Pursue Peace / JHLV ch 11 p. 83: Sadaat and Begin; Rabin and Hussein; Elie Wiesel; Aaron
EG p. 23: Aaron, Rabin, the 4 Chaplains