war games

had a dream recently.

not about little black children playing with white children.
i remember when i was 14-16 , really got into war games. mostly wizkids and games workshop.
and the rules and playing were fun. but i also was (and still am) into sculpting.mostly with fimo clay.

i thought why cant there be a game and rule book for a game where you can make your own armies and figurines with whatever you want and play with them?

there should obviosly be some rule that gives rewards for making cool creations and limits to points per size etc.

but why not?

if someone is a mathematician and interested,
or just interested. i woul love to make this happen.

thank hashem

"open with dvar malchus"

the lubavitcher rebbe always stressed how important education is for society at large in that it inspires thinking morality and a buch of good things that people still need

in russia in the late 1700s early 1800s the average child was illiterate . the average jewish child was well versed in tanach and could skillfuly read and write.

however i come to talk to you today about an older, more.. , traditional if you would, form of education that we have been using since the begining of time

storytelling

what is so great about storytelling, in my opinion, is that it can convey a lesson , an idea or even history, in a fun and exiting way. 

if its done right.

when i was in kfar chabad , by lunch time there was not much you could do besides read ( unless you wanted to cut class for the rest of the day, which i, being a good boy , did not) was fine with me . in the same building as the main yeshivah there is a yeshivah for baal theshuvahs . this other yeshivah had a small english library, i think due to the fact that alot of their students came from out of the country. i loved it. when i was there i chanced upon  a seiries of books called " tales from the east". they were a number of stories about jews , mostly sefardi, who went on a fantastical adventure. if you ever read one of these books you know how much fun they are, and how they have a certain style that modern story books lack.

in s.j. revich's books his descriptions of objects and charactors really makes you feel like you are in the middle east. some times i have found repetetiveness in some phrases but on a whole , very enjoyable

it then came as a shock to me to find out that his books that were printed more than 23 years ago , have not been reprinted.

i also wonder why mesorah or feldheim or kehot, dont have more books in kindle form.

we should never give up on our values and traditions , but if halacha alows it , lets get with the times.

these things bug me because recently i started working for ieladeinu in argentina.

ieladeinu is a part of chabad ( down here called jabad ;-)) that helps children and familys with serious troubles 

my job is to inspire the children to love judiisim and see how cool it really is . the best way to do this in my opinion is through being an example and telling stories .

i hope those books go back into print .

have a great sukkot or sukkos , or the festivle of the booths whatever you call it, enjoy it