Numerous Names #OMGbRamahDC

A collage of magazine images shows smiling people cooking and playing outdoors, overlaid with colorful handwritten notes expressing positive feelings about happiness, family, and togetherness.

“The One with Many Names” is just one of the numerous names that God is called. The hanichim (campers) brainstormed names of God by exploring texts, playing Scattegories, reading stories, jumping in hula hoops, and drawing. In Garinim and Nitzanim, they created collages for six of God’s names out of images that spoke to them.

Two girls stand by a wooden wall, gluing colorful pictures of animals and people onto it. One girl focuses on attaching a photo, while another watches. A third person stands further in the background by a doorway.       Three children sit on the floor cutting paper from magazines with scissors. One girl in front wears headphones and a gray shirt; two other girls in pink and teal are behind her, focused on their own crafts.       A young boy in a red shirt, black shorts, and a black cap stands by a window, attaching paper or photos to a large sheet of paper taped to the glass. Sunlight streams in from outside.

Using post-it notes, each child responded to at least two of the images. They respectfully agreed or disagreed with their peers or wrote why they felt connected to the image on the poster. In the picture below, they are reflecting on the name “HaKadosh Baruch Hu” (the Holy One) while in the picture at the top of the page, they are reflecting on the name “Schinah” (the Part God that Lives Within Us).
A collage with a photo of three smiling children at the beach and colorful sticky notes with handwritten messages about friendship, happiness, and flowers, expressing positive feelings and personal reflections.

In all of the eidot, the hanichim (campers) thought about when to use each of God’s many names. They chose the name of God that would be the best fit in sentences such as: “___, I’m feeling sad, can you help me feel better?” or “___, can you send rain tomorrow?” and shared their thinking.






Categories: Garinim, Nitzanim, Shorashim, Yahadut
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