סתיו הנחל יסודי | A Kavvanah for Teaching Children, by Eli Steier

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Mohammed Dajani (translation) and Eli Steier

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אחדות aḥdut (togetherness), children, Lehrer, Prayers of Jewish Educators, professional intention, public performance, statements of belief, Teacher, universalist

I wrote this kavvanah [around 2010]. At that time I lived in Ithaca, New York. I was a substitute teacher in the Ithaca Central School District. There was a community event at Fall Creek Elementary school, and the way families, faculty, students, and people from the area came together inspired the poem.

Translation (Hebrew)	Source (English)	Translation (Arabic)
כֻּלָּנוּ עַם אֶחָד עוֹלָם שֶׁל מִשְׁפַּחַת אַחַת יֵשׁ רַק שָׂפָה אַחַת וְאוֹתָהּ מִדְּבָרִים הַיְּלָדִים׃	We are all one people A world of one family There is only one language and the children speak it.	نحن جميعا أمة واحدة عالم من عائلة واحدة هنالك فقط لغة واحدة والاطفال يتحدثون بها

English with Hebrew translation by Eli Steier. Arabic translation by Mohammed Dajani.

Mohammed Dajani (translation)

Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi (Arabic: محمد الدجاني الداودي; born March 19, 1946) is a Palestinian professor and peace activist. Dajani gained international recognition for his work in helping to raise awareness concerning the Holocaust through a variety of media. Dajani has also been active in forming relationships with Jewish and Christian religious leaders and peace activists to spread the Wasatia message of understanding, tolerance, coexistence and brotherhood. Dajani is tackling the ideological roots of extremism. In 2014, he became the center of a controversy when he led a group of students from Al-Quds University to Auschwitz.

Eli Steier

Eli Steier is an avid fan of the often-libeled bird, the pigeon. This may have been the natural result of being born and raised in Queens. A graduate of SUNY Stony Brook, he has studied at Pardes in Israel, and is a former board member of the Wandering Jews of Astoria.

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סתיו הנחל יסודי | A Kavvanah for Teaching Children, by Eli Steier

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