How do we make these texts relevant today? What can we do in our modern lives to realize the principles that underlie these laws?

These texts are relevant to us and we can keep them alive by going to Jewish camps, Jewish schools, having a bar mitzvah, having tefilla occasionally, and going to a synagogue.

What categories of people today require special assistance and our focused attention? Why?

The poor, homeless, elderly, and young people need help because they are either not as privileged as we are or unable to help themselves.

Explain the tension between Deuteronomy chapter 15 verses 4 and 11, found in the same chapter in Deuteronomy.

Those verses mean that no-one should be needy because you should help them until you need help.

If we accept an obligation to care for the needy in our society, does that mean that we have to do it without regret for our own financial loss? Do you personally feel that you are able to give without regret or hesitation?

I feel that if you are in need you should help yourself but if you aren’t you should help as much people as you can without hurting yourself financially.

I am most proud of putting up most of the plywood because I put up a lot and it worked. Also I am proud that I helped paint the mural on the wall because it turned out great.

The most challenging thing for me was the planning of the sukkah because it ended out differently. And the planning process was hard because it was a long process that was really hard because it had a lot of steps and each of them were complex.

I would take down the MJDS symbol with corn, or I would make it out of something else. I would also take down the star on top because it is out of place and didn’t really help with the sukkah project.