The Freedom Workshop

 

History comes alive in the Freedom workshop. Students step into a time machine and travel back to the sand dunes of Egypt. With the help of improvisational storytelling, audio, and vivid props, they feel the sun burning on their backs and the weight of the bricks on their shoulders. The story of Freedom becomes a tale rich with meaning and understanding.

 

After dressing up as farmers, complete with sickles and real bundles of wheat, students roll up their sleeves and participate in the matzah-baking process.

 

Participants learn the skill of winnowing, separating the chaff from the grain, collecting the grain and threshing it using an authentic old-fashioned hand mill. The students then use the wheat to form dough, which they roll, perforate and shape into their very own matzahs.