TIKKUN CHESED FAIRMOUNT TEMPLE BEACHWOOD, OHIO A LARGE REFORM TEMPLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 1250 FAMILIES, THE TEMPLE INCLUDES A PRESCHOOL AND SUPPLEMENTARY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL.

OVERALL CONCEPT AT ACFT - Tikkun Middot should flow naturally into the various streams of life at Temple, seeking organic connections throughout the project. - Help Middot practice to be a point of connection for oyung families seeking to strengthen understanding of Jewish values in their homes. - Offer Middot pratice as a central theme in adult education throughout adult middot practice groups, visiting scholars and retreats, and themes explored during worship as a point of reconnection for adults in the temple community.

SUCCESSES  Relevance of middot in adult study participants lives  Ayeka story in two adults group  SPARK: A Family School  Parenting through the lens of middot  Parents as individual adult learners (ie. middot relevance to their own lives)  Scholars in Residence  Rabbi Dannel Schwartz  Rabbi Rex Perlmeter

CHALLENGES  Artificial Paradigm  Middah of the month  Hebrew Language for each aspect of practice  SPARK: Year two?  Curriculum development need  Lack of peer group

FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION  Adult group (s) year two  Connections to standing adults study groups  Family education, parenting education – ie. taking SPARK to other parents  Study with clergy leading vs. other adult educators leading