1. How we would observe Shabbat during our shabbaton
2. How we define our leadership as teens
3. How we would spend our time during our first shabbaton
The main question we needed to answer was how we would observe Shabbat given the diverse backgrounds of our group. We debated over how many services would be held, and if these services would be mandatory or optional. It seems not many people in our cohort keep Shabbat in the traditional sense, and while some fellows wanted to try to be more observant, others were in favor of a more relaxed Shabbat observance. Our discussion about defining leadership kicked off with shared stories about different times we were leaders, both successes and failures. We split into groups, and discussed the attributes of a leader in ancient Judaism. Each group then had to advocate for their leader. At the end of our presentations we voted for which leader we thought was the best. The final activity we did was gathering in our committees to plan for the upcoming shabbaton.
--Sam Weber
