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Class activity: Free will

Show the Power of Choice video, discuss free will as a class, then run Café Dilemma roundtables in small groups.

Written by Meir

Part 1

Show the Torah Live video on Free Will, "Power of Choice."

Part 2

Ask the class these opening questions:

  • What do you think free will is?

  • Why do you think Hashem wanted us to have free will?

  • How do we understand free will in a world in which Hashem knows the future?

Part 3

Set up the classroom for roundtable discussions: Café Dilemma!

Divide the students into smaller groups. Present each group with a dilemma connected to free will. For example:

  1. A kid you don’t know at all is being bullied and you are afraid if you interfere the bullies will turn on you.

  2. Your best friend wants you to keep a secret but you think she is harming herself and her parents should know.

  3. You didn't get invited to a friend's party. You were extremely upset about it and tomorrow you will be seeing that friend in class. What will you do?

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