“Oh, I love seeing this!” a woman said, leading a young boy and girl up to the Sukkah Mobile. “Can my children and I shake the lulav and esrog?”
“Of course!” I said, showing them how to hold it and say the bracha.
Claire*, the children’s mother, asked a lot of questions. “Do you have any clubs or activities for Jewish children? My kids don’t know much about Judaism, and I’d love for them to meet other Jewish children and connect with their culture.”
“As of right now, we don’t,” I admitted. “But maybe we can start something! I’ll be in touch with you.”
I went home, all fired up after meeting Claire and her children. “We have to start a kid’s club!” I told my wife.
She hesitated for a moment. “For just two kids?” she said. “Won’t they feel silly being the only attendees?”
We thought about it for a while, but ultimately decided to go ahead, even though only Claire had expressed any interest.
Baruch Hashem, it went very well. Claire told a friend, who told another friend, until, thanks to word of mouth, we had 15 kids signed up, every month!
