This week’s Shabbat was the first one where the devotion focused on character traits.  I decided to wait before we focus on a specific trait and just talk about character traits in general.  Here is how the flow of the “devotion” went:

1. First we asked each of the kids what the expression “He/She is a person of character” means?  They each gave interesting and/or entertaining answers.  Our kids are ages 5-12.
2. We discussed the definition of “character” and we introduced the 49 character traits
3. My wife gave me an interview while the kids listened to my answers and tried to identify which trait was in question.
4. Finally, we each circled the 5 traits that we felt like we struggle with the most and shared our choices and reasons with each other.

We had a great time and afterwards my wife and I agreed that it was just as good for us as it was for the kids.