This week JEC Lower School students practiced the important mitzvah of hachnasat orchim by inviting other classes into their classrooms as part of the JEC’s annual Parshat Vayeira hachnasat orchim program. Older students learned about this mitzvah along with younger students. They ate snacks and enjoyed bonding time. The middle school boys spent time reading books to the early childhood students. This meaningful program reinforces the message of how important it is to do chesed for others and was a great way to emphasize JEC’s active focus on empathy for the month of Cheshvan.