Avodah can be broadly translated as orientation or direction (kavanah ) or the ways in which a person is connected to larger stories, patterns, origins, and purposes. This Pillar represents the ongoing exploration into the meanings of the Covenant and how an individual is related to and responsible for them self, the community, the Jewish people, humanity, nature, and God.

In addition to practicing traditional, liberal, and experimental forms of prayer and meditation, Milken students discover identity (and the relationship between mind, body, and soul) through sports, art, music, drama, dance, and retreats. As a Jewish School, Milken identifyies with and celebrates the cycles and rhythms of Jewish time. The School helps students develop their own aggadah (narrative or story) so that they, too, can understand where they are in God’s plan and can explain why they do what they do.