| Topic | Overview |
| K | King Solomon | Seeking wisdom, as demonstrated by King Solomon, involves asking questions and finding answers to difficult problems. |
| 1-2 | Jacob & Esau | What happened between Jacob and Esau that caused trouble intheir family? How do Jacob and Esau provide us a model ofaccepting people in spite of differences and conflicts we may havewith them? |
| 3 | Shabbat | We will be reviewing what shabbat is, and what ways they can celebrate shabbat or relax at the end of a long week (and why we do that). We will also be talking about the importance behind shabbat. |
| 4 | Joshua and Caleb | Moses sent spies into the promised land in Numbers 13. We will read the story from the Torah and prepare for a trial. |
| 5-6 | Kohelet | We will look at samplings of the Book of Kohelet and discuss whether or not we agree with the Rabbis of the Talmud who were uncertain about it’s inclusion in Tanakh. |
| 7 |
| Students will read a Bible text (Abraham and God and Sodom and Gomorah) and discuss questions generated by the text. They will see how Torah commentators try to answer questions raised by biblical texts |
| HS | Babylonia | Students will investigate what challenges their ancestors faced and better understand how Jews adapted to life in Babylonia. |
