Judaism Lesson Overview
Topic | Overview | |
K | Review | Students reviewed the Torah stories they have learned this year: Moses in the Basket, Moses and Pharoh, King Solomon, Queen Esther, Naomi and Ruth, David and Goliath, Jonah and the Whale, the Israelites and God’s Laws. |
1-2 | Genesis Stories | Students reviewed the Torah stories they have learned this year: Adam & Eve, Noah, Abraham & Sarah Welcoming Visitors, Rebekkah’s Kindness at the Well, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and His Brothers. |
3 | Parashat B’chukotai:Rules, laws, and teachings– Passing it on | How Jewish knowledge has been passed on to us, and how we will pass it on to others |
4 | We are ready to enter the Promised Land | Eretz Yisrael; Am Yisrael; B’rit. How we connect the three |
5-6 | God: How Are You Revealed in the World? And What is My Relationship with You? | Students create their own text that describes their relationship with God and how God reveals God’s self in our world. |
7 | Genesis stories | How do the Genesis stories teach us lessons we can use in our lives? What are the lessons of the song Al Sheloshah Devarim? |
HS | Sephardic Diaspora | The students learn how Jews were forced out of Spain, better understand how Sephardic Jews adapted Judaism to fit their new countries, and how are Jews today influenced by Sephardic ideas and innovations. |
K-3 Hebrew Lesson Overview
Letter | Transliteration & Translation | Word of the Day | Transliteration & Translation | Lesson | |
K | ר | Resh | רִימוֹנִיםרַכֶּבֶת | Rimonim (ornaments for Torah Rakevet (Train) | |
1-2 | . Single dot under a letter(hirik) | Long “ee” sound | No new vocabulary | ||
3 | ע | Ayin | שְׁמַעעִברִית | Shema Hebrew | 9 |
4-7 Hebrew Lesson Overview
Prayer | Lesson | |
Mannaberg | Shalom Aleichem | Learn about Peace to the home and Angels. Begin learning to sing the song |
Schicker | Ma’ariv Aravim | Special things about day and night. Focus on how prayer brings us comfort. Begin learning how to read the prayer. |
Spivak | Haftarah prayers; conclusion of Torah service | Why do we compare Torah to a tree of life? What are possible meanings |
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