Looking for a quick and easy lentil soup to prepare, in honor of the weekly reading? Bereshit chapter 25, verse 34: "And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way." וְיַעֲקֹב נָתַן לְעֵשָׂו לֶחֶם וּנְזִיד...
The following are online resources that deal with cyberbullying and internet safety: Internet Safety Tips What is Cyberbullying and How to Stop It An introduction to cybersecurity and data protection from the University of York How to Protect Your Child or Teen...
Introduction: In this lesson, students learn about the events of Chaf-Tet beNovember and its significance in Israeli history. Students will be prompted to research different events in history and to answer thought questions about each event, to help them reach their...
Do your students already know how to light the candles? Do they already know about the Maccabees? Here is a list of 21 fun and creative activities to make Chanukah come alive in the classroom. Some are appropriate for elementary school students, while others are...
Abstract: Most Judaic learning, especially past the primary grades, is text based. As people who study texts, we have preconceptions about those texts, which define our relationship to them. When we enter a classroom to teach, we not only carry those preconceptions...
I In the Spring 1991 issue of Ten Da'at, Avishai David took a bold step forward by opening for us the thorny issue of teaching about the Avot and Imahot here. Indeed, we owe him gratitude for his insights and thoughts. As the editor's prefatory note indicates,...
This article originally appeared in Jewish Education 54:4 (Winter 1986), p.27-38. Reprinted here with permission. This essay discusses the major findings of a study of how Jewish history is taught in modern Orthodox yeshivah high schools. [1] The researcher examined...
4MAT LESSON PLAN ON VAYESHEV 40 minutes Grades: 2-5 Lesson Plan In this 4MAT lesson plan, students learn the story of Vayeshev 37: 5-7 and analyze it’s meaning. INTRODUCTION This lesson uses the 4MAT teaching model. 4MAT lessons involve a variety of activities which...
This article originally appeared in Tradition, Volume 31, Spring, 1997. Appears here with permission. One of the more enigmatic passages in the Biblical stories of the patriarchs and matriarchs occurs as a sub-plot in the drama of Parshat VaYera, as...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, Heshvan 5751, pp. 15-16. Appears here with premission. One of the important subjects for study in the history of the Jews in the Middle Ages is the Karaites. The Karaite challenge to Rabbinic authority preoccupied the...
