Professional Development Resources: Bible

Beyond Parshanut: Using Midrash to Enhance the Teaching of Values

BEYOND PARSHANUT: USING MIDRASH TO ENHANCE THE TEACHING OF VALUES [1] Nathaniel Helfgot Rabbi Helfgot is the Coordinator of the Jewish Studies curriculum at... Read more

The Resurrection Motif in the Midrash on the Akedat Yitzchak

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Face to Face: An Exercise in Theme Words

This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at, Elul 5753, pp. 30-32. Appears here with permission.   In Gen. 32:20, Yaakov’s emissaries to Esav recite the... Read more

Standing Beneath the Mountain: Transmitting Torah to the Next Generation

Prologue: In every large group or organization, the individuals involved never quite actualize the professed ideals. Visitors to an urban courtroom, for example, are... Read more

Vayetze Targilon

Click here to see related source: https://files.lookstein.org/resource/vayetze_friedler.pdf This piece is an excerpt from a Parsha workbook written by Aharon Friedler for the fourth grade.... Read more

The Child's Introduction to Bible Study

This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at, 6, 1, 1992, pp. 28-30. Reprinted here with permission. DR. DEITCHER is a faculty member of the... Read more

The Approach of Classic Jewish Exegetes to Peshat and Derash and Its Implications for the Teaching of Bible Today

Translated by Moshe J. Bernstein This article originally appeared in Tradition, vol. 21, 3, 1984. Appears here with permission. One of the difficult dilemmas... Read more