The ancient rabbis believed that the world rests on three pillars: study, worship, and good deeds. It is said that the greatest of these is study, for it leads to the other two. But exactly how does the modern Jewish reader go about studying the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash - the great ancient and often hard-to-comprehend texts of our tradition? ...
Kashrut is a system of laws which tells what foods are 'fit' to eat. Kashrut divides food into three categories: Meat, dairy, and neutral (fruits and vegetables). Most of the laws of Kashrut are concerned with the animal foods and how they can be combined with other foods. This workboos, appropriate for students in grades 3-6, will help to teach ...
This engaging introduction to Jewish learning shows how people living in today's secular world can use the ancient, sacred texts of Judaism--the Talmud, Mishnah, and Midrash--to address essential personal and contemporary concerns. "Informative and well-written".--Michael Fishbane, University of Chicago.
Textual Knowledge: Teaching the Bible in Theory and in Practice is a book aimed at anyone who wishes to explore what it means to teach the Bible, one of the foundational texts of Western culture. In this volume the author explores the largest issues involved in Bible teaching: What are our purposes? What are the outcomes that we are looking for? ...
This reader's guide recommends books on the Bible, Talmud, Jewish history, the Holocaust, contemporary Israel, religious life and customs, mysticism, Hebrew and Yiddish literature, and Jewish feminism to readers of all backgrounds and at all levels of expertise. "Indispensable for those wishing to study Jewish life in depth".--Joseph Telushkin ...
A Teacher's Guide for Exodus, similar in method to the Genesis curriculum and designed for Grade 5 (12 or 13 year olds). This totally revised guide is also appropriate for day schools, older students and adults, as individuals and groups.
A program for Grade 4 or 5 (11 to 12 year olds). The Teacher's Edition of the Student Workbook provides advice for coordination with the Teacher's Guide as well as suggested answers for student exercises. This program is also highly appropriate for day schools, older students and adults, as individuals and groups.
The holiday materials of this curriculum for 11 year olds emphasize a review and consolidation of the first three years of the Melton curriculum through an innovative set of worksheets and individualized instruction. Rather than focusing on frontal teaching, each topic is covered with a set of activities that the teacher can use with individual ...
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