This week’s Portion, Ki Tissa, continues the theme of God and Moses on Mount Sinai. God gives Moses more instructions for the Israelites – instructions for taking a census; instructions for fashioning oil, incense, and utensils for Priestly rituals. God divinely inspires Betzalel, a master craftsman, to lead the building process. God tells Moses to […]
Shalom Kitah Gimel Students and Families #17
Shalom Kitah Gimel students and families. In Wednesday Hebrew class, we began with the Blessings for Torah Study and cookies. As part of our attendance conversation, we sang Yom Huledet Sameach (Happy Birthday) to two students who had recently celebrated their birthdays. Modern Spoken Hebrew As review, we re-read aloud the story Yom Sheleg (Snow […]
Shabbat Commentary – Tetzaveh
In the last few Torah Portions, we’ve seen God play many roles. Now, in this week’s Parasha (Portion), Tetzaveh, we see God as Fashion Designer, describing in minute detail the Priest’s clothing and ornaments. In addition, God tells Moses of the ritual offerings which the Priest, Aaron, and his sons shall make. In the final […]
Shalom Kitah Gimel Students and Families #16
This is my 100th blog post. What better way to celebrate than to share Wednesday’s happenings in Kitah Gimel! We began with the Blessings for Torah Study and cookies, followed by our attendance conversation. The class no longer needs the “prompt” sheets as they know the questions and answers by heart. We noted that we’re […]
“Chair Time”
Friends who are vacationing in Florida sent me a postcard. They wrote that they were having “lots of chair time just looking at the sea.” “Chair Time” – I like that phrase. “Chair Time” suggests a relaxed contemplation of natural surroundings, a chance for unhurried observation, quiet thought, and measured response. Chair Time is not […]
Commentary – T’rumah
From B’reishit on, we’ve experienced God as Creator, Guardian, Miracle Worker, Law Maker, Teacher. In this week’s Torah Portion, T’rumah, we see God in the roles of Fundraiser, Architect, Artisan, and Interior Decorator. With no Home Depot or Lumber Liquidators in sight, God commands the Israelites to build a portable Mishkan – “And let them […]
Highly Recommended – The Bedside Torah
Remember bedtime stories? Comforting, entertaining, perhaps even instructional. In the spirit of those appealing, memorable narratives, The Bedside Torah by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson (McGraw Hill Publishers) features three of what the author calls “meditations” on each Torah Portion. These essays or meditations originated as weekly columns in the Orange County Heritage. Some also appeared […]
Shabbat Commentary – Mishpatim
Mishpatim is the type of Torah Portion that makes B’nai Mitzvah students groan. No catastrophic forces of nature as in Noach. No dramatic family sagas like those of Jacob and Joseph. No cruel pharaoh, eye-popping plagues, or anxious flight into the wilderness. Mishpatim is mostly about laws which God tells to Moses who then tells […]
Shalom Kitah Gimel Students and Families #15
After students led the Blessings for Torah Study and cookies, we zipped through the attendance conversation, which students now know quite well. In order to review the words which students had studied at home over the past week, we played a game called “Back-Words.” Each student received a Hebrew word attached to a ribbon. The […]
Highly Recommended – The Teacher’s Big Book of Graphic Organizers
I’ve added a new book to my collection of teaching resources – The Teacher’s Big Book of Graphic Organizers by Katherine S. McKnight, published by Jossey-Bass www.josseybass.com Graphic organizers are formats for presenting information visually. If you’ve ever drawn a circle with lines coming out of it to represent a main topic (circle) and sub-topics […]
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