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“Each time we say a berachah, we say to ourselves, ‘Pay attention. Something awesome is happening all around us.’ And then we realize that the ordinary world conceals mysteries.” … “When we say God is everywhere, it does not mean that God is invisible. It means that if we look closely, we can find God’s […]

Shalom. In our October 6th Modern Hebrew class, we began by discussing the difference between the Blessings for food and the Blessing for Torah Study – both of which we recite each week. Students expressed their understanding that we acknowledge and thank God as the “Creator” of our food and we recognize God’s Commandment that […]

If walls could talk, the ones in the eduation wing of the synagogue where I teach would say,”Creative learning in progress!” In the hallway, the Early Childhood Center bulletin boards reflect Parshat Noah, our city’s annual Balloon Fiesta, and …gravity. A mosaic-style rainbow made of little colored paper squares arches over a large green and […]

This post started out to be a description of Torah study techniques inspired by a textbook and workbook used in the Israeli public school system. But all that changed when I examined the workbook closely and discovered that it began with a letter. Iona Zielberman and Dalia Korach-Segev, authors of the workbook, had written students […]

In celebration of Simchat Torah – “…the Torah furnishes us with a failproof plan for leading our lives in harmony with God. The ideal of living by Torah is that whatever we do, we will act in unison with God in such a way that there will be no perceptible difference between what we do […]

An amazing on-line resource for enrichment activities is the website BabagaNewz.com BabagaNewz provides a wealth of information, activities, and lesson plans for a multitude of Judaic topics. One small sampling of the offerings on BabagaNewz – I selected “Learning Torah” from a long list of “Jewish Values.” Among the activities featured were a virtual tour […]