Assigned Feb 24:
Read pages 36-38 in your textbooks!
Sunday teachers: Review vocabulary and reading of Avot--especially the last half, which some students are mumbling. Review and drill the suffix Tsere-yud that means OF.
Practice reading G'vurot, focus on the meaning of the word Strong/strengths =Gibor/ G'vurot and the words that use the root Chaiim=Life.
Have students recite the prayer while assigned students act out giving life, raising the fallen, healing the sick, freeing a captive and putting up a photo of someone whom we remember after they have died.
Homework: Perfect your reading of the last half of the Avot,
Read through the G'vurot 10 times.
Old study material: don't forget it.
In Bible times the Priests at the Temple offered sacrifices 3 times a day--basically at meal times. They cooked extra sacrifices on Shabbat and holidays.
In the morning the sacrifice time was called Shacharit--which means Dawn.
In the afternoon the sacrifice time was called Mincha--which means Rest Hour.
In the evening the sacrifice time was called Maariv--which means Evening.
Daily your synagogue still has Shacharit, Mincha and Maariv services.
When the Temple was destroyed, Jews stopped doing services of sacrificial food and started doing prayer services--Services of the Heart. A special set of 18 brachot replaced sacrifices.
Shmoneh Esreh means 18.
Amidah means Standing.
T’fillah means Examine Yourself.
These are 3 names for the same set of brachot that are said at every service.
You are now learning the first 3 Brachot of the Amidah, which we say aloud at every service.
Three Praise Brachot that begin The Amidah
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Name
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Big Idea
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Details
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Avot
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Our ancestors had special relationships with God, and God promised to help their descendants.
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Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah did good things we hope God remembers
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G’vurot
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God has strengths we should imitate
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God gives life, raises the fallen, heals the sick, frees captives and keeps faith with those who have died.
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Kedushah
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God is Awesome
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Holy, Holy, Holy, the whole earth is full of God’s glory
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After these 3 Praise brachot the Amidah has brachot listing things we hope God will help us with.
On weekdays there are 13 things we mention needing. On Shabbat we just thanks for Shabbat.
The Amidah ends with 3 Brachot saying Thanks. The last of them Thanks God for Shalom.
Last fall you studied the Sh’ma /V’ahavta which are said before the Amidah at some services.
In the 6-words of the Sh’ma we tell ourselves to remember that Adonai and Eloheinu are One God, that there is only One God.
The V’ahavta paragraph which follows those 6 words tells us to Love God by Doing the Mitzvot wherever we are, and to put up reminders about this duty on our hands, heads, hearts and doorposts. The next paragraphs remind us again, and adds says we should wear a reminder of knotted fringes.
Words you should know from the part of the Amidah you have learned
אֵל God
add the suffix ֵי meaning OF and you get--
אֱלֹהֵי God OF
add the suffix נוּ meaning US and you get--
אֱלֹהֵינוּ God of us /our God
בֵּן son/ child add a suffix. . . .
בְּנֵי sons of/ children of
חֶסֶד lovingkindness
חֲסְדֵי lovingkindness of
זוֹכֵר remembers
אַב father
אַבוֹת fathers/ ancestors
אֵם mother
אִמָהוֹת mothers
גָּדוֹל big/ great/ large
גִּבּוֹר strong/ heroic the plural is גְּבוּרוֹת means Strengths or Heroics
נוֹרָא awesome
מָגֵן shield
שְׁמַע Listen! Pay attention! Hear!
אַהֲבָה love add וְ /and + a letter from אַתָּה which means YOU and you get
וְאָהַבְתָּ And You will Love
דָּבַר word / thing
Homework: Study these facts and vocabulary words for a test grade.
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Homework: finish pages 19, 22, 24 and 25 and the translation worksheet.
Practice reading Avot and practice the vocabulary listed above.
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Old HOMEWORK: Review the vocabulary for the prayer and complete page 16. Practice reading any difficult words or phrases.
Does your text book say וּמֵבִיא גְאֻלּה or did you change the words from "Brings Redemption" to "Brings a Redeemer" וּמֵבִיא גוֹאֵל?
Which is the way the phrase appears in your shul's siddur?
Don't forget these words. There will soon be a test on the translation of the Avot.
אֵל
אֱלֹהֵי
אֱלֹהֵינוּ
חֶסֶד
חֲסְדֵי
בְּנֵי
גָדוֹל
גִבּוֹר
Some of the vocabulary you learned earlier:
וְאָהַבְתָּ and you will love
שְׁמַע -listen, pay attention to, hear
לֵב, לֵבָב heart, mind (the part of you that cares)
נֶפֶשׁ soul, identity, self (your aliveness)
א.ה.ב. love
יָד hand
צ.ו.ה.\מִצְוָה command/ commandment
דָּבָר\דְּבָרִים word/ statements
הַיּוֹם today
כָּל\כָל all/ every
עַיִן\ עֵינֶיךָ eye / your eyes
בַּיִת house
בֵּית house of
suffixes
תָּ you will
ךָ your, you
Homework, review those words, be ready to point them out in the prayer and perfect your reading of
וְאָהַבְתָּ
WITH YOUR PARENTS
discuss and write answers
What is the difference between Love , Respect and Obedience?
Can parents demand love from their childern? Yes or No and explain
Can parents demand respect from their children? Yes or No and explain
Can parents demand obedience from their children? Yes or No and explain.
Part 2
The word V'ahavta is a past tense verb made into a future tense idea. It means
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This seems to be a command. Can God make it a mitzvha for Jews to love God? Do you think that is God's purpose here, to demand love?
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Does it help to know that the Hebrew root AHAV doesn't mean romantic love, but contains the idea of being a dependable ally, being counted on, solid, reliable?
Old homework from weeks past.
Homework: Practice reading the Ahavah Rabbah and review the words you have made flashcards for from Yotzeir Or and from Ahavah Rabbah-- and especially the prefixes IN / WITH -בְּ THE -ה AND וְ- / וּ
and the PLURAL suffixes ים ִ - and וֹת-
Old Homework:
To understand the Ahavah Rabbah, we need to consider the word AWE.
It is an important word but one that we don't often use. Let's get to know it better.
2--My dictionary says that AWE means _____
From these words
AWE AWESTRUCK AWESOME AWFUL AWED
choose the best to fit in each sentence below.
3--When we looked over the edge of the Grand Canyon, we were ___
4--Our new teacher is really impressive. He is ____
5--On our hike, it was pouring rain. It was just ____
6--When I was called up to the Bima the first time, I was filled with ____
7--When we toured the White House, I was ______ at being in such an important place.
8--When I think of all the wonders of Creation, I am ___
9--To think that God loves me is ____
10--The teacher called on me when I wasn't paying attention: it was ____.
11--Learning Hebrew, that language of Torah is ______
12--When I was introduced to the world-famous Nobel Prize winner, I was ____
13--Now re-write Proverbs 1:7, using another word instead of "fear." Hint: this word has 3 letters and begins with an "a".
14--How do you think this changes the meaning?
15--Do you like it better?
16--Why?
Old Homework
Assigned Oct 14
Sunday: Review suffixes for You/Your and Our/Us and the prefixes for The and To/For
Have students practice reading the Yotzeir Or and translating the 12 words from it emphasized in their booklets.
Homework: Review the vocabulary for Yotzeir Or and practice reading.
Learn the vocabulary words L'vavcha, Elohecha, shimcha, and beitecha.
Translate these sentences and phrases and bring your written homework to class:
Our God
You (are) the God.
You (are) our King.
Adonai (is) our God.
Adonai (is) your God.
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Here is a partial list of words from earlier assignments:
Review vocabulary words.
אוֹר חֹשֶׁךְ יוֹצֵר
מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אַתָּה בּוֹרֵא
And review the meaning of every word of the Bar'chu. It's not that hard. There will be another test.
Write down the Bar'chu in Hebrew. Write a list of the words in the Bar'chu that use the root letters Bet, Resh and Chaf. How many different words with that root do you find in the Bar'chu?
Homework from earlier weeks
Review Bar'chu Practice first 6 lines of Yotzeir Or and review the words
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה מֶלֶךְ יוֹצֵר אוֹר בָּרַא חֹשֶׁךְ עוֹלָם
Look up in the Five Books of Moses chumash page 47 about the Names of God. Notice when in temple days the 4-letter name of God was pronounced. Act it out, if you choose to, simulating the Holy of Holies, and having the student who is acting as the High Priest (the Cohein Gadol) whisper "God." (Tie a make believe rope around his leg so you can pull him out, if God happens to answer his call and come down in too-powerful a zap of lightning.)
Look at the list of portions in Bereshit and have the students work in pairs to find the name of a main character in the first 6 parashiot.
Homework: Become good at reading Yotzeir Or. Translate Bar'chu
Answer the question: Where and how many times do we find the Bar'chu in the Shabbat morning service?
On bottom of page 5 of booklet, Write a list of 3 groups to which you belong, and another list of 3 communities to which you belong.
What is the difference between a group and a community?
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