Tefillah and its Place in our Lives Jewish Studies Source Book Barrack Hebrew Academy

207 Pages·2009·7.12 MB·English

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Tefillah and its Place in our Lives
Jewish Studies Source Book

Barrack Hebrew Academy

Spring, 2009

Course developed by
Dr. Saundra Sterling Epstein

With assistance of
Mr. David Dishon
Dr. Joshua Levisohn
Rabbi Steven Razin
Yosef Razin
Mr. Jeremy Shine
Mr. Elisha Stein
Rabbi Michael Yondorf
Colleagues at the Shalom Hartman Institute
Students of 10-1 at Barrack Hebrew Academy

Enabled by a grant and support of the Shalom Hartman
Institute of Jerusalem, Israel

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction to Tenth Grade Jewish Studies for Students
and Teachers i

Course Outline vii

Supportive/ Introductory Materials for Teachers of this Course xiv

 Teaching Text: Guidelines for Discussion and Questions xv
 Creation of your Learning Community: Definitions and xvii
Thoughts
 Teaching Text: Multiple Modalities and Differentiated xx
Learning
 Teaching Text: Tools and Means of Assessment xxv
 Journaling: A Most Valuable Educational Tool xxx
 Issue Labs: Purpose and Use xxxii
 Bringing G-d into our Community of Learners xxxiv
 Developmental Rationale xxxvi
 Experiences with Teaching this Curriculum xxxviii
 Some Notes About Use of Elements of this Curriculum xl

Teacher Instructions for Use of Curriculum 1

Our Study: Tefillah and Its Place in Our Lives

Introductory Materials

 Terms and Concepts: Tefillah 4

Introduction: What Is The Place of Tefillah In My Life? Does Tefillah
Speak to Us?

 “In The King’s Presence, by Wallace Greene 6

Basic Structure of Tefillah

 Tefillah: Basic Structure and Information 13
 Jewish Worship, Abraham Millgram 17
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Different Denominational Groupings and their Siddurim

 Comparative Study of Siddurim from Movements 30
o Reconsideration of the Bracha fomula
o Bracha before the Shema (Mishkan Tefillah)
 Birchot HaShachar (differences and developments) 33
 Study of Prayers and Prayer Services (as needed and
outlined in Teacher Instructions)
 Rambam’s Misneh Torah, Hilchot Tefillah, chapters 8 – 9 45

Different Types and Reasons for Prayer

 Prayer in the Tanach and accompanying texts 55
 Masechet Berachot 30b – 32b 68
 Soloveitchik and Leibowitz on Philosophy of Prayer
vs. The Laws of Prayer 91
 Masechet Berachot 26a – 26b; 28b – 29b 99
 Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Tefilah, chapters
1 – 6 113
 Kitzur Shulhan Aruch, Simanim 13 – 18 138
 The Sigh: Thoughts about Elements of Tefillah 155

Iyyun Tefillah and Personal Meaning

 Masechet Yoma 69b 168
 The Shema: The Tefillah and Its Centrality 173
 The Shema Reconsidered, Herman L. Horowitz 176
 Masechet Berachot 2a – 3a 179
 Rambam, Hilchot Keriat Shemah, Perek 1 188
 Overall Structure of Amidot (possible review) 190
 Masechet Berachot 16b – 17a 192
 Summation 198
 Suggested Final Assignments (Samples) 201

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Terms and Concepts: Jewish Literacy for Tefillah

םיבושח םיגשומו םילמ

הליפת
ללפ
ללפתהל

תירחש
החנמ
בירעמ
ףסומ
הליענ
רחשה תוכרב
ארמזד יקוספ
היתוכרבו עמש
הדימע
שידק
הרותה תאירק רדס
ןונחת

עבק
הנווכ
חבש
השקב
האדוה
שאר דבוכב ללפתהל

ןינמ
דיחיכ הליפת
רוביצב הליפת
רוביצה חילש
השדקבש םירבד

בלבש הדובע

הרצק הכרב
הכורא הכרב
הוצמ לש הכרב

םהלש םימרזהו םירודיס
הליהקה תובישח
תסנכ תיבל ץורל הוצמ
תסנכה תיבמ לודג שרדמה תיב

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השע הוצמ
השעת אל הוצמ
םוי לכ ללפתהל השע הוצמ
ןנברד
אתירואד

התליפתו הנח
םילהתו דוד
תוליפתל תונברקמ

רוביצה דוביכ
םוקמה גהנמ
השא לוק

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