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תשע"ה NATIONAL BIBLE CONTEST 2015 Dear Educators, Teachers, and Principals: Regional Bible Contest: Enclosed please find a registration link and Each participating school is assigned to a syllabus for the U.S. National Bible Contest geographic region, with 1-3 other schools. (Chidon Hatanach) for the 2014-2015 academic Each year, a champion is crowned for each year (5775). region. That champion, along with other students who scored in the highest score Goals: range in the regional contest, advance to the As Jews, we must learn and study the Bible, national finals. Students who are crowned the Jewish People’s richest resource. The Bible is regional champion or have placed in the the basis of our existence as a People. It includes highest score group in their division are our right to the Land of Israel, it connects us to notified in late-March or early April. our past and in it are our hopes for the future. The Traditionally, the regional championship has Bible has laid down the cultural groundwork for been based purely on the results of the three the whole of the Jewish people, with all of its written tests composed by the Chidon Hatanach diversities, divisions and communities. The study staff. If a region wishes to conduct a public of the Bible increases our student’s identity with championship ceremony, it should notify me in the Jewish People and their love of the Land of order to discuss the nature of its championship Israel. What better way to encourage students to ceremony. study and learn the Bible than by involving them in a National Bible competition? And like the Tanach itself, the Bible Contest unites young National Bible Contest: Jews from all over the world, connecting them The United States National Chidon Hatanach with Judaism’s longest-lasting contribution to the (Bible Contest) has been running for over half a world. century. Students from many different schools and communities around the United States study throughout the year and national finalists advance Divisions: to the United States National Chidon, an event Students in the U.S. competitions may participate held once a year in New York in May. Several in one of three divisions: top finishers in each division are announced as 1) Hebrew Grades 6-8 "national champions" for the United States, and 2) Hebrew Grades 9-11 receive prizes for their achievement. In 2014, 3) English Grades 6-11 over 130 students traveled to New York City to compete in the US National Bible Contest. The Hebrew divisions are open to students in Jewish day schools, while the English division is The United States Chidon Hatanach is open to students in supplementary schools and coordinated by the Jewish Agency for Israel. The those in no formal Jewish educational institution. Jewish Agency also assists students and Community Day Schools with minimal textual participating schools prepare for the Bible study of Judaic texts in the original Hebrew may Contest in New York and Israel by posting also apply for special permission to participate sample tests for the Bible Contests online. Feel in the English Division. free to contact us with any questions! All questions in English are based on the NJPS translation – Tanakh: A New Translation of the International Bible Contest Holy Scriptures According to the Traditional First-place winners in each division of the Hebrew Text. Philadelphia: The Jewish national competition are the U.S. representatives Publication Society, 1985. to the International Bible Contest in Israel, along with the top performer among the second-place
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winners. The International Bible Contest brings together the national winners from the Diaspora and Israel for a two week all-expenses-paid Tanach Camp, during which they tour the country and meet with important government officials. The competition itself is attended by the Prime Minister of Israel and is broadcast on Israeli television on Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day.
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As a general rule, in order to be eligible for the International Contest, students must meet the following criteria: 2015 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE: 1) MUST NOT BE THE CHILD OF AN 1. The English Regional Examination is ISRAELI GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE OR ISRAELI SHALIACH tentatively scheduled for Sunday 3/1/14 2) MUST HAVE RECEIVED MOST OF HIS and will cover Exodus (1-24), I Samuel (1- OR HER EDUCATION IN THE 24), Esther, Jonah DIASPORA 3) MUST BE A STUDENT IN AN 2. The Hebrew Regional Examinations will be: ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL AT THE TIME OF THE COMPETITION IN Test 1 – Monday 12/8/14 – Shemot 1-24 ISRAEL (APRIL, 2015) 4) MUST NOT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL BIBLE Test 2 – Monday 2/2/15 - Shmuel Alef 1-24 CONTEST IN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR. Please contact me if you have any questions Test 3 – Monday 3/2/15 – Esther & Yonah High Schools only: Yoel, Amos, Ovadiah, regarding a student's eligibility. Do not simply Haggai, Malachi assume that the student won't be eligible.
3. The National Finals in both languages will At the end of this message, please find the take place in New York, sometime in May Syllabus for US National Bible Contest 2015. 2015, and will cover the entire syllabus (i.e. all of the above material PLUS Shemot 32- REGISTRATION: 34 and the rest of Shmuel Alef). In order to register, please use the online form at http://tinyurl.com/Chidon2015Registration
Fees: You can show your students the registration There is no cost for schools or students to video: participate in the program, but students http://tinyurl.com/Chidon2015OpeningVideo who qualify for the national finals are responsible for their travel to New York. Please register by October 31st, 2014. Schools who register after the deadline may be assessed a $25 late processing fee. [Because information is likely to change from Certificates of merit are also available upon year to year, schools must compete a new request, free of charge. registration form each year in order to receive Chidon materials.] Eligibility: In order to be eligible for the National Finals, For more information please feel free to contact: students must take all stages of their regional examinations, and score above that year’s cutoff Rabbi Ezra Frazer for students in their division. US National Bible Contest Coordinator [There is not sufficient time between parts of the Phone: (212) 339-6042 (Fridays) examination to begin preparation for the next Fax: (212) 339-6042 (anytime) examination only after the previous examination Email: [email protected] has been taken. Therefore, we advise teachers preparing students in the Hebrew Divisions to Thanks and Good Luck! consider all the material in planning their ,בברכות התורה schedules, and NOT to prepare students for each examination separately.] Ezra Frazer
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תשע"ה Syllabus for US National Bible Contest 2015 Hebrew Division Grades 6-8
ספר שמות פרקים א'-כ"ד, ל"ב-ל"ד
פירושי רש " י לספר שמות: א:א, ב:יג-יד, ד:ג, ו:א, ז:יט (רק ד"ה אמור אל אהרן), *English Division Grades 6-1 1 יב:א, יד:כ, טו:כב, יז:ט, יח:ט, יט:ב
Shemot/Exodus ספר שמואל א' Chapters 1-24, 32-34 הכל
Shmuel Alef/I Samuel ספר יונה All הכל Yonah/Jonah All מגילת אסתר הכל Esther Hebrew Division Grades 9-1 1 All
*As of 2013-2014, there is one English Division for .grades 6-11 ספר שמות פרקים א'-כ"ד, ל"ב-ל"ד
ספר שמואל א' הכל
תרי עשר ספרי יואל, עמוס, עובדיה, יונה, חגי, מלאכי
מגילת אסתר הכל
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