Congregation Torat El Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Whole Bein Adam Bein Adam - Ivrit - Tefillah - Jewish Ahavat Yisrael - school l’Chavero - Jewish l’Makom - Jewish Texts Hebrew Prayer The Love of Goals Values Jewish Rituals

- Betzelem Elohim - - Bible stories -Recognize and -Able to lead - Israel as the (being created in Kiddush and from Genesis translate and understand ancient and the image of God) hamotzi and Exodus: common prayer meaning of modern words. Kabbalat homeland of the - -Familiarity - Adam and shabbat and (Repairing the with symbols Eve -decode with shabbat Maariv world) and their fluency - Hatikvah respective - & -Able to lead - Kol yisrael Holidays Sara -Able to say and understand -Yom HaAtzmaut arevim zeh bazeh meaning of All of Israel is -Havdallah - & and hebrew shabbat and -Able to find Israel responsible for service Ishmael names of festival kiddush on a map of the each other. parent(s) world -Food blessings -Isaac & -Able to recite - Tzedakah candle blessings -Able to place - for shabbat and , Tel Aviv, -Jacob & Esau Chanukkah Haifa, The Golan - Jacob/Israel and Eilat on a map -Able to recite 4 of Israel -Jacob, Questions and & order of the -Able to describe Seder some of the -Joseph and the different groups of children of people living in Israel (including Israel Dinah) -View themselves -, Miriam, as part of the people of Israel -Shabbat is a different time during the week in which we rest, learn and recharge because God rested. Essential What can I do to Why do these What lessons What does it What does it mean Questions make this word a mitzvot? from my life mean to pray? that Israel is the better place? Why can I learn Jewish should I? What does it from this piece Who is Homeland? mean to me? of Torah? listening?

What is the point of prayer? Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Talmud Ganon & l’Chavero - l’Makom - Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - Ahavat Yisrael - The K Jewish Jewish Jewish Hebrew Love of Israel Values Rituals Texts Betzelem Elohim Israel as the ancient and Bible stories (being - Recognize some Personal and modern homeland of Torah from Genesis created in the Hebrew letters group prayer the Jews and Exodus: image of God) Dates Covered:

Hiddur Pnei Symbols to Zaken Adam and Learn words with Prayer as talking explore:Shab Israel in the Bible (Honoring Eve picture recognition with God bat dinner the elderly)

Dates Covered: Tza’ar Ba’alei Candles, Tower of Spoken Hebrew/ Spoken Hebrew/ Chayim Grape Juice, Modern State of Israel Babel school words: school words: (Caring for Animals) Dates Covered: Candles Washing Blessing Tzedakah before Noah’s Ark Colors -Shabbat Ha’motzi -Holiday -Chanukah

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Abraham & Challah Numbers Challah

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Talmud Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Yisrael Ramah -Grade: Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - Jewish l’Chavero - l’Makom - - The Love of Ganon & K Jewish Hebrew Prayer Jewish Values Jewish Rituals Israel Texts Isaac & Wine/Grape Juice Rebekah Round challah

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Jacob & / Esau

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Masks & Jacob Gragger for becomes Israel Dates Covered: Joseph and Seder Plate the sons of Israel

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The story Stand & Sit of Moses

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Essential Why do we Questions: help others?

Texts and Parachute, Holiday Plush Large Children’s Learning colored balls & Toys Materials Used: plush toys Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Talmud Ahavat Yisrael Kitah Aleph l’Makom - Ivrit - Tefillah - l’Chavero - Torah - - The Love of 1st Grade Jewish Hebrew Jewish Prayer Jewish Values Jewish Texts Israel Rituals

Introduction to Recognize all the prayers -Kibud Av v’Em Hebrew letters and Symbols to Bible stories below and (Honoring the vowels Hatikvah explore: from Genesis reinforcement father and Reinforce all - Shofar and Exodus: of prayers learn mother) words learned in in previous Ganon & K years. Dates Covered:

Basic classroom Betzelem Elohim Adam and commands: i.e., Modeh/Modah (Kindness to Round Challah Yom HaAtzmaut Eve sit, stand, open the Ani others) door etc

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Tzedakah Tower of ( not Lulav/Etrog Oseh Shalom The Israeli flag Babel )

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Chanukah Torah Scroll Noah’s Ark Jerusalem, candle blessings

Dates Covered: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Yisrael - Kitah Aleph l’Chavero - Talmud Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - l’Makom - The Love of 1st Grade Jewish Jewish Texts Hebrew Jewish Prayer Jewish Rituals Israel Values

Dreidel Isaac & Rebekah Tel Aviv

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Channukiah Jacob & Esau Dates Covered: Jacob becomes Purim masks Israel Dates Covered: Joseph and the sons Seder plate of Israel Dates Covered: Around The The story of Moses

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How do I talk Where is Israel? to God? Essential What is in Why is Israel Questions: the Torah? What do the words of the important to the Shema mean? Jewish people?

Texts and Holiday Plush Parachute, Learning Large Children’s Toys & Ritual colored balls Materials Siddur Items & plush toys Used: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Kitah Bet l’Makom - Talmud Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - Jewish l’Chavero - Yisrael - The 2nd Grade Jewish Jewish Texts Hebrew Prayer Jewish Values Love of Israel Rituals

Introduction to the following prayers Blessings for Israel as the Recognize all (practice Kibud Av v’Em different types of ancient and Bible stories Hebrew letters recitation, (Honoring the food modern from Genesis and vowels understand basic father and homeland of and Exodus: meaning, know mother) the Jews when it appears

during the service):

Dates Covered: Betzelem Decode single Elohim syllable letter/ Yom Ma Nishtana Adam and Eve Barchu (Kindness to vowel HaAtzmaut others) combinations Dates Covered: Shabbat dinner Hiddur Pnei blessings Zaken (Candles, Grape Tower of Babel Shema The Israeli flag (Honoring the Juice, Washing, elderly) Challah) Dates Covered: Tza’ar Ba’alei Keeping Kosher Chayim (Milk, meat, Noah’s Ark V’ahavtah Hatikvah (Caring for parve, treif) Animals) Dates Covered: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Talmud Torah Ahavat Kitah Bet l’Makom - Ivrit - Tefillah - l’Chavero - - Jewish Yisrael - The 2nd Grade Jewish Hebrew Jewish Prayer Jewish Values Texts Love of Israel Rituals Tikkun Olam Isaac & (Repairing the (beginning - Rebekah World) Avot v’Imahot) Dates Covered: Tzedakah as Jacob & Esau Justice Dates Covered: Jacob becomes Israel Dates Covered: Joseph and the sons of Israel Dates Covered: How might What does it you feel if you Why do we mean to have were one of What is one think about one God? our ancestors Essential thing I can do God in the Torah? Questions: to make the connected to Why should I world better? food? pray? What can we learn from Who is God? them?

Texts and Learning Shalom Aleph Materials Bet Used: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Yisrael Kitah Gimmel Talmud Torah Ivrit - Tefillah - l’Chavero - l’Makom - - The Love of 3rd Grade - Jewish Texts Hebrew Jewish Prayer Jewish Values Jewish Rituals Israel Introduction to Betzelem the following Elohim Review parts of prayers (Kindness to Jewish calendar Recognize all Torah learned (practice others) Hebrew letters in previous recitation, Hatikvah and vowels years. understand basic meaning, know when it appears during the service, choreography)

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Who’s Who in Bikkur Cholim the Torah Decode Hebrew Geography of (Visiting the Barchu (biblical words Israel sick) figures)

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Block letter Bal Tashchit Order of the writing Yom Aaron Shema (Not wasting) Passover Seder Emphasizing Ha’azmaut their own name.

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Miriam - Ma Nishtana Ein K’eloheinu

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Kitah Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Talmud Torah Ivrit - Tefillah - Gimmel l’Chavero - l’Makom - Yisrael - The - Jewish Texts Hebrew Jewish Prayer 3rd Grade Jewish Values Jewish Rituals Love of Israel

Begin learning Friday night Moses & Tzedakah the Kabbalat blessings Tziporah Shabbat service

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Ten Commandments Kabbalat Chanukah (Which are most Siddur blessings important to Ceremony you)?

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Oseh Shalom

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What would I What is my -Why should I have done in connection to use the words What is one the same Israel? in the siddur? thing I can do to situation? Essential Why say Do I have to? help another? What is a blessings? -Why should I Questions: How is this Jewish pray? Why should I? similar to person’s - Who is God? parts of my connection to life? Israel? Texts and Experiencing Learning Explorer’s Shalom the Jewish Bible I & II U’vrachah Materials Holidays Used: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Kitah Bein Adam Ahavat Yisrael - l’Makom - Talmud Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - Jewish Dalet l’Chavero - The Love of Jewish Jewish Texts Hebrew Prayer 4th Grade Jewish Values Israel Rituals Introduction to Review Five the following Books of the prayers (practice Tikkun Olam Torah, recitation, Prefixes (Repairing the focussing on understand basic and History of Israel World) students placing meaning, know suffixes themselves when it appears within the Torah during the narrative. service, choreography):

Dates Covered: Morning question Tzedakah Adam & Eve Barchu Hatikvah Blessings words

Dates Covered: V’ahavta Noah & the Prayer Chanukah Yom Ha’azmaut L’reicha (Love Flood reading Shema blessings your neighbor) fluency

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Order of the Abram/Abraham root words V’ahavtah Jerusalem seder Sarai/Sara

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Chatzi & Isaac & Ishmael Kaddish Shalem

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Rebekah Mi Chamocha

Dates Covered: Jacob & Esau Ahavat Olam Dates Covered: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Kitah Dalet Bein Adam Bein Adam Talmud Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - Ahavat Yisrael - 4th Grade l’Chavero - l’Makom - Jewish Texts Hebrew Jewish Prayer The Love of Jewish Values Jewish Rituals Israel Recognize Jacob’s dream & common Ma Nishtana Tel Aviv becoming Israel prayer words

Dates Covered: Translate Joseph and his common Kabbalat Four Children Haifa brothers prayer Shabbat words Dates Covered: Origins of Children of Ein K’eloheinu The Golan Israel in Egypt

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Moses & Eilat Burning bush

Dates Covered: Exodus from Egypt

Dates Covered: Revelation at Sinai

Dates Covered: What do these What would I What are the words mean in How do I help have done? different Essential Why do English? make my world characteristics mitzvot? Questions: a bit better? How would I of the different What do they have felt? cities in Israel? mean to me? Experiencing Explorer’s Bible the Jewish Shalom Ivrit 1 Texts Used: I & II Holidays Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Yisrael Kitah Hey l’Makom - Talmud Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - l’Chavero - - The Love of 5th Grade Jewish Jewish Texts Hebrew Jewish Prayer Jewish Values Israel Rituals Recitation, Review Torah understand Different Betzelem Kiddush - studied in basic meaning, Jewish Elohim Friday night previous years. Recognize know when it communities of (Kindness to and Shabbat Patriarch & roots appears during Israel others) morning Matriarchs in the service & Genesis choreography: Dates Covered: Refined prayer Crossing the Red Birchot Tzedakah Kashrut reading fluency Sea HaShchar

Dates Yom Covered: Ha’azmaut V’ahavta Birkat Sinai & the 10 L’reicha (Love Root words Shema Hamazon Commandments thy neighbor) Dates Covered:

Bikkur Cholim (Visiting the The Spies Prayer meaning Amidah Jerusalem sick) Dates Covered:

Billaam Ashrei Tel Aviv

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Shabbat Torah Entering Israel Haifa Service Dates Covered: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Yisrael Kitah Hey Talmud Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - l’Chavero - l’Makom - - The Love of 5th Grade Jewish Texts Hebrew Jewish Prayer Jewish Values Jewish Rituals Israel

Megillat Esther Aleinu Eilat

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Jonah Ein K’eloheinu

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Midrash as commentary on the text and Kabbalat filling in spaces. Shabbat Psalms How you can do this. Dates Covered:

How would I have felt in the Why do we situations in the observe Why do we What is my bible? holidays as we pray? connection to Essential How do I do do? Israel? What would I these mitzvot? Who, if Questions: have do? Who or what is anyone, is Where would I God & why listening? want to visit? What can I does it matter? learn from the Torah?

Mensch Experiencing the Experiencing Texts Used: Hineni 2 Handbook Torah Jewish Prayer Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Yisrael Kitah Vav Talmud Torah Ivrit - Tefillah - l’Chavero - l’Makom - - The Love of 6th Grade - Jewish Texts Hebrew Jewish Prayer Jewish Values Jewish Rituals Israel

Review Torah Explore the The kibbutz Pikuach Reading with Kiddush, studied in structure and and alternative Nefesh speed and V’Shamru previous years. norms of the living styes, (Saving a life) fluency services and people

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Rodef Shalom Abram/ (Pursuing Havdallah Abraham Recognize Kevah and Yom peace) blessings Sarai/Sara roots Kavannah Ha’azmaut

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Shmirat Halashon Isaac & Core prayer Torah Service Jerusalem (Guarding Ishmael meaning your tongue)

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Full, Half and Tzedakah Rebekah Mourner’s Tel Aviv Kaddish

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Isaac & Ishmael

Dates Covered: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Yisrael Kitah Vav Talmud Torah - Ivrit - Tefillah - l’Chavero - l’Makom - - The Love of 6th Grade Jewish Texts Hebrew Jewish Prayer Jewish Values Jewish Rituals Israel

Crossing the Red Kiddush Haifa Sea Dates Covered:

Sinai & the 10 The Golan 4 Questions Commandments Dates Covered:

Megillat Esther Ashrei Dates Covered:

Concluding Jonah prayers Dates Covered:

Ruth Dates Covered:

What does it What is a mean for an Haftarah? How do I do object or How are these Where does it these mitzvot person to be symbols come from? even when it holy? reminders How is Israel is hard? Essential Who is a hero? the homeland How can I be Questions: Of what do to the Jewish Why is it holy? they remind What makes a people? important to me? Jewish leader? do these and What is other mitzvot? blessing and How can I be a what is its Jewish leader? point? Welcome to Israel! (BH) Experiencing Make a A Young Texts Used: Hinenni Gimel Jewish Prayer Out of Me (TA) Person’s History of Israel (BH) Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Bein Adam Bein Adam Ahavat Kitah Zayin Talmud Torah Tefillah - Shoah - l’Chavero - l’Makom - Yisrael - The 7th Grade - Jewish Texts Jewish Prayer Holocaust Jewish Values Jewish Rituals Love of Israel

Review Torah Personal Terminology Drench Eretz Kevah and B’nai studied in connection to used to discuss (Ethical action) Kavannah previous years. Israel the Holocaust

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Jewish Ritual objects: Abram/ Tikkun Olam , Tallit, Different Abraham Kabbalat Six Stages of (Repairing the Tefillin peoples living Sarai/Sara Shabbat the Holocaust World) in Israel Meaning & use of

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Shmirat HaGuf Shabbat Maariv (Protecting the Havdallah Isaac & Ishmael Service Yom Children of the body) blessings (including Ha’azmaut Holocaust Kiddush)

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Tatooing Shabbat Writing a D’var Shachrit, Torah Torah Rebekah Kristallnacht Body Piercing Service & Musaf

Dates Covered: Congregation Torat El Rabbi Jacob Friedman Religious School Scope & Sequence

Kitah Zayin Bein Adam Bein Adam Talmud Torah Tefillah - Ahavat Ahavat 7th Grade l’Chavero - l’Makom - - Jewish Texts Jewish Prayer Yisrael - The Yisrael - The Jewish Values Jewish Love of Israel Love of Israel Rituals Media and its Tzedakah Megillat Esther role Blessings (propaganda) Dates Covered:

Jewish Medical Ethics Jonah Partisans

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Midrash as commentary on the text and Lashon HaRah filling in spaces. How you can do this. Dates Covered:

Honoring Veterans Haftarah

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Why is it What do I What is a What do these Why do we What is the important to do think about Haftarah? prayers mean celebrate significance of these mitzvot? this piece of to me? Israel? the Torah? Where does it Holocaust? What is a come from? How can I How is Israel mitzvah? From What do these talk to God? different from What lessons whom does the Jewish ritual Did the stories other places? can I learn Essential commandment objects mean in the Torah Why should I from the Questions: come? to me? really talk to God? quote, “Never happen? Does Again?” How do I navigate How can they it matter? What does it through peer help me have mean to be a Who holds pressure and a stronger Bar or Bat responsibility others expectation connection to Mitzvah? for the of me to do what I God and my Holocaust? think is right? ? Texts Used: Experiencing Eta Chayim Siddur Lev The Sunflower Sacred Community Shalem Paperclips Shabbat Torah Praying with Service Lior Interviews with Survivors