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Over the next few lessons will be explore different aids use to help them worship and pray to G-d. How do they pray? Wher e do they pray?

How often do they pray? WHERE DO JEWS PRAY? AT HOME AND IN THE There are three main times for prayer within :

Shacharit (from shachar, meaning ‘morning’)

Minchar (meaning offering, the afternoon service) The Friday evening service is a particularly special prayer Ma’ariv (from the word time, for it marks the start of ‘nightfall’, the evening ! It is usually only for service the men of the house How do Jews pray?

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It is a reminder that God is above them.

It is worn to show people that the person is proud to be a

The practice of wearing a skullcap is an ancient one. In Eastern cultures it is considered a sign of respect to cover one’s head. IF YOU HAD SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO MAKE SURE YOU DID NOT FORGET IT?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU LIVED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO?

A JEWS BELIEVE GOD TOLD THEM TO WEAR TASSELS AS A REMINDER.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vpKoj8a93s A large blue and white prayer shawl. A TALLIT On the ends are fringes and tassels representing the 613 mitzvot.

The shawl is wrapped around a Jew to remind him that God surrounds him.

The longer tassels are called the tzizit, they represent the 10 commandments.

When a Jewish man dies he is often buried with the tallit on and the fringes are cut to show that they no longer have to keep the commandments.

In the God told , “Make tassels on the corners of your garments and put a blue cord on each tassel. You are to do this for all time to come. The tassels will serve as reminders, and each time you see them you will remember all my commands and obey them”

Tallit CHALLENGE: Why do Blue and white Jews believe God shawl a Jew wraps around himself to surrounds them? remind him that God surrounds him.

Short tassels Kippah remind a person of Worn to cover the the 613 mitvot head. Worn as a sign of rules. respect for God . Long tassels It reminds Jews that () remind a God is above. Jew of the 10 It shows that the commandments person is proud to be Jewish.

IF YOU WERE TO STICK SOMETHING ON YOUR BODY AS A REMINDER WHERE DO YOU THINK THE BEST PLACE WOULD BE?

PLACE AN X WHERE YOU THINK THE BEST PLACE WOULD BE AND WRITE A SENTENCE EXPAINING WHY THIS IS THE BEST PLACE. JEWS BELIEVE GOD TOLD THEM TIE HIS WORDS TO THEIR HAND AND FOREHEADS

“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads” Deuteronomy 11:18 TEFILLIN Tefillin are worn by Orthodox Jewish males over the age of 13 and some Reform and Liberal Jews (male and female). • The Shema (Jewish prayer) can be found inside the Tefillin. • The Tefillin are two small leather box containing the scripture. • They are strapped to the left arm and the forehead. • As a constant reminder that God is in their minds and their hearts. WHY DO YOU THINK GODS WORDS ARE PLACED UPON THE HEAD?

WHY DO YOU THINK GODS WORDS ARE PLACED ON THE ARM NEAR THE HEART?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD74elL-9qY Explain two ways the tefillin are used in worship.

The tefillin are used in worship in two ways. The first way the tefillin is used in worship is it is placed …………………………………………………………. This is important because it reminds Jews …………………………...... The second way it is used in worship is it is placed …………………………… This is important because it reminds Jews …………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………......