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These sheets represent some of the Sefaria Learning Team's favorite classics on topics that are core to the High Holiday experience. Learn more about a favorite ritual, discover new ones, or find a great activity for kids or families.
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Apples, Honey, and the Head of a Sheep?This is a Rosh Hashanah activity geared towards elementary students. It can be adapted for more advanced students by adding additional sources.
Learning objectives:
Students understand the concept of symbolic foods and can give examples of traditional Rosh Hashanah foods.
Students are able to express their own wishes for a new year through writing a food related blessing.
Lesson plan:
1. Introduce the concept of simanim (symbolic foods) on Rosh Hashanah.
2. Lead a discussion around the sources on the sheet.
3. Show the video.
4. Instruct students to write their own blessings, take a photo of the food, and add it to the sheet.
5. Share and discuss the class responses. Use the "visualize" feature to display class work. From the "File" menu, click "Visualize". The items on the sheet will be displayed like post-it notes and can be re-sized and re-distributed on the screen.
6. Share the sheet with parents or the school community. To share the visualized version, copy the URL when the sheet is in visualize mode.
Sefaria Education•418 Views•Jul 26 2020•Elementary School,Food,Symbols,Lesson Plan,Rosh Hashanah,Simanim
Journeying Through the MachzorThis is the first sheet in a scavenger hunt through the Rosh Hashanah Machzor.
Rosh Hashanah - Don't Forget RegretRabbi Rebeccah Yussman•402 Views•Sep 24 2019•Akeda,Teshuva,Rosh Hashanah,Akeidah,Abraham,Sarah,Regret,David
Heroes of the High HolidaysThis sheet is an introduction to the the Biblical figures who appear in the High Holiday Torah and Haftarah readings.
Sefaria Education•833 Views•Jul 29 2020•Biblical Figures,Rosh Hashanah,Heroes,Yom Kippur,High Holidays
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest WordA lesson plan for middle school/high school students about teshuva.
Enduring Understandings:
-Everyone has made mistakes, has hurt others, has regrets.
-The Ten Days of Repentance are dedicated to repairing the
damage caused by our actions.
-The Yom Kippur liturgy models the process of asking for
forgiveness within a community of people in the same
situation.
To accommodate time constraints and a variety of ages and backgrounds, the lesson was written in a way that teachers can pick and choose among the texts and videos presented. The lesson can also span more than one class session.
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Sefaria Education
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Sara Wolkenfeld
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Loren Berman
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Seth Goldstein
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Rabbi David G. Winship
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Rabbi Rebeccah Yussman
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