Assignment for Lesson #7: Who Wrote What on Sefaria?

This week's assignment gives you the opportunity to try out the features discussed in the lesson and to reflect on how you would use them in a teaching setting.

Steps for completing the assignment:

1. Click "Save".
2. Follow the directions and write your answers in a comment below each answer.
3. Use the checklist/rubric at the bottom of the sheet to make sure that you have completed all of the elements of the assignment.

1) Message and Follow:

Message or follow one person. Who did you choose and why? How do you think this feature will be helpful to you?

I chose to follow Zelig Golden, because I think the intersection of ecology/nature/wilderness and Torah sources is one that has deep value, and has not yet been explored thoroughly enough. I'm looking forward to reading his sheets, and would love to find out more. I know of Kanfei Nesharim, but that's it so far.

2) Public Groups:

Search through public groups and find one that interests you. Open the group and look at the source sheets. Which group did you choose? What interested you about this group? Which sheet(s) did you look at?

ELI Talks - because it's a very wide ranging group, plus who can resist Dara Horn?!

I read her source sheet and look forward to watching the accompanying talk. I find her writing to be authentic, rich, and thought provoking. It really draws you in.

3) Private Groups:

What kind of group could you imagine yourself creating? Who would you want to join your group? How could a group be helpful in your educational setting?

If you wouldn't create a group, what group could you imagine joining?

I would love to have a group of chassidic women who create resources about Jewish heroines, based on traditional sources. I would want to draw a clear line between whatever is "au courant" /matbeah sheholech, as opposed to what is found in texts deeply rooted in tradition.

That would be amazing!!

4) Author information:

Look up an author and read the biography. Write one fact about the author and one book that the author has written.

Samson Raphael Hirsch's philosophy of Torah Im Derekh Eretz, has always been interesting to me. I have not read his "NIneteen Letters" but have read many of his essays about Judaism and history.

5) Reading History:

Look through your reading history. How do you think that this feature would be helpful to you or your students.

It will definitely help me organize papers for my Chumash group. In addition, sometimes you see something that you're not sure about including, but then decide you want to, but -- who was it? Where did I see that? etc., To be able to quickly click on a few links and locate that elusive source, is great!

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