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Rabbi Yael Buechler shares tips for how to create engaging tefilah experiences on Zoom for in-person day school settings.
Contributor: Rabbi Yael Buechler
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2
Type of Resource: Music, Video/Visual
A well-formatted collection of texts and discussion questions about the Asher Yatzar blessing.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet, Story
A well-formatted collection of texts and discussion questions about the Yerushalayim blessing of the Amidah.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet, Story
A well-formatted collection of texts and discussion questions about the Retzei/Avodah blessing of the Amidah.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet, Story
A well-formatted collection of texts and discussion questions about the Please Sprout the Plant of David/Et Semach David blessing of the Amidah.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet, Story
A mindfulness meditation that focuses on 'shema' - listening. This resource was kindly shared by the Foundation for Jewish Camps.
Contributor: Foundation for Jewish Camps
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Shabbat morning siddur with some translations. Illustrated with reflection questions about each prayer.
Contributor: Alex Weinberg
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
Type of Resource: Siddur
A sourcesheet on Rav Kook's thoughts concerning prayer as expressed in his book Olat Hareiyah.
Contributor: Rav Mike Feuer
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
A symbolic/semiotic study guide for the first line of the Shema.
Contributor: David Barany
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Taken from the teacher training chapter of our Reimagining Tefilah Education: Guidelines for Schools this source sheet contains three different approaches to tefilah.
Contributor: Dr. Susan Wall and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Taken from the teacher training chapter of our Reimagining Tefilah Education: Guidelines for Schools this lesson/source sheet explores the tensions of keva (fixed structure) versus kavannah (spontaneity) in prayer.
Contributor: Dr Susan Wall and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet
Taken from the teacher training chapter of our Reimagining Tefilah Education: Guidelines for Schools this session contains different activities that get students to reflect on their own prayer experiences.
Contributor: Dr Susan Wall and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan
A meditation technique to slow down and focus while saying ashrei.
Contributor: Aviva Golbert
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
This activity uses visual images as a spring board for conversations on Tefilah.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
A well formatted collection of texts and discussion questions about the opening line of the Amidah.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet
A k-6 tefilah curriculum that lists the knowledge, skills and Tefilot for each grade.
Contributor: Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2
Type of Resource: Curriculum
A lesson plan focusing on the forth blessing of the amidah: Ata Chonen
Contributor: Dr. Saul Wachs
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
A two part unit focussing students on the words and meanings found in Mah Tovu.
Contributor: Dr. Saul Wachs
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan
Engaging and visually stimulating video (2:46) narrated by Rabbi David Russo that explains the purpose and content of Pesukei DeZimra
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Slideshow of the second bracha of the amidah (gevurot) with questions and pictures.
Contributor: Dori Wolgel
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Explores the power of words.
Contributor: Ariel Wolgel
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Students explore their connection to God.
Contributor: Ariel Wolgel
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Uses Elohei Neshemah to connect students to Godliness
Contributor: Ariel Wolgel
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Focuses on Mah Tovu and how prayer space can affect our kavanah
Contributor: Ariel Wolgel
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Source sheet with a variety of texts aimed at deepening prayer practice.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet about fixing fixed prayer - Hebrew only.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet: Do I Pray What I Believe?
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Sample from Siddur Sababa including Birkot HaShachar and the Amidah.
Contributor: Sara Stave Beckerman
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Study of birkat Asher Yatzar showing how the siddur relates to our own bodies and lives.
Contributor: Dr. Saul Wachs
Grade(s): 3-5
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Explanation and activities exploring various reasons why a person may pray.
Contributor: Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D.
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Animated video (3 mins) of Brené Brown explaining the traits of empathy.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Video (5:45 mins) about gratitude and opening our eyes to the wonderful things around us.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Video (2:45 mins) showing how we can be blind to all the blessings God has given us.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
In this lesson, students explore the Asher Yatzar brachah.
Contributor: Rosenfeld Community of Practice
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
A lesson about understanding Birkot HaShachar through movement and how they apply to our lives.
Contributor: Rosenfeld Community of Practice
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Part of Ira Blum's Moving from Prayer to Praying curriculum exploring motivations behind prayer.
Contributor: Ira Blum
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Part of Ira Blum's Moving from Prayer to Praying curriculum exploring the place of Israel in prayer.
Contributor: Ira Blum
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Part of Ira Blum's Moving from Prayer to Praying curriculum about how to keep prayer fresh and alive.
Contributor: Ira Blum
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Part of Ira Blum's Moving from Prayer to Praying curriculum exploring the words, actions and feelings of prayer.
Contributor: Ira Blum
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Part of Ira Blum's Moving from Prayer to Praying curriculum exploring prayers through “mental editing,” “associative reverie” and “prayer beyond the words."
Contributor: Ira Blum
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
The second of Ira Blum's eight part Moving from Prayer to Praying curriculum exploring prayer as both a textual liturgical and emotional experience.
Contributor: Ira Blum
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Part of Ira Blum's Moving from Prayer to Praying curriculum exploring what constitutes a meaningful prayer and prayer experience.
Contributor: Ira Blum
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
This learner-centered, inquiry-driven curriculum develops emotional awareness in Jewish prayer education.
Contributor: Ira Blum
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum
A lesson plan exploring what we have to gain from creating moments of silence in our life.
Contributor: Dr. Seth Korelitz
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
A slideshow using the 100th day of school to focus on reciting 100 blessings a day.
Contributor: Lisa Richman
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
A slideshow of texts and guiding questions about transitions between prayer and non-prayer spaces.
Contributor: Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Video (2:40 mins) of Istvan Banyai's Zoom that starts with the eye of a cockerel and zooms out to planet earth.
Contributor: Reuven Margrett
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
A four-unit curriculum connecting liturgy (kevah) to prayer (kavannah).
Contributor: Lev Metz
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Curriculum
Finding God in the world and ourselves.
Contributor: Rabbi Betsy Forester
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Reflects on praying and prayers as a lead-in to Tachanun.
Contributor: Rabbi Betsy Forester
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Students understand the ideas of kevah and kavannah and incorporate those into their own prayer.
Contributor: Lev Metz
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan