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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 source sheet with questions and stories about the recitation of the Shema.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet, Story
Music video of Eleh Hamdah Libi (part of the Yedid Nefesh piyut) by Noah Aronson
Contributor: Amanda Brodie
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2
Type of Resource: Music, Video/Visual
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 two-part lesson exploring the ideas and motivations behind liturgical changes in the Reform prayer book both historically and currently.
Contributor: Julia Ullman
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan
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
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
An activity that focuses on praying for other people's needs.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 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 lesson plan on color and beauty using the bracha said when seeing something beautiful - Shekacha Lo B’olamo
Contributor: Dr. Saul Wachs
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Explores praying as a community and life's blessings.
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 the meaning of the words, and how gratitude can shape our lives.
Contributor: Ariel Wolgel
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Three-lesson unit exploring the Amidah's bakashot (petitions).
Contributor: Luria Academy
Grade(s): 3-5
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan
Source sheet about the mechanics of prayer.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet about prayer from the modern period.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet exploring how to connect to God through prayer.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet about prayer from a mystical/kabbalistic perspective.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet about prayer from the Biblical to Rabbinic eras.
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
Students will understand that one way to encounter God is through God’s names.
Contributor: Susan Yammer
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Explores how prayer, similar to a field, needs careful cultivation.
Contributor: Tamara Frankel
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Lesson plan on Psalm 150 with multiple ways to make meaning of it.
Contributor: Tamara Frankel
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
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
A link to sources about seeking peace found in the siddur
Contributor: Daniel Roth
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Teacher's Guide to the 'Tefilah and Its Place In Our Lives' curriculum.
Contributor: Dr. Saundra Sterling Epstein
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum
Eight inspirational quotes about awe set to pictures.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Video (3 mins) about a man who does random acts of loving-kindness and the reward he gets for them.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Video (3 mins) with elementary students talking about their wishes and hopes for themselves and the world around them.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2
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
BBC Video (2 mins) of Sir David Attenborough narrating What a Wonderful World, with stunning clips of nature.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Music video of Sababa's 'Beauty of the World' that includes the blessing 'Baruch ata....shekakha lo b'olamo.'
Contributor: JewishLearning Matters
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2
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 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 the first three brachot of the Amidah focusing on how God is both near and distant.
Contributor: Dr. Seth Korelitz
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Video/Visual
Slideshow of Istvan Banyai's Zoom that starts with the eye of a cockerel and zooms out to planet earth.
Contributor: Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Grade(s): 3-5, 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 colorful slideshow of Psalm 104, Barchi Nafshi (recited on Rosh Chodesh).
Contributor: Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Video (4:41 mins) comparing fruits and vegetables to human body parts.
Contributor: Rabbi Betsy Forester
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
Explanations of the various names of God.
Contributor: Lev Metz
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Three lessons on Mi Chamochah focusing on freedom, partnering with God in redemption, and singing.
Contributor: Behrman House
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan, Music
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
Explores the textual background of Kedushah, praying with angels and the lyrics of B'shem Hashem.
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