Brachot of Shema

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Zoom for Engaging In-Person Tefilah

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

Hadar’s Learning a Service

Easily searchable sound recordings of tefilot from the weekday, Shabbat and Yom Tov liturgies.

Contributor: Hadar Institute

Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12, K-2

Type of Resource: Music, Siddur

Barchu

Part of a workbook containing skills learning and stories about Barchu.

Contributor: Torah Aura Productions

Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8

Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Story

Barchu

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

Kedusha

Source sheet about the Kedusha prayer.

Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield

Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12

Type of Resource: Source Sheet

Mi Chamochah (Debbie Friedman Melody)

Video (2:20 mins) of singing of Debbie Friedman's Mi Chamochah.

Contributor: Lisa Exler

Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2

Type of Resource: Music

Mi Chamochah (Carlebach Melody)

Video (1:10 mins) of singing with a guitar of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach's Mi Chamochah niggun.

Contributor: Lisa Exler

Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2

Type of Resource: Music

Ahavah Rabbah Melody

Video (2:30 mins) of the singing of Ahavah Rabbah with the Hebrew words on the screen.

Contributor: Lisa Exler

Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2

Type of Resource: Music

Or Chadash

Video (1 min) of the singing of the closing of the Shema's Yotzer Ohr bracha.

Contributor: Lisa Exler

Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2

Type of Resource: Music

Yotzer Or (Jeff Klepper Melody)

Video (1:13 mins) of Jeff Klepper's Yotzer Ohr sung with guitar, showing chords.

Contributor: Lisa Exler

Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2

Type of Resource: Music

Ba’al Tefilah Nusach (Ramaz/Rabbi Lookstein)

Recordings of tefilah nusach (weekday, Shabbat, Yom tov, High Holidays) from Principal Emeritus of Ramaz, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein.

Contributor: Ramaz

Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Type of Resource: Music

Keva and Kevannah

A four-unit curriculum connecting liturgy (kevah) to prayer (kavannah).

Contributor: Lev Metz

Grade(s): 6-8

Type of Resource: Curriculum

Keva and Kevanah

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