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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
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
A tefilah course/series where students research and deliver a TED-style Tefilah Talk.
Contributor: Dr. Seth Korelitz
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan
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 source sheet focusing on the custom of reciting 100 blessings a day.
Contributor: Abe Katz
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
A source sheet focusing on forms of Jewish prayer (part 2 of 2).
Contributor: Abe Katz
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
A source sheet focusing on the forms of Jewish prayer (part 1 of 2).
Contributor: Abe Katz
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
A source sheet focusing on the link between tefilah and Torah study.
Contributor: Abe Katz
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
A source sheet focusing on tefilah as a form of avodah.
Contributor: Abe Katz
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
A video explanation of the 4th chapter of Talmud Berakhot. Follow the links to view the free video explanations.
Contributor: Jeffrey Alhadeff
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet, 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
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 collection of sources and discussion questions about why Jews pray toward Jerusalem.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet
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 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
Engaging and visually stimulating video (3:09) narrated by Rabbi Wendi Geffen explaining the structure of prayer.
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Engaging and visually stimulating video (3:27) narrated by Rabbi Reni Dickman explaining the purpose and content of Mi Shebeirach
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Handouts and materials for teaching the halachot (laws) and seder (order or structure) of tefilah.
Contributor: Rabbi Leib Zalesch
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan
Source sheet about the difficulty of prayer.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet of Rabbinic sources about the fixing of the time and text of prayer.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet of modern sources exploring what we pray for.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet about the reasons for communal prayer.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet of Biblical and Talmudic sources about challenges with prayer.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
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 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 Talmud.
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 about prayer from the medieval period.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet about some of the challenges in prayer.
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
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
Source sheet about communal prayer.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
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
'Tefilah and Its Place In Our Lives' curriculum that includes multiple sources and guidelines focused on students connecting with prayer.
Contributor: Dr. Saundra Sterling Epstein
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum
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
Detailed introduction to the 'Tefilah and Its Place in our Lives' curriculum.
Contributor: Dr. Saundra Sterling Epstein
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum
A summary of ideas for how to use the arts to engage students with prayer and liturgy.
Contributor: Behrman House
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2
Type of Resource: Curriculum