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
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
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
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
Hebrew and English with related inspirational liturgy. Optional transliterations. Weekday and Shabbat.
Contributor: CCAR Press
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew and English with transliterations. Multiple versions. Create and project visually engaging prayers. Weekday and Shabbat
Contributor: CCAR Press
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew and English with transliterations. Illustrated. Digitally enhanced with recitations and singing. Weekday and Shabbat.
Contributor: CCAR Press
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew and English with transliterations. Digital enhancements including recitation and singing of prayers. Shabbat and Weekday.
Contributor: CCAR Press
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2
Type of Resource: Siddur
Birkon sample. Hebrew with English transliterations.
Contributor: CCAR Press
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew and English with, or without, transliterations. Accompanying student prompts. Weekday and Shabbat.
Contributor: CCAR Press
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Siddur
An alternative Aleinu liturgy, written in 2005 by Rabbi Daniel Medwin, to be used instead of the traditional Aleinu liturgy.
Contributor: CCAR Press
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Siddur, Source Sheet
Hebrew and English. Inspirations. Illustrated. Weekday
Contributor: Artscroll
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew and English. Commentary by Rabbi Sacks. Weekday and Shabbat
Contributor: Koren Publishers
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew and English. Elucidations and inspirations. Illustrated/Photos. Weekday
Contributor: Koren Publishers
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew and English. Elucidations and Inspirations on each page. Weekday.
Contributor: Koren Publishers
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew with English translations and transliterations. Illustrated. Weekday and Shabbat.
Contributor: CCAR Press
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Siddur
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
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
Source sheet looking at what the act of bentching accomplishes.
Contributor: Aviva Lauer Golbert
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Part 3 of 3 workbooks on prayer focused on skills building, meaning making, and includes stories.
Contributor: Torah Aura Productions
Grade(s): 3-5
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan, Story
Part 2 of 3 workbooks on prayer focused on skills building, meaning making, and includes stories.
Contributor: Torah Aura Productions
Grade(s): 3-5
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan, Story
Part 2 of 3 workbooks on prayer focused on skills building, meaning making, and includes stories.
Contributor: Torah Aura Productions
Grade(s): 3-5
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan, Story
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
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
Hebrew only with English instructions, guidelines and halacha. Weekday and Shabbat.
Contributor: Artscroll Publications
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Siddur
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 source sheet focusing on different ideas of what should be the first words to say upon waking.
Contributor: Abe Katz
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
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
- an easy tune for teaching and learning
Contributor: Rabbi Stuart Light
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, K-2
Type of Resource: Music, Video/Visual
Hebrew with English additions. Illustrated. Weekday.
Contributor: Koren Publishers
Grade(s): 3-5
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew with English instructions/inspirations, or just Hebrew. Illustrated. Weekday.
Contributor: Koren Publishers
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Siddur
Hebrew only, illustrated, 28 short tefilot.
Contributor: Koren Publishers
Grade(s): 3-5
Type of Resource: Siddur
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
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 well laid out Amidah guide contains the Hebrew, translation, and commentary that can be used both as a planning resource for educators or used by students.
Contributor: NCSY
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet
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 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
Video (1:52mins) of Oseh Shalom from BimBam with lyrics and a guitar background.
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
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 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
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 (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 (3:09) narrated by Rabbi Josh Feigelson that explains the purpose and content of Hallel.
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Engaging and visually stimulating video (2:56) narrated by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg that explains the purpose and content of Kaddish.
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
Engaging and visually stimulating video (2:53) narrated by Jeremy Shuback explaining the purpose and content of Ashrei.
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Engaging and visually stimulating video (3:26) narrated by Rabbi Michael Balinsky that explains the purpose and content of Birkat HaMazon.
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Engaging and visually stimulating video (1:20) that explains the purpose and content of the Shehecheyanu blessing.
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Engaging and visually stimulating video (3:20) narrated by Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell that explains the purpose and content of Birkat Kohanim
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
Engaging and visually stimulating video (2:56) narrated by Rabbi David Wolkenfeld explaining the purpose and content of the Amidah.
Contributor: BimBam
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
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
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
A visual map guiding the learner through the parts of shacharit, taking both a macro and micro view of the morning service.
Contributor: Rabbi Leib Zalesch
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan
Slideshow of Amidah with Hebrew, graphics, and explanations.
Contributor: Rabbi Stuart Light
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Video/Visual
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
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
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 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
Small collection of sources about the meaning of Shema.
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 Kol Nidrei.
Contributor: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Source sheet about the Kedusha prayer.
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
Source sheet about Birkat Kohanim (the priestly blessing).
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
This resource explores the role and history of music, nusach, and chazzanut regarding tefilah.
Contributor: Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D.
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
This resource, through Rabbinics sources, looks at the relationships between structured and spontaneous prayer.
Contributor: Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D.
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Source Sheet
Resource explaining what poetry is and its application in the siddur, with examples and activities.
Contributor: Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D.
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Focusing on why and how prayer can become a fixed part of our lives.
Contributor: Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D.
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan, Story
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
A link to sources about seeking peace found in the siddur
Contributor: Daniel Roth
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
'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
An anthology of Hebrew-English Biblical and Rabbinic sources on the Shema.
Contributor: Noam Zion
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
Explores the multiple meanings of the Shema with source texts and educator-focused questions. Part two of three.
Contributor: Noam Zion
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Source Sheet
Second part of three exploring the multiple meanings of the Shema with source texts and educator focussed questions.
Contributor: Noam Zion
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Source Sheet
Explores the meanings of the Shema with source texts and educator-focused questions. Part one of three.
Contributor: Noam Zion
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Source Sheet
Curriculum outlining an approach to reintroducing students to tefilah in an age-appropriate way.
Contributor: Rabbi Dr. Moshe Drelich
Grade(s): 6-8
Type of Resource: Curriculum, Lesson Plan
Curriculum outline for K-5 covering prayer content and dispositions.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Curriculum
Tefilah report card with basic skill categories and expectations for various grade levels.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Curriculum
Work packet on the Amidah in which students choose a chatimah/ending and reflect on its meaning.
Contributor: Cara Abrams-Simonton
Grade(s): 3-5
Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
Video (1:33 mins) with guitar and singing of Nurit Hirsh's Oseh Shalom.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2
Type of Resource: Music
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
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
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
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
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
Video (1:51 mins) of Hallelu Brazilian Melody.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Music
Video (2:13 mins) of Hallelu (Sufi melody).
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Music
Video (1:27 mins) of Ashrei Yoshvei Veitecha (Peri Smilow melody).
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Music
Video (1:56 mins) of a Birkot HaShachar melody.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Music
Video (3:46 mins) of Dan Nichols' Birkat HaTorah Sweet as Honey song.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Music
Video (1:42 mins) of Mah Tovu (Rabbi Shefa Gold melody).
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Music
Video (1:44 mins) of Modeh Ani sung to the tune of You are My Sunshine.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Music
Eight inspirational quotes about awe set to pictures.
Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): 6-8, 9-12
Type of Resource: Video/Visual
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 (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
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Contributor: Lisa Exler
Grade(s): K-2
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
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
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
Video showing how hand motions enhance young learners’ understanding of and expressiveness during tefilah.
Contributor: Sue Marx
Grade(s): 3-5, K-2
Type of Resource: Music, 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
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
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 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
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
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 (2:12 mins) explaining the many blessings that we have but may be unaware of.
Contributor: Lisa Richman
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
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
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
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
Text background of Kaddish with an explanation of different types of Kaddish.
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