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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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
A link to sources about seeking peace found in the siddur
Contributor: Daniel Roth
Grade(s): 9-12
Type of Resource: Source Sheet
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