Circle of Jewish Life

A Jewish Life When we go through the Circle of Jewish life we are reliving moments that have happened to other Jews. Put these moments in the order in which they happen in our lives, not by their order in the Bible. (Hint: First we are born.) ____ Rabbi Akiva began to study Torah at the age of forty. ____ (According to a midrash) Abraham was thirteen years old when he smashed his father’s idols. ____ Adam and Eve were the ﬁrst married couple. ____ Abraham bought a cave so that he could bury his dead wife Sarah. ____ On the eighth day after he was born, Abraham’s son was circumcised. ____ Moses gave three major sermons to the Jewish people when he was one hundred-and twenty years old. ____ Abraham and Sarah waited a long time but they ﬁnally gave birth to a son, Isaac. 6

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Circle of Jewish Life

Published on Aug 4, 2020

Torah Aura Productions

Circle of Jewish LIfe contains both texts and activities. It enters areas where you need to go, ones that you've never had a resource for before: conversion, adoption, divorce, the meaning of growing old, and more. The book is rich in Jewish texts, stories, and opportunities not only to learn the vocabulary of the Jewish lifecycle but to enter into its concepts as well. Make meaning out of the Jewish Life cycle! Lifecycle is important because it is a place where our students will encounter Judaism in real life. They will all celebrate weddings, have bar or bat mitzvah, and will face funerals. It is in those moments that the Jewish tradition can be a rich resource and make a difference. In order for that to happen, they need two things: (1) They need to know the dance steps. That includes knowing the names, prayers, rituals, and vocabulary associated with a particular lifecycle event. But also (2) they need to have a sense of its meaning, of the values it actualizes.

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