Rabbi Avi Billit once wrote a piece about this here: I also once shared my thoughts about using Midrash as Pshat - see the last column where I use the example of Rivka. . I don't think we do our students any favors when we teach a midrash that states she was three as pshat. To say she was mature enough at the age of three to do all the things ascribed to her in the Torah, is indeed diffiby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Hi, Although I am currently unaware of high school standards per se, over the past few months I have been very heavily involved in creating standards for an end of year eighth grade achievement test on behalf of the Consortium of Jewish Day Schools (CoJDS). In addition, the current BJE High School Entrance Exam will transition to become the JSAT High School Entrance Exam after this year and weby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
We do Makkot first and/or second perek.by tdaum - The LookJED Archive
If you want Google Earth maps... this is a pretty good site. They have maps for every location mentioned in the Bible divided by book and chapter. As with all maps, I would take what they say with a grain of salt, but it is probably close enough. Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
In my opinion, the challenge with developing a student-centered class for Limudei Koshesh is as you alluded to the lack of resources available to students to help them overcome the language barrier as well as a lack of activities they can then do with the content they learn. Hopefully, you will find these blended learning courses interesting. They are in middle of being piloted in a number of daby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
As the new year is about to begin, I look forward to the usual questions from Junior High School students about Gemarah. Why do we need to know this? How will it help me in life? I don't plan on becoming a Rabbi. My family is not religious, what difference does it make? Why can't we just learn the end result? Do we have to learn all the arguments? All the Rabbis seem to do is arby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
I am not sure why a lack of sources or the fact this website expresses the views of particular Rabbi should be an issue. After all, the Rambam didn't quote sources nor did the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. Both books were meant to be clear and concise guides which don't require the reader to follow the full halachic process. With any halachic work one needs to know who the author is and if theby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Feel free to view the online Rashi Script Course on Torahskills.org which not only contains a basic Rashi workbook but also a number of interactive resources for Rashi letters including quizzes and games. Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Nathan T. Lopes Cardozo has a book called Between Silence and Speech in which he has an essay entitled "On Silence Sacrifices and the Golden Calf". In the essay, he discusses the opinion of the Rambam who writes in Moreh Nevuchim that sacrifices were only meant for those generations who were used to sacrificing to idols. Of course, that doesn't seem to go so well with what he writeby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
I was wondering if anyone is aware of any research done on Bible fluency in Jewish day schools? I know there was some discussion about "The Illiteracy Epidemic" back in the day... but would like to know if there is actually any research on this subject. So far the academics I have spoken to don't seem to know of any. Thank you. Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Regarding women and Tefillin you may wish to read Gil Student's blog posting on the subject. . Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
The main thing I have found is the story of David and Goliath. There are a number of them on Youtube.com and I collected links here on my website. I noticed tonight what might be something close to what you are looking for in Hebrew. with a link to buy . It is a workbook that might skip a few perakim. I don't have any experience with it. Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Regarding homeschooling, here are a couple of resources to get you started. There is a Facebook group for Orthodox Jewish Homeschoolers - There is a Yahoo group for which you would need permission to enter. - There is a also a Torah Home Education Conference which takes place once a year in Baltimore. Sincerely, Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
I would imagine all you really want is a Hebrew OCR (Optimal Character Recognition) program. If you do a Google search you will come across a few of them although I couldn't really tell you anything about any of them. Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
The question about where did the Jews get tekellet in the desert could be asked about any number of items such as where did the Jews get: a) the four species b) wheat for matzah, showbread, menachot etc c) oil for the menorah d) wood to burn on the altar e) wine for the korbonot The most prominent answer seems to be as mentioned by Baruch Sterman that they acquired these supplies from nby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
I completed a Masters in Education with a specialty in curriculum development and educational technology at California State University at Bakersfield. It was completely online, the price was very decent and the university is fully accredited. Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
I agree with Rabbi Kahn’s concern about the importance of maintaining the authentic tradition of learning Chumash with Rashi. Please realize that I did not suggest replacing Rashi with Rashbam as a commentary for Chumash. What I did suggest was that when teaching Rashi a clear distinction should be made between pshat and drash. Meaning, don’t teach fantastically incredible midrashim as pshat (eveby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
I was hoping Professor Levine's post would generate more of a response than it did as Rabbi Wein raises many interesting points worthy of consideration. If I am not mistaken the original post was made during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy which delayed my personal response and it might have delayed others as well. One issue Rabbi Wein raises is that of teaching midrash as pshat which Iby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Interestingly, Barkali puts ne'orot in the same category as ne'chalot. I assume it is because a guttural with a chataf (i.e. the chet of nachalah or the ayin of narah) creates a closed syllable (havarah segurah) as if it is closed with a shva nach. The closed syllable is opened with a kamatz to make the following syllable easier to pronounce. I just wanted to thank Sholomo Horowitz fby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Regarding the change to the nikud of nachalot to nechalot. According to a book called "Luchot Hasheimot Hashaleim" by Dr. Shaul Barkali, it would appear that the assumption that the plural of "nachlah" is "nachalot" is wrong, as in fact the plural of nachalah is "nechalot". (As an aside, the word "nechalot" also appears in Joshuah 19:51 whereas thby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Here is a site that lists all the words in Tanch based on frequency. It seems the list is not based on shoresh but on the actual word itself so that "umar" and "vayomer" count as two separate entries. Tzvi Daumby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Regarding Kri U'ktiv, see Radak on Shmuel II 15:21 who writes that during the first exile many serforim were lost, scholars were moved from place to place etc and as such when the Anshei Knesset Hagdolah needed to reestablish the tradition they usually went with the majority opinion. However, in instances where there still remained a lack of certainty the Anshei Knesset Hagdolah recorded botby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Riddle: When is a first born son totally exempt from Milah? While there is an exemption for milah for someone whose brothers died due to milah, this is a firstborn son... Answer: He is the oldest of triplet boys. He was born on Friday bein hashmashos while his two siblings were born on Shabbos proper. His two siblings will have their bris on Shabbos because for them it is certainly the eighby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
I don't really feel comfortable commenting about a subject that I am not that familiar with, but I will do it anyway (as it never stopped me before :-) Basically there are two opinions regarding what a pilegesh is. Rashi (Beraishit 25:6) holds the only difference between a wife and pilegesh is the fact that a wife has a ketubah whereas a pilegesh does not. Ramban there disagrees and is ofby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
If anyone is interested in what the research has to say about online learning, I strongly recommend visiting the INACOL website . The most comprehensive report about K-12 online learning to date is most likely a report issued by the Dept. of Education entitled "Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies" (June 26,by tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Perhaps you are referring to Sotah 37a? (I would copy and paste the original source text but unfortunately Hebrew characters posted on Lookjed do no display properly on my computer.) The Talmud there states: "R. Judah said to : That is not what happened; but each tribe was unwilling to be the first to enter the sea. Then sprang forward Nahshon the son of Amminadab and descended first intby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
I have been debating whether I should respond to this query for a while, as a day school teacher I don't wish to speak for others and I certainly don't wish to create excuses. However, after viewing some of the comments on this thread I felt the need to explain "What are they doing with all that time?" from the perspective of a classroom teacher. I am using my own teaching expby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
It depends on how crazy you would like to go.. Personally, I use a Content Management System (Moodle) to assess students via interactive quizzes, message boards etc. You can also have students upload audio files for which you can leave personal feedback and grade. Here is a sample online Navi course I am working on and using with my students this year. Warning: It is a lot of work. Hby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Both Siddur Vilna and Artscroll give the source as a Targum Yerushalmi on the verse of "Veyichal Elokim" (Gen:2:2) which the targum renders as "God longed" - Artscroll adds this is also the explanation given by Abudraham. I would add that the Targum on Shmuel II 13:39 on the verse "Va'tchal Dovid" also translates the word as meaning "chemdah" (see Rby tdaum - The LookJED Archive
Regarding the issue of revenge on the part of the Goel Hadam. The Minchas Chinuch on the Mitzvah of Lo Tikom strongly considers the possibility that the mitzvah of not taking revenge only applies to money matters and not to a case where a person has committed bodily harm. In the case of bodily harm, not taking revenge would merely be a matter of chassidut. The Goel Hadam is presumably acting on bby tdaum - The LookJED Archive