Week 41 · The Jewish Year
Elul, Rosh Hashanah, and the Shofar
Questions 681–704
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 681–704 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Teshuvah; Elul customs; judgment; kingship, remembrance, shofar; simanim; two-day observance.
Required reading
Siddur and machzor; Haggadah; practical festival guide; selected Tanakh and rabbinic sources for each season.
Practical observance
Hear shofar practice where appropriate and prepare a personal cheshbon hanefesh.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: festival texts, Haggadah, and calendar terms. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 681–704; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Explain teshuvah as confession, regret, repair, and concrete change.