Week 7 · Torah, People, and Hebrew
Israel: People, Torah, and Holy Living
Questions 52–75
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 52–75 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Jewish peoplehood; mitzvot; holiness; tzedakah; lashon hara; the middle path; first portrait of Shabbat.
Required reading
Hayim Halevy Donin, To Be a Jew; Aryeh Kaplan, Handbook of Jewish Thought; Chumash with Rashi; the community’s siddur.
Practical observance
Attend an Orthodox Shabbat meal and observe how holiness is created through ordinary acts.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: letters, vowels, and ten recurring siddur words. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 52–75; 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 why Judaism is a lived covenant of a people, not only a set of beliefs.