Week 8 · Torah, People, and Hebrew
Kashrut, Covenant Signs, and the Synagogue
Questions 76–102
Academy reading copy. This lesson is not offered as a file download.
Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 76–102 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Kashrut overview; marriage and circumcision; synagogue; Torah reading; aliyot; haftarah; the three paragraphs of Shema.
Required reading
Hayim Halevy Donin, To Be a Jew; Aryeh Kaplan, Handbook of Jewish Thought; Chumash with Rashi; the community’s siddur.
Practical observance
Follow the Torah service in the siddur and locate all three paragraphs of the Shema.
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 76–102; 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
Distinguish Torah, minhag, and communal practice without dismissing any of them.