Tefillah

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Gathering the Scattered: Returning to Inner Home
Bailey Braun

This limmud explores the idea that “return” is not only physical, but a deep spiritual and emotional process of becoming whole again. Through the imagery of the shofar and being gathered from dispersion, it invites reflection on where we feel scattered in our lives and what helps guide us back to a sense of belonging […]

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1- Shma Koleinu: Listening to Tefillot
Mrs. Bailey Braun

What does it mean that we ask Hashem to “hear” our Tefillot? Do we need an answer from Him? How does “unloading” to a listening ear, in the form of Hashem, help me? Help my relationship with Hahsem? This limmud explores these questions and more by examining the tefillah of shma koleinu in the amidah.

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2- Sfatai Tiftach – ה’ שפתי תפתח
Mrs. Bailey Braun

This limmud explores intentionality in tefillah- what should our mindset be before we speak to Hashem? How can we prepare to pray to G-d?

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3- Names of Hashem
Mrs. Bailey Braun

Examining in detail the first bracha of the amidah, this limmud helps participants explore the different ways they relate to Hashem in our lives. 

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4- Gevurot: Rising Up
Mrs. Bailey Braun

Exploring the second bracha of the amidah, this limmud helps participants consider the גבורה of Hashem in supporting and reviving others. When have you felt “brought back to life”? When have or how can you act like Hashem and do that for others?

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5- Kedusha
Mrs. Bailey Braun

What is “holiness”? What makes something “kadosh”? How does this connect to me? To Hashem? To my relationship with Hahsem, and others? Participants will engage with these questions and more by exploring the third bracha of the amidah. 

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6- Da’at
Mrs. Bailey Braun

This limmud explores the different facets of “wisdom”, as seen in the fourth bracha of the amidah. Participants are asked to reflect upon the different types of intelligence there are, and examine how they see these different facets in their own lives.

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7- Teshuva-Return
Mrs. Bailey Braun

Exploring the fifth bracha of the amidah, this limmud helps participants reflect on the meaning of “teshuva”, as not just repentance, but a “return” to ourselves, to Torah, and to Hashem. 

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8- Forgiveness
Mrs. Bailey Braun

Exploring the sixth bracha of the amidah, this limmud asks participants to consider how Hashem forgives us, and asks participants to examine our own propensity for forgiveness, of ourselves and others.

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Enough: Trusting in HaShem’s Abundance
Bailey Braun
A reflective exploration of the bracha Barech Aleinu, guiding students to shift from craving “more” to recognizing and trusting the sense of “enough” that comes from HaShem’s goodness.

Tikun Tefilati series / Rav Dov Tefilah Series

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Bakasha #1
Lifnai Vlifnim Staff
Working on the core components of tefillah by articulating what we really want.
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Bakasha #2
Lifnai Vlifnim Staff
Working on the core components of tefillah by formulating short, structured tefillot.
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Hoda’ah – Thank You
Lifnai Vlifnim Staff
Working on the core components of tefillah by practicing being thankful.
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Shevach- Wow
Working on the core components of tefillah by practicing noticing and praising.
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Kenisah – Entrances
Lifnai Vlifnim Staff
Paying attention to the way we “enter” experiences in general and tefillah in particular.
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Names of Hashem
Lifnai Vlifnim Staff
Considering the Names of Hashem and how we choose to relate to Him in our tefillah.
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Tefillat HaTzibur
Lifnai Vlifnim Staff
Experiencing communal tefillah as the combined needs and requests of a group.
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Tefillat HaDorot
Lifnai Vlifnim Staff
Bringing our relationship with previous generations into the tefillah experience.

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Pesach

Provisions for the Road
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Provisions for the Road – צידה לדרך
Elie Schwartz

The Sod Yesharim on the Four Sons – סוד ישרים על ארבעה בנים What if you already had everything waiting for you, but couldn’t get there? The Sod Yesharim of Radzyn reads the four sons not as types of children, but as four ways of wrestling with the deepest question of Jewish life: if God […]

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חגים ומעגל השנה
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Every Person, Every Generation
CB Neugroschl

“Every nation gets the leaders (government) it deserves” Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821)

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Lifnim Vlachutz Pesach Edition 5786
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Vehi She’amda
Chava Lerner

This לימוד explores the timeless nature of antisemitism, and the faith and resilience which  have sustained the Jewish people through threats in every generation, challenging us to reflect on its meaning in history and in our own personal and family legacy.

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On Your Own Time
Michael Friedman

This limmud teaches that the mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh gives the Jewish people ownership of their time after slavery, challenging us to use our time intentionally and make it meaningful and holy.

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Az Nidbiru
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A Teacher in Search of Meaning
Yishai Singer

לפני כמה חודשים בדרך חזרה מבית הכנסת הביתה שיתף אותי חבר בחוויה אישית מתקופת הלחימה בעזה, זו הייתה הפעם השנייה שלו במערכה הזו, והוא דיבר על תחושת המשמעות בכך שהוא נמצא במקום שהוא יכול לפעול ולעזור בצורה ברורה. התחושה הזו, מילאה אותו במשמעות אשר עזרה לו להתמודד למרות הקשיים הפיזיים והמנטליים.  חוויה נוספת שמעתי ממורים […]

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Lifnim VLachutz Pesach 5785
Pesach 5785 publication for Families and Communities including a symposium on emunah with leading educators, improv activities for the seder and student reflections on their own emunah.
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Who Are You Eating With?
By exploring the psukim about Korban Pesach, this limmud explores what we gain by participating in experiences, especially religious ones, on our own, with or family or with others.
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V’Hi She’Amdah: Kriat HaTorah
Sarah Salvay
“V’hi She’Amdah” has inspired Jews through the ages. What might it have to say to us today?
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A Blessing for New Growth
Bailey Braun
Chazal brought our attention to the miracle of growth and renewal that happens each spring. Reflecting on our own growth and renewal deepens our self-understanding and energizes us.
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Pesach: Apart or A Part?
Sarah Salvay
What helps us feel connected with the Jewish people? What distances us? By exploring the hagadah's admonishment of the Rasha's approach, this limmud asks participants to explore what it means to be a part of the Jewish people and why it plays such an important role in our faith.
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From Disgrace to Praise
Sarah Salvay
Following the seder’s model of telling the story by beginning with disgrace and ending with praise, we consider how this process helps us better understand others, ourselves and our purpose.
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Sharing Stories
Norma Mintz
The hagaddah stresses the importance for each and every Jew to tell the story of Yetziyat Mitzraim. What makes storytelling so powerful?
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Simchat Mitzvah or Simchat Kreiso
Rick Schindelheim

How do we fulfill the commandment of being happy on holidays? The answer is not as not as simple or easy as you(r students) might think.  We’ll explore the Rambam’s distinction between Simchat Mitzvah and Simchat Kreiso and ask what it means for us.

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Noticing Difference – מה נשתנה
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Mah HaAvodah HaZot: What is this Work?
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Counting Up
Yehuda Chanales

This limmud focuses on using Sefirat HaOmer as a paradigm for celebrating meaningful progress while moving towards an ultimate goal. It encourages students to make the most of the post-pesach, end of school year time as an opportunity for growth.

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Simplicity and Complexity: The Relationship between Tam and Chacham
SAR Staff

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