Religious School: Curriculum

Curriculum focus:

• Shabbat and festival observance
• Torah study
• Mitzvot: Interpersonal and Religious practice
• Hebrew reading and key prayer vocabulary
• Brachot and Tefillot (Blessings and prayers) meaning and mastery
• Shabbat and Holidays
• Kashrut (rules of keeping kosher)
• T’fillah (prayer)
• Israel contemporary and history
• Hebrew readingand prayer, and “synagogue skills”
• Family programs (open to all)
• Provide for special needs of all kinds

Student Goals:

• Ability to particiapate in religious services
• Internalize Jewish values
• Strong connection to Israel
• Lifelong commitment to Jewish life at home as part of a congregation and in the world