Text Study: The Motivations of Adult Learners
In this text study, three models of adult learners are presented through the use of a text from the Babylonian Talmud (Shabbat 31b) about three individuals whom Hillel […]
Why Change
Addresses motivations for change, and provides a vision of education as it could be. Includes articles, speeches, and other materials.
Text Study: The Place of Torah in Our Lives
This text study uses two famous, but somewhat contradictory, midrashim on the giving of the Torah (Midrash Tanchuma Yitro and Mekhilta d’Rabi Shimon bar Yohai) as an opportunity […]
Text Study: Rabbi Hiyya and Rabbi Hanina
This text study focuses on a passage from Talmud Bava Metzia 85b, describing a dispute between Rabbi Hanina and Rabbi Hiyya about the best way to preserve and […]
Blessing before Study
This handout includes the blessing for Torah study in Hebrew, transliteration, and English.
Text Studies: Memory and Identity, Jewish Learning and Living, Community, and Parent Involvement
This document contains several ancient and modern texts on four topics: memory and identity, learning and living, community, and parent involvement. Discussion questions focus on meaning-making and the […]
Text Study: Bedikat Chametz
This text study provides several texts on the ritual of bedikat chametz (checking/removal of chametz before Passover) and the idea of removing “spiritual chametz” before Passover as well.