Hebrew School

Wednesday Hebrew School Program goals and objectives (4th -7th grades)

1. Know the Hebrew Alphabet and vowels-orally and in script writing.

2. The main goal is prayer mastery, which means that a child can read a prayer fluently, error free, understand key words and concepts, and understand the general meaning of the prayer and where it fits in the service.

3. The students will understand the structure of the Friday night and Saturday morning services.

4. We will strive to strengthen students’ Hebrew reading fluency by learning decoding skills and associating the words of prayers with stories and pictures.

We are very excited about our new Hebrew School curriculum, "Mitkadem," this year. Click here for the Hebrew curriculum chart by grade.

Mission

Hebrew is an ancient and sacred language spoken by Jews around the world and through the ages.Learning Hebrew is one way to connect with our heritage and understand what being a Jew means.Hebrew links Jews of all places and generations.

At Beth-El our main goals for our Hebrew program are:

1) Fostering love and appreciation of Hebrew as a living language as well as the classic language of prayer and Torah.

2) Preparing students for Bar/Bat Mitzvah and lifelong participation in Jewish worship.

To implement the two goals we have two tracks in our program.

Sundays all students–even the minority not planning Bar/Bat Mitzvah–should gain an appreciation of Hebrew as a living language and a key to Jewish self-understanding.Students should know that concepts like Shalom, Torah, and Tzedakah can never be fully expressed in translation (“hello/goodbye/peace, Pentateuch, charity”).Furthermore, part of the miracle of the state of Israel reborn is the renaissance of the Hebrew language as a spoken tongue, and something which binds Jews wherever they may live.

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