Genesis

Author: Emma Jaszczak

Nechama Tamler, a Palo Alto based Jewish educator, digs into the family infighting of our ancestors in Parshat Toldot, from Jacob tricking Esau into giving up his birthright to Rebekah’s part in the scheme. This lesson guide includes discussion questions, active learning ideas, and an activity where students learn and create various labels (ages 8 and up).

Goldie Goldbloom provided an interpretation in our video for Parshat Chayei Sarah. Take her excellent observations a step further with this two page guide. The lesson includes comprehension questions, active learning ideas and a creative activity where students create a Random Acts of Kindness Day (ages 5 and up).

This guide uses two pages to go over Esther Kustanowitz’s humorous reading of Parshat Vayetze. This lesson guide includes discussion questions, active learning ideas and an art activity where students create social media posts from the perspective of either Rachel or Leah.

Award-winning novelist Dara Horn inspires students to delve deeply and thoughtfully into the Torah, and to consider the role of interpretation. This lesson guide includes discussion questions and active learning activities where students need to identity a mysterious man and use arguments and facts from the parsha to back up their answer.