A Song of Abraham and Myself

Your homework over this long Sukkot weekend is to write a song about "Lech Lecha" in your own life. I have linked the song we listened to in class as a model. You may use whatever style of song you like. You may submit the material to me either as a recording with a printed lyric sheet, or exclusively as a lyrics sheet with notations as to what melody you are using. This assignment is due on MONDAY and will count as a HOMEWORK grade.

Your song must be: 1. unique
2. personal
3. at least 1 minute long
4. related to one or more of the themes of Lech Lecha we have studied (isolation, finding your roots, fulfilling your potential, doing difficult things for your own good, recreating yourself, journey etc.)



http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl4sfl9DNCg

Good luck!

Ms. Schwartz

Photos From Today's Trust Walk

Tests

You all worked very hard today, and regardless of how well you did, I am very proud of you. This was a challenge, and you rose to meet it. Thank you for your effort and committment.

Types of Parshanut you should be familiar with

Vowel

Pronoun and Antecedent

Definition

Intertextuality

Gaps- before

Gaps- After

Gaps- backstory

Feldstern Midrash - aggadah, halacha, outside knowledge, modern ideas


Also, know and be familiar with the graph of idea + text = commentary.

Words to Know

Parshan

Parshanut

Bet Midrash

Chevruta

Aggada

Halacha

Midrash (2 definitions)

Homework and Useful Resources

Tonight's homework is due on Monday, August 30th. It has two parts.

Part A - Choose a verse that you see as central to Tanach, and justify your choice. You may not choose either Rabbi Hillel's favorite (Lev. 19:6) or Ben Azzai's favorite (Gen. 5:1). Everything else is open to you.

Part B - Explain how you found that verse.

Some useful sites are:

www.mechon-mamre.org This site has full Hebrew/English Tanach and is searchable in either language. It is completely reliable.

www.biblegateway.com This site is also fully searchable, but is a Christian site. Make sure you are searching using the New International Version (NIV) and are only looking in the Jewish books.

If your Hebrew is up to it, try www.tanakhml.org. You can read in parallel Hebrew/English. Click on a Hebrew word you like, and it will find you all the times it appears. Hypertext Torah!

Good luck!

Welcome!

Hello 7th graders (and families!)

Welcome to our class blog. I will post here, and I hope you will all check in regularly. From time to time, I will ask you to respond to a post as a homework assignment, as a fun way of having a class discussion. Parents, I want you to feel free to check in, and share a thought if one occurs to you. Education involves all of us.

I am so excited to get to know all of you.

Ms. Schwartz