Lesson video

Hi everyone.

My name is Rabbi London.

We have been learning for quite some time together.

And today we are going to have an opportunity to recap, to go over everything or a lot of what we've learned over the past seven lessons.

Before we get started, I'm going to ask you to turn off any notifications from any apps that might be open, if you're able.

And to stop any Conversations that you might be in the middle of.

And before we start, try to find somewhere where you're going to have the least amount of distractions.

Today, you're going to need your brain and a pen or pencil and some paper or something to write with and something to write on.

As a reminder, as I just said, today, you're going to need a pen or pencil and some paper or something to write on.

I'll pause for a minute.

So you can get gather all what you need.

If you need, you can also press pause and then restart the video when you're ready to begin.

Okay, we're going to go through a few quick fire questions.

What is the name of the prayer that affirms that God is one? Is it the Shma? Is it a mitzvah? Is it Passover? Or is it HaShem? Shma.

The Shma prayer is the Jewish prayer that affirms that God is one.

According to Jewish tradition, how many mitzvot are there? Are there 700, 10, 400,000 or 613? There are 613 mitzvot according to Jewish tradition.

What does it mean to be a monotheist? Or here I wrote, what does it mean to be monotheistic? Does it mean to believe in God? Does it believe, mean to believe in one God? Does it mean to believe in many gods, or does it mean to believe there is no God? To be monotheistic means to believe in one God.

What does the word mitzvah mean? Does it mean a commandment, a prayer, to believe in God, or a dessert? Correct.

A mitzvah means a commandment.

And sometimes when people are speaking, they might use the word mitzvah to mean a good deed.

Which of the words listed on the screen are characteristics of God according to Jewish tradition? God is omnipotent, God is merciful, God is hateful, or God is powerless? Correct.

God is omnipotent, all powerful, and God is merciful.

Which of the explanations below is the best description of freewill in traditional Judaism? Does freewill mean, God is all knowing and decides what humans will do? That some people are able to make up rules for others? That people have the right and ability to choose to do what is right and wrong? That there is no such thing as free will? The best description written on the screen of freewill in traditional Judaism is that people have the right and ability to choose to do what is right and wrong.

Which word means all powerful? omnipresent, omnibenevolent, omnipotent, or omniscient? Omnipotent means all powerful, omnipresent means everywhere.

Omnibenevolent means all loving and omniscient means all knowing.

But here, the question was what means all powerful.

All powerful is to be omnipotent.

True or false? The T in Tanakh stands for Torah.

True.

The T stands for Torah.

The N stands for Nevi'im or prophets and the K stands for Ketuvim or writing.

True or false.

The Jewish people believe that there are four, forefathers.

False.

The Jewish people believe that there are three, forefathers.

And they are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

According to the Torah, Miriam sang and danced after crossing the red sea.

True.

According to the Torah, Miriam started to dance with timbrels and got all the women to sing and dance with her.

Okay.

We're going to take a break from my spitfire questions.

Now I want you to pause the video and answer the following question.

I want you to spend about one minute on this.

Name two books of Tanakh.

Press play when you're ready to, when you're finished.

So how'd you do? Any of these three answers would be appropriate.

So the three books of Tanakh.

So you might've only chosen two of these, is the Torah, the five books of Moses.

Nevlim, the books of prophets, and Ketuvim, writing.

Now pause the video to complete this task.

Answer the following questions, spend about two minutes.

Look at the list of the days of creation.

Which day of creation is missing and fill in the blank.

Day one is light, dark and light, day two is the sky, day three is blank, day four, the sun and moon and stars, day five creatures that fly and swim, and day six, all other animals and humans.

So fill in the blank for day number, the day number three, the day that is missing.

Pause the video and press play when you're ready to begin, to resume.

So which day was missing? The third day.

And on the third day of creation was trees, plants, dry land and the seas.

Now spend, I have another question for you to try.

Spend about one minute on this one.

All right, give two examples of ways Jewish people show reverence to God and God's name.

I know that we learned more together, but I only want two examples right now.

Although if you feel like you have more time, fill in as many examples as you can.

Press play when you're ready to begin, to continue, you already began.

Great job.

How many did you get? Well, we have to give two examples, I put four.

So any two would be appropriate and good.

And you are doing a great job.

So some examples of ways that Jewish people show reverence to God and to God's name are, they don't write God's name out fully, such as they might write G-D.

They do not pronounce God's name, or use a different name when talking about God, we spoke about some Jewish people using the name HaShem when talking about God, not in prayer.

People, some Jewish people don't throw objects with God's name in the bin.

And some people are careful not to put things with God's name on the floor.

Now I'd like you to explain two ways that some Jewish people experienced God in the world.

Each question needs to be in full sentences.

And think Carefully about the lesson that we learned together on the concept of God.

What can you remember? So press pause, write your answers and then press play again, to, so we can continue together.

Here's some of my answers, maybe ours are similar.

Some ways that Jews believe they can experience the presence of God, are through study, worship and prayer.

They may study Torah at home or in a Yeshiva.

They may worship God at the synagogue and they often take part in group prayer.

You're doing a wonderful job today.

We are going over a lot of material.

Okay.

Here's another question for you to write out your answers.

Please answer in complete sentences.

Explain the Jewish belief about Shabbat.

Give two examples of actions people might not do, and two examples of what people might do on Shabbat.

Some sentence starters to get you started are, Jewish people believe that Shabbat is? Some Jewish people will not, blank, on Shabbat.

Some Jewish people will, blank, on Shabbat.

So press pause and press play when you're finished with answering the questions.

So the question was, explain the Jewish belief about Shabbat.

And give two examples of actions people might not do and two examples of what people might do on Shabbat.

So your answers might vary, yet slightly from what I wrote.

But here's what I said.

Jewish people believe that Shabbat is the day of rest.

This comes from the idea that on the seventh day of creation, God rested and made that day a Holy day.

Many people will not do anything considered work on Shabbat.

For some people, that might mean not riding in a car or cooking.

Many Jewish people will try to create a day that feels different from the rest of the week.

Many Jewish people use the day to spend time with family or friends, and spend time in synagogue.

I am so curious as to what you all wrote.

Here's another question for you to write out.

And please answer in full sentences.

What are the names of the Jewish forefathers and foremothers? And why is Abraham important to the Jewish people? Press pause to complete your task and press play to resume once you've finished.

How are you doing so far? There's been a lot of writing and I'm sure you are doing a wonderful job.

So what are the names of the Jewish forefathers and foremothers? And why is Abraham important to the Jewish people? Jewish people believe that the forefathers are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

And the foremothers are Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah.

Abraham is believed to have been the founder of Judaism.

He was the first person to worship one God in a society of people who worshipped many gods.

Okay.

This task is going to be about making bullet points.

So I would like you to bullet point as many points as you can about covenant in Judaism.

At the top of your page, please write a definition of covenant and to give a hint is, think about God's covenant with Abraham, with Moses and the Jewish people.

Press pause, to, and to, so you can complete your task and press play to resume when you're finished.

So the definition of a covenant, is an agreement made between at least two parties or two people.

So what was God and Abraham's covenant? God told Abraham to go from his home to a place that God will show him.

And God promised, if you follow me, I will take your descendants to the promised land.

You will have many descendants.

You will have many children and grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

You and your name and your family will be a blessing, and you will also be blessed.

Covenant with Moses was during the burning bush.

God, once again told Moses, if you follow me and Moses said, okay, and God said, if you follow me, you will take out the Jewish people out of the land of Egypt.

This action is going to be the fulfilment of the covenant with Abraham.

And Moses was told that he would be the one to lead the Jewish people into the promised land.

And the covenant between God and the Jewish people happened after Exodus.

So they left Egypt and they're standing at Mount Sinai to receive the Torah.

It is in receiving and accepting the Torah, that the Jewish people went into a covenant, an agreement with God.

And God said to the Jewish people, that if you follow me, you will be blessed.

But if you do not, you will be punished.

Here's another task for today.

We'd like you to write a paragraph about mitzvot and the Torah.

Try to include in your paragraph what is the definition of a mitzvah? According to Jewish tradition, how many mitzvot are there? What are some Jewish beliefs about who wrote the Torah? Include at least two different opinions.

And discuss how this might show up in Jewish practise.

Please pause the video to complete your task and press play to resume once you're finished.

Welcome back.

How did that go for you today? It was a little remembering, a lot of material.

We learned a lot over the past seven lessons.

I'm sure you did a really good job and you're going to continue to do a wonderful job as we continue learning together.

So, try to gather something that maybe you learned or relearned today, or you remembered, or you found most interesting.

And feel free to share that with your parent or carer, or friend, or teacher.

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I hope you have a wonderful day, and happy learning!.