Curriculum

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13 Lessons
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Why take a Jewish journey?
At some point in life, every reflective human being will ask three fundamental questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live?
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  Why take a Jewish journey?
The Way of Identity: On Being a Jew
In this first unit Rabbi Sacks covers identity. We are born into a family that has a history. Who are we? To which story do we belong?
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The Way of Prayer: Speaking to God
In this second unit Rabbi Sacks discusses prayer, arguably the principle connection to God in Judaism.
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The Way of Study: Listening to God
In this third unit, we will explore study, the highest of all Jewish acts, which the Sages said was more holy even than prayer.
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  The Way of Study: a quick quiz
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The Way of Mitzvot: Responding to God
In this fourth unit, we study mitzvot, the way of the commandments.
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The Way of Tzedakah: Love as Justice
In this fifth unit we unpack tzedakah, love as justice
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  The Way of Tzedakah: a quick quiz
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The Way of Chesed
In this sixth unit we explore Chesed, love as compassion.
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  The Way of Chesed
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  The Way of Chesed: a quick quiz
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The Way of Faith: Love as Loyalty
In this seventh unit we will explore faith, love as loyalty.
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  The Way of Faith: a quick quiz
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The Way of Israel: The Jewish Land
In this eighth unit we will explore the role of the Land of Israel.
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The Way of Kiddush Hashem: The Jewish Task
In this ninth unit we explore the concept of Kiddush Hashem, sanctifying God's name in the world by acting as God's ambassadors.
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The Way of Responsibility: The Jewish Future
The last unit focuses on responsibility, the idea that we are God's partners and there is work to do.
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  The Way of Responsibility: a quick quiz
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The Way of Identity: where next?

The story of our past
Devarim 4:32–34
Bereishit 12:1–3
Bereishit 18:18–19
Talmud Bavli, Megillah 16a
Bereishit Rabbah 41, Lech Lecha

A destiny and a vocation . . . to be God’s ambassadors on earth
Yeshayahu 42:6–7
Shir HaShirim Rabbah, 1:3:2
Rabbi Yehudah Halevi, The Kuzari: II:36
Albert Einstein, As I See It, p. 103
Milton Himmelfarb, Jews and Gentiles, p. 141–142
Rabbi Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, The Timely and the Timeless, p. 96–97

Building a society unlike any other~
Shemot 19:4–6

Handing on our ideals to the next generation
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, The Nineteen Letters, p. 64
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, The Lonely Man of Faith, p. 112

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