Lesson video

Hi everyone, my name is Rabbi London.

And today we're going to practise and deliberate what we've learned so far together.

Before we get started, I'm going to ask you to turn off any notifications or apps you might have running if you're able to.

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

In this lesson, we're going to have a few quick work fire questions.

Then we'll learn some key quotations that we've looked at previously.

And then we're going to link those quotations to beliefs.

In this lesson, you're going to need to have a pen or pencil.

You can also have a different coloured pen and pencil and some paper.

If you don't already have these things with you, press pause, gather what you need and then press play when you're ready to begin and continue.

So quickfire questions, let's go do it.

Which word means charity? Chesed, Tzedakahh, Tikun Olam, or Torah.

Tzedakah, Tzedakah means charity.

The sanctity of life means that one should care about the people around them, that God created humans, the idea that life is sacred and should be then protected and respected, or following the laws of the Torah will lead to a good life.

The sanctity of life is a belief, an idea that life is sacred and should then be protected and respected.

Passover celebrates the receiving of the Torah, the Jewish New Year, the Exodus from Egypt, or the Jewish Day of Atonement.

Exodus from Egypt.

Passover celebrates the Exodus from Egypt.

The term or idea of Pikuach Nefesh refers to the Jewish idea of? The sanctity of life should be one of the main guiding factors in moral decision making, that Jewish people should pray three times a day, that humans are created in the image of God, or that one has the obligation to fix the world.

Pikuach Nefesh refers to the Jewish idea that the sanctity of life should be one of the main guiding factors in moral decision making.

A brit milah is a reminder of the covenant between God and Moses, the covenant between God and David, the covenant between God and Abraham or the covenant between God and Adam.

The brit milah is a reminder of the covenant between God and Adam.

The term Tikkun Olam refers to the Jewish idea of keeping Shabbat, the eternal light that is in front of a synagogue, the books used for the Passover Seder, or an obligation to help fix the world? The term Tikkun Olam refers to the Jewish idea that one has the obligation to help fix the world.

A siddur is a Jewish prayer book, unleavened bread eaten over Passover, the partition used to separate men and women in an Orthodox synagogue, or the food on the Seder plate that represents bricks? A siddur is a Jewish prayer book.

Which word do Jewish people use informally to mean good deed? Shabbat, Tanakh, Shiva or Mitzvot? Mitzvot, the word Mitzvot is used informally to mean good deeds.

True or false, many Jewish people will make a blessing before and after eating or drinking.

That is true.

Many Jewish people will make a blessing before and after eating or drinking.

Chametz refers to foods that are allowed to be eaten over Passover, true or false, false.

Chametz refers to foods that are not allowed to be eaten over Passover.

The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar, true or false? True, the Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar.

Let's read the Shema prayer together.

This is part of the first paragraph of Shema.

The first line is, "Hear Israel, the Lord is God, and God is one." And then continues here, "And you should love Hashem your God with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your being.

And these words which I command you today should be on your heart.

And you should teach them to your children.

And you should say them when you are sitting in your house and when you are walking around and when you are lying down and when you are waking up.

And you should tie them as a sign on your arm and between your eyes.

And it should be written on your doorposts of the house and gates." I'd like you to now make a bullet point list.

One part listing the commandments mentioned in the verses in Deuteronomy 6:5-9.

And then I'd like you to link them with the rituals they are connected to.

There's a word bank on the side.

If you need a little bit of help.

The word bank is: learn Torah, tefillin, say the Shema twice a day and Mezuzah.

Please press pause to complete the following task and resume when you're finished.

Let's go through this.

So those lines of Shema say, "Love God with all of your heart, your soul, and being." Teach the laws to your children, leads to the commandment to learn and to teach Torah.

Say them when you are in your house and walking around, when you are lying down and when you are waking up.

The rabbis teach, this means to say the Shema twice a day.

Tie them as a sign on your arm and between your eyes.

This is taught.

This is where the law of Tefillin comes from.

And put it on your doorposts and gates.

This is where the law of Mezuzah comes from.

You did a great job.

Now let's look at a text from the Talmud.

And this is about how to follow God's ways.

Rav Chama bar Chanina said, "Why does it say, 'After Hashem your God you shall walk?' It means that we should walk in the ways of God, just like he clothed the naked, as it says, 'And God made man and his wife a leather tunic,' so too shall you clothe the naked.

Just like God visited the sick, as it says, 'And God appears before him in Alon Mamre,' so too shall you visit the sick.

Just as God comforts the mourner, as it says, 'And after the death of Abraham, God blessed his son, Yitzchak,' so too shall you comfort the mourner." This comes from the Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Sotah.

What I'd like you to do now is to make a bullet point list.

According to the text from the Talmud that we just read in Bavli Sotah, what are three ways a Jewish person can follow in the ways of God? Press pause to complete this task and press play to resume when you're finished.

So three examples of following the ways of God in terms of caring for other humans are: making sure others have their basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter.

Visiting and caring for those who are ill and comforting and caring for those who are in mourning.

Great job so far.

Now what we're going to do is we're going to learn a few key quotations.

You're going to see these quotes quite a bit and get to know them very well.

So the first quote comes from Leviticus 19:18, "Love your neighbour as yourself, for I am God." The second comes from the Mishna tractates Sanhedrin, "Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves a soul, it is as if they saved the entire world." And the last quote we'll learn today is from Kohelet Rabbah from the Midrasch, "And all I created, I created for you.

Make sure that you don't ruin and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one who will fix it after you." I'd like you to copy out the quotations and fill in the gaps.

There's a word bank on the side to help you.

Press pause to complete the task and press play to continue when you're ready.

Let's check your answers.

The first verse from Leviticus is, "Love your neighbour as yourself, for I am God." The second passage from Mishna Sanhedrin is, "Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves a soul, it is as if they saved the entire world." And the last quote from Kohelet Rabbah, "And all that I created, I created for you.

Make sure that you don't ruin and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one that will fix it after you." Now copy out the quotations and fill in the gaps.

Love your blank as yourself, for I am blank.

Whoever blank a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves a blank, it is as if they saved the entire world.

And all that I blank, I created for you.

Make sure that you don't blank and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one that will blank it after you.

Press pause to complete this task and press play to continue when you're ready.

Let's check how you did.

The first verse from Leviticus is, "Love your neighbour as yourself, for I am God." Then is, "Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves a soul, it is as if they saved the entire world." And the last section from Kohelet Rabbah is, "And all that I created, I created for you.

Make sure that you don't ruin it and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one that will fix it after you." Copy out the quotations and fill in the gaps.

There are few more gaps this time around.

Press pause to complete the task and press play to continue when you're ready to resume.

Let's check how you've been doing.

I'm sure you're doing great.

The first verse from Leviticus, "Love your neighbour as yourself, for I am God." "Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves a soul, it is as if they saved the entire world." And finally, "And all that I created, I created for you.

Make sure you don't ruin and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one that will fix it after you." Okay, we're going to do this another time.

I'd like you to copy the quotations and fill in the gaps.

This time, there are a few more gaps.

Press pause to complete this task and press play to resume when you're finished.

Let's check how you're doing so far.

From Leviticus, "Love your neighbour as yourself, for I am God." From Mishna Sanhedren, "Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves a soul, it is as if they saved an entire world." And from Kohelet Rabbah, "And all that I created, I created for you.

Make sure that you don't ruin and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one that will fix it after you." Now, here's the last task with, well, with the memorization of these quotes.

Try to finish the quotes from memory.

Love your.

Whoever saves, and all that I created.

Press pause to complete this task and press play to continue when you're ready.

Let's check how you did.

"Love your neighbour as yourself, for I am God." "Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves a soul, it is as if they saved the entire world." "And all that I created, I created for you.

Make sure that you don't ruin and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one that will fix it after you." I like you to pause the video now and complete the following explanations.

We're now going to see how these verses that we just learned fit into ideas and beliefs.

So the first verse I want you to think about is, "Love your neighbour as yourself, for I am God." According to some rabbis of the Talmud blank, this verse can teach.

Press pause to complete the task and press play once you're finished and are ready to resume.

The, "Love your neighbour as yourself, for I am God." According to some rabbis of the Talmud, this is a guiding principle of the entire Torah.

This verse can teach that one should make sure to care for those around them who might be in need.

How'd you do with that one? Okay, let's go check out the next verses.

"Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves a soul, it is as if they saved the entire world." Complete the following explanations.

This passage teaches about many Jewish people believe blank and blank, therefore.

Press pause to complete this task and press play to resume once you're finished.

"Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if they destroyed an entire world.

Whoever saves it, it is as if they saved the entire world." This passage teaches about the concept of sanctity of life, which is the idea that life is sacred and should then be protected and respected.

Many Jewish people see human life as having a special or holy status.

And believe that only God is allowed to decide when life begins and ends.

Therefore many Jewish people believe they should do all they can to preserve life.

Are you ready for the next quotes? Here are two.

One we went over quite a bit right now.

And one we learned when we were learning about Jewish values in environmentalism.

So the first verse from Genesis, "And God said to Adam and placed him in Gan Eden, to work it and guard it." In Kohelet Rabba, "See how beautiful and praiseworthy they are.

And all that I created, I created for you.

Make sure that you don't ruin and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one that will fix it after you." These two verses teach, according to the verse from Genesis and according to the passage from Kohelet Rabbah.

Press pause to complete this task and press play to resume when you're ready.

Let's see how you did.

"And God said to Adam and placed him in Garden of Eden to work it and guard it.

And, "See how beautiful and praiseworthy they are.

And all that I created, I created for you.

Make sure that you don't ruin and destroy my world.

For if you destroy it, there is no one that will fix it after you." These two verses teach an idea of why some Jewish people believe they are obligated to care for the world.

According to the verse from Genesis, God commanded Adam to work the land and to guard it.

According to the passage from Kohelet Rabbah, God warns if humans do not care for the land, there is not going to be a replacement.

Well done, you did such an amazing job today and worked really, really hard.

I'd like you now to take a moment and write down three things that you learned or re-remembered.

And I'd like you, if you want, you can share with your parent or carer or friend or teacher.

Please now take the quiz to check what you've learned.

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I hope you have a wonderful day and happy learning.