Welcome

First of all, welcome to the 6th Grade Limudei Kodesh blog.  I will use this blog to keep you updated on what's happening in the classroom each week.  Whenever I make a new post I will send you an email, so no need to check in every day.


This week we began our introduction to Talmud.  We started by watching some of the animated videos at: www.animatedtalmud.com.  This was a fun way of learning some of the basics that will be needed to learn Talmud next year.  Then we made our way into the Bonayich workbook to consolidate what we learned.  This is all preparatory work for our last project which will be their own version of the animated Talmud.  You can look forward to getting a link to the last videos covering the mishnayot related to Pesach in your email as soon as Sam L. and I hammer out some of the technical difficulties--stay tuned.  There is a link on the sidebar of this blog to the 6th grade Purim Mishna videos.  The web site is: http://6thgrademishna.shutterfly.com/  If you forgot the password send me an email.  I will put the Pesach videos on the same website.


In Navi we are now in the last chapters of Shmuel I.  Shaul has become very jealous of David and he suspects him of wanting to steal the throne.  Yehonatan, Shaul's son, has become David's best friend and he helps protect him from his father.  In the last six weeks of school we will read of David's "adventures" as he is on the run from Shaul.  He has a difficult challenge ahead of him--he must both protect himself from and honor Shaul.


In Dinim, now that Pesach is over, we will be learning the dinim related to Sefirat HaOmer and that time period.  We will also be learning some more halakhot related to Shabbat.


Please do not forget to check SOIN every Sunday for upcoming quizzes and assignments.


כל טוב (All the best),
Rabbi Rapoport