Learning Intentions

• To continue to develop knowledge about the Shabbat service
• To reflect upon the message contained within the Torah portion

Introduction

Share with children an image of a Torah scroll or a mini scroll. Do the children recognize what it is?

Main Activity

Revise what was taught in the previous lesson about Shabbat as a day of no work. Jewish people (and all teachers) do not believe that studying is work. So for Jews, Shabbat is another opportunity to hear and study the Torah at home and at the synagogue. During the Shabbat service at the synagogue, a portion of the Sefer Torah is read out.

Go to www.chabad.org/parshah/default.asp and navigate to the Family Parshah section. There you will find resources to help Jewish (and non-Jewish) children to understand the relevance of the Torah portion that will be studied during the coming Shabbat. (Do not miss the very amusing Parshah Report as part of The Itche Kadoozy Show. Whilst some of the language is confusing, the essential message of the Report is accessible to all children.)

Following discussion, groups of children could:

• find out more about the Shabbat service
• write a short sermon about what the Torah portion teaches Jewish people about G-d

Plenary

If appropriate, show the Parshah Report from the The Itche Kadoozy Show.

Shabbat: In the beginning

The Shabbat Queen

The Friday Night Meal

Shabbat: A Day of No Work

Shabbat: A Day for Study

Saying Goodbye to Shabbat