Children delve into the symbols and meanings of the two fall holidays- Sukkot and Simhat Torah- that immediately follow Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur. Sukkot is a harvest festival. Simhat Torah celebrates the ending and beginning anew of the yearly Torah reading cycle. The text is designed for children to read alone, or to read with parents to understand the values that come from these two holidays. Parent essay is included.
Also available:
Building Jewish Life: Shabbat - ISBN 0933873514 Building Jewish Life: Passover - ISBN 0933873166
Torah Aura Productions publishes books for Jewish schools and families that help celebrate our heritage and our faith.
We have over 25 years of experience as the leading creator of high quality educational materials that enable Jewish children to become empowered Jewish adults.
Our books guide and enhance the Jewish knowledge, spirituality and identity of children and their families, and our innovative tools bring Judaism alive in synagogues, Hebrew schools, and day schools.
Torah Aura Productions was founded in 1981 by a group of innovative Jewish educators who looked out at the field of Jewish education and found materials that were shallow and dull. They started a company to create new tools for families and teachers that would be exciting and meaningful. For more than two decades, Torah Aura has revolutionized the way Jewish schools enable their students to become empowered Jewish adults, and has helped families make Judaism a meaningful presence in their homes.
Some of the areas we publish in: - Torah and Bible - Talmud - Jewish teaching - Jewish parenting - Jewish ethics and values - Jewish holidays - the Jewish lifecycle - Israel - Hebrew - Jewish prayer
Torah Aura Productions: Making success in Jewish education an achievable reality.

Building Jewish Life Sukkot and Simhat Torah (Grishaver, Joel Lurie. Building Jewish Life.) (Grishaver, Joel Lurie. Building Jewish Life.)

Children's Books

Joel Grishaver

Holidays & Celebrations

Torah Aura Productions

Six leading rabbis tell stories to answer twelve important God questions in the new book, I Have Some Questions About God. This full-color book is designed to help families talk about the difficult issues of understanding God. 
 Children want to talk about God. They have lots of questions. This book was engineered to let teachers and parents feel comfortable having the conversations that their children are seeking. 
 I Have Some Questions About God is a collection of twelve questions about God (and related issues) from children. Six wonderful rabbis, all parents, have written answers to these questions. Most of their answers are stories. Added are a series of targeted excecises that encourage children to reflect and share their experiences of God in the world. The end result is a collection of wonderful stories and hands-on experiences. With I Have Some Questions About God parents and children are invited to enter into conversations about God that are as easy as reading stories and then asking, 'Which of these answers is the closest to the way you believe?'
Also available:
How to Be a Jewish Teacher: An Invitation to Make a Difference - ISBN 0933873190 Hebrew Reading Adventure - ISBN 1891662740 
Torah Aura Productions publishes books for Jewish schools and families that help celebrate our heritage and our faith.
We have over 25 years of experience as the leading creator of high quality educational materials that enable Jewish children to become empowered Jewish adults.
Our books guide and enhance the Jewish knowledge, spirituality and identity of children and their families, and our innovative tools bring Judaism alive in synagogues, Hebrew schools, and day schools.
Torah Aura Productions was founded in 1981 by a group of innovative Jewish educators who looked out at the field of Jewish education and found materials that were shallow and dull. They started a company to create new tools for families and teachers that would be exciting and meaningful. For more than two decades, Torah Aura has revolutionized the way Jewish schools enable their students to become empowered Jewish adults, and has helped families make Judaism a meaningful presence in their homes.
Some of the areas we publish in: - Torah and Bible - Talmud - Jewish teaching - Jewish parenting - Jewish ethics and values - Jewish holidays - the Jewish lifecycle - Israel - Hebrew - Jewish prayer
Torah Aura Productions: Making success in Jewish education an achievable reality.

I Have Some Questions About God

Bradley Shavit Artson

Joshua Hammerman

Elyse Frishman

Religions

Alef Design Group

Teacher's guide for Journeys Through the Siddur: Torah and Concluding Service

Journeys Through the Siddur: Torah Service Tg

Journeys Through the Siddur, Friday Evening Teacher's Guide

"Parshah Experiencing the Weekly Torah Portion gives teachers a variety of options for helping students find meaning in the weekly text! Using two or more in any given week allows students to derive meaning and own the Torah in ways that work for their own intelligences. Each portion contains: Rachel Margolis worked with us to rewrite that book. Introducing Parashah Experiencing the Weekly Torah Portion (Parshah), It contains: 
an overview to each sidra a verse to read with and without vowels 
an experiential activity for the Torah portion 
 a mitzvah of the week and an experiential activity for the mitzvah 
internet resources for the mitzvah that can lead directly to a bar/bat mitzvah project. 
This book is perfect for a bar/bat mitzvah class that you want to bind to the cycle of the Torah."

Parasha -Experiencing the Weekly Torah Portion

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

Torah Aura Production

Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur Mahzor

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