Joel Lurie Grishaver Livres

Each chapter of Make a Midrash Out of Me starts with the Torah's text, laid out as bibliodrama in script form. Students engage with the narrative by becoming the people in the story. Students then "make" their own midrash by interviewing the Bible characters, gaining insight into the text between the lines, followed by focused study of actual midrash from the Jewish tradition. As a cumulative activity, students analyze and synthesize what they've learned to create their own piece of visual or literary midrash. Make a Midrash Out of Me is a chance for a wonderfully creative learning experience. It offers children a chance to combine drama, creative writing, and art with the study of Torah and midrash. It offers a learning process where knowledge and imagination are intertwined.

Every prayer has a story. When the rabbis of the Talmud wanted to explain what prayer means they told the story of the first time a prayer was said. They would root each prayer in the spiritual history of major Jewish figures. By knowing these stories, we get a sense of what each prayer should mean to us. By speaking of famous moments that were human breakthroughs with God, we get to look at our own relationship with God.In this book, Joel Lurie Grishaver presents an introduction to almost every prayer in the siddur and stories that root the prayer in the heart. Here is an original way of looking at the liturgy and unfolding the meaning that is to be found there. Are you a rabbi, an educator, a camp person, a youth group leader, a Jew who wants to find prayer meaningful?Here is a book you need, a book that will expand your resources and understanding.Stories We Pray provides Insights into the Inner-Work of Jewish WorshipStories (and informative background information) for almost every prayer in the weekday and Shabbat siddur.Perfect for teachers of prayer, rabbis, cantors, service leaders, junior congregation facilitators, and camp educators looking to infuse worship with a sense of meaning and wonder.Matches perfectly with stories in S'fatai Tiftah, Journeys Through the Siddur, and Pirkei T'filah.Appropriate for Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Modern Orthodox, and non-denominational settings.