Workshop for developing tefillah for chidren in elementary and middle schools.

1. Our Spiritual Lives Tefilla: A Multi Media Approach Rabbi Karen G Reiss Medwed, PhD Kmedwed@HebrewCollege.edu RabbiKgrm (Twitter)

3. Understanding: We Want to Pray We believe prayer is part of “being Jewish” and we, as a Jewish school, want to provide the opportunity for the children in our school to experience this spiritual expression. We believe our lives are enhanced by prayer and we want our children to have the uplifting, meaningful, sometimes celebratory and sometimes mournful experiences of prayer as a vehicle for spiritual expressions.

4. Big Ideas for “We Want to Pray” Prayer as wonderment Prayer as perseverance Prayer as Keva/Kavannah

5. Understanding: We want to comprehend prayer We believe that comprehending the meaning of our words prepares us to experience prayer We believe there is a connection between the meaning of our prayers and how we practice prayer.

6. Big Ideas for “Comprehending Prayer” Prayer as investigation Prayer as observation Prayer as questioning and clarifying Prayer as Chidud/Chidush

7. Understanding: Develop independent prayer lives We believe we can provide our students tools to lead independent prayer lives as teens and young adults. We believe prayer is an important behavior of Jewish living and want to provide our students tools and skills to participate and lead prayers.

8. Big Ideas forIndependent Prayer Lives Prayer as perseverance Prayer as observation Prayer as enactment Prayer as Yechid/Tzibur

9. Prayer and Spiritual Development