Basic Brakhot uses the body of one-line brakhot to (1) teach students that Jewish prayers connect to both the spiritual and the ethical, (2) demonstrate that Jewish worship is based on a structural design, and (3) build a vocabulary of language elements and decoding skills that allows students to comprehend the general meaning of prayers in the original Hebrew. Basic Brakhot introduces Tanta Teva, a magical mentor who guides the students’ journey..
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