I will be listing your homework on this wiki page. All homework assignments will be posted here before 5:30pm on the evening following a class session. It is each student's responsibility to check this page each evening on a day we have class and to read wiki mail for any updates. If you use your yoman, be sure to remind yourself to check this wiki page there.
Homework Schedule:
Homework will be assigned regularly and students will be expected to check this page in the evening on a day when we have class. Most often, homework will be posted shortly after the school day ends so that it can reflect the progress the class has made. Homework assignments are due one week from the assignment date, unless it is a longer term project that requires more time. I will send out wiki mail announcements to inform you that the homework which I announced in class has been posted.
Homework Grading:
Homework assignments will be graded according to two scales. For smaller assignments, I use the √+, √, √- system, which correspond to grades A, B, and C, just of a smaller value. Larger assignments will be graded with letter grades from A range to C range. All incomplete homework will be given a grade a I and returned to you for completion.
Incomplete Homework:
Students who have incomplete work lasting over more than one additional class session will be sent to study hall to complete the work. Late assignments result in the lowering of a grade unless a prior arrangement for illness or other reason has been made with me. Two late assignments will result in a call home to parents.
Homework Email Address:
The email address rabbibellashomework@gmail.com is still fully operational and can be used to submit homework assignments on the day they are due. Questions about homework can also be sent to that address.
Homework Spreadsheet:
In the table below, you will find all of your homework assignments listed with the most recent assignment at the top. I will assign a row to each week, as you will see below. The columns will be assigned to different subjects
Week of
Rabbinics
חומש
Judaics Journal/Blog posts
June 13th
Pirkei Avot:
Read mishna 12 on page 9,
complete the questions on page
9 & 10. Due: Monday, June 20th
June 6th
Pirkei Avot:
6A&B Complete page 7
6B - I will be checking page 6
again next week given what Mrs.
D. reported to me! Due: Monday, June 13th
How can developing a close relationship
with a teacher be a "double-edged sword,"
meaning be both a potential positive and
a negative? Due: Monday, June 13th
May 16th
Pirkei Avot:
Complete the questions on page
5 of the packet for mishna ה
Due: Monday, May 30th
Practice reading and reciting the 2nd
paragraph of the Sh'ma. Use the PDF and
MP3 file to practice for our next class.
Pirkei Avot:
Complete the questions on page
4 of the packet for mishna ד.
Due: Monday, May 16th
How do you now understand the meaning
of feeling the "awesomeness of heaven
upon you?"
Due: Monday, May 16th
May 2nd
Pirkei Avot:
1) Fill in YOUR 3 things on which
the continued survival of the
world depends.
2) Complete questions
on page 3 for mishna gimmel.
Due: Monday, May 9th
If you would like to resubmit your job ad
assignment more in line with the actual
instructions, feel free to do so. No "re-do's"
will be accepted after the deadline below.
Due: Monday, May 16th
Post on the following two statements/
questions related to our next unit in
Torah:
1) Keeping a strong faith in God is not
always easy. Agree or disagree and
why?
2) I doubted my faith in God when _ (fill in the blank with your story.
April 11th
Answer the questions on page
4. Read the mishna on page 5
in advance of Tuesday's class. Due: Tuesday, April 12th
April 4th
Answer Questions 1 & 2 on
Mishna Gimmel (3) for class
tomorrow. Due: Tuesday, April 5th
What does it mean to you that
the seder that we do today is based
not only on a structure set up 2000
years ago in the Mishna, but on
rituals commanded by the Torah
3400 years ago? (They are in parashat
Bo - Sefer Shmot/Exodus). Due: Monday, April 11th
February 21st
1) Test on Hanukkah and Tu Bish'vat material. Study the study guide in the time leading up to the test. The study guide is on the Rabbinics wiki page as a link. Test: Monday, February 28th 2) Questions 1 & 2 on page 1 of the Purim handouts. Due: Monday, February 28th
February 8th
Test on Hanukkah and Tu Bish'vat material. Study the study guide in the time leading up to the test. The study guide is on the Rabbinics wiki page as a PDF. Test: Monday, February 21st
How is the basis for daily life and
the calendar different today from
what it was in Mishna time? Due: Monday, February 14th
February 1st
Read the description of the Organizing a
Nation project on our Humash wiki page and
prepare a draft plan of how you are going to
complete the assignments for Part I of the
project.
Due: Tuesday, February 8th
Bring a NEAT and completed
chart based on the Rosh
HaShana Mishna text studied in
class today. You will be handing
it in at the end of class next
Monday. Due: Monday, January 18th
Thinking about the Hanukkah Talmud text as an example, what do we learn about how rabbinic opinions on a Jewish subject develop and evolve over history? (Use specific dates and names of rabbinic periods in your answer.
January 3rd
In terms of "Organizing a Nation,"
we know EXACTLY what the tasks
were that were assigned to both the
political leaders (tribal chiefs) and
the religious leaders (Levite clans)
in B'nei Yisra'el.
What can we learn from the fact that
the specific jobs were detailed?
Why was it important for the Torah to
give us that much detail? Due: Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
December 6th
Complete the back side of the
Hanukkah Talmud worksheet
for tomorrow. If you do not have
the sheet, you can print it off the
Rabbinics page of the wiki. Due: Tuesday, December 7th
How is the custom of lighting one
Hanukkiyah for each person in the
household a combination of the two hiddur mitzvah customs from the
B'raita we studied? Due: Monday, December 13th
November 15th
Read the text of the Talmud
on Hanukkah from the Aramaic- English handout. DO NOT complete the questions on side 2 of the page. Due: Tuesday, November 23rd
Go to the Humash page and read the assignment for chapter 3, written up at the bottom of the page.
Due: Tuesday, November 30th
Post 1: What is the difference
between a Hanukkiyah and a Menorah?
Post 2: Why is it important for the Jewish community to set up a central location?
November 8th
Please complete the goal setting
for by Tuesday, Nov. 16th.
Read Perek Bet, p'sukim 1-30.
Make a diagram of the how the
tribes are ORGANIZED around
the mishkan.
Is there more to being a
leader than just having
specific jobs to do, as were
assigned to the tribal chiefs?
What does it mean to be a
leader?
October 25th
Return to Perek Alef, p'sukim 1-16.
Answer the following questions and
bring them to class on a sheet of
paper:
1) Make a list of names of all of
the tribal chiefs. Are any of them
familiar to you?
2) Look at the names of the chiefs in Hebrew. Do you notice any- thing that many of them have in common? 3) What job(s) were assigned to the tribal chiefs? Due: Tuesday, November 2nd
Please post a response to the
following question:
1) Do you agree that the census
of the military age men should
have been the first step in
ORGANIZING THE NATION?
If yes, why? If not, why not?
October 18th
Sukkot test next Monday (Oct.
25th). Use the study guide on the
Rabbinics Page of the wiki and
Mrs. D's green packet to preapre
for the test.
Read Perek Alef, p'sukim 1-16 on
Mechon Mamre. The link is on the
Humash page if you need it. On a
separate sheet__, answer the
following questions and bring them
to class:
1) What is being organized here?
2) What are the tribal and national
results for the census?
Due: Tuesday, October 26th
October 12th
Please make two separate posts:
1) What are the basic
structural requirements
for a kosher Sukkah?
2) Summarize the big
ideas/glasses' frames
through which we view the
Torah for our purposes of
study. What do you they
mean to you?
DUE: Friday, October 15th
October 4th
1) Finish what was assigned last
week
2) Complete pages 2-3 from the
Sukkot packet
Due: Tuesday, October 12th
Answer the following two
questions:
1) Why do we study Torah so in-depth?
2) What does the Torah mean to us as Jews?
Why is it important?
Bring in on a sheet of paper to class.
Due: Tuesday, October 12th
September 27th
1) Go to the "Man in the Mirror"
page of the wiki.
Complete the assignments as
described there.
2) Complete Q2-4 on page 2 of the
Sukkot packet.
Due: Tuesday, October 5th
Rabbi Bellas' Homework Page
I will be listing your homework on this wiki page. All homework assignments will be posted here before 5:30pm on the evening following a class session. It is each student's responsibility to check this page each evening on a day we have class and to read wiki mail for any updates. If you use your yoman, be sure to remind yourself to check this wiki page there.
Homework Schedule:
Homework will be assigned regularly and students will be expected to check this page in the evening on a day when we have class. Most often, homework will be posted shortly after the school day ends so that it can reflect the progress the class has made. Homework assignments are due one week from the assignment date, unless it is a longer term project that requires more time. I will send out wiki mail announcements to inform you that the homework which I announced in class has been posted.
Homework Grading:
Homework assignments will be graded according to two scales. For smaller assignments, I use the √+, √, √- system, which correspond to grades A, B, and C, just of a smaller value. Larger assignments will be graded with letter grades from A range to C range. All incomplete homework will be given a grade a I and returned to you for completion.
Incomplete Homework:
Students who have incomplete work lasting over more than one additional class session will be sent to study hall to complete the work. Late assignments result in the lowering of a grade unless a prior arrangement for illness or other reason has been made with me. Two late assignments will result in a call home to parents.
Homework Email Address:
The email address rabbibellashomework@gmail.com is still fully operational and can be used to submit homework assignments on the day they are due. Questions about homework can also be sent to that address.
Homework Spreadsheet:
In the table below, you will find all of your homework assignments listed with the most recent assignment at the top. I will assign a row to each week, as you will see below. The columns will be assigned to different subjects
Week of
Rabbinics
חומש
Judaics Journal/Blog posts
Read mishna 12 on page 9,
complete the questions on page
9 & 10.
Due: Monday, June 20th
6A&B Complete page 7
6B - I will be checking page 6
again next week given what Mrs.
D. reported to me!
Due: Monday, June 13th
with a teacher be a "double-edged sword,"
meaning be both a potential positive and
a negative?
Due: Monday, June 13th
Complete the questions on page
5 of the packet for mishna ה
Due: Monday, May 30th
paragraph of the Sh'ma. Use the PDF and
MP3 file to practice for our next class.
Complete the questions on page
4 of the packet for mishna ד.
Due: Monday, May 16th
of feeling the "awesomeness of heaven
upon you?"
Due: Monday, May 16th
1) Fill in YOUR 3 things on which
the continued survival of the
world depends.
2) Complete questions
on page 3 for mishna gimmel.
Due: Monday, May 9th
assignment more in line with the actual
instructions, feel free to do so. No "re-do's"
will be accepted after the deadline below.
Due: Monday, May 16th
questions related to our next unit in
Torah:
1) Keeping a strong faith in God is not
always easy. Agree or disagree and
why?
2) I doubted my faith in God when _
(fill in the blank with your story.
4. Read the mishna on page 5
in advance of Tuesday's class.
Due: Tuesday, April 12th
Mishna Gimmel (3) for class
tomorrow.
Due: Tuesday, April 5th
the seder that we do today is based
not only on a structure set up 2000
years ago in the Mishna, but on
rituals commanded by the Torah
3400 years ago? (They are in parashat
Bo - Sefer Shmot/Exodus).
Due: Monday, April 11th
Bish'vat material. Study the study
guide in the time leading up to the
test. The study guide is on the
Rabbinics wiki page as a link.
Test: Monday, February 28th
2) Questions 1 & 2 on page 1 of
the Purim handouts.
Due: Monday, February 28th
material. Study the study guide
in the time leading up to the test.
The study guide is on the
Rabbinics wiki page as a PDF.
Test: Monday, February 21st
the calendar different today from
what it was in Mishna time?
Due: Monday, February 14th
Nation project on our Humash wiki page and
prepare a draft plan of how you are going to
complete the assignments for Part I of the
project.
Due: Tuesday, February 8th
English Transliteration:
http://www.hebrewsongs.com/?SongID=3356
Hebrew Text:
For listening and singing practice:
chart based on the Rosh
HaShana Mishna text studied in
class today. You will be handing
it in at the end of class next
Monday.
Due: Monday, January 18th
text as an example, what do we learn
about how rabbinic opinions on a
Jewish subject develop and evolve
over history? (Use specific dates and
names of rabbinic periods in your
answer.
we know EXACTLY what the tasks
were that were assigned to both the
political leaders (tribal chiefs) and
the religious leaders (Levite clans)
in B'nei Yisra'el.
What can we learn from the fact that
the specific jobs were detailed?
Why was it important for the Torah to
give us that much detail?
Due: Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Hanukkah Talmud worksheet
for tomorrow. If you do not have
the sheet, you can print it off the
Rabbinics page of the wiki.
Due: Tuesday, December 7th
Hanukkiyah for each person in the
household a combination of the two
hiddur mitzvah customs from the
B'raita we studied?
Due: Monday, December 13th
on Hanukkah from the Aramaic-
English handout.
DO NOT complete the questions
on side 2 of the page.
Due: Tuesday, November 23rd
assignment for chapter 3, written up at
the bottom of the page.
Due: Tuesday, November 30th
between a Hanukkiyah and a
Menorah?
Post 2: Why is it important for the
Jewish community to set up a
central location?
for by Tuesday, Nov. 16th.
Make a diagram of the how the
tribes are ORGANIZED around
the mishkan.
leader than just having
specific jobs to do, as were
assigned to the tribal chiefs?
What does it mean to be a
leader?
Answer the following questions and
bring them to class on a sheet of
paper:
1) Make a list of names of all of
the tribal chiefs. Are any of them
familiar to you?
2) Look at the names of the chiefs
in Hebrew. Do you notice any-
thing that many of them have in
common?
3) What job(s) were assigned to the
tribal chiefs?
Due: Tuesday, November 2nd
following question:
1) Do you agree that the census
of the military age men should
have been the first step in
ORGANIZING THE NATION?
If yes, why? If not, why not?
25th). Use the study guide on the
Rabbinics Page of the wiki and
Mrs. D's green packet to preapre
for the test.
Mechon Mamre. The link is on the
Humash page if you need it. On a
separate sheet__, answer the
following questions and bring them
to class:
1) What is being organized here?
2) What are the tribal and national
results for the census?
Due: Tuesday, October 26th
1) What are the basic
structural requirements
for a kosher Sukkah?
2) Summarize the big
ideas/glasses' frames
through which we view the
Torah for our purposes of
study. What do you they
mean to you?
DUE: Friday, October 15th
week
2) Complete pages 2-3 from the
Sukkot packet
Due: Tuesday, October 12th
questions:
1) Why do we study Torah so in-depth?
2) What does the Torah mean to us as Jews?
Why is it important?
Bring in on a sheet of paper to class.
Due: Tuesday, October 12th
page of the wiki.
Complete the assignments as
described there.
2) Complete Q2-4 on page 2 of the
Sukkot packet.
Due: Tuesday, October 5th