TASK 1: THE ORDER OF THE SERVICE
Find the labels of the different parts of the service, then SILENTLY arrange yourselves in the order of the service.
TASK 2: SIDDUR SCAVENGER HUNT
In teams, use a siddur to answer the following questions:
1. On what page does the Shabbat morning service usually begin?
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2. How many morning blessings are there in this siddur?
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3. Which psalm begins "I lift up my eyes to the hills"?
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4. How many paragraphs are there in the Shema?
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5. In the Amidah there is a line that changes halfway through the year. Which line did we read this Shabbat?
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6. What is the practice of raising the Torah up high called?
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7. What comes first, returning the Torah to the Aron HaKodesh or reading the Prayers for the Community?
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8. Which paragraph of Aleinu do we usually read in English?
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9. What words appear both at the end of the Amidah and the end of the Mourners' Kaddish?
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10. Name a song that we sometimes sing at the end of the service, INSTEAD OF Adon Olam.
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BONUS QUESTION:
How many times in a service is it customary for people to bow towards the Aron HaKodesh?
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BONUS BONUS QUESTION:
Can you list the places in the siddur (either by prayer or page number) where people usually bow?
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TASK 3: DISCUSSION
What aspects of the service at your bar/bat mitzvah (other than reading from the Torah) are you nervous about?
What aspects of your bar/bat mitzvah (apart from the party!) are you looking forward to?
TASK 4: MOCK-MITZVAH