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9Adar Curriculum: G-DCAST – Disagreements for the Sake of Heaven (DSH)

See attached PDF which contains activities, assessments and resources to use in 5-9th grade classrooms when teaching about שמים לשם מחלוקת/disagreements for the sake of Heaven (DSH). It is based on the G-dcast video, “Disagreements for the Sake of Heaven”. The video is available in English here and in Hebrew here. Enduring Understandings for the lesson/s:
  • There are differences between constructive conflict and destructive conflict.
  • We can develop the skills necessary to help us identify the difference between destructive and constructive conflicts.
  • Beit Hillel’s and Beit Shammai’s disagreements were constructive arguments for the sake of Heaven.
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Rachel Friedrichs

Rachel Friedrichs is a Jewish educator and former Assistant Director of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. She holds a BA in History from Brandeis University and an MA in Jewish Education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A graduate of the Pardes Day School Educators Program, she has taught Tanakh, rabbinic literature, Jewish thought, and Hebrew in educational settings across Israel and North America.

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