Ideas
- Our Goal: To get the Jewish nation to keep Shabbat.
- Whether you are a convert, Baal teshuvah, etc. You have three different areas of Jewish life that you can work on. Each of these areas, or tracks, can be entered at different points as long as the person can “test out” to that level. The three areas are Torah, language, and thought.
- We can use the “Duolingo” model. Two concepts come from that.
- You can “test out” to a higher level of the curriculum.
- Duolingo repeats words and concepts throughout the whole program so you continue to reinforce what you are learning so you become proficient at speaking Hebrew (or any language).
- One of the things I get lacking is that if you turn to Torah later in life you can’t just go back to kindergarten. So we need something that is organized and gives Jews the basics.
- Online university style
- Have a rabbi as a student counselor
- Keep classes to 4-8 students
- Maybe within the program students are paired up with one or another for 3 man teams? Torah says that a rope made of 3 strands is stronger.
- We will have three areas of study
- Torah - Laws, history, the people. Meam Loez, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, The goal is to build up the student to the point they are ready to learn Gemara in a yeshiva setting.
- Language - alphabet, basic words, reading prayers, conversational, professional, reading Rashi. To once again. Build up to yeshiva level.
- Jewish Thought - If your mind is not right then it won't matter how much Torah you know. Many people are coming from backgrounds and have feelings and struggles. We have to help them deal with their thoughts as well as fixing their Mussar.