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= Welcome to the Grade 6 Judaic Studies wiki! = = This wiki will be the "home" for all of our learning together this year. =

The blue coloured column on the left hand side of this page is like the table of contents for the wiki. It contains a list of all of the different pages that we will be using over the course of the year. As you can see, there are more pages than were on the Grade 5 wiki last year and I may add more as the year goes on. Each page is dedicated to a subject of our study for the year. There is also a page that is strictly for homework, on which I will post all homework assignments and instructions.

For as long as you have been a student at VTT, you have been learning about the Jewish festivals that we celebrate during the Jewish year. In the upper grades, we deepen your understanding of the sources for the traditions and practices you have learned by examining the centuries' old rabbinic sources that inspired how we practice Judaism today. Each festival will have a wiki page dedicated to it.
 * The "Rabbinic Literature" Curriculum:**
 * The Jewish Festivals in the Mishna and Talmud**

In Grade 5, we began our exploration of the first chapter of Pirkei Avot. We will continue to study selected //mishnayot// from this chapter and then continue on into additional texts. We will study Pirkei Avot during times in the Jewish calendar when there are no festivals.
 * Pirkei Avot - The Wisdom Literature of the Tanna'im**

At the top of the wikispaces page, there is an icon in the shape of an envelope. Clicking on that icon navigates you to your wiki email inbox. You are able to send and receive email from that page. If there is a number next to the envelope, that is an indication of how many messages you have in your box. **You must check your inbox for messages and reminders from me if you have mail in that box**. If you do not check the mail, you may miss important class-related information.
 * Wiki email**:

As the year goes on, I will be creating interactive work pages on which you will be adding content that you have written to pages that I have set up for you.

I look very forward to our year of learning together. See below for our topic schedule for the week.

=== **הצלחה רבה**  === //Hatzla__h__ah Rabbah!!// //Lots of Good Luck!!//