Recipe: prepare a Torah portion lesson
Leading a home group or a Zoom study? This recipe builds a lesson on the weekly portion from the site's tools, from the readings to a handout.
Open Torah Portion + Study Panel + PaRDeS + Exporter in a new tab →
- Get the readings
- Read with the Study Panel open
- Pick one key word
- Take one verse through PaRDeS
- Make the handout
Step 1: Get the readings
Open Tools ▾ → Torah Portion. Note this week's Torah, Haftarah and B'rit Chadashah readings, and read the Portion Summary.
Step 2: Read with the Study Panel open
Open the Torah reading with the Study Panel docked to the side. In Resources you will find the people, places, commentaries, anomalies, archaeology and cross-references for each chapter.
Step 3: Pick one key word
Choose one Hebrew word the portion turns on and give it a short word study. One word explored well teaches more than ten skimmed.
Step 4: Take one verse through PaRDeS
Choose a central verse and use PaRDeS Study to prepare a question for each level. This makes great discussion.
Step 5: Make the handout
Use Scripture Exporter (Pro) to put the key verse on a handout or slide in English and Hebrew. Or print the verse from Learn Hebrew Scripture so everyone can read it aloud together.
Related tutorials
- Torah Portion: this week's parashahThis week's Torah, Haftarah and B'rit Chadashah readings, a four-part summary, and all 54 portions.Free 4 min · Beginner
- The Study Panel: your study space beside the textResources for the chapter, your notes and highlights, saved studies, a parallel translation, books and search, all beside the text.Free 6 min · Beginner
- PaRDeS Study: study any verse on four levelsA guided roadmap through the four levels for any verse, with your notes saved to your account.Free 8 min · Intermediate
- Scripture Exporter: take a passage into your document or slidesCopy, download or print a passage in English, Hebrew, Greek or interlinear, in the font, size and colour you choose.Pro 4 min · Beginner