Week 37 · Kashrut, Home, and Life Cycle
Personal Signs and the Jewish Home
Questions 627–639
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 627–639 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Pe’ot and shaving; shaatnez; mezuzah; tzniut and yichud; sacred boundaries of body, clothing, relationships, and home. Detailed taharat hamishpachah instruction continues privately in the mandatory parallel module.
Required reading
An approved practical halakhic guide and the sponsoring rabbi’s instructions on mezuzah, shaatnez, grooming, tzniut, yichud, and the Jewish home; private family-life materials as assigned.
Practical observance
Inspect mezuzot and identify clothing that requires shaatnez testing; receive individualized grooming guidance.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: key home and lifecycle vocabulary. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 627–639; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Know the concepts and defer detailed pesak to the rabbi.