Section archive - Learning Resources

The Hayyinu Ke-holmim (“We Were as Dreamers”) initiative is a project of Herzog College, in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Religious Education.This initiative focuses on individual daily study of books of Tanakh: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Ezra, and Nehemiah, with the aim of studying one chapter each day. All students in the State Religious School System (HEMED) participate. The communal learning of Nakh (Prophets and Writings) by all of the HEMED students is being carried out under the slogan “We Were as Dreamers – the State of Israel’s Existence in Light of the Vision of the Prophets.”

In 2016-7 (5777), Shosh Hill, from the Kerem Primary school in London, together with the NLI team, created weekly Parashat Hashavua newsletters featuring primary sources from the National Library and many creative ideas for primary school students and their families. The Shemot (Exodus) resource pack deals with a crucial time period in the formation of the Jewish People. This resource pack deals with this exciting time period, by examining primary sources from Israel’s history which link to various episodes in Exodus.

In 2016-7 (5777), Shosh Hill, from the Kerem Primary school in London, together with the NLI team, created weekly Parashat Hashavua newsletters featuring primary sources from the National Library and many creative ideas for primary school students and their families. The Genesis (Bereshit) resource pack presents resources from throughout modern Jewish history that can be connected to the first book of the Torah. This book covers the time period from the creation of the world until the Jewish people – numbering just 70 – descended to Egypt.

Gabriel Birnbaum, 66, is a senior researcher helping document and define every Hebrew word ever -- from ancient texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls to the contemporary novels of Israeli literary figures like Amos Oz. It is a mammoth task under way since 1959, and even though a milestone has been reached on the digital project, there are still many years to go. Called the Historical Dictionary Project at Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language, it will serve as an invaluable resource for scholars, writers and linguists. But it will also act as an anchor for Hebrew, the ancient language revived in spoken form in the 19th century after some 1,700 years.