Students practice Torah Scroll Navigation, using a popular Tikkun:  Tikkun Kor’im Hamefoar: Tikun for Reading the Torah with Instructions and Laws in Hebrew and English – A. Walzer (245 Column / 42 Line layout). To enhance learning, each student needs access to two copies of this Tikkun: Personal Highlighted Tikkun – Students use erasable coloring…

Locating an Aliyah in a Tikkun or in the Torah Scroll is a two-step process: LOCATE the Column containing your Aliyah LOCATE the Beginning Text for your Aliyah within that Column Reference Tables guide students.  Each Aliyah has a specific Address – the Column #, Line # – where it begins in the student’s Tikkun…

Recovering from an Unknown Column is much more than just locating where you are supposed to be in the Tikkun or in the Torah Scroll.  It is recovering from a state of anxiety to a restored sense of well-being and peace. From Halachah/Jewish Law, we received binding Torah Scroll layout requirements.  This includes the placement…

Students locate many beautiful readings directly in the Tikkun.  After locating each one, students can practice their reading skills – first reading from the Column containing vowels and then reading from the Column with no vowels.  Students experience first-hand, where these daily and Shabbat readings are located within the text of the Torah Scroll.

Equipping Future Leaders to Locate Aliyot.  In each classroom, a handful of our students are on their journey to becoming tomorrow’s community leaders.  Some are easy to spot, some are struggling. Today, Torah Scroll Navigation skills are reserve for an elite few.  Tomorrow’s leaders, from diverse backgrounds, can gain this expertise at an earlier age,…