Hebrew in Harmony

Copyright © 2017 Behrman House Inc. www.behrmanhouse.com • 964V (V’ahavta) By: Rabbi Lauren Cohn and Terry S. Kaye • “Hebrew Helpers”: Ellen J. Rank • Project Editor: Terry S. Kaye • Design: Zatar Creative • Photographs: p. 1: iravgustin/Shutterstock.com; EBREW ELPERS
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Count off 1-2-3-4 to form four teams. Team 1 reads line 1 aloud together. Team
2 reads line 2 aloud, and so on. Then switch lines. With your team, circle all the

words that appear in the ‫ ְו ָא ַה ְב ָתּ‬. Then choose and write the three root letters
(‫כתב‬-‫צוה‬-‫דבר‬-‫ )אהב‬for each word group. [Hint: When ‫ ה‬is the third root

letter, it sometimes drops out of a word.]

___ ___ ___ ‫ ְו ִד ְב ֵרי ַה ְדּ ָבִרים ְב ִד ְב ֵרי ֶהם ְו ִד ַבּ ְר ָתּ ַדּ ֵבּר‬1
___ ___ ___ ‫ ַכּ ָכּתוּב ְכּתוּ ִבים וּ ְכ ַת ְב ָתּם ֶשׁ ָכּ ַת ְב ָתּ ְו ִנ ָכּ ֵתב‬2
___ ___ ___ ‫ ַא ֲה ָבה ַא ֲה ַבת ְו ָא ַה ְב ָתּ ְו ַא ֲה ָב ְתָך אוֹ ֵהב‬3
___ ___ ___ ‫ ִצ ָוּה ִמ ְצ ָוה ְבּ ִמ ְצוֹ ָתיו ְבּ ִמ ְצוֹ ֶתיָך ְמ ַצְוָּך‬4

Prayer Puzzle

Complete the puzzle by writing the Hebrew word for each English word below.

Across 1
2
3. with all your heart
4. your soul 3
5. your hand
5 4
Down

1. you shall love
2. study of
3. your house

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My Musical Journey: ‫ְו ָא ַה ְב ָתּ‬

Compose your ‫ ְו ָא ַה ְב ָתּ‬music by filling in the responses below.

I think the
main idea of

the ‫ ְו ָא ַה ְב ָתּ‬is

The four

‫ ִמ ְצוֹת‬in the
‫ ְו ָא ַה ְב ָתּ‬are

The ‫ְו ָא ַה ְב ָתּ‬

says we show
love for God by

When I see a 16
mezuzah on a
doorpost, I think

Learning how to
chant the trope

for the ‫ְו ָא ַה ְב ָתּ‬

made me feel

My favorite
example of

‫ַתּ ְלמוּד תּוֹ ָרה‬

is __ because

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