Yom Kippur

1. Yom Kippur

This PJ Library website begins to explain Yom Kippur to children. Resources here are recommended for grades 2nd to 6th. 

Click on this link.

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Yom Kippur Poem in English - Recommended for early elementary grades.

"Let's be friends, make amends. Now's the time to say, I'm sorry."

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Learn About Yom Kippur with Shalom Sesame: Saying Sorry

Click on this link.

2. Worksheet: On Yom Kippur

Suggested Level: 6th-10th grade

Students answer questions about the meaning of Yom Kippur for them. You can continue the activity with a group discussion. 

Click here the Yom Kippur worksheet

3. Worksheet: Tishrei Holidays Crossword

Suggest level: 6th grades or higher 

Note: You might need to review the vocabulary before the activity 

Click here to download Tishrei Holidays Crossword 

4. Read: How Yom Kippur works

5. Watch: What is Yom Kippur?

While-watching task: the students write down at least 5 facts from the video about Yom Kippur 

Suggested level: 9th-12th grade

Suggested level: 6th-7th grade 

6. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur Workpages

Click to following link to download a file with different activities for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur from the Eric Cohen website. The levels of the activities vary from Elementary to Junior High School. Make sure your activities are appropriate for the students you are teaching. 

Eric Cohen's "Festival and Holidays"

Click here to download the PDF file 

7. Blendspace: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur