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Introduction to Midrash (5th Grade and Up)

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This lesson about the Garden of Eden encourages students to generate their own midrash. It models an approach that can be applied to other Torah texts. It was written by Rabbi Shai Gluskin from the Reconstructionist movement and Deena Salmon of B’nai Keshet in Montclair, NJ. 

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