30 Complete Study Sheets
Structured review guides for every essential topic of Jewish conversion. Read at your own pace — two sheets are free, the complete collection is available with full access.
Literary Sources
Torah, Talmud, Midrash & Codes
An overview of the foundational texts of Judaism — Torah, TaNaKH, Midrash, Mishnah, Gemara, Talmud, Zohar, codes of law, and responsa literature.
Read Free Sheet →Shabbat
The Jewish Day of Rest
Kedushah, melacha, Kiddush, Challah, Kabbalat Shabbat, Havdalah, and the spiritual meaning of the seventh day.
Read Free Sheet →Synagogue & Jewish Objects
Sacred spaces and ritual items
Beit Tefillah, Aron HaKodesh, Sefer Torah, Bimah, Menorah, Ner Tamid, Mezuzah and all the key objects of Jewish life.
Jewish Prayer (Tefila)
The structure and meaning of prayer
Shacharit, Mincha, Maariv, Musaf — the three daily services, the Amidah, Shema, Kaddish, Tefillin, Tallit, Kippah and more.
Kashrut
Jewish dietary laws and kosher eating
Kosher/treif, milk and meat separation, shechita, pareve, netilat yadayim, and the deeper meaning of Jewish eating.
Life Cycle: Birth to Bar/Bat Mitzvah
From birth to religious majority
Brit milah, pidyon haben, Jewish naming ceremonies, education, bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah.
Life Cycle: Adulthood
Coming of age, dating, marriage and family
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, dating and Jewish sexual ethics, contraception, abortion, fertility, adoption and surrogacy.
Conversion (Giyur)
The process and meaning of becoming Jewish
The ger/giyoret, mikveh, Beit Din, classical sources, baalei teshuva and confirmation of Jewish identity.
Marriage & Divorce
Chuppah, ketubah, mikveh and get
Aufruf, ketubah, kinyan, chuppah, kiddushin, sheva brachot, yichud, and the laws of divorce (get and chalitzah).
Death & Mourning
Jewish practices from illness to yahrzeit
Bikur cholim, taharah, tachrichim, shiva, sheloshim, kaddish, yizkor, and Jewish beliefs about the afterlife.
The Jewish Calendar
Lunar months, Shabbat, and holy times
Rosh Chodesh, the lunar-solar calendar, molad, kiddush hachodesh, and the structure of the Jewish year.
Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
The High Holidays — judgment and atonement
Elul, Yamim Noraim, selichot, shofar, tashlikh, Kol Nidre, vidui, Ne'ilah and the concept of teshuvah.
Sukkot & Simchat Torah
Tabernacles, Hoshana Rabbah, and Torah joy
The four species, sukkah construction, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah hakafot, and Kohelet.
Hanukkah
The Festival of Lights
The Maccabees, the miracle of oil, lighting the hanukkiah, dreidel, and navigating the December dilemma.
Tu BiShvat
New Year of the Trees
Tu BiShvat as Rosh Hashanah la'Ilanot, the marriage tree custom, Peri Etz Hadar, and the JNF/KKL tradition.
Purim
The Book of Esther and reversals of fate
The Megillah, Shabbat Zachor, Amalek, the Fast of Esther, graggers, Purim spiel, mishloach manot, and the Purim feast.
Passover (Pesach)
Exodus, Seder, and freedom
Chametz, matzah, bedikat chametz, the korban Pesach, the Seder plate, the Haggadah, afikoman, and Hallel.
The Omer & Shavuot
Counting to Sinai — from Passover to Torah
Sefira, the Omer period, Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom Ha'Atzmaut, Lag B'Omer, Yom Yerushalayim, and Shavuot.
Public Fast Days
Days of mourning and national memory
The 17 of Tammuz, the three weeks, Tisha B'Av, Eichah, the Fast of Gedaliah, the 10th of Tevet, and Yom Kippur Katan.
God & Humanity
Jewish theology and the human condition
Emunah, monotheism, God in philosophy, the nature of humanity, covenant, election, commandments, yetzer tov/hara, reward and punishment, messianism.
Jewish Diversity
Movements within Judaism and other religions
Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Modern Orthodox, Hasidic — and comparisons with Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and secularism.
Jewish Citizenship & Institutions
Organizations and communal life
CRIF, AUJF, Alliance Israélite, Consistoire, Jewish Agency, JNF/KKL, WIZO, World Union, Leo Baeck, HUC, JTS — and the Jewish press.
The Shoah (Holocaust)
History, memory, and theological response
The Holocaust, antisemitism, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Yad Vashem, Yom HaShoah, and Jewish responses to theodicy.
The State of Israel
Zionism, history, and the Jewish state
Zionism, Herzl, Ahad Ha'am, Rav Kook, the Law of Return, the Wars of Independence and after, the Intifada, and the territories.
Biblical History
Patriarchs, Exodus, and the First Temple
The Patriarchal period, the Exodus, settlement in the land, the First Temple period, the split between Israel and Judah, Babylon, and Persia.
Rabbinic History
Second Temple through the Talmudic era
The Second Temple period, the Greeks, Maccabees, Roman rule, Bar Kokhba, Tannaim, and Amoraim.
Medieval History: Geonim & Rishonim
Golden Age, Rashi, Rambam, Inquisition
The Crusades, Rashi, the Golden Age of Spain, Maimonides (Rambam), and the Spanish Inquisition.
Medieval History: Acharonim
Mysticism, Hasidism, and Mitnagdim
Kabbalah, the Ari, Hasidism and its founders, and the Mitnagdim opposition.
The Enlightenment Era
Haskalah, emancipation, and reform
The Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), emancipation, Moses Mendelssohn, and the early reformers.
Contemporary History
Modern Jewish life and the world today
20th–21st century Jewish history, the State of Israel's development, Diaspora communities, and contemporary Jewish identity.
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