SHMUEL ALEPH PEREK TET

PESUKIM TET VAV CHAF ZAYIN

GOALS:

Recognize the importance of hearing and seeing in order to be a

proper leader.

Recognize the responsibility of a proper leader.

Recognize why Saul is a qualifi ed leader.

Recognize why previous personalities were not worthy.

Understand the importance of hearing and seeing in a

relationship with Hashem.
Recognize that Shmuel is handing the leadership over to Shaul.

Verse 15
Goals:
Identify that Hashem speaks to the
ear of Shmuel
Understand the importance of
hearing
Understand how one hears properly.
Understand why it is important for a
leader to hear.

Pasuk 15 Activity:
Have students read pasuk to themselves and

identify what is strange about the interaction.

Then discuss what is so important about the

ear and hearing and why its important for a

leader to have this quality.

Activity for Pasuk 15

Read Pasuk 15 and answer the questions:
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Questions:
What did Hashem Reveal?
What is the significance of this?

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hear us talking to him? How can we
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What's so special about hearing?

How does one properly hear?

Why is it so important for Shmuel to be able

to hear?

Verse 16
Goals:
Verb Recognition
Identify how Hashem relates to Bnai Yisrael.
Understand what it means to be Hashems nation

and how a nation needs to relate to Hashem.

Understand the importance of hearing and seeing

in a relationship.

Pasuk 16- Activity 1 and 2:

Distribute worksheet that asks students to

circle the words used to describe Bnai Yisrael,

Underline the action Hashem uses, and place
a rectangle around the part of the Pasuk that
involves two different senses.
After completing this section students will
break into chavrusas and discuss their
answers and answer follow up questions and
activity.

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ACTIVITY 2QUESTIONS ON PASUK 16

How does Hashem view Bnai Yisrael?
What does this teach us about our relationship

with Hashem?
Why are the two senses that Hashem uses at

the end of the pasuk so important in a

relationship?
Activity: have kids interact with eyes closed then ears closed then both

closed

Assessment!

I s t h e y e l l o w p e r s o n e ff e c t i v e l y
able to share their feelings? Why?
How does this relate to our
relationship with Hashem?

Pasuk 17
Goals:
Identify what quality Shmuel used to
recognize Shaul.
Understand why this quality was needed in

Shmuel.
Activity: Frontal Teaching

Activity for Pasuk 17

Activity: Frontal teach
Questions:
How was Shmuel able to know it was Shaul?
Why is it important for Shmuel to be able to

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Shmuel saw Shaul. In order to see

something you need to be someone
who notices things. In order to be a
leader you need to notice what the
people need and what Hashem wants

Pasuk 18-19
Goals:
Understanding why the Navi is called The
Seer
Understanding why Ayli failed as a leader

Activity for Pasuk 18-19

Activity: Chavrusa
Learn pasuk 18and 19 and Review Shmuel Aleph
3:2.
Questions:
What's the difference between Shmuel and Ayli?
What significance does this have on being a
leader?
Why is a Navi called

Activity for Pasuk 18-19

With a chavrusa Learn pasuk 18 and 19 and Review
Shmuel aleph 3:2. Answer the following questions:

What's the difference between Shmuel and

Ayli?
What significance does this have on being
a leader?
Why is a Navi called

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What is a Navi looking for?

Pasuk - 20
Goals:
Understand the power that is given to the

king.
Understand how this can prevent the king

from being a proper leader.

Recognize that Shaul was looking for sheep for

three days.

Activity for Pasuk 20

Activity: Chavrusa and answering questions:
What action does Shmuel tell Shaul to stop

doing?
What does this tell us about Shaul?
Why does everything belong to Shaul?
How can having everything prevent Shaul
from dong what's expected of him?

Activity for Pasuk 20

Learn the passuk with your chavrusa and
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Why does everything belong to Shaul?
How can having everything prevent Shaul from
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Pasuk 21
Goals:
Identify the qualities that Shaul demonstrates,
that will make him a good leader.
Understand why this attribute allows a person

to see.

Activity for Pasuk 21

Activity: Answer the initial question, then learn the
pasuk and answer the remaining questions, followed
by class discussion.
Questions:

What would you have done if you were asked to be

king?
How does Shaul respond?
Why does he respond in this way?
What does this tell us about Shaul?
Would you anoint Shaul to be king and why?

Activity 1 for Pasuk 21

Answer the following
question then continue to
activity 2:

What would you

do if you were
asked to be king?

Activity 2 for Pasuk

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Learn the Pasuk and answer the
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Assessment!
Write a resume for Shaul explaining why he
would be the right Person to be king (cite
pesukim). Then write a letter from Shmuel to
Shaul highlighting any concerns you may have
about anointing Shaul as king.

Passukim 22-24
Goals:
Recognize that Shaul only receives that which

he deserves.
Recognize how he is different then chafni and
pinchus and this is why shaul deserves to be
the leader.

Activity for 22-24

Activity: Learn pesukim with chavrusa using the
word bank and answer the following questions:
Questions:
Who is being active in these pesukim and who is
passive?
What is being given to whom in these pesukim?
And where else have we seen it in Sefer Shmuel?
How does the second encounter differ from the
first?
What does this tell us about Shaul?

Activity for Pesukim 2224

Learn these pesukim with a chavrusa and answer the
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Questions:
Who is being active in these pesukim and who

is passive?
What is being given to whom in these
pesukim? And where else have we seen it in
Sefer Shmuel?
How is this story different then that one?
What does this tell us about Shaul?

Verse 25-26
Goal:
Background for verse 27

Activity for 25-26

Activity:
Frontal teaching

Pasuk 27
Goals:
Understand that hearing is an essential part of
the pasuk.
Recognize that Shmuel is giving the
leadership to Shaul.

Activity for Pasuk 27

Activity: Frontal Teaching
Questions:
What action will Shmuel cause Shaul to do?
What is Shaul meant to do with this action?
What does Shmuel teaching Shaul symbolize?


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How does this depict what happened in verse 2

Why is this significant?

DEAS TO THINK ABOUT

HOW CAN WE BECOME LEADERS?
WHAT QAULITIES CAN WE USE TO HELP

ASSURE THAT WE USE OUR POWER

PROPERLY?
HOW DOES ONE BECOME AWARE OF OTHER

PEOPLES NEEDS?
WHAT QAULITIES CAN HELP US RECOGNIZE

HASHEM IN OUR LIVES?