Over the last two weeks we have learned and completed the 5th clause of trope, R’vi-i.  As we begin working on the 6th clause, Segol, and learning a few of the rarer tropes, it is now time for the 5776 Torah Trope Challenge.  The Torah Trope Challenge is one of the ways I assess our students’ knowledge, comprehension and readiness to complete this segment of our learning and move on to Haftarah.  The challenge is simple, each student must chant the prayer V’ahavta in Trope. Torah Trope Challenge will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2016.

The students have been working toward this all year.  They have successfully learned the five clauses represented in the V’ahavta, they have color-coded these clauses, they have practiced each trope symbol both chanting and with hand-signs.  We have practiced together in small groups, and with the class as a whole.  I have checked each of their prayers for accuracy and am highly confident that they will all be successful in this assessment.

On Sunday, we discussed all the ways to practice.  I took the students through the Trope Page of our blog and pointed out the pdfs of the V’ahavta, the V’ahavta with Color-Coding, the Musical Notation of all of the Trope Clauses (i.e. Appendix H of our text book), as well as links to the mp3s (listening) of all of the examples in our text book.  I also encouraged the students to borrow the text books and their worksheets, as long as they promised to bring them back both this Sunday, and next.

If your student is unable to attend Sunday school on January 31, they will complete the challenge on the following Sunday.  If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch.