This book deals with concepts of love, relationship, jealousy, etc., on its various aspects: marital love, God’s love, philosophy – through a selection of sources from all times. The book is intended for the 10th/11th/12th grades in Idraeli state high schools, as part of the Jewish Thought curriculum (in the scope of 1-2 units for the matriculation exams). The book was published on behalf of the Ministry of Education – the Pedagogical Secretariat – the Department for Curriculum Planning and Development, by Ma’alot Publishing House, in 2007. This rich book contains 372 pages, including sources, interpretations, illustrations and suggestions for educational practice.
Mariana Ruach-Midbar wrote the main part of the book, and later it was also adapted and edited by Ariel Aviv and Zila Miron-Ilan. In addition, a teacher’s guide book has been authored to this book – again first by Marianna Ruah-Midbar, and later with some adaptations and editting by others.
The book consists of six units: what is love; between love, relationship and sexuality; prices and limits in love; getting closer and further apart beween lovers; jealousy between lovers; temptations and forbidden loves. For the table of contents – click here.
The verse in the title of the book is attributed to the beloved female in the Song of Songs, when at the beginning of chapter 3 she narrates how she searches for her beloved: “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not. ‘I will rise now, and go about the city, in the streets and in the broad ways, I will seek him whom my soul loveth.’ I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: ‘Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? ‘Scarce had I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Clicking here will download a file with the opening of the (Hebrew) book and a description of its components (pages 4 to 8).
Clicking here will download an excerpt of the (Hebrew) book – the beginning of the first unit (pages 9 to 18).
For a WORD file – click here.
Clicking here will download a (Hebrew) file containing the teacher’s guide for first chapter of the first unit (40 pages).
For a WORD file – click here.
Authors
Marianna Ruah-Midbar Shapiro
Zila Miron-Ilan
Ariel Aviv
Inbal Yagar
Links
For more (Hebrew) excepts from the Teacher’s Guide – click here.
For (Hebrew) instructions for planning the teaching of the matriculation exam unit – click here. (WORD file- here.)
For the (Hebrew) webpage of the subject “Jewish Thought” in state schools, on the website of the Israeli Ministry of Education (including the subject’s curriculum file and other links) – click here.
For the (Hebrew) detailed skills included in this profession, on the website of the Israeli Ministry of Education – click here.
For the (Hebrew) detailed knowledge included in the profession, on the website of the Israeli Ministry of Education – click here.
For the detailed values that the profession fosters (in Hebrew), on the website of the Israeli Ministry of Education – click here.
For a series of instructional videos (in Hebrew) for teachers about the book – click here.
For a mini-site (in Hebrew) that presents lesson plans in the book’s field of study, examples of matriculation exam questions, and more – click here.
For solutions to questions from the book, on the Tiktek website, click here.
Year
2007
Language
Hebrew
Academic/Non-academic
Non-academic item
Bibliographical citation
Ruah-Midbar, Marianna, Ariel Aviv, and Zila Miron-Ilan. “The One Whom my Soul Loveth” – Love and Relationship in Jewish Thought. Ma’alot and the Ministry of Education: Jerusalem, 2007. [Hebrew]
Ruah-Midbar, Marianna, Ariel Aviv, and Inbal Yagar. “The One Whom my Soul Loveth” – Love and Relationship in Jewish Thought: A Teacher’s Guide. Jerusalem, 2007. [Hebrew]
