Assignment+10A+Eliezer+Sneiderman

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I reviewed the class on Moshiach by Makom a branch of the Jewish agency. The video does not use story telling techniques. Most of the videos that I looked at did not. This one has a song by Kobi Oz, the video is pretty simple it just translates the song into English. The class lesson plan explains some concepts about Moshiach. It explains the Breslov custom of tagging things with "Na Nach Nachman... " and goes on to ask trigger questions about the concept of Moshiach.

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The main thing is not the coming of Moshiach. Rather, it is the hoping for Moshiach.

While there are important trigger questions in the lesson plan, I feel that there could be so much more content surrounding Moshiach. If I were to use this I would not want to just have this video as a stand alone experience. Instead, I would gather a variety of Moshiach related videos and then compare and contrast them.

What is the perspective of the author or singer? What philosophical perspective do they hold? Is Moshiach for them a person, a concept, a savior, or a deity?

It seems like this Midrash site is a work in progress. It needs more videos and more lesson plans.