The tractates are broken down further into chapters and the chapters are broken down into mishnahs that are similar to verses in the Bible. ... The first three chapters of the Berakhot discuss the famous prayer the Shema: • Chapter One - the obligation to recite Shema is discussed, along with the times when it may be recited and the details of this obligation. ... In sum, chapters four and five deal with prayer in general, chapters six through eight, discuss appropriate conduct at a meal as well as the blessings recited before and after eating, and chapter nine deals with blessings reci...

• Word Count: 3136
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• Grade Level: High School

When we first meet Tom in chapter two, he is walking down the road in a cheap new suit because he was just released from prison. ... When Casy is saying grace in chapter eight, he compares himself to Jesus. ... In the last chapter, Rose of Sharon breast feeds a starving man from her milk that was meant for her baby. ...

• Word Count: 1107
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That road was highly known to be a favorite hideout of robbers. The next character Jesus introduces into His story is a priest who shows no compassion for the man but instead passes on the other side of the road. ... Another is the Parable of the Prodigal Son which is found in the book of Luke chapter 15. ...

• Word Count: 2530
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: High School

Faith gives a person the ability to look at life with a different lens. Faith is seeing situations as they truly are and, based on experience or a spiritual witness, expanding that view to know that there are possibilities beyond the scope of the current situation. Faith does not only dwell in the r...

• Word Count: 3373
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School