Discover rare items from the permanent exhibition at the National Library of Israel

To Have and to Hold: at the start of their studies, children in Morocco went through a symbolic wedding ceremony to bond them forever with the Torah.

It is sometimes difficult to picture the places that we read about in the Tanakh. Luckily, there are drawings and photographs which help us to imagine what the places and events described in the Tanakh look like.

These items highlight different aspects of this holiday and demonstrates how it was celebrated in different times and places in the Jewish world.

In this video, we will give you useful tips on how you can use them in your teaching. Choose any of the NLI's resources and analyze them with your students!

Step into Ben Yehuda’s mission to bring Hebrew back to life as you invent new words, enjoy interactive word games, and grow your Hebrew vocabulary.

A look at the Kabbalistic significance of the Counting of the Omer, which culminates in the festival of Shavuot

Experimental artificial intelligence (AI)-based search in the National Library's image database

Learn about Shavuot customs through traditional texts, primary sources and first-person accounts recorded by Centropa.

In this lesson, learners are introduced to primary sources and the insights they can provide.

Most Jewish holidays have a fixed Hebrew date. But Shavuot? No date. None. The holiday’s timing has long been the subject of debate, a dispute that once split the Jewish people. So who won, and why?

PaRDeS is a traditional four-level framework for Jewish learning. In this activity, the PaRDeS approach has been adapted to help learners engage more deeply with primary sources and explore questions of Jewish identity and peoplehood.

Step back in time to the the Roman Jewish community in the 1400s to consider the effect illustrations can have on the prayer experience.

What's the best way to keep track of the Omer and not loose count?

Test your geography skills and discover historical photographs of Jewish schools from all over the world from the NLI collections.

Help us documenting October 7, 2023 and its aftermath

How do we create educational projects that preserve family history? How can primary sources help us achieve this goal? These and other questions were explored in a joint webinar by Centropa and the National Library of Israel. Participants discovered tools and resources for developing meaningful family history projects—and gained fresh perspectives along the way.

Can you find which biblical events and locations are on these ancient maps of Israel?

Explore traditional rituals that are associated with the Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremony, including reading from the Torah and putting on tallit and tefillin.

What ideas are expressed in the commandments, and what would you choose as your top ten values?

Explore the posters about learning Hebrew from the Library's collection and share their comparisons and the effectiveness.

How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?

How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?

What does it mean for Jews to live under the laws of the societies in which they reside? This source sheet explores the Talmudic principle of dina d'malchuta dina—"the law of the land is the law"—through a collection of Jewish texts.