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613 Torah Avenue is a popular series of Jewish children's audio and video albums. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public

The series was created by Cheryle Knobel and Rivkah Neuman, of Brooklyn. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The first title appeared in 1977. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

"613 Torah Avenue" is the fictional address of its main character, a young Jewish boy named Chaim. The number 613 is significant in Judaism as the traditional number of mitzvot in the Torah. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut This article is about commandments in Judaism For the Jewish rite of passage see Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah ( Hebrew: מצוה term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to

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Synopsis

Each album or video consists of a series of sketches grouped around a general plot line (Chaim walking down the street, at a carnival, his day at school, etc. ), alternating with songs. In these sketches, Chaim talks and otherwise interacts with other characters, both human and inanimate (which are anthropomorphized), and their conversation eventually leads into the topic of the following song. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely Human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings natural and supernatural phenomena material states and objects

In common with much other children's literature, the dialogue is arranged in rhyming form, making it easier for children to follow (and often to memorize).

In the first five titles in the series, the songs are arranged according to the order of the weekly Torah portions; generally there is one song per parsha, although sometimes there are two. Purpose of the section divisions A parashah break creates a textual pause roughly analogous to a modern Paragraph break The subsequent titles are on Pirkei Avot, tefillah, and the seasons of the year with their Jewish holidays. Pirkei Avot / Ovos (Ethics of the Fathers פרקי אבות is a tractate of the Mishna composed of ethical maxims of the Rabbis of the Mishnaic period See also Jewish services Listed below are some Hebrew prayers and blessings that are part of Judaism that are recited by many Jews A season is one of the major divisions of the Year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in Weather. For the Gregorian dates of Jewish Holidays see Jewish holidays 2000-2050.

The melodies of the songs are taken from a wide variety of sources, both Jewish and non-Jewish: folk songs, popular songs, and so forth. In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous

It is a tremendous source of straightforward simple Jewish music of the early 1960's and 70s a great Jewish music educational source for the advanced scholar of Jewish music.

Titles

Currently the series consists of the following audio titles:

and the following video titles:

Theme song

Each title begins (and usually ends) with a variation of the series theme song, "It's Time to Learn Torah. " The original, from Vol. I, is:

It's time to learn Torah right now
Follow me, I'll show you how
If every one of us tries
We will grow up great and wise
Every Sedrah has a song and rhyme
That you can learn in a short time
The Torah is our guide
By its Mitzvos we abide

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