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30 December 2014
21 December 2014
Channukah decorations
Channukah felt and tissue bags
Channukah Star of David decoration
Bright Channukah Star of David
13 December 2014
Giving Gelts
Giving gelts tissue bags
Here is a charming way to give gelt... chocolate coins for a sweet treat. Cotton bags handpainted.
Vayeshev
Yaacov and his family settled in Canaan. Of all his sons, Yaacov favored Yosef, the firstborn of his deceased beloved wife Rachel, and he made for him a special robe of fine wool.
Coloring Yosef's robe
In this week's reading, Vayeishev, Yosef relates to his brothers his grandiose dreams of greatness, arousing their jealousy. He is consequently sold into slavery to an Egyptian master. After defying his Egyptian master's wife, Joseph is thrown into jail, where he interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's cup-bearer and baker .
Yosef's game board
A game with cards asking questions about Yosef's life. Players are trying to empty their hands of cards with questions and to collect the grain card for every right answer they give.
09 December 2014
07 December 2014
Dreidels
Wood Dreidels and jute bag
28 November 2014
Vayetze
Yaacov left Be'er Sheba and headed towards Charan, to his uncle Laban's home. While traveling, Yaacov encountered "the place" (Mount Moriah) and since the sun had set, he lay down to sleep. In a dream he saw a ladder reaching up to heaven with angels ascending and descending its rungs. G‑d appeared and informed him that He would bequeath the entire land to his descendants, and that He would safeguard him until he returned to Canaan. Yaacov awoke, and now recognizing the holiness of the location, he erected a monument to G‑d, named the location Beth El ("House of G‑d"), and vowed to tithe all his belongings when G‑d's promise of a safe return would be fulfilled.
Yaacov's dream cut and paste board
15 November 2014
Chayè Sarah
Sarah died at the age of 127, and her grieving husband Abraham identified a plot in the city of Hebron that he wished to procure for use as a family burial ground. This plot, a cave situated in the Machpela field, belonged to Ephron the Hittite, so Abraham approached the Hittite tribe and asked for permission to purchase the parcel of land. Originally Ephron wished to give the plot to Abraham as a gift, but after Abraham insisted on paying full price the acquisition was concluded with Abraham paying 400 premium silver coins.
The Cave of Machpela pop up card
06 November 2014
Vayerà
G‑d paid Abraham a visit, as he sat at the entrance of his tent. Abraham suddenly noticed three travelers passing by, and ran to invite them into his home. These passersby, who were actually angels in human disguise, accepted the invitation, and Abraham and Sarah prepared a sumptuous feast for them. The angels informed Abraham that Sarah would give birth to a child exactly one year later. Eighty-nine-year-old, post-menopausal Sarah, who was standing nearby, heard this assurance, and laughed. G‑d was displeased with Sarah's lack of faith.
G.d appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day.
Abraham's tents by Michael Muchnik
G.d appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day.
THE OAK OF MAMRE
Oval wooden hand-painted with the children showing the oak of Mamre, and the three angels
02 November 2014
Lech Lecha
And the Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will aggrandize your name, and [you shall] be a blessing. And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you." (bereshit 12:1-3)
And G-d took him outside, and said, "Please look heavenward and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So will be your offspring.." And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him as righteousness.(Bereshit 15:5-6)
And G-d took him outside, and said, "Please look heavenward and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So will be your offspring.." And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him as righteousness.(Bereshit 15:5-6)
Glittering stars waterglobe
Glass jar outside painted with stars and filled with glitter, water and glycerin
25 October 2014
Noach
Of kosher animals and birds, Noah was commanded to take seven pairs of each species (as opposed to one pair of all other species). Noah, his family, and the required animals boarded the teivah and the mabul began.
Animals shapes and shadows modern Ark tableau
The tree of Life for parashah Bereshit
After Adam was formed from the earth, G‑d placed him in a garden just
east of Eden where G.d plated the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. G‑d permitted Adam to eat from any tree in the garden,
with the exception of the Tree of Knowledge.
Tree of Life necklace
Necklace with Tree of Life handmade. Draw on a rod of pine wood the tree of life, make a hole with a fine point and pass a green waxed thread. Add your favorite wood or stone beads for decoration.
Bereshit
The story of creation in six days. On the first day G‑d made darkness
and light. On the second day He formed the heavens, dividing the "upper
waters" from the "lower waters." On the third day He set the boundaries
of land and sea and called forth trees and greenery from the earth. On
the fourth day He fixed the position of the sun, moon and stars. Fish,
birds and reptiles were created on the fifth day; land-animals, and then
the human being, Adam, on the sixth. G‑d ceased work on the seventh
day, and sanctified it as a day of rest.
Creation Collage
Children images collage of the seven days of creation
21 October 2014
Tefillah Geshem on Shemini Atzeret
TEFILLAH GESHEM
Children artwork of raindrops on autumn leaves glued on paper
Shemini Atzeret marks the beginning of the rainy season following the harvest in Israel.
The prayer for rain, Tefilat Geshem, is the only ritual that is unique to Shemini Atzeret. In ancient times, an offering was brought to the Temple in Jerusalem on Shemini Atzeret. But once the Temple was destroyed, the only Shemini Atzeret ritual that remained was the liturgy requesting rain for a plentiful year.
After the prayer for rain is recited on Shemini Atzeret, the phrase Masheev HaRuach U-Moreed HaGeshem (He causes the wind to blow and the rain to fall) is inserted into the Amidah prayer until Passover.
16 October 2014
14 October 2014
Sukkah decoration - Ushpizin
The USHPIZIN board
Ushpizin is an Aramaic word that means “guests.” Translated into English, the word loses some of its mystery and otherworldliness. Yet these “guests” are indeed quite mysterious (at least until we learn more about them) and otherworldly (at least until we make them part of ours). We use the Aramaic term because our source of information about these mystical guests is from the Zohar, the fundamental Kabbalistic work written in that mystical language. There are seven supernal guests who come to visit us in the sukkah one for each of the seven days of the festival.
As we fill our sukkah with earthly guests, we merit to host seven supernal guests, the seven “founding fathers” of the Jewish people: Avraham, Yitzack, Yaacov, Moshè, Aaron, Yossef and David. While all seven ushpizin visit our sukkah on each of the seven nights and days of Sukkot, each supernal “guest” is specifically associated with one of the festival’s seven days, and is the “leading” or dominant ushpiza for that night and day.
11 October 2014
06 October 2014
Sukkot challah cover
7 species Challah cover
Sukkah decorations
Handpainted banners
01 October 2014
Tashlich box
Tashlich comes from the Hebrew word meaning "to cast," referring to the intent to cast away our sins via this meaningful and ancient Jewish custom.
Tashlich is usually performed on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. If the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, Tashlich is done on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. It may be performed up until Hoshanah Rabba (the last day of Sukkot), as some communities are anyway accustomed, except on Shabbat.
We commemorate the self-sacrifice of Abraham by going to a river bank.
Special verses are recited next to a body of water, such as a sea, river, stream, lake or pond, preferably one that has fish
Though Tashlich is not mentioned in the Talmud, its earliest reference appears to be in the book of the Prophet Nehemiah (8:1) which states, "All the Jews gathered as one in the street that is in front of the gate of water." This gathering is known to have taken place on Rosh Hashanah.
Tashlich is usually performed on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. If the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, Tashlich is done on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. It may be performed up until Hoshanah Rabba (the last day of Sukkot), as some communities are anyway accustomed, except on Shabbat.
We commemorate the self-sacrifice of Abraham by going to a river bank.
Special verses are recited next to a body of water, such as a sea, river, stream, lake or pond, preferably one that has fish
Though Tashlich is not mentioned in the Talmud, its earliest reference appears to be in the book of the Prophet Nehemiah (8:1) which states, "All the Jews gathered as one in the street that is in front of the gate of water." This gathering is known to have taken place on Rosh Hashanah.
Tashlich in a box
Tashlich craft for children with a covered cardboard box and inside paper fishes and waves of water
30 September 2014
23 September 2014
Shanà Tova board
The festival of Rosh Hashanah,the name means “Head of the Year”, is observed for two days beginning on 1 Tishrei, the first day of the Jewish year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, and their first actions toward the realization of mankind’s role in G‑d’s world. Rosh Hashanah thus emphasizes the special relationship between G‑d and humanity: our dependence upon G‑d as our creator and sustainer, and G‑d’s dependence upon us as the ones who make His presence known and felt in His world.
Shanà Tovà
The children door decorated with a big pomegrenate board whishing Shanà Tovà and felt apples
21 September 2014
honey jar
Rosh HaShanà beehive jar
Rosh HaShanà apples banner
Apples Banner
Bee bracelet
BEE BRACELET GIFT FOR ROSH HASHANA'
parashat Vayelch
Moshè summoned Yeoshua and told him to be strong and courageous, for G‑d
will be going before him and will not forsake him. Moshè then wrote the
entire Torah and gave it to the Kohnaim and the Israelite elders. Moshè gives the commandment of Hakhel (assembly), whereby every seven years, during the holiday of Sukkot which follows the Sabbatical year, all men, women, and children assemble and the king publicly reads sections of the Torah.
Sefer Torah parts bullletin board
cut and paste collage style boards with the various parts of Sefer Torah .
16 September 2014
lekhayim: Wood pomegranate
lekhayim: Wood pomegranate - melograno in legno: THE WOODEN POMEGRANATE Wood pomegranate. Handmade Melograno in legno fatto a mano
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