PURIM SAMEACH

CHAG PURIM SAMEACH TO EVERYONE.

HAVE A JOYFULL AND HAPPY PURIM DAY

simcha purim by "no running with scissor"

Megillat Ester sequencing Castle

Review the Purim story with this sequencing activity. Children must use their memory of Megillat Ester to place the illustrations inside the royal palace in the proper order. Then
they get to color it all in!  The illustrations provided are from The Story of Purim by the Walder Education Pavilion of Torah Umesorah.

By The Torah Umesorah St. Louis Teachers’ Resource Center
Designed by: Mrs. Korey Fredman

Painted fruit box Purim basket

Painted fruit box to use as Purim basket

Hamantaschen bags for Purim baskets

Shabbath Zachor

On the Shabbat before Purim, the holiday on which we celebrate the foiling of Haman the Amalekite's plot to destroy the Jewish people, the weekly Torah reading is supplemented with the Zachor ("Remember!") reading in which we are commanded to remember the evil of Amalek and to eradicate it from the face of the earth.

Moshè holds up the staff in his hand silhouette craft 

 The end of Parshat B'shalach (Shemot 17:8-16) tells the story of the battle between the children of Israel and Amalek. It's your typical historical battle: Israelites on one side of the field, Amalekites on the other, with commanders watching from hilltops safely behind their own lines. While watching the battle, Moshè notices something strange. When he raises his hands, the battle turns in favor of his own forces. When he lowers his hands, the Amalekites seem to be winning. So Moshè does the obvious thing: he keeps his hands up. But nobody can keep his hands up forever. Moshè's arms eventually get tired, and he starts to worry that the Israelites will lose the battle if he puts his hands down. Luckily, Aaron, Moshè's brother, and Hur, his brother-in-law, are up on the hill with him. They find Moshè a rock to sit on and hold his arms up for the duration of the battle, resulting in a decisive victory for Israel...

 

Moshè silhouette moves his arms up or down