Birkat Chaverim
We are excited to be accepting submissions for the latest Mitzvot Unplugged Bnai Mitzvah edition. The Mitzvot Unplugged Series focuses on teaching our kids mitzvot in creative ways. The series takes place between Lag B'Omer and Shavuot. We are interested in guest posts that will help families teach their children Jewish values. Focus of Mitzvot Unpl ...
We recently had a really fun birkon order for a Bat Mitzvah. The order was for Mission Impossible Theme benchers. The family was kind enough to allow us to share the design with you. Scroll to the end to see it. I think this is so much fun. Isn’t this a fun Bat Mitzvah design? I don’t know all the details of the celebration but the cover design is ri ...
Do you have a Shvat Simcha? There are many tie ins to Tu B'Shvat that you can do to make your simcha seasonal. Here are a few ideas to inspire you for a Shvat Simcha: Is your Shvat simcha a Bar or Bat Mitzvah? How about learning how to learn how to make fruit floral arrangements or to cut vegetables into flowers? You could also make dried fruit trees ...
My daughter made this Kotel pop-up card in her art class this year for Yom Yerushalayim. She agreed to share it here. In the scheme of pop-up cards, it is not all that complicated a pop-up card to make. This is basically a tab style pop-up card. You can see how to make these types of pop up cards in this WikiHow post. A Little Kit? She is considering ...
We are happy to have a guest post by Marcia Goldlist as part of Mitzvot Unplugged, discussing using her Bible in Rhyme series as a way of teaching Bar and Bat Mitzvah. A common question asked of b’nai mitzva is, “What are you doing for your bar/bat mitzva?” Everyone knows that what people really mean is “What kind of party are you having?”. But, ...
I meant to review this in the summer during the 9 days, but given what was going on then, I found it too heavy to review this book. That is not to say that I did not find it to be interesting and a useful resource, just given its subject matter, it was too difficult. The tenth of Tevet seemed an appropriate time to review it. I know that The Temple i ...
We love getting photos from events and this one is a fun one. Bar Mitzvah boy, Edward Jonathan Leibowitz celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Camp Moshava, IO this summer. He used the Bnei Akiva bencher with a custom Bar mitzvah cover design, during the celebration. His family kindly sent in a picture from the weekday morning Torah reading, and allowed us to s ...
I am happy to share these photos of benchers in use from an event in California. We love getting feedback from events where the Bnei Akiva bencher was used and even happier when we can share photos. Don't these benchers look beautiful set out for a sheva brachot? I love seeing the border peeking out in the photo on top. The covers were designed b ...
We made decorated pencils to break in the idea of going back to school. Decorating Pencils is a great multi-age craft for the beginning of the school year.We made these pencils with children ages 3 through 8. It was also popular with a 14 year old so I would say it would work across grade levels overall. It would make a great Bar/Bat Mitzvah craft, espe ...
Since it is Yom Yerushalayim, I thought I would take the opportunity to mention that we have Kotel bencher covers and matching digital cupcake wrappers available in the shop. Take a look and let us know what you think. Feel free to look at some of the other designs as well. Enjoy!