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Mitzvot Craft and Education
I have been talking with my daughter about mitzvot (loosely translated as good deeds or commandments) quite a bit lately. Because of the holiday season, we have spoken about about the shofar, the symbolic foods, prayer, charity, teshuvah among other holiday related mitzvot. We have also been talking in general about the mitzvot that she has performed. ...
Simple craft for sukkot
These are not such original ideas but they can be a fun holiday toy for a young child in synagogue or wherever. The idea of using a matchbox as a house came from colouredbuttons.com, where she has many lovely ideas in general, but in particular really sweet things out of matchboxes. I just modified her idea for the holidays and for use with a smaller ...
Birkat Hamazon on Yom Kippur
Yes, the title sounds a bit weird, since everyone knows that Yom Kippur is a fast day. Why is this post about Birkat Hamazon on Yom Kippur? However, there are people who do not fast on Yom Kippur, whether they want to or not, because they are seriously ill. Children under the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah do not fast either. That means that these non fastin ...
Quick Yom Kippur craft
The symbol of the Jewish month of Tishrei is moznayim, libra, scales (see for instance the symbol from the Beit Alpha synagogue to the left.) This symbolizes the judging that occurs on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. As a kid I can remember making a scale where we would put mitzvot (commandments/good deeds) on one side of the scale, and on the other sid ...