Scratch and Win Omer calendar pictures
Here are som other examples of omer calendars using the scratch and win method. The top picture is a photo of the underlayer of the calendar. Here's the calendar with the paint on top. Its hard to see in the photo, but there are also little hearts cut out of contact paper and taped on top of each number. The idea was to remove them and put another co ...
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Omer calendar templates
Szyk Haggadah- an interview with Professor Shalom Sabar
Background on the Szyk Haggadah
The current holiday season has given me a great opportunity to talk about the new edition of The Szyk Haggadah. Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) originally published his haggadah, a richly illuminated edition in gouache and watercolor, in 1940. It was printed in an edition of 250 and signed by Arthur Szyk and the historian, Cecil Roth. Roth also provided an introduction and commentary. Subsequently the haggadah was reprinted in less expensive editions in Israel, and could be found in many Jewish homes throughout the world.New Edition
Recently, Historicana, under the direction of Irvin Ungar, created a new edition of the haggadah with permission from the collector who owns the original Haggadah artwork and Arthur Szyk's daughter, Alexandra Szyk Bracie. This version of the Haggadah uses current technology for extremely vivid illustration photos, and includes a new translation and commentary by Byron L. Sherwin, and a companion volume, Freedom Illuminated: Understanding The Szyk Haggadah. I had the privilege of speaking with Professor Shalom Sabar, from the Jewish Folklore and Art History faculties at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, who is one of the contributors to the companion volume, and in interviewing him, by email....
Baking matzah out of felt
This project is similar to the felt latkes we made for Chanukkah. Easy to do by hand or by machine. In the case of felt matzot, matzahs or matzos (choose your preferred spelling :) ), they also need to be "browned". We did this with brown felt marker but I kept thinking about using rectangular erasers and paint. These are pretty self explanitory- cu ...
Lots of Pesach ideas from other people
I was just motivated to write this Pesach post by a great facebook group started by a friend called "Great Seder Ideas for Kids!" There are lots of great ideas and looking at who is posting you can see a great many people who have been involved in informal and formal education. So really many many creative ideas. Their website Sicha Basadeh is also a ...
For celebrations around Pesach- Create a Haggadah
One idea for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah who is celebrating around the time of Passover, is to learn about the Haggadah, create your own commentary and illustrations and create a Haggadah. I was recently reminiscing about a bat mitzvah i attended many years ago, that took place before the holiday of Passover. The Bat Mitzvah girl had researched Haggadot fr ...