Birkat Chaverim
As part of the Mitzvot Unplugged series we are happy to welcome Jennifer from Adventures in MamaLand. She will be talking about teaching Pirkei Avot. It’s spring… time to learn Pirkei Avot! Traditionally, that’s every Shabbat afternoon between Pesach and Shavuot, one of six chapters per week. Many people keep going until Rosh Hashanah, but that’s ge ...
Do you remember the omer calender template I posted a while back? My daughter's birthday is around Passover so for the little inexpensive prize that kids give out in gan, this year I decided to give omer calendars. It served a two-fold purpose. 1. We have lots and lots of cd cases because we used to use alot of cds. Today we don't need them as much b ...
I love Ken Goldman's work. He's funny and clever and makes you think about Jewish concepts in new ways. Did you know that he has an assortment of free diy Jewish art kits? And some are useful for Pesach? These include an eco bedikat chametz cutout, the pyramid oragami matzah holders below, and a Birds Head Haggadah cutout. To download your copy ch ...
Reviewing Rav Mitch Heifetz z"l and Michael Toben's HaKol Baseder Haggadah Kit has brought back memories from my adolesence, time at TVI and various Bnei Akiva functions. I was not particularly close to Rav Mitch z"l, I was a fairly introverted, quite kid in large groups (which is where I met him), but I did admire him. Rav Mitch was the rav machan ...
Playdough is usually made out of flour, which obviously is not ok for use on Passover. I have seen alternative gluten free recipes with rice flour or corn flour. What I hadn't seen was potato flour, a main staple on Passover (especially if you are of Ashkenazi decent.) We had reason to make some homemade playdough so this is what we came up with: ...
Had to share this - I thought this was a cool idea: In case you can't read Hebrew the text printed on the eggs say: "Advertise with eggs sig.co.il." I think its such a fun idea. Around Holiday times it would be especially useful, given the number of eggs used goes way up. This also opens all types of possibilities of uses for eggs. For instance, ...
Its almost Rosh Hashana which mean Yom Kippur and Sukkot are around the corner and therefore Tal season is finishing up. That is, soon we'll be switching from the Tal/dew prayer request to the Geshem/rain prayer in the Shemonah Esreh prayer.) I wanted to share an idea and activities that came out of something that happened on Pesach/Passover. Someone ...
Here are a few ideas we're thinking about for the seder this year- crowns for everyone to wear to be like royalty buying a bunch of windup cars (non electric) and taping self with stuff to take out of Egypt to the car. Then have a race (who is fastest). We did a test run (see picture above- photo courtesy of my 4 year old.) Something with baby moshe ...
Starting to switch gears from Purim... to Pesach!