Birkat Chaverim
This was a great project and I loved making the Jonah magnet project, although we did not quite do it the way I had envisioned it. Maybe another time. Jonah Magnet Project Basically this is a moveable Jonah in a moveable origami boat and a little paper map or drawing of water and something that would represent the city of Nineveh. The boat has a metal ...
I thought making slippers or shoes for Yom Kippur would be a fun project to help teach about the things you don't do on on this holiday. I have several posts of shoe construction on the site which we did for bears and dolls, but which can be adapted for children. Viking style shoes and slippers: This post has links to a tutorial for kid size viking s ...
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 ...
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 ...
I have been noticing many hits to our site for the terms "Yonah" and "Ateret Zekeinim." Although the searchers are not specifically searching for my Yonah or Ateret Zekeinim, I thought i would highlight what these searches are seeing. Yonah/Jonah is, of course, referring to the story of Jonah and the Big Fish. I always liked bright colors, pattern an ...