Birkat Chaverim
A useful resource for celebrating Bnai Mitzvah in Jerusalem- Fun in Jerusalem Bar and Bat Mitzvah Guides. Over the past year or so, Fun in Jerusalem has been expanding its resources for individuals who are interested in celebrating a Bar or Bat Mitzvah in Jerusalem. Fun in Jerusalem, is a site dedicated to fun things for families to do in Jerusalem. For ...
I have been meaning to post an educator's guide to An Extra Seat for a while. This time of year is a good time to do it given the books focus on ahavat chinam and helping others. In particular, when witnessing so much is going on around the world today (hurricanes, monsoon...) and the acts that people are doing to help. Background: The story, written ...
We are alive with all the excitement of the 50 anniversary celebrations around here as well as just returning to some normalcy given all the street closures due to President Trump’s visit. Thank G-d for kind parents, although the school bus was canceled multiple times this week, my daughter still made it to school (and back too.) Crafting Jerusalem ...
We recently had a customer ask us regarding the inside of the bencher: We want a color cover but did not seem to find one that also matched the inside colors. Can you recommend one? What looks the best with the inside design from your experience? Best Match for the Inside of the Bencher Here is a question we have never been a ...
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 ...
A few thoughts before Passover- 1. The best time to clean your fridge and freezer for Pesach is when you are hungry. 2. Very pleased to have received a review copy of Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's Laws of Pesah (Peninei Halakha) (Yeshivat Har Bracha and Maggid Books) trans. Yehoshua Wertheimer and Moshe Rapps). It is helpful to have something to help revi ...
Usually I review books in English here but this time I am reviewing three children's books in Hebrew. These are all about Rabbis some more and some less familiar. The first Hebrew children's book review, is for בשירה אל הרב צבי יהודה (In a convoy to Rav Tzvi Yehuda) by Rachel Slyter (illustrated by Naama Lahav) publisher: Hemdat Hadarom with Hemed (R ...
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 ...
I wanted to give a heads up to an offer that some of you may be interested in. You may or may not know that outside of this site, my "other jobs" include web design and online community building. I have been doing community building for The Eden Center for the past several years. Eden focuses on improving the mikveh experience, women’s health and halac ...
Here are some useful resources for the three weeks or to use on the 9th of Av: Erica Brown's In the Narrow Places - useful for all ages. The Kavanot for each day of the three weeks can be explained in a simpler manner for younger children and it is useful both to think about serious concepts and discuss the issues of the three weeks. Kamtza and Bar ...