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  • Women and Children on their Way to Egypt

    Genesis/Breishit 45:19 Take wagons from Egypt for your children and wives. Bring your father, and return. וְאַתָּה צֻוֵּיתָה זֹאת עֲשׂוּ קְחוּ־לָכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עֲגָלוֹת לְטַפְּכֶם וְלִנְשֵׁיכֶם וּנְשָׂאתֶם אֶת־אֲבִיכֶם וּבָאתֶם׃ 46:5 And Jacob left Be’er Sheva, and the children of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharoah

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  • Joseph Reveals Himself

    Genesis/Breishit 45:1 Joseph could no longer wait for all those standing around him. He shouted: everyone leave! So no was there except Joseph and his brothers. וְלֹא־יָכֹל יוֹסֵף לְהִתְאַפֵּק לְכֹל הַנִּצָּבִים עָלָיו וַיִּקְרָא הוֹצִיאוּ כׇל־אִישׁ מֵעָלָי וְלֹא־עָמַד אִישׁ אִתּוֹ בְּהִתְוַדַּע יוֹסֵף אֶל־אֶחָיו׃ 45:2 And his voice gave way to sobs such that they were heard

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  • Wagon

    Genesis/Breishit 45:19 Take wagons from Egypt for your children and wives. Bring your father, and return. וְאַתָּה צֻוֵּיתָה זֹאת עֲשׂוּ קְחוּ־לָכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עֲגָלוֹת לְטַפְּכֶם וְלִנְשֵׁיכֶם וּנְשָׂאתֶם אֶת־אֲבִיכֶם וּבָאתֶם׃ Ingredients as Shown: Tools: Instructions: 2. Cut the bananas so that they form wheels. 3. Remove graham cracker sheet from bananas, place on work surface. Cut

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  • Eisav and Yisrael Embrace

    Genesis 33:4 And Eisav ran toward him [Ya’akov] and hugged him, and fell upon his neck, and kissed him. And they both cried. וַיָּרׇץ עֵשָׂו לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־צַוָּארָו וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ וַיִּבְכּוּ׃ Ingredients as Shown: Tools: Instructions: Between each cut or every few cuts, dip scissors in powdered sugar. See “About Marshmallows and Cutting Them.” 2.

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  • Lunchbox Ideas

    It’s fun to reinforce the week’s parsha throughout the week, even if you don’t have time for a big project. I have over the years amassed a small collection of shaped cookie cutters, which I mostly use to add fun reminders to lunches. Depending on the size of the cutter and what it is made

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  • Rebeccah at the Well

    Genesis /Bereishit 24:10 So the servant (Eliezer) took ten (10) [of Abraham’s] camels, and walked… to Nakhor. וַיִּקַּח הָעֶבֶד עֲשָׂרָה גְמַלִּים מִגְּמַלֵּי אֲדֹנָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ… אֶל־עִיר נָחוֹר׃ 24:11 [They waited] by the well outside the city, towards evening, when the girls of the city would come to draw water. וַיַּבְרֵךְ הַגְּמַלִּים מִחוּץ לָעִיר אֶל־בְּאֵר הַמָּיִם לְעֵת

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  • The 4th Day

    Bereishit / Genesis 1:16 And G-d made the two large lights. The larger light to be on duty during the day, and the smaller light to be on duty at night, and the stars. וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹ-קים אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִים׃ 1:17 And G-d put them in

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  • You will be the Head and not the Tail

    Deuteronomy / Devarim 25:1 And G-d will make you the head and not the tail; you will be only above and not below, because you heeded the mitzvot of G-d which I am giving you this day to keep and to do. וּנְתָנְךָ ה’ לְרֹאשׁ וְלֹא לְזָנָב וְהָיִיתָ רַק לְמַעְלָה וְלֹא תִהְיֶה לְמָטָּה כִּי־תִשְׁמַע אֶל־מִצְוֺת 

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  • Helping Raise your Fellow’s Animal

    When one sees a person struggling to raise his pack animal, one must help regardless of to whom the animal belongs. In parashat Ki Teitze we are told to help if we see our fellow struggling to raise a fallen animal. In parashat Mishpatim we are told to help our enemy whose pack animal has

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  • Helping your Fellow Raise a Fallen Animal

    When one sees a person struggling to raise his pack animal, one must help regardless of to whom the animal belongs. In parashat Ki Teitze we are told to help if we see our fellow struggling to raise a fallen animal. In parashat Mishpatim we are told to help our enemy whose pack animal has

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