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Alarm Clock and Shofar Lunchbox
This quesadilla lunchbox can easily be adjusted. The olive pieces shown would probably not stay on unless packed tightly, but no matter… you can either leave off the hour marks, or use something else your kids like. The seaweed would definitely stick. Alternatively, make pancakes, and add chocolate chips to the hot pancakes. The heat…
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Cohen Hands
Numbers / Bamidbar 6:22 And G-d said to Moshe: וַיְדַבֵּר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ 6:23 Say the following to Aharon and his sons: This is the way you will bless the children of Israel, by saying: דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר כֹּה תְבָרְכוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָמוֹר לָהֶם׃ 6:24 “May G-d bless you and keep/protect you. יְבָרֶכְךָ י…
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Mount Sinai
Exodus / Shmot 19:1 On the third month after the children of Israel left Egypt… they came to the Sinai desert. בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לְצֵאת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם … בָּאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינָי׃ 19:2 …and Israel set up camp there, in front of the mountain, … וַיִּחַן־שָׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶד הָהָר׃ * * * 19:16 And it was,…
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Levi
Levi flag: the Choshen. Bamidbar / Numbers 1:52 And the Children of Israel set up camp in groups [by tribe], each man under the colors [of the tribal flag]. וְחָנוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ עַל־מַחֲנֵהוּ וְאִישׁ עַל־דִּגְלוֹ לְצִבְאֹתָם׃ 1:53 But the Levi tribe camped around the Mishkan in order to avoid community strive, and protected the…
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Redeeming or Reclaiming a Sold Home
Leviticus/Vayikra 25:29 If a person sells a home that is within a walled city, he may redeem it within a year after the sale. וְאִישׁ כִּי־יִמְכֹּר בֵּית־מוֹשַׁב עִיר חוֹמָה וְהָיְתָה גְּאֻלָּתוֹ עַד־תֹּם שְׁנַת מִמְכָּרוֹ יָמִים תִּהְיֶה גְאֻלָּתוֹ׃ * * * 25:31 The sale of a house that is not located in a…
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Oatmeal Cookies
Do you need to use up your Chometz before Pesach? This is my favorite Oatmeal cookie recipe. It was given to me by our friend Barbara Shore; a wonderful woman. May her memory be for a blessing. This will use up some of your rolled oats, some flour, and any chocolate chips or dried fruit…
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Donating 1/2 Shekel
As the census was taken only of men ages 20 and up, I decided they should all have beards! I love that every tribe and every family had an equal stake in the Mishkan. We ALL contributed! Exodus 30:11 And G-d said to Moses: וַיְדַבֵּר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ 24:12 When you take a census of…
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Wise-Hearted Women
Exodus 35:26: “And all the wise-hearted women donated cloth they had spun / וְכׇל־הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂא לִבָּן אֹתָנָה בְּחׇכְמָה טָווּ אֶת־הָעִזִּים׃ This is a fun project that can be done all sorts of ways. As you can see, the bodies are cucumbers. I purchased multi-colored carrots and used a vegetable peeler to make “cloth.” The…
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Haman with his Hat
PURIM PURIM PURIM!!!!! We all know that the traditional food is Hamentaschen, but what are they meant to be? Let’s check! Ingredients as shown: First, take a man-shaped cookie: Cut some eyes, ears, and a beard from the edges of a date. Then decide: is it Haman’s purse? That is what the word “hamentasch” means.…
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Mount Sinai
Exodus / Shmot 19:1 On the third month after the children of Israel left Egypt… they came to the Sinai desert. בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לְצֵאת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם … בָּאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינָי׃ 19:2 …and Israel set up camp there, in front of the mountain, … וַיִּחַן־שָׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶד הָהָר׃ * * * 19:16 And it was,…