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Moses Passing on the Mantle
Bamidbar / Numbers 27:12 And G-d said to Moses: Climb up Mount Avarim and see the land which I have given the Children of Israel. וַיֹּאמֶר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲלֵה אֶל־הַר הָעֲבָרִים הַזֶּה וּרְאֵה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ 27:13 Once you have seen it, you will be gathered to y people, as was your brother…
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Pinchas Readings Throughout the Year
On the first day of each month (“Rosh Chodesh”), for example, we read Bamidbar / Numbers 28:1-15. Rosh Hodesh The last reading of every biblical holiday Torah reading is a reading from Pinchas, as follows: On Passover (1st day, and 2nd day in the diaspora), the Maftir is Bamidbar / Numbers 28:16-25. Passover Torah Reading…
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Using Cookie Cutters for Fun and Easy Parsha Reminders!
The use of cookie cutters can be a fun and easy way to reinforce the week’s parsha. There are many ways to use them, which you can mix and match with each other or other lunchbox ideas. Where to get these cutters? CookieCutter.com is a mom-and-pop company, which makes a HUGE selection of cutters at…
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Blooms on a Log
Numbers 17:16 And G-d said to Moshe: וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ 17:17 Speak to the children if Israel, and take a staff from the chieftan of each ancestral tribe, twelve staffs, and have each chieftan write his name on his own staff. דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְקַח מֵאִתָּם מַטֶּה מַטֶּה לְבֵית אָב מֵאֵת כׇּל־נְשִׂיאֵהֶם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם שְׁנֵים…
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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…