talya
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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 and other systems
It’s fun to reinforce the week’s parsha throughout the week, even if you don’t have time for a big project. This is like a placeholder, a calendar on the wall, a way to remember where one is in the Torah, and what it says. Cookie Cutters I have over the years amassed a small collection…
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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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Sandals
Deuteronomy / Devarim 29:4 And I led you through the desert for forty years; the clothes on your back did not wear out, the sandals did not wear out on your feet; וָאוֹלֵךְ אֶתְכֶם אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בַּמִּדְבָּר לֹא־בָלוּ שַׂלְמֹתֵיכֶם מֵעֲלֵיכֶם וְנַעַלְךָ לֹא־בָלְתָה מֵעַל רַגְלֶךָ׃ Ingredients as shown: Tools: Instructions: 2. Cut in half, then cut…
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Tzlofchad’s Daughters Bento
Numbers / Bamidbar 26:1 (translation mostly from the JPS in Sefaria.org). When the plague was over, G-d said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַמַּגֵּפָהוַיֹּאמֶר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן לֵאמֹר׃ 26:2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite company [of fighters] from the age of twenty years…