talya
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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
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Balak Bento
Numbers/Bamidbar 22:2 (much of today’s translation was based on the JPS translation in Sefaria.org.) Balak … saw all that Israel did to the Amorites. וַיַּרְא בָּלָק … אֵת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה יִשְׂרָאֵל לָאֱמֹרִי׃ 22:3 The Moabites were alarmed … and dreaded the Children of Israel. וַיָּגׇר מוֹאָב מִפְּנֵי הָעָם … וַיָּקׇץ מוֹאָב מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
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Eagle
Exodus / Shmot 19:4 You saw what I did to Egypt. And I carried you on the wings of Eagles, and brought you to me. אַתֶּם רְאִיתֶם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי לְמִצְרָיִם וָאֶשָּׂא אֶתְכֶם עַל־כַּנְפֵי נְשָׁרִים וָאָבִא אֶתְכֶם אֵלָי׃ Ingredients: Tools: Instructions: BEFORE MAKING ANY CUTTING, DIP SCISSORS INTO POWDERED SUGAR BAG TO PREVENT SCISSORS FROM STICKING.
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Bento Choshen
Text and Translation from Sefaria.com. Exodus 28:1 et seq. Translation from Bold Onkelos commentary, Metsudah Pub., 2009 Shmot / Exodus 28:1 And [now separate] and take unto you your brother, Aharon, and his sons with him, from among the B’nei Yisrael, to serve [before] Me [as kohanim]: Aharon, Nadav, Avihu, Elazar, and Isamar, the sons
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Jelly Bean Choshen
Text and Translation from Sefaria.com. Exodus 28:1 et seq. Translation from Bold Onkelos commentary, Metsudah Pub., 2009 Shmot / Exodus 28:1 And [now separate] and take unto you your brother, Aharon, and his sons with him, from among the B’nei Yisrael, to serve [before] Me [as kohanim]: Aharon, Nadav, Avihu, Elazar, and Isamar, the sons
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Veggie Choshen
Text and Translation from Sefaria.com. Exodus 28:1 et seq. Translation from Bold Onkelos commentary, Metsudah Pub., 2009 Shmot / Exodus 28:1 And [now separate] and take unto you your brother, Aharon, and his sons with him, from among the B’nei Yisrael, to serve [before] Me [as kohanim]: Aharon, Nadav, Avihu, Elazar, and Isamar, the sons
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More Sources for Learning
Weekly Torah Portion | Aish.com: Scroll to the bottom to the “Family” section. They have coloring pages for each week’s parsha (obviously not for Shabbat) to print. When I was teaching, I used to have these printed on huge paper, have the kids color them, paste to thicker board, cut out pieces (cut as appropriate
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Cucumber-Basil Baby Moses
Exodus / Shmot 2:1 Man from the tribe of Levi married a woman from the tribe of Levi.* וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ מִבֵּית לֵוִי וַיִּקַּח אֶת־בַּת־לֵוִי׃ 2:2 And the woman became pregnant, and gave birth, and saw that her son was healthy.** And she hid him for three months. וַתַּהַר הָאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֵּרֶא
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Date Locust
Shmot / Exodus 10:1 (translation is somewhat paraphrased and interpreted for the sake of clarity of the story and accuracy of meaning) And G-d said to Moses: come to Pharaoh, for I have burdened (traditionally translated as hardened) his heart, and that of his servants, so as to create the opportunity of displaying my signs*


