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  • Tribes with their Flags: Nature’s Nosh

    Text: Locations of the Tribes and their Flags  CUT PORTIONS FROM TRANSLATION FROM TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS FROM SEFARIA.ORG Bamidbar / Numbers 2:1   G-d said to Moses and Aaron: וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר׃ 2:2 The Descendants of Israel shall camp each man with his standard, under the banners of their ancestral house; they shall…

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  • Tribes with their Flags: Shabbos Stash

    Text: Locations of the Tribes and their Flags  CUT PORTIONS FROM TRANSLATION FROM TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS FROM SEFARIA.ORG Bamidbar / Numbers 2:1   G-d said to Moses and Aaron: וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר׃ 2:2 The Descendants of Israel shall camp each man with his standard, under the banners of their ancestral house; they shall…

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  • Tribal Flags

    Ask each child to decorate his or her graham cracker to look like a flag of one of the tribes! If making on Shabbat, avoid Zvulun as illustrated (maybe you will come up with your own ideas! According to Midrash Raba, the design of each flag was based on Jacob/ Ya’acov/ Israel’s blessings to his…

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  • Choosing the Path of Mitzvot (Shabbos Stash Version)

    Leviticus/Vayikra 26:3 If you walk according to my laws (chukim), and guard and complete my commandments (mitzvot), אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם׃   26:4 I will give you rain at the appointed seasons, so that the land (of Israel) will give its produce, and the trees will give their fruit. וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה…

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  • Choosing the Path of Mitzvot (theme and variations)

    Leviticus/Vayikra 26:3 If you walk according to my laws (chukim), and guard and complete my commandments (mitzvot), אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם׃   26:4 I will give you rain at the appointed seasons, so that the land (of Israel) will give its produce, and the trees will give their fruit. וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה…

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  • Jubilee Calendar

    Leviticus / Vayikra 25:1 G-d said the following to Moses: וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּהַר סִינַי לֵאמֹר׃   25:2 Tell the children of Israel as follows:  When you come to the land that I am giving you, that land itself shall observe a sabbath for G-d. דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי…

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  • The Meaning of Modeh Ani

    Talya Bernstein Galaganov Like a song I misunderstood as a child and then believed I knew, I always thought the first prayer we say in the morning, Modeh Ani, meant “I thank G-d for returning my soul to me… .”  Given that most translations of the prayer (including the one linked above) translated “modeh” as…

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  • Carrot Calendar

    Leviticus 23:4 These are the times that G-d decreed to be holy, as you will call them, in their appointed times. ד  אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה, מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ, אֲשֶׁר-תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם, בְּמוֹעֲדָם. 23:5 On the fourteenth day of the first month, between the quarters [in the afternoon, there will be a Passover [offering] for G-d. ה  בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן, בְּאַרְבָּעָה…

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  • Jelly Bean Calendar

    Leviticus 23:4 These are the times that G-d decreed to be holy, as you will call them, in their appointed times. ד  אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה, מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ, אֲשֶׁר-תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם, בְּמוֹעֲדָם. 23:5 On the fourteenth day of the first month, between the quarters [in the afternoon, there will be a Passover [offering] for G-d. ה  בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן, בְּאַרְבָּעָה…

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  • What it Means to be “Am Kadosh”

    by Ilana Pomeranz, guest contributer Parashat Kdoshim begins with the statement: “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them: You shall be holy.” Leviticus/Vayikra 19:2, and ends with “You shall be holy ” Leviticus/Vayikra 20:26. What is the meaning of this ? Is there a Torah basis…

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