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Yehuda’s Flag:
Lion Ya’acov says of his son Yehudah: גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה מִטֶּרֶף בְּנִי עָלִיתָ כָּרַע רָבַץ כְּאַרְיֵה וּכְלָבִיא מִי יְקִימֶנּוּ׃ Judah is a lion’s whelp;On prey, my son, have you grown.He crouches, lies down like a lion,Like a lioness —who dare rouse him? Ingredients as shown: Tools: Instructions: 1. Put the powdered sugar in the bowl.…
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Reuven’s Flag:
Mandrake Flower If you recall, Reuven found a mandrake flower and brought it to his mother, Leah, as a gift. As mandrake flowers were said to help in fertility, Rachel Rachel, who had no children, asked for the flower, in exchange for a night with their mutual husband. Bereishit/Genesis 30:14. Ingredients as shown: Tools: Instructions…
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Tribes with their Flags
(potato version) 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;…
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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…