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Paper Plate Purim Masks

February 5, 2013 By punktorah

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Purim is all about dressing up and having fun!
These fun masks are easy for children to customise themselves and with a bit of imagination you can dress up as absolutely anyone!

You will need:

  • A paper plate
  • scissors
  • ribbons
  • crayons
  • sticky gems or buttons

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Cut a mask shape into your paper plate. We left space for the nose and later added holes for the eyes.

Cut the top of the mask into the right shape for your costume. Rivka wanted to dress up as Queen Esther so we cut a crown shape into the top of the mask, but you can add horns or antennae, too..

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Now you just have to fill in the details and decorate your mask, we added shiny gems, eyebrows, eyelashes and a crown, but you could add an eyepatch, spots or glitter and feathers, too! Have fun! Chag Purim Sameach!

Miri is a joyfully Jewish homeschooling mother of three and lives with her husband and children [Read more…]

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How To Raise An Interfaith Baby…Sorta

January 30, 2013 By punktorah

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When I explained to my Rabbi the ONE and only thing that would stop me from not converting would be
if he told me to divorce my husband he sort of laughed at me. In a very nice and respectable way, he’s
a great guy honestly, but he did still chuckle a little. I mean, it happened. I know there are some Rabbi‘s
out there that would be all H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS NO, to the girl with a semi Christian hubs who
wants to become Jewish, and maybe you had one yourself. All I can tell you is I lucked out with this
dude.

The one thing he did tell me though, was that I should raise my son, and future babies who won’t be
around for MANY MANY years to come, in the Jewish faith. Obviously I expected my Rabbi to tell me
this, I mean dudes isn’t that his job? He told me though that while most [Read more…]

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Book Reviews: The Apple Tree’s Discovery and How Dalia Put a Big Yellow Comforter Inside a Tiny Blue Box

December 30, 2012 By punktorah

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In each of us is a star, sometimes it just takes a little while to find it. That’s the lesson the little apple tree learns from G-d in The Apple Tree’s Discovery by Peninnah Schram and Rachayl Davis and illustrated by Wendy Lee.

The little apple tree wants more than anything else to have stars on its branches like those that appear to be hanging on the branches of the big oak trees. The apple tree asks G-d in winter, spring, summer and fall for stars upon its branches because it’s the only way it believes it will feel special.

G-d replies “Be patient, little apple tree.” As a year goes by the apple tree grows apples. And yet the apple tree still isn’t satisfied without the stars on its branches it doesn’t feel truly special. G-d causes a strong wind to blow and causes several apples to fall to the ground and split open. What the little apple tree discovers is what was inside of it all along. The Apple Tree’s Discovery is a beautiful story to share and pass on.

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“Tsadee Daled Kof Hay” Do you know what that spells? Well, Dalia in the book How Dalia Put a Big Yellow Comforter Inside a Tiny Blue Box teaches her younger brother Yossi what this word means. It means Tzedakah. Dalia tells Yossi, “And it means I’m happy when you’re happy.”
This beautiful picture book written by Linda Heller and illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen is a unique and powerful book. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it’s one of the only children’s books written about this important mitzvah. It’s powerful because it teaches children and adults alike how giving can change the lives of others and oneself in the process.

After Dalia learns about tzedakah boxes at school, she goes home and makes one herself. She tells her brother Yossi who is curious about the box that a “big yellow comforter” is in the box. As Dalia goes through the week she does good deeds and always remembers to put a little away in her tzedakah box. Dalia keeps adding new things such as a butterfly bush and banana cream pie to her tzedakah box.

Although adding money to the tzedahak box is a great mitzvah, sharing and doing kindness to others is equally as great. Read this book to find out what Yossi, Dalia and her classmates did to warm someone’s heart.

Reviews by Tamara Levine.

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Recycled Tzedakah Box

December 3, 2012 By punktorah

One of my favourite things to do is make items that we will actually use. Not only is it a great opportunity to learn about different traditions, it also fills the little ones with pride to see their very own creation being used over and over again.
One item we use every day is the tzedakah box. It is easy to make your own from recycled materials that you probably already have at home.

Tzedakah Box project

You will need:

An empty container with a plastic lid
Paper
Decorations like stickers, sequins or buttons
Glue
Scissors
Glitter glue

Image of necessary materials

 

Start by measuring your container and cutting your paper to the right size, it should fit around the container and cover any writing.

Let your little one write the word tzedakah onto the paper in Hebrew letters, don’t worry, this doesn’t have to be perfect!

 

Now you can decorate your tzedakah box in any way you like. We decided to stick blue and white sticky buttons onto [Read more…]

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Beaded Pipe-Cleaner Star of David Craft

November 29, 2012 By punktorah

This easy Chanukah decoration is great for even the littlest children and can be made with very little help from grown-ups.

Beaded Pipecleaner Star of David Chanukah Decoration

You will need:

Pipecleaners
Beads
String

Start by threading beads onto a pipecleaner.

 

Fold your pipecleaner into thirds and twist the ends together to make a triangle shape.

Repeat these steps for a second pipecleaner and thread it through the first triangle before twisting the ends together.
This makes your Star of David shape.

Make lots of these stars.

When you are finished just attach them to colourful ribbon or string and use them to decorate for the holidays.
These are not just great for Chanukah but would also make a great decoration for your Sukkah.

 

Have fun!

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