Giveaway: The Olive Tree USA
This great Chanuka season we’ve partnered with The Olive Tree USA to give two lucky winners one bottle each of Organic Virgin Olive Oil!
Torah Treats: VaYetze
In this week’s Torah reading, stones are prominently featured.
Parsha Craft: VaYetze. Ladder up to Heaven.
This week’s Parsha begins with Yaakov leaving Canaan and heading for Charan. The night before he enters Charan, Yaakov has a dream where he sees a ladder stretching up to the sky with angels going up and down the ladder.
TEN: directly into your inbox!
For $18, premium subscribers will get TEN Parsha questions delivered to their inbox each Friday for a year! Our new format is colorful, vibrant and exciting! Each week we offer up TEN questions to bring to your Shabbat table. Don’t worry we include the answers and where to find the answer in the Parsha.
This is a great resource to bring to your classroom or your Shabbat table!
Parsha Craft: Toldot. Yaakov and Esav Puppets
In this week’s parsha, Parshat Toldot, we meet Isaac and Rebecca’s sons, Esau and Jacob. Although they are twin brothers, they are very different both internally and externally. According to Genesis 25:27, “Esau was a man who understood hunting, a man of the field, whereas Jacob was an pure man, dwelling in tents.”
Let’s Make David Porat/Eli Shur Famous
This website, challahcrumbs.com, that I have created and love so much focuses on all things that are wonderful about Judaism. It focuses on holidays and families and great food and creative crafts. It does not focus on bad.
Why Abraham Matters
Our friends at G-dcast offer up this great video about Abraham’s Tent. This video can start a great conversation about heroes, leaders and God.
Parsha Craft: Lech Lecha. Glitter Globes.
In this week’s parsha, Parshat Lech Lecha, God promises to make Abraham into a great nation:
“And He brought him outside, and said, Look now toward the skies, and count the stars, if you are able to count them; and he said to him, So shall your seed be.” (Genesis 15:5) Kids love stars and they love glitter so any project involving the two would be great for this week’s parsha. I have always wanted to make a “snow globe” so I decided to use this as a chance to make a “star globe” instead!
Parsha Craft: Lech Lecha. Painted Footprints
Introduction:
This week’s parsha, Parshat Lech Lecha, is all about journeys. God commands Abram to “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you” and “Up, walk about the land, through its length and its breadth, for I give it to you.” Abram obediently follows God’s command and begins to walk – step by step – through the sands of the desert to reach his ultimate goal and destination. Since it is still the beginning of the school year, this is a great opportunity to ask your kids where they would like to reach or what they would accomplish by the end of the year and what “steps” they will have to take to get there.
Hearty Lentil Soup
A perfect soup for a chilly day. It’s hearty and filling (and really easy to make)!
