This weeks parashah includes the splitting of the Yam Suf, Red (Reed) Sea, Moshe’s and Bnei Yisrael’s glorious hymn of thanksgiving to God for the miracle, and God’s culinary plan for feeding Bnei Yisrael during their sojourn in the desert.
This week’s Torah reading is full of drama with the Children of Israel finally leaving Egypt!
How should we react when our enemies are destroyed?
In this week’s Parsha, Parshat Beshalach (read on Shabbat Shira – the Shabbat of Song), Miriam, the sister of Moses, leads the women of Israel in song after crossing the Sea of Reeds. As it says in the Torah, “Miriam, the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women came out after her with timbrels and with dances.” This is a great opportunity to sing and dance with our kids and recreate the splitting of the sea.
The plagues finally convince Pharaoh that it is time to let the Jews go. The Jews begin their dramatic exit from the land of Egypt.
In this week’s Torah portion, the Egyptians are afflicted with the plague of darkness.
Explore the first commandment that the Jews receive!
In this week’s Torah reading, Parshat Bo, we read about the last three plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians – locusts, darkness, and death of the firstborn. Discuss why darkness would be considered a plague. What are the consequences of darkness on an individual and on a society? Kids loved to be blindfolded to experience darkness. In this craft, we use a fun and easy technique to represent this plague.
Help the locust fly off to the Red Sea! Click the icon below to download a printer friendly version.
