Turn sticker time into story time! Our newest favorite afternoon activity combines stickers and stories. With the help of themed stickers, we create our own adventure story. We’ve used dinosaurs, flowers and cars and trains to keep our afternoons busy and educational. One of my favorite ways to teach about the Jewish holidays is to use stickers to help tell the story of the holiday. With Shavuot coming up, I’ve used flower stickers to help decorate Har Sinai.

It’s the perfect storm of flavor: chocolate and cheesecake. This easy crowd-pleaser should be on everyone’s Shavuot menu plan.

Yael Ziegler discusses from Kindness to Kingship in her shiur on Megillat Ruth. (34:20)

Dr. Yael Ziegler holds a PhD in Bible from Bar Ilan University. She teaches at Herzog College, Matan, Midreshet Moriah and Migdal Oz. Her book, Promises to Keep: The Oath in Biblical Narrative, was published in 2008. Dr. Ziegler has served as a scholar-in-residence at various synagogues in the US, Israel and Europe. She resides in Alon Shvut with her husband and five children.

There is so much to celebrate on Shavuot. We received the Torah on Mt. Sinai and we are beginning the summer harvest season.

Our most ambitious MenuMadness ever!!!

Serve up the 12 tribes this Shabbat!

Last week we had a dinner guest. We often play host on Shabbat or for the odd Sunday barbeque, but a guest on a regular Wednesday night threw my children for a loop. As I pulled out a table cloth and began to set the dining room as opposed to the kitchen table, my three year old looked at my questioningly - ‘I didn’t know it was Shabbat’.

Ever wonder what’s in a name? Learn about the many names of Chag HaShavuot!

This dessert is a sophisticated turn on a standard apple crisp.

This week's Torah reading looks at the concept of holiness and the Land of Israel.