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Parshas Tetzaveh

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Watch a 15 second summary of Parshat Tetzaveh. You can download these pictures of the mishkan by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Tetzaveh Parsha Summary We learned about the bigdei kehunah - the garments that the kohen wore and the kohen gadol - the high priest.  We learned about the 4 garments of the Kohen and what they were. We also learned about the  8 bigdei Kohen gadol and what was special about them.  We learned about the mizbeach hazahav - the gold altar that the ketores was brought on. We learned about the miracles of each of the keilim in the mishkan.     Parshas Tetzaveh Activities  We made kohen gadol paper dolls. Here are 3 download options:  1)  https://www.waldereducation.org/kohein-gadol-paper-doll/prtan15-ez051/ 2)  http://www.chinuch.org/item_detail/0/Kohein-Gadol-Cut-Out-Figure 3)  http://www.chinuch.org/item_detail/0/Bigdei-Kehuna-Cut-lsquon-Paste-Flipbook-or-Magnetic-Dollrr I placed the pictu

Parshas Teruma

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Watch a 15 second summary of Parshat Teruma . You can download these pictures of the mishkan by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Teruma Parsha Summary We learned about the Mishkan. We spoke about different items that the Jewish people donated. We looked at copper, gold, silver, wool, cinnamon. We compared cinnamon and cinnamon sticks. We did a fun science activity where we had to match the various spices by smelling them. We learned about the different keilim in the mishkan and how Moshe knew how to build them. We spoke about the Aron and the keruvim. The shulchan and the lechem hapanim which stayed fresh all week. We heard about the menorah, mizbeach hanechoshes and the curtains that covered the mishkan.   Parshas Teruma Activities  I placed the pictures of the keilim of the Mishkan in sheet protectors. I had the kids use playdough to create the Keilim, either by placing it on top of the pictures or by creating th

Please vote! Should we create Sefer Vayikra puppets?

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New Purim products sneak peek

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Watch the story of Purim in 50 seconds featuring our adorable Purim puppets . Here's a sneak peek of our Purim products launching next week! We are so excited about our Purim line. They are our cutest puppets yet! Teaching about Purim will not be the same with our full line of Purim products. The megillah reads like a story book and has incredible illustrations! You have never seen something so adorable! We will have a full set of color puppets, coloring pages, black and white puppets and a beautiful illustrated megillah. You don't want to miss it! Subscribe to our email list to be notified when our new Purim products are live on our site. Click here  to check out our Jewish Holiday products. The new Purim products will be available in this section when they go live.

Parshas Mishpatim

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  Watch a 20 second summary of Parshat Mishpatim. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Mishpatim Parsha Summary and activities This week's parsha has many laws. We focused on kosher, not telling a lie and returning a lost object. We learned about Kosher. In parshas mishpatim , we learn that we’re not allowed to mix meat and milk. We spoke about kosher symbols that make food kosher and then we talked about what foods are meat, dairy or parve.  We sorted a basket of food into the proper categories. We made meat and dairy placemats. We learned how to properly set a table, so we drew the place settings on our placemat and then drew our favorite meat and dairy foods on the plates of each placemat.   W e turned over our dramatic play area into a Kosher Supermarket! We learned about nutrition. We read the book, “The Little Seed” and spoke about different parts of a plant

Parshas Yisro

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  Watch a 20 second summary of Parshat Yisro. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Yisro Parsha Summary This week , we learned about the aseres hadibros - the 10 commandments in depth. We went through each commandment  with puppet shows and stories.  We discussed different ways to honor our  parents , we talked about lying and who lied in the Torah . The students really remembered. From examples of Terach lying about the idols , to Pharaoh lying about letting the Jewish people go  and Dasan and Aviram . We spoke about what jealousy is and how to be happy for our friends. We worked a lot on reviewing the numbers 1-10. We did a lot of counting activities. We learned about how Hashem chose a mountain to give the Torah  on. We spoke about being humble and not bragging. We also learned how Hashem offered the Torah to the other nations, but they didn’t want it. Only the Je

Parshas Beshalach

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    Watch a 20 second summary of Parshat Beshalach. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Beshalach Parsha Summary We heard about how Pharaoh  changed his mind and chased after the yidden. The pillar of cloud guided the yidden by day and the pillar of fire  at night. There were clouds surrounding the yidden protecting them from the Egyptians  and dangerous things in the desert. When they got to the Red sea , some yidden started crying to go back to Egypt . Some davened to Hashem and others wanted to fight the Egyptians . Hashem told the yidden to go into the water, Nachshon ben Aminadav  jumped into the water and when it reached his neck, the sea split. We heard about all the miracles  that happened. There was water to drink and fruits to eat! Miriam danced with the women with tambourines, thanking Hashem for saving them and taking them out of exile . In the desert Hashem