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Shavuot Puppets, Crafts, Books and Activities

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Download  our Shavuos puppets to help you bring Shavuos and Megillas Rus to life in a captivating, visual way. Click here  for our Shavuos DIY puppets/coloring pages. Scroll down to see a list of Shavuot books for kids. Story of Shavuot We learned all about Shavuos. Starting off with Hashem looking for a mountain to give the Torah on. Hashem chose Mt. Sinai because she didn’t say that she’s the best and the prettiest and the biggest. She was humble and we can learn from her.  Then we learned how Hashem was looking for a nation to give the Torah to. Each nation wanted to know what was in the Torah and then said that they can’t follow it. When Hashem came to the Jewish people, we said na'aseh v'nishma, we want the Torah and we will keep it, now please tell us what is written inside. The angels complained that the Torah should stay in heaven, but Hashem said that they are not people and cannot keep the mitzvos. Hashem wanted a guarantor that the Torah will be kept. The Jewish peo

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