Parshas Vayakhel - Pekudei

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Watch a 15 second summary of Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking here! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available here.

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Vayakhel-Pekudei Parsha Summary

• VAYAKHEL - We learned about how Moshe told the Jewish people to build the mishkan. The Jewish people brought so many donations, Moshe had to tell them to stop bringing. Hashem commanded the Jewish people to not build the mishkan on Shabbos even though the mishkan was such a holy place. We spoke about some of the 39 melachos (types of work) that we aren't allowed to do on shabbos.

• PEKUDEI -We learned that the only thing left to make was to sew the bigdei kehunah - priestly garments. It was time to set up the mishkan. The beams kept falling down, until Moshe set them up. Moshe only had to touch them and they stood up on their own.

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei Activities

-We make light switch covers to remind us not to turn on/off the light.

-We learned about dying. One of the 39 melachos is dying. We dyed rice and cotton balls many different colors.

Here's instructions on how to dye rice: Click Here 

You will need:

8 cups uncooked rice

Food colors

White vinegar

Ziploc baggies

Here are instructions for the dyed cotton balls: click here

Supplies Needed:

Cotton balls

Food coloring

Vinegar

Water

Small bowls

-We wrote a book with our very own rhymes. 

We adapted the book “Shabbos, Shabbos I Love You” (Hachai publishing) and made our very own rhymes (with a little guidance from the teacher) and illustrated a page in the book. We were very excited to bring it home!

Here are some examples we came up with:

• Shabbos, Shabbos, I love you
  I wear my special Shabbos shoe 
• At the Shabbos table I love to sing
  Eat, candies, stuff that I make and everything! 
• I’m happy as can be
  Cuz when Tatty goes to Shul, he goes with me! 
• Shabbos, Shabbos, I love you
  Cuz going to Shul is the thing to do  
• Muktzah toys
  Are things that make noise
• Shabbos, Shabbos, I love you
  On Shabbos you don’t play with glue

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei Craft - Shabbat light switch covers

We made special covers for the light switch to use on Shabbos so that we don’t accidentally turn off/on the light. We used foam or felt and decorated it however the children wanted. They wrote the letters שבת on it and we sent it home with velcro attached.

Materials needed:

• small foam rectangles or felt
• various decorating materials (sequins, foam shapes etc.)
• markers, glitter glue or paint
• velcro for the back

Write out the letters שבת and have the kids write it on their own. Then they can decorate it as they wish. Add velcro to the back so they can stick it on their light switch at home.

Velcro on the back

Parsha Songs

Click here for a parsha song.

B’nei Yisroel gathered and they heard

Moshe told them Hashem’s word

In six days all work you must do

Shabbos is special for every Jew

Even work for the mishkan

On Shabbos kodesh must not be done

This job was done by Betzalel

Gifts were brought by B’nei Yisroel

They brought more than was needed

For the mishkan to be completed

It’s purpose was fulfilled

Now it was as Hashem willed

When on the mishkan the cloud appeared

The people knew Hashem was near

When the cloud lifted they could see

They should continue on their journey