This week’s parsha is full of laws: of the indentured servant, the penalties for murder, kidnapping, assault and theft, civil laws, loans, the conduct of justice by courts of law, treatment of foreigners, the observance of the festivals, the prohibition against cooking meat with milk, and the mitzvah of prayer. And more, of course. Altogether, …
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Yitro (Yisro): Resources and ideas
Yitro This week’s parsha picks up after the Israelites leave Egypt and cross the red sea (in Parshat Beshalach): Moshe meets up with his father in law, Yitro, and his wife and sons. Yitro, a great thinker of this time, advises him to set up a system of judges and courts to administer justice. And …
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Pharaoh Chicken part 1: How do you make a mummy chicken? (And why?)
Yep, we’re making a mummy chicken. For real. We’ve been studying some basic facts about ancient Egyptians, including their writing system, which was among the first in the world, and their burial practices. Without getting to much into why, we compared how we prepare bodies for burial with how they did, and read some articles …
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The 4th annual Torah Home Education Conference registration is open!
The 4th annual Torah Home Education Conference registration is now open! The conference will be Sunday May 6, 2012 at the Park Heights JCC in Baltimore, MD. Registration will begin at 8:15am and the conference will begin at 9 am. We are working to bring you the very best information, inspiration, networking, and vendor displays, …
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Beshalach: Resources and project ideas
Beshalach: This week’s parsha picks up where Bo left off: the Israelites are leaving Egypt! Except that Pharaoh again changes his mind and chases them to the Red Sea, where Hashem used Moshe to split the Red Sea so the Israelites could walk through. A miracle! When the Israelites complained to Moshe about a lack …
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The plague of darkness (Bo/Passover)
In this week’s parsha (Bo), we get the last three of the ten plagues of Egypt. One of these is darkness-but not just darkness. It was a blackness so heavy the Egyptians couldn’t move anywhere! Here is what we did for the kids (similar to this.) We started by shaving and chopping dark colored crayons …
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Making matza with kids (and recipe)
Today we made matza (unleavened bread) for parshat Bo and Shabbat meals this week. We had a fun time making it, but can definitely appreciate buying it for Passover instead of having to make it ourselves with so much pressure. We managed to make it in 18 minutes in small batches, but we didn’t make …
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Bo: Resources and project ideas
This week’s parsha starts with two plagues: locusts and darkness. Hashem hardens Pharaoh’s heart so he doesn’t let the Israelites go. Then comes the one that breaks Pharoah: the death of the firstborn. The Israelites get their first mitzvah: to establish a calendar based on the moon. Then we get instructions on the Passover sacrifice …
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Va’eira: Resources and project ideas
Va’eira (in Shemot / Shemos) We continue the story of the exodus from Egypt this week in Va’eira (Vaera, Vayeira). God tells Moshe he will redeem the Israelites. Aaron and Moshe continually ask Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, and he continually refuses. Aaron’s staff turns into a snake, but Pharaoh’s magicians could do that, too. …
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