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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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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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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Vayechi: Resources and project ideas
Vayechi Summary: This parsha closes out both the life of Yakov and of Yosef. First, we see Yakov’s remaining 17 years. He blesses Ephraim and Menashe and each of his sons–not equal blessings, but something unique to each. Then he dies and his body is carried in a long processional and buried in the Cave …
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Vayigash: Resources and project ideas
Parshat Vayigash: Here we clear up the cliffhanger from last week’s parsha and finish the story of Yosef. When Yosef sees their loyalty, he reveals who he is and forgives them for selling him. He gives them lavish gifts. The brothers go back and get their father, who lives out his life in Egypt with …
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Parshat Mikeitz: project updates and photos
Here is how our parsha projects this week (Mikeitz) turned out. We drew and laminated fat and skinny cows. We made some goblets (like Yosef’s), some dreidles, and some gelt out of clay, and later painted them. We found and made other things around the house to include in our I-spy boxes. We put rice …
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Vayeshev: Resources and project ideas
This week really starts the saga of Yosef (Joseph), one of Yaakov’s sons. We see him being favored by his father and offered a coat of many colors, which then contributes to the brothers deciding to kill him (in addition to his own ill-advised words)–only they sell him to a band of people going by. …
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Vayishlach: Resources and Project ideas
Oh boy, does this parsha have some delicate concepts. Like the rape of Dina and killing all the males of the city? Rachel dying in childbirth? Yeah. We’re not really going there yet (the men kidnapped and hurt Dina, and Shimon and Levi rescued her, killing everyone like Hashem said, Rachel died). We talked about …
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Vayetzei: Links and Resources
This week, we see Yaakov fleeing from Esav. On the way, he lays his head on a rock (or 12 small rocks that fought to be under his head and were transformed into 1, according to midrash) and sleeps. Hashem visits his dream of angels on a ladder, and tells him he will bless him. …
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Toldot (Toldos): Resources and Links
This week’s parsha is full of things we wouldn’t normally talk to our kids about (except for some to say not to do them!): Infertility struggles for Yitzchak and Rivka, eventually resulting in a difficult pregnancy and twins Esau and Yaakov, parents favoring one child, kids fighting and selling a birthright for a bowl of …
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