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Read more: Count the Omer Creatively
Count the Omer Creatively
INTRODUCTION: This is a choose-your-own Omer adventure, inviting participants to explore the 49 days of the Counting of the Omer through multiple modalities. Each option offers a different way to transform a simple nightly ritual into…
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Read more: Nature Texts for Planting or Appreciating
Nature Texts for Planting or Appreciating
Leviticus 19 וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶם֙ אֶת־קְצִ֣יר אַרְצְכֶ֔ם לֹ֧א תְכַלֶּ֛ה פְּאַ֥ת שָׂדְךָ֖ לִקְצֹ֑ר וְלֶ֥קֶט קְצִֽירְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תְלַקֵּֽט׃ When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to…
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Read more: Jews in Hollywood
Jews in Hollywood
Famous Early Influential Jews in Hollywood Carl Laemmle – Born in 1867 in Wurttemberg, Germany. He came to America at 17 and climbed the ladder to success. In 1906 he…
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Read more: The Importance of Trees and Planting in Judaism
The Importance of Trees and Planting in Judaism
ומָ א חַד הֲוָה אָ זֵל בְּ אֹורְּ חָא, חַזְּיֵיּה לְּהָהּוא גַבְּ רָ א דַ הֲוָה נָטַ ע חָרּובָא, אֲמַ ר לֵיּה:הַאי, עַד כַמָ ה שְּ נִין טָ עֵין? אֲמַ…
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Read more: Some Jewish Views on the Afterlife
Some Jewish Views on the Afterlife
Does Judaism mention an afterlife? There aren’t many references to the afterlife in Tanakh, and certainly no long treatises related to it. There are a few mentions of sheol, and…
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Read more: Spilling the Tea
Spilling the Tea
What’s a little gossip among friends, right? Leviticus 19:16 ויקרא יט:טז Do not go about as a tale bearer among yourpeople and don’t stand on the blood of yourneighbor, I…
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Read more: Jewish Storytelling Night
Jewish Storytelling Night
OVERVIEW: What is a “Jewish story”? Is it just the stories in the Torah?! No way! Every day we add to the story of the Jewish people just by living…
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Read more: A Bit about Mimouna
A Bit about Mimouna
How to make Tissue Paper Flowers:https://www.thecraftpatchblog.com/tissue-paper-flowers/How to make Mufleta:https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019237-moroccan-moufleta For Additional Reading: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/blessing-on-a-fruit-tree/https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/maimouna-a-post-passover-celebration/https://www.kosher.com/article/a-modern-tradition-shlissel-challah-668https://www.ynetnews.com/article/by6qq11efnhttps://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-04-11/ty-article/.premium/a-brief-history-of-the-postpassover-mimouna-holiday/00000180-6562-d5ca-a986-7f6f9a8d000
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Read more: Charoset Around the World
Charoset Around the World
Introduction: Charoset/ חרוסת is an important element of the Passover Seder Plate. The name is derived from the Hebrew word for Clay/חרס. It represents the mortar that the Israelites were…
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Read more: Passover Chocolate Seder
Passover Chocolate Seder
OVERVIEW: The Goal of a chocolate seder is to allow participants to learn and highlight the themes of the Passover seder while being a little silly and decadent with the…