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An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Shelach: Bring Out Your ‘Yay-Sayer’!
The Israelites are about to prepare for entering Eretz Canaan, which is the Land of Israel. Towards this goal, God speaks to Moshe in this parsha and tells him: Send for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan.…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Educator resources, Meaning-making, Shelach
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An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Behaalotekha; A Desire to Serve
Sponsored by the Rosekind Family in honor of Gary Rosekind z”l, father of Barry Rosekind (PEP Cohort 18). We bless Barry and his fellow PEP graduates to always seek humility as Moshe finds in God’s eyes, and when he prays…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Beha’alotcha, Educator resources, Meaning-making
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An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Naso, Blessing Our Children
This parsha continues to detail the jobs in the Mishkan, as well as punishments for violating certain laws. One part of Parshat Naso discusses a blessing God tells Moshe about. God says that Aharon and his children, who are kohanim…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Educator resources, Meaning-making, Naso
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An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Bamidbar Stand Up and Be Counted
This week we start a new book of the Torah! It is just a little over a year since Bnei Yisrael exited Egypt, 11 months since they received the 10 Commandments on Mt. Sinai, and one month since the Mishkan…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Bamidbar, Educator resources, Meaning-making
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An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Bechukotai: Every Day Has Its Own Reward
In this week’s parsha, God promises Bnei Yisrael different types of rewards if they keep God’s mitzvot, commandments. God also warns Bnei Yisrael of the curses that will happen to them if they do not keep their promise to God,…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Bechukotai, Educator resources, Meaning-making
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An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Behar: Giving People a Head Start
Parshat Behar opens by telling us that all of the following laws were said to Moshe on Mount Sinai. It then goes on to focus most of the parsha on the concept of shmita (the sabbatical year). Shmita means that…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Behar, Educator resources, Meaning-making
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An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Emor, The Gift of the Chagim
In this parsha God, through Moshe, gives us the most detailed list and explanation of the chagim – Jewish holidays – found in the Torah. Below are the chagim as described in Parshat Emor. Can you guess which chag is…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Educator resources, Meaning-making
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An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Kedoshim Love and Holiness
In our parsha, God speaks to Moshe, instructing him to speak to the Israelites and say… a lot of things. It’s a pretty detailed list of what to do and what not to do in order to be good people.…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Kedoshim, Educator resources, Meaning-making