Trade Your Traditions
Perfect for Kids Trade Your Traditions One way of showing our appreciation for something we’ve received is by passing it on to others. This idea is portrayed in the following Talmudic passage: One day, [Honi] was walking along the road when he saw a certain man planting a carob tree. Ḥoni said to him: This […]
Create an Inheritance Tree
Perfect for Kids Create an Inheritance Tree In this fun twist on the traditional family tree, we will not only note our biological and/or chosen family, our loved ones and elders, whoever they may be, but we will also note what we received from each one of them, for which we are grateful: Perhaps they […]
Qualities Bingo: A Game of Appreciation
Perfect for Kids Qualities Bingo: A Game of Appreciation Play a game that enables you to recognize and share the qualities of those dear to you and enables them to notice yours. In this simple game of bingo, all you have to do is match up qualities with people! Set Up: Download the Card template. […]
Coins of Uniqueness: The World Was Created for Me and You
Perfect for Kids Coins of Uniqueness: The World Was Created For Me and You One of the wonders (and puzzles) of creation is the statement that humans were created in the image of G-d. The Mishnah points out the divine ability to create many “coins stamped by the same seal,” where each coin is unique […]
Give a Gift
Perfect for Kids Give a Gift One way of expressing gratitude is by doing acts of kindness for the person we wish to thank. We do this frequently when we tip a server at a restaurant, when we send flowers in appreciation to a colleague, when we show up to help a friend in need. […]
What is Torah for Me?
Day 3 | Embrace Who We Are April | Iyar Perfect for Kids What is Torah for Me? What is Torah? Do you define it as a text? A teaching? A body of knowledge? Is it a way of life? A culture? A set of rules? A history? A story? A narrative? The word is […]
Songs of Appreciation of Torah
Day 3 | Embrace Who We Are April | Iyar Perfect for Kids Songs of Appreciation of Torah Throughout Jewish history, poets and composers have written songs of thanksgiving and gratitude to G-d for the gift of Torah. Some of these songs (from the genre of piyut) have been incorporated into the customs of certain […]
Black Letters and White Space: A Meditation on the Role of Torah in My Life
Day 3 | Embrace Who We Are April | Iyar Perfect for Kids Black Letters and White Space: A Meditation on the Role of Torah in My Life A Torah scroll is written with black ink on white parchment. As in many realms of life, we tend to focus on what we see (the black […]
Amen: Reflections on Freedom and Isolation from Natan Sharansky
Day 3 | Seek Freedom Through Strength. March | Nissan Perfect for Kids Amen: Reflections on Freedom and Isolation from Natan Sharansky Natan Sharansky was born in 1948 and grew up in a Soviet system that maintained its rule through fear. In his twenties, he became interested in his Jewish heritage and the State of […]
The Siman Tov Seder: An Exploration of Freedom, Gratitudeand Other Values at Your Seder
Day 3 | Seek Freedom Through Strength. March | Nissan Perfect for Kids The Siman Tov Seder: An Exploration of Freedom, Gratitude and Other Values at Your Seder The Seder night is organized in fifteen steps which create the order (literally, seder) of the evening, guiding us through the progression of the rituals. The Siman […]
