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Holidays

Click Here for High Holiday Activities – Sudoku!

Friday, August 31st, 2012

Challenge yourself with Hebrew Sudoku!
Challenge yourself with Hebrew Sudoku

Expanse and Elul

Friday, August 31st, 2012

from September 2011..
Happy Fall Dear Friends and Family!
This summer has been all about meeting my boundaries and exploring beyond .  I give it a top 10 for the richness of feelings and growth.  I’m thinking that the poet who wrote  אלו פינו מלא שירה כים  Ilu finu malei shira kayam…

Even if our mouths were full [...]

Practice the Four Questions with ShirLaLa

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Practice the Four Questions!
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And check out this new iPhone app to learn the 4 Questions!

A Child’s Passover Preparation

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

I smile at my memories of Pesach as a child. . . counting the books in the shelves as I dusted, the mysterious search for chametz with the candle and the feather, sitting at the big grown up seder following attentively as he led us through the journey challenging everyone with questions and queries, negotiating [...]

Pesach Hebrew Coloring Page – Pesach (Passover)

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Celebrate this wonderful holiday with all of your senses!
Listen to the story…
Taste our sweet, bitter, and salty history…
Smell the springtime…
Touch the flat, crunchy matzah…
See your friends and family around the seder table!

Click here for a Seder Plate coloring page

Pesach Hebrew Coloring Page – Haggadah

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

There are many many different kinds of Haggadas. What does yours look like?

Click here for a Haggadah coloring page

Pesach Hebrew Coloring Page – B’dikat Chametz (Searching for Chametz)

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Can you find the last crumbs of chametz in your home?

Click here for a Passover Coloring Page

Pesach Hebrew Coloring Page – Mah Nishtanah?

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

How is this night different from all other nights? Practice the Four Questions with ShirLaLa Pesach, track 11!
So many questions… What other questions come up for you this Passover?

Click here for a Four Questions coloring page

Pesach Recipes – Make Your Own Matzah

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Make Your Own Matzah – Its much tastier and more fun!
Instructions based on my Dad’s. More info on his blog, Good-To-Be-A-Jew
“MAKE Matza???” You ask. Yes! It’s probably one of the easiest things you’ll ever bake in your kitchen. The experience and the unique taste of home-made matzah is enough to make a family ritual out [...]

Pesach Recipes – Sephardic Charoset

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Barbara Kline’s Charoset, Sephardic Style:
1 lb pitted chopped dates
Sweet Kosher for Pesach wine
Ground cinnamon
Chopped walnuts
Cover dates with water in a saucepan and cook over moderate heat until the dates break down into a smooth mass. The results should be like a thick jam. Mix in enough wine to loosen the consistency slightly. Put through a [...]