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Learn all about the Jewish festival of Shavuot in this fun, fact-filled, non-fiction guide for kids aged 4-10. Discover the history, traditions, and foods of Shavuot, and find out how it is celebrated today by children just like you. Learn the history of Shavuot: how the Jewish people received their holy book - the Torah - and became a nation. Learn what Jewish people do on Shavuot - including why they stay up ALL night and eat lots of cheesecake! Make a Shavuot cheesecake and decorate it with your own inventive toppings. Practise your Shavuot greetings. Get creative with some fun Shavuot crafts. What is Shavuot? is an informative, engaging introduction to the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which is usually celebrated in June. With lively, easy-to-read text, fact-filled captions, and beautiful pictures, this book will answer all of your child's questions about this holiday. - Paperback - 28 pages - 8.5 x 8.5 in (21.6 x 21.6 cm)
Did you know that Shavuot is one of the essential Feast Days for Hebrews to celebrate? Most Hebrews do not realize this; consequently, they choose to undervalue its importance. If you would like to learn more, then continue reading. Shavuot is also referred to as Pentecost, Feast of Week, and Firstfruits; it was the day when YAHUAH poured out a Spirit (the Ruach Ha'Qodesh) in an amazing manner that is recorded in the book of Act 2. However, most are unaware of all the facts; this day was not a new Biblical celebration or festival date; it was celebrated by the Israelites long before it became known as Pentecost. Explore with us the awe-inspiring events that happen on this exact day, includin...
Back by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. Unequaled in-depth compilations of classic and contemporary writings, they have long guided rabbis, cantors, educators, and other readers seeking the origins, meanings, and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals. The Shavuot Anthology elucidates Shavuot's teachings, customs, stories, and lore for a modern generation. In this in-depth compendium, writings by Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria, Talmud and midrash, medieval literature by Moses Maimonides, poetry by Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Ezra, prose by Abraham Joshua Heschel and Ahad Ha'am, and stories by Martin Buber and Sholom Aleichem appear alongside art and dramatizations, arts and crafts, culinary arts and humor, children's stories and games, and programs and projects.
"What's a recipe?" Sammy Spider asks his mother as he watches Mrs. Shapiro make blintzes for Shavuot. As Sammy follows the holiday preparations, young readers will learn how the Torah, which was given on Shavuot, is also a "recipe for life."
Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! To celebrate Shavuot, a spring harvest festival, children in Israel make cheesecake using flour they have ground from wheat they have grown in their school garden, fresh goat cheese from the friendly petting zoo goats, and fresh strawberries from the garden.
The festive holiday of Shavuot is best known for its all-night Torah learning. The Jewish Sages teach that staying up all night is more than just a celebration of Torah, it is a tikkun, a spiritual rectification. The 16th-century mystic Rabbi Itzchak Luria, the Arizal, prepared a study guide for the night of Shavuot. This guide is presented here, in both Hebrew and English, together with a selection of penetrating insights and commentaries drawn primarily from the mystical teachings of the Zohar and the Arizal.
Sammy Spider wants to taste the golden honey the Shapiros set out for a sweet New Year. Mom tells him to stick to spinning webs, but will curious Sammy listen?
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Introduces the customs, laws, traditions, legends, stories, and folklore connected with the holiday of Shavuot
Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! Shoshana loves spending time at Grandma Jacobs' art studio and for Shavuot, Grandma Jacobs has a very special art project in mind! Shoshana learns how to make papercuts by carefully folding squares of paper and cutting shapes out of them. But can she create works of art as beautiful as the ones Grandma makes?