BEREISHIT PARSHAT HIGHLIGHTS SIX DAYS OF CREATION STORY OF ADAM & CHAVA SHABBAT - DAY OF REST*

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1 PARSHAT BEREISHIT HIGHLIGHTS SIX DAYS OF CREATION STORY OF ADAM & CHAVA SHABBAT - DAY OF REST* *These activities can be used for Parshat Ki Tisa and Parshat Emor

2 BEREISHIT>BEREISHIT SIX DAYS OF CREATION SOURCE IN THE TORAH BEREISHIT 1: 31,BEREISHIT 2:1 The Sixth day, and there were finished the heaven and the earth... POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT Day one: Day two: Dark & light Heaven - The world is full of water. G-d separates the water, some remains on earth and some is put up in the sky. Day three: Vegetation - G-d separates all of the waters of the earth into oceans, rivers, lakes and seas. G-d fills the dry land with vegetation: grass, flowers, trees, plants. Day four: Sun, moon, stars, galaxies Day five: Fish & birds Day six: Animals & man. G-d creates Adam. He is unhappy to be alone. G-d puts him to sleep and removes his rib. G-d creates Chava with his rib. PREPARING THE ENVIRONMENT A world globe or map Plastic fish in water table Books about the world: atlas and nature books Create a felt world. Cut these items out of felt: large light blue circle, sun, moon, stars, trees, grass, flowers, animals, man, woman, water, clouds. Samples of Nature: flowers, grass, twigs, soil, bugs and magnifying glass. LESSONS LEARNED Belief in G-d, Creator of Heaven and Earth DISCUSSION STARTERS Nature: What does it consist of? How does it exist? How is it sustained? Science: Where do we see its limitations? Can man create Nature? STORY TIME Our Beautiful World by C & Z Blaivas SONGS TO SING* #1: Yom Rishon, work work work #2: There are seven days in a week * SONG LYRICS ON PAGE 396 AND AUDIO ON ENCLOSED CD 20 BEREISHIT

3 FUN WITH FOOD WORLD CREATION INGREDIENTS White paper plate Blue & green frosting Animal cookies Pretzels Flower sprinkles Fish candy or cookies Mini marshmallows Round yellow candy Coconut, colored green with food coloring DIRECTIONS Use the plate as the world. Use the frosting as the water and land. The marshmallows are the clouds. The yellow candy is the sun. The pretzels, coconut and sprinkles are the vegetation. Place the animals on the land, and fish in the sea. BEREISHIT>BEREISHIT S MATERIAL CREATION HOP- SCOTCH Hopscotch pictures from CD Plastic tablecloth Small rock MATERIAL ON CD Follow instructions on CD to prepare game. Play HOPSCOTCH IN BACK OF BOOK P DAY MATCH-IT Print match cards from CD on cardstock Play MATCH IT MATERIAL ON CD IN BACK OF BOOK P. 387 FILL UP THE WORLD RACE 7 DAY HEADBAND White paper plate Nature pictures cut out from magazines or a collection of natural things such as: branches, leaves, stones, flowers, pinecones, etc. Print and cut headbands from CD MATERIAL ON CD Children are given a limited time to collect items and create the world on an empty plate. Leader holds the headbands not allowing the pictures to show. One child is chosen. A headband is placed on his/her forehead which s/he holds in place with fingers. S/he can ask yes or no questions to guess which day of creation her/his headband represents. See who can guess with the least amount of questions! AGE GROUPS: SIX DAYS OF CREATION 21

4 BEREISHIT>BEREISHIT ADAM & CHAVA SOURCE IN THE TORAH BEREISHIT 2: Of every tree of the garden you may eat, but of the tree of the knowledge, of good and evil you shall not eat POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT Adam and Chava live in the Garden of Eden. G-d tells Adam not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Adam tells Chava not to touch the tree. Serpent that has hands and feet persuades Chava by pushing her into the tree. G-d says Ayekah? Where are you? They are punished: The serpent loses its hands and feet and taste buds. Adam and Chava must leave the Garden of Eden. PREPARING THE ENVIRONMENT Cut 5-6 large branches with leaves. Cut one branch from a different type of tree to represent Eitz Hada at. Tie or tape branches to a piece of furniture or wall in room. Attach small fruits (grapes or figs) or candy to the branches. Tell Children that they can pick fruit from all trees but not from the tree that is the Eitz Hada at! Add a toy snake to your garden. LESSONS LEARNED Make the right choices in life; do not allow other to pressure you into doing the wrong thing. Books about snakes: How they eat their food and how they crawl on the earth. Pet Snake: DISCUSSION STARTERS Willpower: How do you feel holding back from having something you really want? Peer-pressure: What is your opinion on how Chava dealt with the serpent? Ayekah meaning: Where are you in life? Bring in a glass tank with a pet garden snake for the children to observe. STORY TIME Cain & Abel Finding the Fruits of Peace by Joani Rothenberg Why the Snake Crawls On Its Belly by Eric A Kimmel SONGS TO SING* #3: There was a tree, a pretty tree... * SONG LYRICS ON PAGE AND AUDIO ON ENCLOSED CD 22 BEREISHIT

5 FUN WITH FOOD GARDEN OF EDEN INGREDIENTS Pretzel sticks Green & purple grapes Gummy snakes Coconut Green food coloring DIRECTIONS Children create an orchard of trees using a few pretzels with green grapes stuck to the top of each. One pretzel tree should be made with a large purple grape to represent Eitz Hada at. Each child is given one gummy snake. Color coconut green with food coloring, as grass. Sprinkle grass around. BEREISHIT>BEREISHIT S MATERIAL DON T PICK THE FRUIT OFF OF THE EITZ HADA AT Copy game from CD White poster board Tack N Stick Blindfold Prepare game as shown on CD. Blindfold one child at a time. The child may pick a fruit from any tree, but not from the Eitz Hada at. MATERIAL ON CD DON T LET THE SNAKE PUSH YOU TO THE TREE An outdoor tree One child is the snake. Children run from snake. If the a is tagged by the snake s/he sits near the tree. Last child caught is the next snake. SNAKE ON THE GROUND None Needed The children stand in a line, one behind the other and put their right hands through their legs, to clasp the left hand of the player behind. The last child crouches down and tucks his/her head in. The other children move slowly backwards over the last child until s/he is at the front. The process is then repeated. AGE GROUPS: ADAM & CHAVA 23

6 BEREISHIT>BEREISHIT SHABBAT SOURCE IN THE TORAH BEREISHIT 2:1 And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT G-d rested on the seventh day PREPARING THE ENVIRONMENT Shabbat Role Play: LESSONS LEARNED Shabbat is a day of rest... Home: Table/white tablecloth Candlesticks Challah, challah covering DISCUSSION STARTERS On my day of rest I love to... Kiddish cup, grape juice Play or real food & dishes Shabbat clothes Shul: Small chairs Prayer books Tallitot Small table with cloth to cover as Bimah Torah with Aron Hakodesh (use upright box) Kippot & head coverings STORY TIME Peanut Butter and Jelly for Shabbos by Dina Rosenfeld Let s Welcome Shabbos by Bruria Dusseldorf SONGS TO SING* #4: Shabbat is a Holy day of Rest #5: Oh I love you Shabbat Kodesh #6: I love Shabbat, yes I do * SONG LYRICS ON PAGE 397 AND AUDIO ON ENCLOSED CD 24 BEREISHIT

7 FUN WITH FOOD SHABBAT PARTY INGREDIENTS Grape juice Challah Treats Paper goods DIRECTIONS Set up a Shabbat meal. Have one child recite the Kiddush. Wash and make the Motzi. Enjoy the Shabbat meal treats. BEREISHIT>BEREISHIT S MATERIAL WHAT DID YOU CHANGE FOR SHAB- BAT None needed Play CHANGE ARTIST Tell the child who leaves the room to go change for Shabbat! IN BACK OF BOOK P. 384 RABBI WOLF, RABBI WOLF WHAT TIME IS IT? None Needed Play MR. WOLF Instead of Mr. Wolf, call him Rabbi Wolf. Instead of DINNER TIME, say MINYAN TIME! IN BACK OF BOOK P. 387 SHABBAT REST None needed Play DEAD LIONS Instead of saying DEAD LIONS say SHABBAT REST IN BACK OF BOOK P. 385 AGE GROUPS: SHABBAT 25

8 BEREISHIT>BEREISHIT PARSHA QUESTIONS 1.What did G-d create on the first day? (Dark and light) 2.When G-d separated the water, He put some on the earth. Where did He put the rest of the water? (In the sky) 3. What are some parts of a tree? (Child can answer in his/her own words) 4. What are some of the different kinds of fish that were created on the fifth day? (Child can answer in his/her own words) 5. When Adam was created was he alone? (Yes) Was he happy that he was alone? (No) 6. How did G-d create Chava? (He put Adam to sleep and took out a rib with which he created Chava) 7. Where did Adam and Chava live? (In the Garden of Eden) 8. Were they allowed to eat from all of the trees in the garden? (No, not from the Tree of Knowledge) 9. In what way did the appearance of the snake differ from that of the snakes that we know today? ( It had hands and feet) 10. How did the snake make Chava touch the tree? (He pushed her) 11. How did G-d punish the snake? (He removed its hands, feet and taste buds) 12. What did G-d do on the seventh day? (He rested) 13. What do we call the seventh day? (Shabbat) 26 BEREISHIT