This blog is filled with ideas to turn everyday moments into Jewish moments, especially for families with young children.
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Hello Tevet! We recently began this new month on the Jewish calendar. Tevet is known for the start of winter, and also for the baby goat (kid) or gedi in Hebrew (so cute)! We’re celebrating this new season by making a very special snow globe. You can read more about the gedi and see the process to make your very own winter wonderland too!
We’re hopping into Passover celebrations by making DIY froggy crowns! In the Passover story, hundreds, probably thousands of frogs, rained down from the sky all over Egypt. The lifecycle of a frog reminds us that we are always growing and changing - leaving something behind and gaining something better. So hop to it! Let’s go make a froggy crown!
We thought it would be fun to make our own edible baby turkey - in honor of our upcoming “Turkey Day,” (Thanksgiving) which will be celebrated later this month in the United States. This is very easy to make - even for young children.
To celebrate our puppy, we wanted to share an easy project - a no-sew sock puppy! Today is also an extra special day to make one since it’s the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul, which in Judaism is the New Year of the Animals.
I remember having the most important conversations with my daughters about animals when they were very young. We would sit together, and I would say to Stefie, “A cow says, hmmm, let me think…quack quack, a sheep says oink oink,” and Stefie would laugh gleefully at the ridiculousness of me getting my animal sounds mixed up!
We’re just getting ready to start the second Hebrew month of the Jewish calendar – the month of Cheshvan (falling in October or November). This month brings us the well-loved story of Noah and his ark full of animals.
