1. a basket 2. grapes 3. a fig 4. wheat 5. a pomegranate 6. barley 7. olives 8. dates

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1 Discussion and brainstorming page Match the words below to the correct pictures. 1. a basket 2. grapes 3. a fig 4. wheat 5. a pomegranate 6. barley 7. olives 8. dates 1

2 A song for Shavuo סלינו על כתפינו Tune: Baskets with fruit and flowers - we carry in our hands Bringing the first of every thing that grows in our land! Pomegranates olives barley grapes and wheat Dates and figs and - many other things to eat Dancing, singing all the way Shavuot is here today! Lift your baskets high Shavuot is here! Lift them to the sky Shavuot is here! A poem for Shavuo On our head a crown of flowers Baskets in our hand It s Shavuot a time for bringing Fruits from all the land! 2

3 A song for Shavuo Tune: Happy Birthday to You Happy Shavuot to you happy Shavuot to you! Here s some fruit inside a basket Happy Shavuot to you! I ve got apples and a fig and a melon that is big Purple grapes and some bananas Happy Shavuot to you! A rhyme for Shavuo I am a pomegranate Yes that s me! Can you spell my name? Please try and see: P O M E G R A N A T and E! 3

4 4 fruit ירפ grapes םיבנע ןפג( ) guests םיחרוא harvest רוצקל honor דבכל kinds םיגוס leaves םילע mountain / mount רה neighbor ןכש olive תיז opposite ךפיה pomegranate ןומיר ribbon טרס barley הרועש basket לס branch ףנע celebrate גוגחל celebration הגיגח commandment רביד תורבידה תרשע( ) continued ךישמה crown רז dairy products בלח ירצומ date רמת delicious םיעט fig הנאת first ןושאר ripe לשב season הנוע sickle לגמ scroll הליגמ show תוארהל speak )spoke( רבדל species םינימ stage המב tie רושקל vacation השפוח vegetables תוקרי wagon הלגע wheat הטיח

5 Color the letters that are in the correct order. Write the misplaced letters on the lines provided below

6 Which pictures belong to Shavuot? Say the correct numbers and connect them to the word: Shavuot

7 Read the following to the pupils and tell them to number the pictures. 1. He has the Ten Commandments. 2. She has a basket. 3. I have a crown of flowers. 4. They have grapes. 5. She has wheat. 6. Look at the sickle. Read the following to the pupils and tell them to number the pictures. 1. sheep 2. milk 3. a cow 4. a basket 5. fruit 6. cheese 7. chickens 7

8 Color the picture according to the color-number code red 2 yellow 3 green 4 blue 5 orange brown 7 purple 8 gray black 10 pink 11 - white

9 Read the text and write the underlined words next to the appropriate pictures. Shavuot Many years ago, God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. The Jewish people remember this special time and call the holiday Shavuot or Festival of Weeks because it is celebrated seven weeks after Passover. Shavuot also celebrates the harvest season in Israel and is sometimes called The Holiday of the First Fruits (bikkurim). Read the sentences below and match them to the correct pictures on the right. Shavuot has four names: 1. the holiday of the harvest 2. the holiday of weeks 3. the holiday of the first fruits 4. the holiday of the Torah 9

10 Match the words below to the correct pictures. Then color the pictures. 1. a pomegranate 2. barley 3. a basket 4. the Ten Commandments 5. grapes 6. flowers 7. the first fruits 10

11 Connect the words in English to the correct words in Hebrew. olive wheat grapes barley date fig pomegranate What are the children bringing in their baskets? Unscramble the letters and write the correct words on the lines below. r g p e a e a t o m n s v o i e l s t e d a s e s g a p r a w e t h y a b r e l f g s i 11

12 Write the number of the picture next to its correct translation in English. the holiday of the first fruits _ 1 2 the seven species _ 3 the holiday of the harvest _ the holiday of weeks _ 4 5 happy holiday _ the holiday of the Torah _ 6 12

13 Make a list of the words according to their headings: vegetables fruit dairy products a cucumber lemons a red pepper a strawberry dates cherries an apple olives an avocado lettuce an orange celery a pomegrante cheese onions a tomato wheat a melon a banana a carrot a pear a fig milk corn 13

14 Shavuot celebrates the harvest season in Israel. There are four seasons in the year: Spring Summer Autumn (Fall) Winter Sort the names of the months according to their season. Write them on the lines above. Read the sentences below and fill in the correct season. January February March April May June July August September October November December 1. I begin school in the. 2. We celebrate Hanukah in the. 3. It rains in the. 4. I go swimming in the sea in the. 5. We celebrate Shavuot in the. 6. It s cold and wet outside in the. 7. The days are very hot and sunny in the. 8. There are new flowers and new leaves on the trees in the. 9. We celebrate Rosh Hashanah in the. 10. We have vacation from school in the. 11. The leaves fall from the trees and it s cool outside in the. 12. We celebrate Passover in the. 14

15 Read the sentences below and match them to the correct pictures. What are they doing on Shavuot? 1. He is cutting the wheat. 2. They are walking into the Holy City. 3. He is holding up the Ten Commandments. 4. They are eating grass in the field. 5. They are bringing grapes. 6. They are harvesting barley and wheat. 7. He is holding a basket with fruit. 8. They have flowers on their heads. 15

16 On Shavuot we eat dairy products - food made from milk. Match the words below to the correct pictures of the dairy / milk products we eat on Shavuot. 1. pizza 2. cheese 3. butter 4. hot cocoa 5. milk 6. yogurt 7. strawberries and cream 8. cheesecake 9. chocolate and vanilla milkshake 16

17 Put the words on each of the cards below in the right order. Write the correct sentences on the lines. basket. have my fruit I in the Moses gave on Sinai. Torah Mount God seven are Shavuot. Passover There and weeks between harvest holiday. the Shavuot is Connect the two halves of each sentence. Pass through the related picture. A 1. On Shavuot we eat 2. We carry baskets 3. We read from B with fruits and vegetables. the Torah and the scroll of Ruth. cheese and food made from milk. 17

18 Read the text and fill in the missing words from the word bank. Shavuot and the Ten Commandments Shavuot is also called Zman Matan Toratenu, the time when God 1. Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Moses and the Jewish people left Egypt and 2. through the desert to the promised land of Israel. After seven weeks, they came to the foot of a mountain called Sinai. The 3. was dry and had no plants or trees, but this mountain was green and covered with grass, 4. and trees. Moses told his people to stay and wait for his return. He then went up the 5. to meet with God. God spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. When Moses came down from the mountain, he 6. the Jewish people what God had said. Three days later the sky was dark and fire came from the mountain. The people heard the loud sound of the shofar and were 7.. Suddenly it was very 8. and God spoke to the Jewish people. The words he spoke were the Ten Commandments. flowers gave afraid mountain quiet told walked desert 18

19 Make your own Ten Commandments! 1. Divide a piece of A4 paper into four sections. 2. Fold the two ends to the middle so the edges meet. 3. Draw arcs like those shown and cut them out. 4. Decorate the outside as you wish. 5. Write the ten Commandments on the inside in English. 19

20 The Story of Bikkurim The Celebration of the First Fruits The spring harvest began at the end of Passover and continued for seven weeks. When the first fruit was ripe, the farmers did not eat it. They tied a ribbon around its branch to show that this fruit was the first fruit (bikkurim). On Shavuot, farmers put their first fruits in baskets and brought them to the city of Jerusalem. When they came near the city, the people welcomed them with music and song. This was a time of happiness and joy. Sometimes the king himself came to meet the farmers and they walked together to the holy temple to give thanks for a good harvest. At the end of the celebration, the farmers gave all the bikkurim to the poor. Tie ribbons (circles) around each of the words below. Then choose three words from each row and translate them. All the words are from the story. 20

21 Shavuot on the Kibbutz Read the story below and answer the questions on the next page. Every Shavuot my family goes to visit my aunt and uncle on the kibbutz. We live in the city and there isn t a lot of harvesting in our neighborhood. My father always likes to leave the house very early in the morning. It takes about three hours to drive from Tel Aviv to my aunt and uncle s kibbutz and we don t want to miss all of the fun! The Shavuot celebration begins at 11 o clock. All the people from the kibbutz and their guests meet in front of the dining hall. There are tractors with wagons to take us out to the fields. As we come closer to the stage in the middle of the field, we hear Shavuot songs over the loudspeaker. The tractor stops, everyone jumps off and sits down on the ground. The celebration begins! All the children are wearing white clothes and have flowers on their heads. They are carrying baskets filled with fruit on their shoulders. Each child puts the basket in front of the stage. The older children bring the animals: chickens, sheep and cows. Men and women also carry boxes of vegetables and stacks of wheat and barley. Then we all join hands, dance together and sing Shavuot songs. The smell of food is in the air! After the singing and dancing is over, everyone walks to the tables filled with different kinds of cheese, fresh bread and crackers, cheesecake and cheese blintzes for everyone to eat. My aunt calls to me, Amit! Come and taste my cheesecake! Shavuot what a delicious holiday! 21

22 After reading the story, Shavuot on the Kibbutz, answer the questions below. Don t forget to write complete answers. 1. Where is Amit going with his family to celebrate Shavuot? 2. How long does it take his father to drive to the kibbutz? 3. How do all of the people get to the field for the celebration? 4. What are the children wearing and what do they have on their heads? 5. Name 6 things the kibbutz people brought to the celebration. 6. What do they do before they eat? 7. What kind of food was on the table after the Shavuot celebration? 22