brishis partnrs in cration Fro fish and birds, ants and sun Hash cratd th world for vryon ving bst for last, on day six H did crat Ada and Chava, an and his at Th bautiful world that w all s Hash cratd for you and! chabadkidsclub
12 SAMPLE SCHEDULES Editabl schduls availabl onlin. junior shabbos kids club Fr ay until ost of th childrn arriv 10:35-10:50 Circl ti: Davning and parsha songs 10:50-11:05 Ga: Hash Cratd A... 11:05-11:20 11:20-11:35 Parsha lsson Ga: Cration Linup Storis 11:35-11:45 10:30-10:35 progra Duration: ONE HOUR 30 inuts 11:45-11:55 Snack 11:55-12:00 Goodbys and MCard raffls/incntivs shabbos kids club progra duration: ONE HOUR 30 inuts Brishis 10:30-10:35 Fr ay until ost of th childrn arriv 10:35-10:50 Group davning and parsha songs 10:50-11:05 Ga: Cration Linup 11:05-11:20 Parsha lsson 11:20-11:30 Ga: Good or Not Good? 11:30-11:45 Ga: Th Photograph 11:45-11:55 Snack and storis 11:55-12:00 Goodbys and MCard raffls/incntivs
schduls 13 SAMPLE SCHEDULES joint shabbos kids club Progra duration: ONE HOUR 30 inuts Fr ay until ost of th childrn arriv 10:35-10:50 Group davning and parsha songs 10:50-11:05 Ga: Cration Linup 11:05-11:20 Parsha lsson 11:20-11:30 Ga: Hash Cratd A 11:30-11:45 Ga: Th Photograph 11:45-11:55 Snack and storis 11:55-12:00 Goodbys and MCard raffls/incntivs 10:30-10:35 Brishis
14 LESSON Word Ky Bar itzva: Litrally, son of th coandnt, whn a boy rachs th ag of 13, h is rsponsibl for kping th Torah and itzvos Bas itzva: Litrally, daughtr of th coandnt, whn a girl rachs th ag of 12, sh is rsponsibl for kping th Torah and itzvos Bracha: Blssing Brishis: In th bginning Etz HaDa as: Tr of Knowldg Gan Edn: Gardn of Edn Kiddush: A blssing rcitd ovr win or grap juic as a spcial itzva to sanctify th day of Shabbos. Mitzva/Mitzvos: Coandnt(s) fro G-d Mzuza: Scroll containing th Sha prayr in a cas that is hung on th doorposts of a Jwish ho Moshiach: Th Rdr Parsha: Torah portion Posuk: Vrs Shul: Synagogu Tfilin: A st of sall black lathr boxs containing scrolls of parchnt inscribd with vrss fro th Torah. It s a itzva for n and boys ovr th ag of 13 to put th on vry wkday. th: PARTNERS IN CREATION Th Torah is or than a book of words and tachings. It was hr bfor th world startd; it is th lif of th world, and it will b hr forvr. What you will nd Parsha picturs (providd) Gathr a collction of rando objcts and divid th into two bags for th Strandd on an Island activity. WHERE ARE WE IN THE TORAH? At th bginning, what was thr bfor th world was cratd? Nothing but Hash, th Torah, and th angls. Parsha Points! Brishis Enhanc your lsson with parsha picturs (providd). Parsha Points ar ant to failiariz th group ladr with th parsha dtails. Th parsha should thn b suarizd and taught to th childrn according to th ag and lvl of th group. Parshas Brishis is th vry first parsha in th Torah, and it taks us way back to th bginning of ti whn Hash cratd th world yars ago! (Fill in currnt yar.) Hash cratd th world in six days. On ach day, H cratd sothing ls.
lsson B caus thy disobyd Hash, Hash banishd Ada and Chava fro Gan Edn. Now thy would hav to work hard to find food, and thy would gt old and pass away instad of living forvr. Day 3: land and ant lif Day 4: sun, oon, stars, and ants Day 5: fish and birds Day 6: anials and Ada and Chava O n th sixth day, onc th whol world was rady, Hash cratd Ada and Chava, th first an and th first woan, and put th in Gan Edn, th Gardn of Edn. Gan Edn was a prfct world whr thr was no vil and no dying only pac, goodnss, and lif. O n th svnth day, Hash rstd, and h calld it Shabbos. It s a itzva to kp Shabbos as a day of rst, just lik Hash did. K ayin got jalous whn Hash only accptd Hvl s offring, and Kayin killd Hvl. Thn, Kayin wnt vry far away into xil to rpnt for what h d don. A da and Chava had anothr son, Shis. Shis had childrn, and his childrn had childrn, and thir childrn had childrn... all th way down th lin until tn gnrations latr, whn a an nad Noach was born. Th only itzva in this parsha, and th first itzva in th Torah, is Hash s coandnt to Ada and Chava to hav childrn: B fruitful and ultiy, and fill th arth and conqur it. H ash told Ada and Chava not to at fro a crtain tr calld th Etz HaDa as, th Tr of Knowldg. A da and Chava had two childrn calld Kayin and Hvl. On day, Kayin and Hvl ach ad a sacrific to Hash. Hash only accptd Hvl s gift bcaus Hvl had givn th bst of his shp, whil Kayin gav only th lftovrs of his crop. intractivlarning A snaky snak convincd Chava that it was okay to at fro th tr, anyway. Chava at fro th fruit of th tr and shard so with Ada. 15 Day 2: th sas and th havns Day 1: light and dark, day and night iaginations. Encourag th childrn to b as crativ as possibl. Aftr giving ach ta soti to discuss what thy would do, giv ach ta a turn to tll or donstrat thir scap ans. Strandd on an Island Divid th kids into groups of thr or four and giv ach ta a bag of rando objcts. Tll th to prtnd that thy ar strandd on an island and that thir rowboat has driftd away. Thy hav nough gar to last th a fw days but no way to counicat with po on th shor. Th childrn s task is to figur out how to gt off th island using th objcts in thir bag and thir Aftrwards, point out which objcts wr usd diffrntly in th ga than thy would b usd in rgular lif. For xa: Glasss can b a sun catchr. A Cok bottl can b usd for a ssag in a bottl. S ticks, sand, or pbbls can b usd to ak an SOS sign. R ocks can b usd to ak a fir. Woodn toy sticks or astic blocks and rop can b usd to ak a raft. 15
16 lsson Lsson gard to ags 7-12 Adapt lsson to youngr childrn s lvl Discuss It! Aftr th childrn hav cotd th Strandd on an Island activity, start th lsson: Objcts (.g., rulr, watr bottl, tc.) hav particular functions whn w us th in vryday lif, but if w usd our iaginations, or if w rally wr stuck on an island, w would s how ths its could b usd for diffrnt purposs. Evrything in th world was cratd by Hash for a purpos, and it s our job to us vrything in th Sourc It! Cration of Ada First Hash cratd light and dark, and thn H filld th Havns and th Earth with watr. On th third day, Hash gathrd th watrs into ocans and sas, H covrd th rst of th world with land, and H covrd th land with ants and trs. Aftr that, Hash cratd th sun, oon, stars, and ants in th sky. Thn, H filld th world with fish, birds, and anials. Only at th vry nd, aftr vrything ls was cratd, Hash cratd Ada and Chava, th first an and woan. That s bcaus Hash cratd th world for po, so vrything was prpard for us. But not just so w could sit and rlax by th bach, njoy bautiful flowrs, and at dlicious food, but bcaus Hash has a job for us, a ission. Hash s astr an Hash could hav ad th world prfct and bautiful, a ac whr vryon would b happy and halthy and walthy. Instad, thr ar lots of things that go wrong. Sotis, it s po who do trribl things to othr po, lik hurt or stal or li. world for good. Sotis it can b asy to s how sothing can b usd for good, but othr tis w hav to b crativ. Th iportant thing to rbr is that vn ordinary objcts, lik Cok bottls and vido gas and dish washing liquid, ar not so ordinary. Thy ar cratd by Hash as part of His astr an. And if w gt crativ, w can find any diffrnt good uss for prtty uch vrything in th world! Sotis, natur causs trribl har, lik during a hurrican or a tsunai, or whn a prson gts sick. Hash did that bcaus H lft th world up to us to fix it. It s our ission to ak it right again. Each ti w do a kindnss or a itzva or w ak soon happy, w r slowly but surly filling th world with or light and gtting rid of all th darknss and vil. Whn w r finishd, w will bring th ti of Moshiach. Whn Moshiach cos, thr will b no or darknss, no or war or hungr or pain. Th whol world will rcogniz Hash, and thr will b only pac and goodnss. Th rulbook Who dcids what s good, what s bad, and what s in btwn? Th Torah. Th Torah is our guid, and sinc it s fro Hash, it can nvr b wrong. Sotis, it ss obvious to us what s right and what s wrong. Evryon knows it s wrong to chat, and vryon knows it s right to listn to your parnts. But so things ar not so obvious. Why is a pig not koshr whil a giraff is? How dos putting on tfilin or putting a zuza on th door Brishis
lsson 17 17 hlp us in our ission? Why dos a boy bco bar itzva at 13 and a girl bco bas itzva at 12? This is why w study th Torah. Th or w study, th or w undrstand how to do what s right and how to do our job. Six and Svn days Hash cratd th world in six days and rstd on th svnth. That s what w do, too. For six days, w do th job that Hash gav us. W sort through th good and th bad and figur out ways to us th world for good. On Shabbos, w gt to spnd th whol day involvd only in good things, lik prayr, Torah study, faily, and shul. Shabbos is a littl tast of th tis of Moshiach whn vrything will b only good. Liv It! Th good, th bad, and vrything in btwn So w know our ission: ak th world a bttr ac. But how do w go about doing it? It s prtty si onc you gt down to it. Evrything in th world is ithr good, bad, or nutral. This is tru for things that w us, lik tools, food, and toys, and for things that w do, lik ating, aying, and building. Lt s think of so xas. Good: kippa. Bad: pig. Nutral: basball. If it s good, that ans it s going to hlp us in our job to ak th world a bttr ac. Us it or do it as uch as possibl. If it s bad, it s going to ruin our an of aking th world a bttr ac. Don t do it and try to stay away fro it. If it s nutral, nithr good nor bad, wll, hr s whr it gts xciting. It can go ithr way. It just dpnds on th rason you r using or doing it. Lt s tak basball as an xa. How can you us basball for a good purpos? (Exa: larning tawork, gtting xrcis, tc.) How can you us basball for a bad purpos? (Exas: distracting fro schoolwork, too coptitiv, xcluding othr kids, tc.) If you us it for a good rason, it bcos good. If not, it s not so good. This is tru for ost things that w us in lif, whthr it s food, tools, or lctronics. All of ths can go ithr way, and it s up to us to us th for good. To ach its ti Hash cratd th world and vrything in it. That ans that vry singl thing in th world, fro Mount Evrst to an pty Cok can to th air that w brath, is a part of Hash s an. To b a Jw, you don t nd to clib ountains or crat world pac; you just hav to go through your lif, using th things you us and doing th things you do for th purpos of bttring yourslf and th world. Mak a bracha on th food you at, kiss th zuza as you walk in a roo, or ak kiddush Friday night. Each of ths itzvos is a stp in fulfilling Hash s an. Mission of th wk: Mak th blssing shhakol nihiya bidvaro, ackowldging that vrything was cratd with His word whn you drink watr or any othr bvrag. Cot th ission during th wk and rciv an MCard. Brishis
18 SONGS ACTIVITIES Audio of songs and handouts for print availabl onlin. Ags 3-6 & 7-12 Ags 3-6 & 7-12 613 Torah Avnu Posuk of Brishis Adaptd fro 613 Torah Avnu song for Chuash Brishis* To th tun of Don t Walk In Front of M Lyrics Brishis bara Eloki s hashoayi v s ha artz. In th bginning, Hash cratd th havns and th arth. Th posuk of Brishis is th first posuk in th Torah and on of th 12 psuki that th Rbb chos for childrn to know. Lyrics On th first day, thr was light Hash cratd day and night Th scond day, fro th Torah w know Th havns showd On th third day, th arth and sas Flowrs, grass, and all fruit trs Th fourth day, oon, stars, and sun To bring light for vryon And thn, on day fiv Fish of th sa and birds that fly On th sixth day, Hash did crat Anials, Ada, and his at Svnth day, Hash s day of rst Shabbos Kodsh, w lov bst Hash ad th world, and to show it s tru Th itzvos of Shabbos w do 613 Torah Avnu Six days of Cration *Lyrics hav bn adaptd to fit th nds of our progra. Brishis
19 ga good or not good? PREP TIME non dtails 15 Cration linup ga 15 Hash cratd a... Ga Th Photograph 5 in 15 in ACTIVITY TIME 30 in 5 15 30 5 in 15 in 30 in dscription Hash crats things that can b usd for good or not good. Through this activity, th childrn us thir inds to figur out how any ordinary objct can b usd for good or not good, thrby partnring with Hash in cration. 10 ga AGES 7-12 activity AGES 3-6 ctivity rsourcs ar A availabl onlin. icon ky ACTIVITIES 15 Hash cratd th world in six days, and on th svnth, H rstd. In what ordr was th world cratd? In this fun and intractiv ga, th childrn gt th opportunity to ask qustions and thn lin up th days of cration in th corrct ordr. Through this hilarious ga, th childrn larn to rcogniz that vn th sallst and singly ost insignificant objcts ar cratd by Hash. Objcts ar gradually addd and passd around th circl whil, siultanously, th childrn hav to tll and ask what objct is bing passd! Whn w do itzvos, w ak th world that Hash cratd a bttr ac. In this activity, th childrn ust crat a photograph through acting out a spcific itzva. Th childrn will us thir crativity and talnts to captur th bst photo thy can. Brishis
20 activitis activitis 1 ga AGES PREP TIME good or not good? ACTIVITY TIME What you will nd 10 7-12 5 in 10 in Hash crats things that can b usd for good or not good. Through this activity, th childrn us thir inds to figur out how any ordinary objct can b usd for good or not good, thrby partnring with Hash in cration. Various objcts (i.., cup, spoon, Lgo, tissus, banana, tc.) Prparation ff Collct and st asid various objcts fro around th hous. How to Play Hav th childrn sit in a circl. 3. Exain: Thr ar things that Hash cratd nutral, which can ithr b usd for good or th opposit. It s up to us to partnr with Hash and us ths things for good! 4. Go around th circl and, on at a ti, hav vry child hold up his objct and tll vryon how it can b usd for good or not good. Encourag th to us thir iaginations and b crativ! 5. For an xciting twist, hav th childrn prsnt thir its in th for of an advrtisnt or nws broadcast! 1. 2. Pass around th bag of objcts and hav vry child pick on. Exa: Tissu Good: I can bring soon a tissu to cofort hi whn h s crying. Not good: I can tar up a tissu into tiny littl pics all ovr th roo and ak a big ss for soon ls to clan. Brishis
21 activitis activitis 2 ga AGES PREP TIME cration linup How to Play ACTIVITY TIME 15 3-6, 7-12 5 in 15 in Hash cratd th world in six days, and on th svnth, H rstd. In what ordr was th world cratd? In this fun and intractiv ga, th childrn gt th opportunity to ask qustions and thn lin up th days of cration in th corrct ordr. 1. Slct svn ayrs to co stand up in front of th group. 2. Hav th ayrs lin up with thir backs facing th audinc. 3. Clip on cration pictur to ach ayr s back in rando ordr. 4. Exain: Evry ayr has a pictur of on of th svn days of cration on his back. On at a ti, ach ayr gts a chanc to ask th audinc a ys or no qustion to try and figur out what day of cration h is. Th ayrs cannot ask, A I day nubr...? Thy can only ask qustions in th following for: Was cratd on y day? ב ה Parshas Brishis 5. DAY 3 6. Th audinc thn tlls th ayrs whthr thy ar standing in th corrct ordr. 7. If th ayrs don t gt th ordr corrct on th first try, th ayrs ask nw qustions to th audinc and try again to arrang thslvs in th corrct ordr. 8. If th ayrs gt th corrct ordr, thy sit down, and svn nw voluntrs ar calld up. 9. Th goal is for vry ta to gt th ordr corrct on th first try! If not, th group of ayrs continus asking qustions until thy hav arrangd thslvs in th corrct ordr. CrationLinUp What you will nd Cration pictur cards (providd) Paprclips (providd) Aftr all svn ayrs hav askd thir qustions, th ayrs try to rarrang thslvs to stand in th corrct ordr of days in cration. Variation For a or challnging variation, rstrict th childrn fro using crtain words whn asking thir qustions. (Exas: inscts, birds, sky, light, anials, po, tc.) This will ak th ga or xciting and challnging! Brishis
22 activitis activitis 3 ga AGES PREP TIME hash cratd a... ACTIVITY TIME 15 3-6, 7-12 5 in 15 in Through this hilarious ga, th childrn larn to rcogniz that vn th sallst and singly ost insignificant objcts ar cratd by Hash. Objcts ar gradually addd and passd around th circl whil, siultanously, th childrn hav to tll and ask what objct is bing passd! Prparation ff Collct and st asid various objcts fro around th hous. How to Play 1. 2. Hav all th childrn sit in a circl. Th first prson (X) turns to th prson to his lft (Y) and says, Hash cratd a cup, whil showing Y a cup. (Th ga always starts with a cup.) Th full convrsation will go as follows: X: Hash cratd a cup. Y: A what? X: A cup. Y: A what? X: A cup. Y: Oh, a cup. 3. What you will nd Various objcts (i.., cup, spoon, lgo, tissus, banana, tc.) Brishis 4. X picks sothing ls up fro th pil of objcts, lik a spoon. X says to Y, Hash cratd a spoon, whil Y is saying to Z (th prson to th lft of Y), Hash cratd a cup. Y and Z turn to thir right and say, A what? X says A spoon to Y whil Y says A cup to Z. Kp going until thr ar th sa nubr of its around th circl as po.
23 activitis activitis 5 ga AGES PREP TIME th photograph ACTIVITY TIME 2. Whil crating thir photograph, it is iportant for th ayrs to counicat without spaking. 3. Divid th ayrs into groups of thr. On at a ti, a group starts acting whil th othrs watch. 4. On by on, th childrn in th group of thr assu th position ndd to fra th photo. 5. Situations could includ a wdding, graduation, dntist appointnt, candy stor, classroo, and so on. 6. Each photograph nds to b in a spcific stting with a spcific itzva taking ac. 7. It is bst if th ayrs can think of thir own scns and itzvos, but if thy run out of idas or nd hlp gtting startd, th group ladr can hlp by giving th groups so idas. 15 3-6, 7-12 non 15 in Whn w do itzvos, w ak th world that Hash cratd a bttr ac. In this activity, th childrn ust crat a photograph through acting out a spcific itzva. Th childrn will us thir crativity and talnts to captur th bst photo thy can. 8. Aftr th group finishs crating thir photograph, th othr groups can guss what th photograph was rprsnting. Th group that gusss corrctly gts to crat a photograph nxt. Exas How to Play 1. In groups of thr, th ayrs nd to for a photograph of a scn in which a itzva is taking ac. ff Location: bus. Mitzva: hlping an ldrly prson to a sat. ff Location: classroo. Mitzva: sharing a snack during rcss or aying ball fairly and including all of th childrn in th ga. ff Location: swiing pool. Mitzva: saving soon in th pool. Brishis
24 Storis Th story of Onklos O nklos was a Roan noblan. His othr was th sistr of th Roan king Hadrian. Onklos knw about th Jwish way of lif and likd it vry uch. It ad sns to hi to bliv in on G-d Who ruls th whol world. H no longr wantd to pray to th Roan idols. H wishd to bco a Jw, but h was afraid that his uncl King Hadrian would crtainly bco furious. On day, Onklos askd his uncl th king for prission to go into businss. If you don t hav nough ony, said th king, fl fr to tak as uch as you nd fro y trasury. Thank you for th offr, answrd Onklos, but that s not what I want to do. I would lik to arn ony on y own, as wll as to larn how to do businss. But bfor I lav, as advis as to what kind of businss will bring th ost profit. I advis you, answrd th king, to look out for rchandis that is vry chap right now and buy it. Aftr a whil, th pric will likly go up, and you will b abl to sll it for a larg profit. Onklos thankd his uncl for his good advic and lft th palac. H travld fro Ro to Isral. Thr, h studid Torah undr th sags and bca a Jw. Aftr a whil, Onklos rturnd to Ro and wnt to visit his uncl th king. I s that sothing about your fac looks diffrnt, said th king. What happnd? Did you los a lot of ony in businss, or did sothing ls happn to you?
25 It s nothing, answrd Onklos. Tll what it is, insistd th king. I hardly rcogniz you. Th truth is, Uncl, that th rason I look diffrnt is bcaus I hav startd to larn Torah. I hav had a bris, a circucision, and I hav bco a Jw. King Hadrian was not asd with this nws. Who advisd you to do this foolish thing and bco a Jw? You, yourslf, told to do this, answrd Onklos. How dar you tll such an outragous li! h shoutd. On day, I askd your advic on doing businss, Onklos xaind. You told to pick sothing that is vry chap now, sinc aftr a whil, it will go up in pric. I lookd around at th nations of th world and found that th Jiwish nation ss to b th lowst of all. Evryon looks down at th Jws. According to your own opinion, thy will on day bco vry iportant and valud. King Hadrian s royal advisr was sitting narby. Onklos is right, h said, I hav hard that in th futur, vn kings will stand up bfor th Jws! King Hadrian did not lik this rark at all. H slappd his advisor on th chk. Thn, turning to Onklos, h said, Now tll, what was th tru rason that you did this foolish thing and bca a Jw? I had a vry strong dsir to larn Torah, Onkos xaind. You could hav don that without having a bris and bcoing a Jw! th king xclaid. Lt try and xain it to you, offrd Onklos. Hav you vr rwardd on of your soldirs aftr you hav won a battl? Why would you do this? Bcaus h riskd his lif fighting for you! Siilarly, Hash rwards a prson with th gift of Torah only if h risks his lif for Hash s srvic. If a prson dosn t hav a bris, it ans h is not rady to sacrific hislf for Hash. H will, thrfor, nvr undrstand th Torah proprly. That s why I bca Jwish and had a bris! Th king was angry with his nphw for bcoing a Jw. H snt a group of soldirs to Onklos s hous to arrst hi. Onklos bgan xaining th Torah to th. H told th that th right way to liv is by following th Torah and bliving in Hash. Th soldirs wr so iprssd with his talk that thy all dcidd to convrt to Judais, too! Th king was furious whn h hard what happnd to his soldirs. H snt anothr unit of soldirs to Onklos s hous. Bfor thy lft, th king warnd th, Do not bgin any discussions with y nphw! Th soldirs agrd and wnt to arrst Onklos. On th way to th palac, Onklos said to th, If two po travl togthr at night, and on of th is gratr than th othr, th lss iportant prson always holds th light bfor th othr on to show hi th way. Will a king vr hold a light for his srvants? Nvr, answrd th soldirs. You ar right, confird Onklos. No huan king will vr hold a light for an ordinary prson. H considrs it blow his honor. Yt, Hash, th Jwish G-d, hld a light for th Jwish po whn thy lft Egypt and wr travling in th dsrt. Hash showd th Jwish po th way with a cloud travling in front of th during th day. At night, H lit th way for th with a pillar of fir! Do you s
26 what a grat G-d H is? How can w not srv Hi, thn? Th soldirs had nvr hard such talk. Thy said to Onklos, W want to srv this G-d! W too, will bco Jws! And thy lt Onklos go back ho. is aking sur that nothing bad will happn to th Jws insid. So you s, Hash guards his srvant! Th soldirs wr aazd to har this. Thy, too, dcidd that thy wantd to bco Jws and lt Onklos go fr. Th king was furious and rfusd to giv up. H prpard a third group of soldirs to go. Bfor thy lft, th king coandd th in a strict ton, Don t you dar talk to y nphw, you har? Just bring hi pack to th palac in cot silnc! Th soldirs arrstd Onklos and walkd hi to th palac. On th way, thy passd a Jwish ho with a zuza on th door. Onklos stoppd and acd his hand lovingly on th zuza. H sild. Th soldirs wr curious. Thy couldn t hlp asking, Why ar you siling? Bcaus, usually, a king sits in his palac whil his srvants rain outsid on guard, rid Onklos. But look how th Jwish G-d acts. H guards th Jwish ho fro th outsid, whil His srvants rain safly insid. Th zuza is acd on th outsid doorpost of th hous as a sign that Hash Th king gav up and did not snd any or soldirs to Onklos s ho. Onklos studid Torah all th ti until h bca an outstanding Torah scholar. H vn wrot an xanation on all fiv books of th Torah. This xanation is calld Targu Onklos (Th Translation of Onklos) and is writtn in Araaic, th languag thy Jwish po spok at th ti. If you opn any Chuash, you will s th Targu Onklos at th sid of th Hbrw words of th Torah. Adaptd fro Th Littl Midrash ys, Trasu Chst. STOP &THINK Ask th Kids: Why did Onklos dcid to bco a Jw? Why did th soldirs not arrst Onklos? How can w s fro th story that kping Torah and itzvos is th bst and ost iportant thing?
27 T In a vry far away country, thr onc livd a king. H was vry kind to th Jwish po and h vn ordrd all th po of his country to liv pacfully with th Jws. Th king likd th Jws so uch bcaus h studid any Hbrw books that tll about th Jwish po, th way thy liv and th Torah thy follow. H adird th way thy all livd togthr in pac and harony. Abov all, th king chos for hislf th Chif Rabbi of th Jwish counity to b his closst frind. Vry oftn, th king would call th rabbi into his privat offic and ask hi all kinds of qustions about th Torah and th Jwish rligion. Th rabbi, bing thoroughly acquaintd with th Torah, would b abl to answr all th qustions th king would ask hi and xain anything h wantd to know. On day, th king calld th rabbi into his offic and told hi that h had a vry iportant qustion to ask hi. H said that his qustion had bn bothring hi for a long ti and that that h had faild to find a satisfactory answr. This is y qustion, Th king said. Whil studying your rligion, I hav larnd that in ordr to b a faithful Jw on ust bliv that thr is a G-d who cratd th havns and th arth. Now y dar frind, th king continud, bfor w ar to bliv in G-d, w hav to b sur that thr is a G-d. Why ust w say that thr is a G-d? Furthror, why ust w say that G-d cratd th whol world? Why can t w say that th world ca about by itslf? What proof do you hav to show that Th Spilld Ink G-d cratd th world? Whil th king was asking th rabbi ths qustions, h accidntally brushd his lbow against a bottl of ink on his dsk. Th bottl turnd ovr, and all th ink spilld out, blotting up th narby paprs. Th king jupd up fro his sat and apologizd for having bn so carlss. Ashad, th king didn t call for any of his srvants to clan up his dsk, but instad h wnt down hislf to th stockroo to gt so rags to wip up th ink. H askd th rabbi to xcus hi for laving th roo. As soon as th king lft th roo, th rabbi thought of a grand ida. Quickly, h wnt ovr to th king s dsk and took off all th blottd paprs and thrw th into th garbag. Thn h took a clan sht of papr and bgan drawing a pictur of lofty ountains, tall trs, a rivr, and lovly flowr gardns. Sinc th rabbi was an xprt artist, h was abl to draw this wondrful scnry in a short aount of ti. As soon as h finishd drawing th pictur, h acd it on th dsk right nxt to th spilld ink bottl. H ad it appar as if th ink bottl spilld out all ovr th papr.
28 Just thn, th king rturnd to th roo. H askd th rabbi to forgiv hi for aking hi wait so long. As th king was about to rov th paprs fro th dsk, h noticd that thr was a bautiful pictur right nxt to th ovrturnd ink bottl. What is this? askd th king in surpris. Whr did this co fro? How aazd th king was to find a bautiful pictur instad of a pil of blottd paprs. Bing an adirr of fin art, th king idiatly rcognizd th pictur as a work of an xprt artist and askd, Who ad such a fin pic of art? Th rabbi sild at th king and said, Oh that just ca by itslf. You s, whn th ink spilld out all ovr th papr, it ford this pictur. Plas, crid th king, you ar sartr than that. How could you say such a thing? Why, that is ipossibl. Do you an to say that ths striking ountains, trs, and flowr gardns all ford by thslvs? Surly, soon had to draw this wondrful pic of art. Wll, said th rabbi, would you as co with onto th balcony? I want to show you sothing. Th king agrd, and thy both wnt on to th balcony facing th king s privat flowr gardns. Pointing to th tall trs, th rabbi said, Your Majsty, as tll whr all of ths tall trs ca fro. Thn, h pointd to th ountains and askd, Who ford ths high ountains? And look at ths bautiful flowrs in th gardn blow. Who ad th? Did all of this co by itslf? Of cours not. Why, it was just a fw inuts ago that you yourslf said, It would b foolish to say that anything ca by itslf, didn t you? Ys, your Majsty, th rabbi continud, it was I who drw th pictur you found on your dsk. I did it in ordr to answr th qustion you askd. I hav just provn to you as clar as black on whit that thr is a G-d. For Who thn has cratd th whol world? Who thn has ad th havns, th sun, th oon, and th stars? Who filld th dp ocan with watr and ford th high ountains if not G-d? Not only did G-d crat th world for th first ti thousands of yars ago, but H is kping it in xistnc at this vry ont, too. Th king was so iprssd and satisfid with th answr th rabbi had givn hi, that h askd if thr was anything h could do to rpay hi for all that h had don for hi. Th rabbi answrd, My only wish is that th king should continu to show kindnss to th Jwish po th way h has until now. Th king grantd th rabbi s wish, and th Jwish po in th kingdo wr abl to study Torah and srv Hash in pac. Evryon livd pacfully and happily throughout th land. STOP &THINK Ask th Kids: Who was th king s clos frind? Who spilld ovr th ink bottl? What did th rabbi xain to th king about who cratd th bautiful painting? Sourc: Msibos Shabbos Progra and Guid 1960 Plas not: Thr ar svral vrsions of this story. So sourcs say that th rabbi in th story was th fad Raba, Maionids.
anning TO DO LIST gnral What you will nd Prparation Rviw th study atrial, storis, and gas providd. Coputr and printr Slct th schduls you will us. Optional: ak any changs ncssary using th onlin ditabl schduls and print out for your us. Scissors and tap or othr adhsiv (glu, vlcro, blu tack, tc.) Snack supis, drinks, papr goods MCards and prizs Print out song shts for th childrn to follow along. junior shabbos kids club Activity What you will nd Ga Various objcts fro around th hous (cup, spoon, Lgo, tissus, banana, tc.) Hash cratd a... Parsha Lsson ;; Ga Cration LinUp Two bags ;; ;; Collct and st asid various objcts fro around th hous. Parsha picturs (providd) Various objcts Intractiv Larning Prparation Cration pictur cards (providd) Paprclips (providd) Collct various objcts and divid into two bags. 29
30 anning TO DO LIST shabbos kids club Cration LinUp ;; ;; Parsha Lsson Intractiv Larning Cration pictur cards (providd) Paprclips (providd) Various objcts Two bags ;; Ga Parsha picturs (providd) Various objcts fro around th hous (cup, spoon, Lgo, tissus, banana, tc.) Good or not Good Prparation: Ga What you will nd Collct various objcts and divid th into two bags. Activity 30 Collct and st asid various objcts fro around th hous. joint shabbos kids club Activity Ga What you will nd Cration LinUp ;; ;; Cration pictur cards (providd) Parsha Lsson ;; Parsha picturs (providd) Intractiv Larning Hash Cratd a... Ga Prparation Paprclips (providd) Various objcts Two bags Various objcts fro around th hous (cup, spoon, Lgo, tissus, banana, tc.) Collct various objcts and divid into two bags. Collct and st asid various objcts fro around th hous.