Tag Archives: Shavuot

LEGO Omer Counters, DIY

Posted on 04/09/2015 | 9 comments

LEGO omer counter: from Passover to Shavuot

LEGO omer counters. I couldn’t find any, so I made some up. LEGO is ideal for an omer counter because it is inherently irresistible and in any decent-sized LEGO bin at home are bound to be 49 somethings with which to mark each day of the count. Continue reading →

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Tagged Lag BaOmer, omer, omer counter, Passover, Shavuot

Shavuot: Edible Mt. Sinai

Posted on 06/02/2011 | 7 comments

This article supplements my Kveller.com piece about making Shavuot Mt. Sinai Muffins with kids.

And hey, the Jerusalem Post picked it up on JPost Weekly Schmooze!

Mt. Sinai Muffin, Jordan almond Tablets, coconut grass, Twizzler slice flowers and a few Lego Israelites

Edible Crafts are one of my favorite ways to prepare for and celebrate a holiday with kids. Shavuot has built-in festive foods like cheesecake and blintzes and all things dairy—great things to make with children. But, they take time. Continue reading →

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Tagged candy, edible craft, Edible pen, Hebrew, Lego, Shavuot

Shavuot Origami for Kids: Ten Commandments (printable)

Posted on 05/29/2011 | 10 comments

Easy 10 commandments origami

This simple paper-folding craft is a fun way to prepare for and celebrate Shavuot, the holiday that commemorates the giving of the Ten Commandments, and by extension the whole Torah.

With your help, even a young child can fold and decorate the “Tablets.” The finished product can stand up on a table or lie flat as a card. Continue reading →

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Posted in Jewish parenting, Shavuot

Tagged craft, Hebrew, origami, Shavuot, Tablets, Ten Commandments, Torah

Scheduling Shavuot

Posted on 05/27/2009 | Comments Off

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For weeks I’ve had two flyers up on the fridge. The Toddler keeps rearranging them with antique wooden fruit magnets, so I’ve had many opportunities to notice them and actually read what they say. But what I failed to see until yesterday was that they advertise Must Attend Events scheduled for the same day, same time: the beginning of Shavuot.

One is an advertisement for Shavuot services at our synagogue—a Tikkun Leil, or all-night study session—which includes my husband in the lineup. He is giving a lecture called “A Mountain Held Over Our Heads: On the Joyful Difficulty of Revelation?” The question mark is courtesy of the nice man who printed the flyer, and who probably didn’t understand the title, thought he needed confirmation, and forgot to get it. Continue reading →

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Posted in Jewish kids in nonJewish school, Shavuot

Tagged calendrical conflicts, Shavuot

Shavuot links for families

Posted on 05/19/2009 | Comments Off

Shavuot starts the evening of May 28. It’s a two-dayer here in the Diaspora, for those of us who do the extended versions of holidays. (Now is the time I start combing the web for gluten-free blintz recipes…..)

Today, I offer the start of the Shavuot link list on http://www.JewishEveryday.com. If you have any links to add, please leave a comment and I’ll wedge them in.

Again, I cannot help but notice that my own denomination, Conservative Judaism, is a bit under-represented. Why is it that other folks have better graphics and sites, generally speaking? I know the USCJ, the mother ship of us Conservos, is having its own tsouris at the moment, but I do wish they’d hire somebody web savvy to redesign everything and give us more PDFs of how-tos. Chabad, for example (with whom I have severe moshiach issues) leave us in the digital dust. I am hoping someone will prove me wrong by sharing some kicking conservative links.

Shavuot Resources:

• My Jewish Learning.com,

Shavuot

• A Shavuot Primer (UJC)

• URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) Shavuot Parent Pages