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Jewish Holidays
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Jewish Holidays Five Learning Activities for
Kindergarten
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Objective Identify different cultures through
the study of holidays, customs, and traditions
utilizing stories and the arts.

• Contents
• Hanukkah Slides 3-5
• Passover Slides 6-8
• Rosh Hashanah Slides 9-10
• Yom Kippur Slides 11-12
• Sukkot Slides 13-14
• Websites Slide 15

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Hanukkah Basic Content Knowledge
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• Also known as the Festival of Lights.
• Begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month
  Kislev, but varies on the Western calendar.
• Maccabee VictoryAntiochus, a Syrian king,
  required all Jewish people to abandon their
  heritage (God, religion, tradition, customs) and
  worship Greek gods. The Maccabees were a group
  of Jews who refused to obey. Three years of
  fighting ensued, until the Syrians were
  successfully driven out of Israel.
• Eight Days of OilAfter this victory, the
  Maccabees set to work clearing the Temple in
  Jerusalem of all Greek religious influences. The
  group then decided to light a lamp that would be
  an eternal light. However, there was only
  enough oil for about one day. Miraculously, the
  small amount of oil lasted eight days.

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Hanukkah Activity Materials

• Zigzak! A Magical Hanukkah Night by Eric Kimmel
  and Jon Goodell
• Dreidels
• 1 per group (2-4 students)
• Game pieces
• Can be chocolate chips, pennies, raisins, etc
• 10-15 per student

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Hanukkah Activity Read the Book and Play the
Dreidel Game
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• 1. Read and discuss Zigzak! A Magical Hanukkah
  Night by Eric Kimmel and Jon Goodell.
• Form groups of 2-4 students.
• Each player receives an equal number of game
  pieces (10-15).
• Before each turn, all players put one piece into
  the pot.
• The first player spins the dreidel. There are
  four possible results.
• Nunmeans nothing. Do nothing with your pieces.
• Gimmelmeans everything. Take everything in the
  pot.
• Heymeans half. Take half the pot. (If there is
  an odd number of game pieces, take the extra one)
• Shinmeans put in or pay. Put two pieces in the
  pot.

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Shin (pay)
Hey (half)
Gimmel (everything)
Nun (nothing)

1. When a player has no game pieces left, he/she is
   out.
2. When a player has all the game pieces, he/she
   wins!

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Passover Basic Content Knowledge
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• Passover is celebrated with a special dinner
  called a seder (say-der), stories, and histories
  of Passover.
• Israelites were slaves in Egypt. Moses begged
  the Pharaoh to let my people go, as instructed by
  God. Moses warned that God would punish the
  people of Egypt if the Pharaoh did not comply.
  The Pharaoh still refused and ten terrible
  plagues were unleashed.
• The plagues were blood, frogs, lice, wild beasts,
  blight, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and the
  slaying of first-born children.
• Israelites were told to mark their homes with
  lambs blood and God would pass over their
  homes, sparing their first-born children.
• The Pharaoh finally agreed, and the Israelites
  left Egypt so quickly that they could not even
  bake bread. The packed dough and baked it in the
  sun. The result was a hard matzoh cracker, still
  eaten today.

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Passover Basic Content Knowledge Continued
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• The Pharaoh sent his army after the Israelites.
  When the Israelites reached the Red Sea, they
  were trapped.
• The second miracle of Passover, the parting of
  the Red Sea, allowed the Israelites to cross
  safely, and swept away the Pharaohs army. The
  Israelites now knew they were free.

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Passover Activity Materials

• The Miracles of Passover by Josh Hanft
• Sturdy paper plates or plastic plates (1 per
  student)
• Paper muffin cups (5 per student)
• Green acrylic paint
• Craft glue
• Sparkles
• Black markers
• Stickers for decoration (optional)

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Passover Activity Read the Book and Make a Seder
Plate
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1. Read and discuss The Miracles of Passover by Josh
   Hanft
2. Paint plates green and set aside to dry.
3. Paint the bottom of the inside of the muffin cups
   green and set aside to dry.
4. When dry, with the black marker, write the names
   of each of the Passover symbols on the bottoms of
   the inside of the muffin cupsCharoset, Bitter
   Herbs, Greens, Egg, and Shankbone.
5. Glue the muffin cups around the perimeter of the
   plate with the craft glue.
6. When dry, use the glue and sparkles to decorate.

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1. Write Seder Plate in glue in center of plate.
   Cover with sparkles, wait a few minutes, and
   shake off excess.
2. Add stickers if desired.

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Rosh Hashanah Basic Content Knowledge
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• Rosh Hashanah (rosh hosh-shon-uh) has four
  meanings.
• Day of Judgment
• Jewish people should examine their past year and
  ask forgiveness for any transgressions
• Day of Shofar (sho-far) (rams horn) Blowing
• Marks beginning of High Holy Days
• Day of Remembrance
• Of Jewish history
• Prayers for Israel
• New Years Day
• Celebrated with special prayers and feasts

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• Rosh Hashanah is celebrated for two calendar days
  because it is considered too important to
  celebrate for just one. It is treated as one
  long day.
• The destiny of all mankind is said to written by
  God in the Book of Life on this day.
• Traditional foods are sweetened, often with
  honey, to symbolize sweetness in the coming year.
  

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Rosh Hashanah Activity Materials

• All About Rosh Hashanah by Judyth Groner and
  Madeline Wilker
• Apples
• Knife
• Honey
• Sturdy paper plates
• Napkins

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Rosh Hashanah Activity Read the Book and Eat
Apples and Honey

1. Read and discuss All About Rosh Hashanah by
   Judyth Groner and Madeline Wikler.
2. Cut up apples and distribute onto plates.
3. Pour honey onto each plate.
4. Distribute plates and napkins to students.
5. While eating, discuss what the apples and the
   honey represent in the New Year (growth and
   sweetness).

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Yom Kippur Basic Content Knowledge
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• Yom Kippur (yom kip-poor) is the Day of
  Atonement. It is considered one of the most
  sacred days.
• The Book of Life is closed and sealed on this
  day. Those who have repented are promised a
  good, happy new year.
• On Yom Kippur, Jewish people ask forgiveness for
  broken promises made to God, not to other people.
  It is believed that God cannot forgive broken
  promises made to other people, therefore the day
  before Yom Kippur is reserved for this purpose.
• It is the day of not doing. People are to
  emulate angels by not eating or drinking,
  anointing, having marital relations, washing, or
  wearing leather shoes.

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Yom Kippur Activity Materials

• Ktontons Yom Kippur Kitten by Sadie Rose
  Weilerstein
• Large, round container
• Basket, bowl, trash can, etc.
• Bean bags

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Yom Kippur Activity Read the Book and Bean Bag
Toss

1. Read and discuss Ktontons Yom Kippur Kitten by
   Sadie Rose Weilerstein
2. Place large container in open space.
3. Line students up from a specified distance.
4. Students take turns trying to toss bean bags into
   the container.
5. Students record results.
6. Discuss how it felt to miss the container, how
   people are not always as perfect as they would
   like to be (al het), and how students can always
   improve their behavior and make amends.

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Sukkot Basic Content Knowledge
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• Sukkot (suh-coat) is also known as the Feast of
  Booths.
• It is named for the sukkah (huts) that the
  Israelites lived in as they wandered the desert
  before they reached the Promised Land.
• Many Jewish people build a sukkah to celebrate
  this holiday. They range from simple to
  elaborate.
• Families celebrate by eating meals in the sukkah,
  and some will even sleep in them.

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Sukkot Activity Materials

• Sammy Spiders First Sukkot by Sylvia A. Rouss
• Chairs (optional)

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Sukkot Activity Read the Book and Play Fruit
Salad

1. Read and discuss Sammy Spiders First Sukkot by
   Sylvia A. Rouss
2. The students form a seated circle with one
   chaver in the center.
3. The chaver assigns each child a piece of fruit
   (banana, appple, pear, orange, pear, banana,
   etc.).
4. The chaver shouts the name of a fruit, and the
   students assigned to that fruit must change
   seats.
5. While students are changing, the chaver must find
   a seat.
6. The person left in the middle is now the chaver.
7. After the game, discuss the importance of fruit
   and the Jewish harvest.

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Web Sites
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Department for Jewish Zionist Education
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