This weeks Torah portion is Noach!
Noach was a Tzadik (righteous person) among the people of his generation.
Hashem didn't like the way the people were behaving, so He told Noach that He will clean the world and start fresh. Hashem told Noach to build a big boat called a "Teiva."
The Teiva will protect Noach and his family from the flood the "Mabul".
It took Noach 120 years to build the Teiva. Hashem was hoping that when the people see Noach building the Teiva they would do Teshuva (return to being good people.)
When the people asked Noach "what are you doing"?
Noach told them exactly what is going to happen ,"If you will do Teshuva you will be ok!"
The people continued making the wrong choices and didn't do Teshuva.
The Teiva had 3 floors. The top was for Noach, his wife, their 3 sons and their wives. The middle was for the animals. One pair of each type of non-kosher animal, bird and insect. Seven pairs of each type of kosher animal and bird. The bottom was for storage, food and garbage.
After the Mabul ended, Hashem showed Noach a rainbow as a promise the He will never bring another Mabul.
Hashem didn't like the way the people were behaving, so He told Noach that He will clean the world and start fresh. Hashem told Noach to build a big boat called a "Teiva."
The Teiva will protect Noach and his family from the flood the "Mabul".
It took Noach 120 years to build the Teiva. Hashem was hoping that when the people see Noach building the Teiva they would do Teshuva (return to being good people.)
When the people asked Noach "what are you doing"?
Noach told them exactly what is going to happen ,"If you will do Teshuva you will be ok!"
The people continued making the wrong choices and didn't do Teshuva.
The Teiva had 3 floors. The top was for Noach, his wife, their 3 sons and their wives. The middle was for the animals. One pair of each type of non-kosher animal, bird and insect. Seven pairs of each type of kosher animal and bird. The bottom was for storage, food and garbage.
After the Mabul ended, Hashem showed Noach a rainbow as a promise the He will never bring another Mabul.
Creating my own colorful rainbow.
When we see a rainbow it is a reminder for us to do Teshuva. We say a special Bracha, a blessing, when we see a rainbow.
At the end of this week's Torah portion Avram (Abraham) was born.
Building the Tower of Babel, with all the arguing workers.
The children role-played by speaking in different languages to argue!
Watching "raindrops" drip through the clouds.
Experiment to see which things sink or float.
Painting colorful raindrops to decorate our classroom.
Life lessons we learned from this week's parsha:
When I see other people making a bad choice, I can be strong and make the right choice. The same way Noach stood up and did the right thing when everyone around him was making the wrong choices.In Hebrew the word Teiva has 2 meanings: a Teiva is a boat like the boat Noach built to protect him and his family. A Teiva in hebrew also means a "word", when we use kind and sweet words it's like building a Teiva to protect our sensitive soul and when we use not nice words it can hurt our soul.
Did you ever go fishing
In McElligots Pool?
by Dr. Seuss
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