Lag Baomer

We are in full gear getting ready for Lag Baomer!

 Eating Matzah on Pesach Sheini reminded us that we shouldn't give up and Hashem gives us a second chance. 

Our Kindergarteners wrote and illustrated how they won't give up.

After delving into the story of Rabbi Akiva and it's lessons last week.

We learned the story of someone who was hidden for 13 years. 

We played a hidden code game to get us ready for the story.

Identifying the number that our letter matched to help us solve the code.

Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai! 

He hid in a cave for 13 years with his son, so that the Romans wouldn't hurt them.

Some friends in the morning retold the story.

Hashem made special miracles and a carob tree grew and a stream of water came up outside the cave. 

We really wanted to taste carob, Morah Davina couldn't find it though, so we tried a very similar fruit called a tamarind.

Rabbi Shimon and his son learned many secrets of the Torah inside the cave.

When they came out they were so used to learning torah they didn;t understand why people were working. Anything they looked at burned up, A voice from Hashem told them to go back inside for another year.

When Rabbi Shimon came out he knew a lot of secrets of the Torah, he was a great leader and teacher. When he passed away he asked his students to celebrate and he taught them so much Torah that lit up the world. That's why we light bonfires on Lag Baomer.

Creating bonfires with playdough 

We couldn't believe that so many people go to Meron on Lag Baomer!

Working on our fine motor skills to create some watercolor salt paintings.

On Lag Baomer, many people have the custom to play with bows and arrows, We used some sharp tools to practice being safe. 

This was a fun challenge to match the numbers. Some mathematicians decided to make it more challenging and take out the bottom number board

Happy Birthday Mina! We love you keep learning and growing!