Pesach in Prk!

 This week we started the unit on Pesach! It is quite the story and we are loving every moment of acting it out. We set the scene with learning how The Jewish population was growing fast in Mitzrayim and the king of Mitzrayim named Pharaoh did not like this. 

He did not want the Jewish people to become more powerful than him. We imagined our mommy's having 6 babies at a time! We started seeing how Pharoah became very mean and slowly influenced the Jewish people to becoming slaves by paying them at first. King pharaoh gave the Jews NO choice and they became slaves. Our big idea this week was showcasing we can make choices!

 Yakov and Mimi made a good choice to share their kinetic sand to friends that had less. Jack and Yedidya made a safe choice and came straight inside when there was no Morah outside. Chana and Menachem H made a responsible choice and put away the Lego people before davening. Menachem F made a very kind choice and gave his sister half of his sandwich because she left hers in the car. Shua made a powerful choice and pointed to all the words in the siddur and davened with a lot of kavana.  Chaya Leah did a very clean choice and washed her hands very thoroughly before eating. 

Using Kinetic sand and Lego people acting out the Jewish people working in the desert. King Pharoh actually made the Jewish slaves work on quick sand which was very frustrating.

Thank you Yakov, for buying us the Lego people on your birthday.

Pharoh's Astrologer saw in the stars that there would be a Jewish boy who would take the Jewish people out of Mitzrayim! This made Pharaoh make a new decree that all the Jewish boys should go into the Nile river. Pharaoh gave Yocheved (Shifra) and Miriam (Pua) who were the midwives to oversee his decree. They were so brave and did not listen to him and let the babies live. Moshe was born to Yocheved and she tried hiding him in the house. 

 

Yocheved and to make the hard decision to wrap baby Moshe in a basket and Miriam his sister  watched over him. 

Princess Batya, found him and Hashem made a miracle that her arm stretched and reached for the basket. Hahsem also made a miracle for Moshe to cry so Batya would become empathetic and find someone to feed him.

Mimi acted as Miriam bring the baby to his Jewish mother Yocheved.

Moshe grew up in the palace! Once Moshe was on King Pharoh's lap and he reached for his crown. Pharaoh wanted to investigate this and see if Moshe was just a child and liked shiny things or did he want to take over the kingship.

Hashem new Moshe would be the leader to lead the Jewish people out because of his sensitivity and kindness towards them. We took this lesson and understood how when we are kind and follow the good choice of Torah and Mitzvos that's what makes us strong!

Jack pretending to be Moshe Infront of the burning bush. This is where Hashem gave Moshe the responsibility of being the leader.

 We learned the 3 signs that Hashem taught Moshe for the Jewish people to believe him that he was the one chosen. Here is Moshes hand turning white and then turning back to his color.

Making our own Matzah!

Aleph Beis!

In davening, we started spotting the letters of the week we are learning throughout our siddur. It keeps us engaged and excited to sing our davening songs!

Working on our Haggadah's!