Tu B'Shvat cake

Parshas Beshalach

An Egyptian getting stuck in the much before the water comes down on him after the Jews crossed on dry land. Chariot wheels are coming off like it says in the pasuk.


chariot is made out of parve chocolate bar and choc cookies, mud is pudding, dry land is graham crackers and as always cake is duncan hines

Why I send my child to a Jewish preschool

Last night, I went to a fundraiser for my children's day school. I had been helping out all week and had run out of the house soon after Shabbos to help it get set up.

This morning, I was sitting with my three year old when he asked "Mommy, how was the party?"

"Very nice, a lot of people gave tzedaka"

"That's nice, we also give tzedaka in my school. We put it in something called a PUSHka. Did you put it in a pushka?"

"Yes dear"

He begins to sing the song "When the pushka comes around, we shake it up and down. Give, give tzedaka with a smile" with gusto.  He pauses and looks at me with a wrinkled brow. "Mommy, did you give your tzedaka with a smile?" 

"Yes, yes I did dear"

He smiles, very proud that his mother knows how to act appropriately in Mitzva situations. "How many dollars were there?" (It was just Chanukah, so he knows about dollars now after getting some gelt from some nice relatives)

"Thousands of dollars of tzedaka, honey"

"Hmm." He pauses. "That's a lot of dollars. We also have dollars of tzedaka in my school. I'm happy you gave tzedaka. I like giving tzedaka too."

We hug, and he runs off to play tzedaka with pretzel sticks and a cup.

Day School education starts at age 5. Yet there are so many beautiful moments of Torah learning that occur before  that time. As preschoolers, our children are first experiencing the richness of life. A Jewish preschool exposes them to the values by which we lead our lives so that they can share in our most precious moments. 

Parshas Bo

and the locusts ate the rice.

darkness wasn't fun

and the last one was the death of every first born son.

Parshas Va'era

Ten Makkos, Makkos Ten - the Mitzrim were punished again and again

water turned to blood

Frogs were everywhere

Lice that came from mud

Wild animals were a scare

A plague that left them dead

Boils that spread and spread

Hail with fire & ice 

(to be continued)

Parshas Shmos

Explanation 

Technique