The Havdallah workshop is mostly a hands-on workshop, where participants make their own “HAVDALLAH KIT, complete with and authentic braided bees wax candle, besamim decanter, instructions and decorated storage tube to take home.
Using humour and drama at the Purim puppet theatre our puppeteers transport the children back to ancient Persia where they relive the story of Purim.
The Multi-Media Megilla Show is the answer to your purim story time and / or Megilla reading woes. The full color slide show, painted by the talented artist, Nochum Nodel, depicts the entire sequence of the Megilla. As you read the Megilla, the relevant slides pop up, keeping your audience riveted to the story.
Torah Factory is a great workshop in preparation for the holiday of Shavuot. This hands-on workshop is about the ancient art of biblical calligraphy and scroll making, Skilled craftsmen will show the participants the basic elements of producing klaf (parchment), making scribes ink, and fashioning quills.
In the Beis Hamikdosh Workshop, kids will learn about and see an actual large, detailed replica of the Beis Hamikdosh.
The exciting workshop ends with the kids assembling their very own paper model of the Beis Hamikdosh.
Participants help create a kosher shofar. The horn is cured, sawed, drilled and Polished. Once their shofar is completed, students learn how to sound it and practice the traditional sequence of notes blown on Rosh Hashana.
The Honeybee Workshop brings children face-to-face with the exciting and fascinating world of the honeybee.
Children take a closer look at the bee's complex process of making honey.
The Olive Press workshop demonstrates, with the help of participants, the process the Maccabees used to refine Olive Oil for the Menorah in the Chanukah story. Students sort and hand-press fresh olives in an old fashioned olive press made of wood and cast iron, then decant the olive juice with a modern centrifuge to quickly extract the pure olive oil - authentic "Shemen Zayit Zach.
They come in with a smile and leave humming a Hebrew song. Walking though the halls you can hear the sounds of lively discussion, of singing, laughter, a prayer. Image a child who feels the warmth and spirit of Judaism. Image the pride of his or her parents.
