Be Happy, It’s Adar!
And I’m not just saying that, that’s an instruction directly from the Mishnah.
On Purim we celebrate mistaken identity, madcap antics, absurd twists, heroes, villains, fools, chance, and of course salvation. Did it all really happen? Well… we do know that the Scroll of Esther was written around the year 330 […]
Your youngest children certainly will hear a different version of this
animated tale than the older kids and the congregation listening to the
M’gillah. At the nursery school and early elementary school age, we
focus on the characters. Just like the characters in a classic Disney
movie, they are silly and extreme, either very good or very […]
The basic ingredients for a proper Purim celebration on the 14th of Adar include:
The Purim Story
Costumes
Noise Makers
Liquor for the grown-ups
Hamentashn and Mishloach Manot
How We Read the Story
The Megillah is read or the Purimspiel is performed on the 13th of the Jewish month, Adar, Purim Eve, and then again during the day […]
That’s How We Roll
(the scroll)
(of Esther)
(by Shira Kline)
(based on the JPS translation)
Chapter 1
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a Persian king who ruled from India all the way to Ethiopia. His royal pad was in the fortress of Shushan. There was one thing for which this […]
How silly can you get?!?!?!?!
Are you read to make some serious costumes and noise makers? Here we go…
COSTUME PIECESÂ Â and NOISE MAKERS
Full color queen mask
Full color king mask
Create your own mask and choose
Eyes
Mouths
Eye-Glasses
Hat
Tiara or Crown
Wig
Beard
Make your own moustache
Make a 3-pointed Haman Hat
Design a Crown or a Very Very Silly Hat
Design […]
Make your own 3 - Pointed Haman Hat!
Print out this blank Purim mask and then choose from many silly different:
Eyes
Mouths
Eye-Glasses
Hats
Tiara or Crown
Wig
Beard
Have fun! Can’t wait to see your pictures! Send them to Shira@ShirLaLa.com
Add to your mask with these different silly eyes!
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