Adventures in Mama-Land

וַיִּקְרָא / Vayikra / Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Click for printable PDF version . And don’t forget to read last year’s poem and parsha overview .  Plus… copywork and parsha activities – something for every week of the year! [1] It’s great and it’s good to daven alone, To look for Hashem in each tree and each stone, But this parsha teaches a great holy “inyan”- To daven together with a proper __________! [2] If you cut us, we won’t bleed, But we are here because you need Us hanging close to all your thoughts But please, don’t tie us up in knots!  Who are we? [3] New Year’s Day, each year’s fresh start, But this week’s parsha makes us smart; Not in the month that’s numbered one, But in the __________ month begun. [4] An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, A bruise for a bruise and a youth for a youth – Does this mean we’ll scratch you or poke out your eyes? This parsha’s real answer might be a surprise! [5] – BONUS! Who really wants to cast out the first ston...

וַיִּקְרָא / vayikra / Leviticus 21:1-24:23:  Read it ;  hear it .  colour it . Printable PDF version here . Parsha narrative overview here .  Copywork and parsha activities available at this page – updated weekly. All images are unabashedly stolen from this game site … no particular reason, and I’ve never played the game.  I just thought they looked somehow - appropriate. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, It’s all in the Torah, a book about truth. It doesn’t mean vengeance, it’s all to be fair, Hashem’s telling us that we all must take care.   For your eyes are just as good as your friend’s, And his scrapes will hurt him as his body mends. No one’s so worthless that he deserves pain, And Hashem helps everyone recover again.   So don’t hurt anyone, friendly or foe; You’ll compensate him for all of his woe. And he can’t take revenge or seek out your blood, Just if your donkey pushed him in the mu...

וַיִּקְרָא / vayikra / Leviticus 21:1-24:23:  Read it ;  hear it .  colour it . Yay!  We’re getting back to normal after Pesach… bit by bit by little teeny bit. This is a basic overview of the parsha story in a format that can be adapted for a wide range of ages. Sources include parsha text, commentaries and midrash.  When introducing midrash or other non-pshat elements, I use the words “some people think” or similar. Please see the Vayeishev overview for how we use these narratives  in our homeschool.  I also have copywork sheets to go with the weekly parsha… enjoy! Do you remember another name for Sefer Vayikra? Toras Kohanim – “teachings for the Kohanim”! Kohanim have many special mitzvos, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t learn from them, also. Did you know that a kohein shouldn’t come close to a dead person’s body? They had to stay ready to work in the Mishkan, and a dead body made a person tamei (impure). However, to bury a c...