No matter how many toys and electronic gadgets kids have, parents, grandparents and anyone else who spends a lot of time with children indoors inevitably hears, I’m bored. There’s nothing to do. On those rainy days when kids can’t play outside, even the sweetest child can seem like he’s posses…

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Searching for the perfect baby name is not an easy task for any parent and with today’s “trend�? to give children unique and interesting names, this task isn’t any easier. They often look for something meaningful, for something with a strong and also deep message. Even more so for Je…

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Outside of the regular concerns we have when sending our daughter to visit a family member over the summer – my husband and I have added a new one. How to we make sure our child is eating kosher in a non- Jewish household?

In all honesty, I understand people’s confusion. And with our …

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During the spring, my husband and I took part in a course based on the book “The Blessings of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children�?. In it, the author pointed out small things that can go a very long way to bringing up children in a world where personal resp…

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• A Torah Scroll is the holiest book within Judaism, made up of the five books of Moses.

• There are 304,805 letters in a Torah Scroll.

• Each page has 42 lines.

• The Torah Scroll must be written by a specially trained scribe called a sofer.

• A sofer must know more than…

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The Torah scroll is a long scroll containing the entire text of the Five Books of Moses, hand-written in the original Hebrew. It is rolled up around two ornate wooden shafts, attached to either end of the scroll.

Kept in the Ark of each synagogue, the Torah scroll is routinely read aloud in…

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“Bar Mitzvah” literally means “son of the commandment.” “Bar” is “son” in Aramaic, which used to be the vernacular of the Jewish people. “Mitzvah” is “commandment” in both Hebrew and Aramaic. “Bat” is daughter in Hebrew and Aramaic. (The Ashkenazic pronunciation is “bas”). Technically, the…

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Jewish camps ensure continuity - and they are fun!

Surveys show that Jewish summer camps give kids a sense of pride in their Jewish identity and pave the way for a bright Jewish future. With hundreds of Jewish overnight and day camp programs throughout North America, finding one to suit you…

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Shavuot is the Festival of the Giving of the Torah.

When G-d gave the Torah to the Jewish people, the Jewish children were the guarantors! G-d knew that He could count on the Jewish boys and girls to make sure the Jewish people would love the Torah, learn it, and do its holy Mitzvahs.

Ever…

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It was something never really defined when I was growing up.  You had them on your street because you didn’t live where there wasn’t at least a couple nearby.  It was great to have a bunch on your block and even better when they were in your class at school.  Your mom liked them and your bubbe…

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