Hallel and Shammai

Hallel’s Top Yom HaAtzmaut Challenges:

@ Read an English book with an Israeli accent.

BONUS CHALLENGE: translate as much of the book as you can into

Hebrew! @ Draw a map of Israel with sidewalk chalk. Instead of traditional hopscotch numbers, label the regions of Israel: Galil, Golan

Heights, Jezreel Valley, Shomron (Samaria), Yehuda (Judea), Afula,

Coastal Plain, Arava, and the Negev Desert. Hopscotch your way across Israel! @ Go on a photo hunt! Photograph 74 different blue and/or white objects. @ Look up which Israeli Air Force planes and helicopters will be participating in the annual “Fly Over” in Israel. Design paper airplanes/helicopters to match, then launch your own “Fly Over” at a local playground. @ Play freeze dance to Israeli folk songs.

Shammai’s Top Yom HaAtzmaut Challenges:

@ Bake a birthday cake for the State of Israel’s 74th birthday. @ Make your own Madlibs/Funny Fill-In by leaving key words out of a song about Israel (for example, “תחרופ םגו הפי ילש לארשי ץרא”).

Challenge a family member to complete your Madlibs and then sing the silly version together. @ Enjoy some homemade shoko b’sakit (chocolate milk in a bag).

Fill a resealable bag with chocolate milk. Snip off a corner of the bag and enjoy a refreshing treat. @ Build the number 74 out of 74 of something (I like to use my

Legos). @ BONUS CHALLENGE: how long into the day can you keep your shirt white?