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Vol. 1 No. 2 28 Pages 30

How gooda person

are you?

Kids’’ Kitchen

5 DIFFERENCES

What did Jesus eat?

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Sidelights

10 Cool Things About Havin g a Pet at Home

The Bib le Die t : What di d Jesu s eat?

Kids’ KitchenAre these pictures the same or different?

Crossword: Find the names fr om Gospe l of

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K ids ’ Kitchen

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BIBLE HERO

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2018 Vol. 1 No. 2

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The Bible Diet: What did Jesus eat?

Bread was the staple food of the Israelites. Although a variety of crops were available in ancient Israel, wheat, barley, olives and grapes were the chief crops.

Since the people also raised sheep, goats, and cattle, and fished from the Mediterranean and the Sea of Galilee we can safely say the Jews who lived in the time of Jesus Christ also consumed fish, beef and mutton. Wine from the grapes was the main beverage.

And, they had figs – lots and lots of them. Jesus Himself must have been fond of them as we read in the Bible He went looking for fruits in a fig tree even though He knew it was not the right season for figs to bear fruit.

A typical day in the time of Jesus Christ began with a light breakfast (no high-calorie Pongal or aloo parathas for the Jews). They had bread or a fruit. Bread, like in our days, were kneaded and baked by the womenfolk. Although the males were the breadwinners, it was the women who were the bread givers! That was one of the main chores of the women.

At midday, the people of the Holy Land would eat a light lunch of bread (again) and grain, olives and figs.

In India, we prefer the lunch to be the main meal. Not so for the Jews. Their main meal was

the one they ate at the end of the day. So, what did a typical dinner in Jesus’ days consist of? Well, for starters they had a one-pot stew. They used a large piece of bread as spoon to dip into the stew. The stew itself was a thick porridge of vegetables, chickpeas spiced with herbs and lentils. Meat was also on the dinner table. More than meat, fish was a staple food. The wealthy

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Kids’ Kitchen

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Dahi Vermicelli Bath

Dahi Vermicelli is best suited for ending guest

dinners and parties and is a great alternative to

curd rice. It has many variations. Here’s one.

Ingredients:

Vermicelli/Semiya

– 1 cup

Chilled curd (dahi)

– 1 ½ cup

Milk

– 1 ½ cup

Cashew nuts

– 5 whole

Raisins

– 10 Nos

Ghee

– ½ tsp

Apple

– ½ cup

Pomegranate seeds

– ½ cup

Grapes

– ½ cup

Cucumber

– ½ cup

Corriander leaves

– to garnish

Water

– 2 cups

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What you should know about Moses but didn’t know who to ask

1. Moses was the first abandoned child mentioned in the Bible

Moses’ godly parents hid him for three months to protect him from the Egyptian edict that said all male Hebrew babies must be killed. When they could no longer hide him, they set him afloat in a basket on the Nile River (Ex. 2:3).

2. Pharaoh’s daughter paid Moses’ mother to nurse him after she rescued him from the Nile River (Ex. 2:8-9).

3. Moses was the youngest of the family He had an older sister, Miriam, and an older brother, Aaron. 4. Moses was a murderer Seeing an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave, Moses intervened and killed the

Egyptian (Ex. 2:12). To hide his crime, he buried his victim in the sand.

5. Moses worked as shepherd

To escape punishment for the murder, he fled to the desert of Midian where he met Zipporah, the daughter of a shepherd, and began working with her father, Jethro. He married Zipporah and had two sons.

6. Moses gave God five lame excuses for why he couldn’t be Israel’s deliverer (Ex. 3-4). Not surprisingly, God rebutted every one.

7. Moses probably stuttered Read Exodus 4:10 and find out for yourself. 8. Moses insisted he couldn’t be Israel’s spokesperson God agreed to allow his older brother, Aaron to speak for him. After the first assignment, however, Moses was front and center, and Aaron took a backseat to his little brother.

9. Moses was 80 years old when he led the children of Israel out of Egypt Eighty is when people rock their grandchildren on their knees. Not Moses. He was commissioned by God to lead Israel out of Egypt, the land of slavery, at 80. 10. Moses’ family was not with him during the desert journey Moses sent his wife and sons back to his father-in-law’s house. They were reunited after the exodus as the Israelites camped at the base of Mt. Sinai. (Ex. 18:7).

11. Moses was a songwriter

Music co-ordinator, if you will. After the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, God composed a song and instructed Moses to write it down and teach it to the congregation. It became known as “The Song of Moses” (Deut. 32:1-43). 12. Moses saw God He was not alone when he saw God, however. His brother Aaron and nephews Nadab and Abihu and the 70 elders of Israel were with him when Moses saw God on Mt. Sinai. Read Exo. 24:9-11. (Adapted from an article by Lori Hatcher)

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