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Moshe is up the mountain receiving the Torah from Hashem, and learns about the Ketores, spices that were to be brought every day in the Mishkan, as well as the Kiyor - the large container of water for the Kohanim to use to wash their hands when arriving in the Mishkan to serve Hashem.

When Moshe is about to come down the mountain with the Luchos he is saddened to see the Jewish people dancing around an Egel - golden calf. Sadly, there were groups among the Jewish People, who thought it wise to create an image to serve in place of Moshe. As good as their intentions may have been, the second of the ten commandments may never be transgressed.

So, sadly the Luchos were broken, and the pieces were placed in the Aron.

Now, the Jewish people are taught about some of the laws of the three main Chagim and the ban on mixing meat and milk. They journey of the Jewish People through the Midbar continues. C P T I R W F P K M J D

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Tangram Challenge!

Using all the shapes on the left can you make the cow walking shape on the right?

“Boys,” Rabbi Friedman called out to Chaim’s class. It was the end of the school day, and the class were already packing up their bags and stacking their chairs ready to leave the classroom. “It says in Mishlei, ‘A tzadik falls and gets up seven times, while reshaim are tripped up by one misfortune.’ For homework, I want you to write up an example of this that you can think of from your life or from the Torah.”

Chaim came home that day in a thoughtful mood. What example could he give from his life?

Everyone gathered round the table for supper and after Ima had served, Chaim asked his family what they thought.

“Well,” said Abba, “I find it hard erev Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Every year we promise Hashem we will do better and each year we again have to say sorry for all the things we have done wrong. But the point is that we do try again, harder than before to hopefully become better than before.”

“I have one,” said Rivki,bouncing in her seat. “Sometimes I find it really hard to play with Ruchi. I try every day to play with her, but it is really hard as she sometimes says things that aren’t very friendly and then I have to walk away and play with someone else. I want to keep trying and hopefully one day we’ll be friends.”

“Wow,” said Ima. “What a lovely idea Rivki. For me I find it really hard to make meals for other mothers when they have babies. Because I work and look after all of you, I don’t seem to have the time to make food for new mothers. But I am going to keep trying to find the time because I think it is important, even though it’s hard. What about you Chaim?” “Sometimes,” replied Chaim, “when things upset me, I get angry and I try so hard each time not to. I feel so bad when I shout, but it keeps happening again and again.”

Ima came over to Chaim and gave him a hug.

“The most important thing is trying again, just as your teacher said, a tzadik falls and gets up again,” said Abba.

The next day in school, each boy in Chaim’s class stood up and told the class of his example. David spoke of the challenges of giving tzedakah, Ari spoke of difficulties in listening to his parents and Chaim spoke of his anger issues.

“I am so proud of all of you boys,” said Rabbi Friedman after the last boy had finished. “I want you all to open your siddurim to the brochos before Shema.”

When everyone had opened their books, Rabbi Friedman continued.

“In the first bracha, it says ‘שֵׁדַחְמ וֹבוּטְבוּ

Trying Again

תיִשׁאֵרְב הֵשֲעַמ דיִמָת םוֹי־לָכְב’ - ‘and in His

goodness renews every day, continually, the work of creation’. There are so many amazing ideas we can glean from these words about how Hashem continually creates our world. Thinking about it in terms of the mistakes that we make, these words can give us hope and comfort. Every moment the world is being recreated, we have another chance! Hashem is giving us the privilege of another chance to serve Hashem and to try again. So even if we make a mistake and get things wrong, as tzadikim do, we have an opportunity, even straight away, to try again to get it right.”

Chaim felt much better after hearing this, he was going to keep trying to work on his anger, because that is what tzadikim do.

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