Parshas Kedoshim
This week is dedicated especially Le'iluy Nishmas my uncle that passed away recently Shneur Zalman ben Yitzchak HaKohen.
and for my other uncle that is very sick Refua Sheleima Dovid Yehoshua ben Leba Malka
May Hashem watch over all of Klal Yisrael and protect us!
Another great Parsha with many ideas for your Parsha Party. REMINDER - THIS IS A SPRINGBOARD OF IDEAS. YOU CAN CHOOSE ONE IDEA OR A FEW. AND HAVE THE KIDS GUESS THE CONNECTIONS.
Parsha Overview (Feel free to skip straight to the Party below - simply click the arrow next to this text and the overview will disappear
Kedoshim
Hashem commands to tell the Jewish people “You Are Holy!”
Below, the parsha lists many mitzvos related to holiness:
Ø Fear your parents. Keep Shabbos. (Rashi says that the 2 are together because although you must fear your parents, if they tell you to do something against Shabbos, you should not follow their command).
Ø Do not turn to serve worthless idols.
Ø When you bring your Karban Shelamim, make sure to eat it by the allotted 3rd day and not later.
Ø Mitzvah of Peah - When you cut your harvest in your fields, make sure to leave over the Peah – the corner for the poor.
Ø Mitzvah of Leket – When gathering your harvest, any bundles that drop leave behind for the poor.
Ø Also the vineyards, leave the small clusters and fallen grapes for the poor.
Ø Do not steal money. Do not deny falsely. Do not lie to each other. Do not swear falsely. (Rashi brings Toras Kohanim that one who steals will come to deny and lie and swear falsely.)
Ø Don’t oppress your friend. Don’t hold the wages of your worker until the next day.
Ø Do not curse a deaf person.
Ø Do not put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. (Rashi – don’t give someone bad advice for him).
Ø You need to fear Hashem.
Ø In judgement one needs to be sure not to judge corruptly. Not to favor a poor or righteous person. “BeTzedek Tishpot”. (Also can be understood to be Dan Lekaf Zechus).
Ø Do not go as a Gossiper telling Rechilus!
Ø Do not stand by quietly while someone is dying if you can save him.
Ø Do not hate your brother in your heart.
Ø You must rebuke someone that is doing wrong (but it must not be done in public to embarrass him and must be done in a way that he will accept it).
Ø Lo Sikom – do not take revenge or bear a grudge.
Ø Ve’ahavta Lereacha – Love your fellow like yourself.
Ø The following mitzvos are Chukim – laws that we cannot understand but must follow:
Ø Do not Crossbreed animals (mix 2 types of animals as partners).
Ø Do not mix Klayim – planting of seeds of different species together.
Ø Do not wear Shatnez – wool and linen together.
Ø The mitzvah of Orlah of a tree – For 3 years from planting you cannot eat its fruit. On the Fourth year the fruit is holy and for Hashem, and in the fifth year the fruit may be eaten.
Ø Don’t eat before the blood (Rashi explains this to be the blood of the Karban is dashed or the flesh of an animal before the soul has fully departed).
Ø Lo Sinachashu – Do not act on lucky signs, omens, and times. (We need to be careful with this – not to believe and act on superstitions).
Ø Do not cut off the Peah – the corner – of the hairline of your head or the corner of your beard.
Ø Do not make cuts in your flesh when someone dies. (This is what the Emori people would do.)
Ø Do not inscribe a tattoo that cannot be erased from your skin.
Ø Do not give your daughter over to act in inappropriate ways.
Ø Keep my Shabbos and treat my Mikdash with holiness and respect.
Ø Do not seek the sorcery of Ov and Yidoni.
Ø Stand up when an elder walks in and respect the elders.
Ø When a Ger comes to live with you be careful not to speak hurtful to him because you were strangers too once, in the land of Mitzrayim. (Do not accuse others of your own defect – Rashi).
Ø Do not act corruptly with measures and weights.
Ø Separate from the ways of idol worship and Molech because you are holy.
Ø One who curses his father or mother even after they die deserves the death penalty.
Ø Many improper relationships are warned here to avoid punishment as well.
The Parsha summarizes with Keep the laws, don’t follow the ways of the Goyim, you will inherit the land flowing with milk and honey because you are separate from them, and you need to keep the animals that are Tamei and Tahor separate because you are a holy people.
(Adapted partially from Chabad.org, and The Pesukim and Rashi)
And now for the fun part
PARSHA PARTY
SNACKS LISTED FIRST SO YOU CAN TRY AND GUESS TOO!
Black and white cookies or sandwich cookies
Challah Twist Cookies or Halva
Chocolate leaves, windmill candy, bundles of Pull N Peel
Dollar candy, chocolate coins, money roll
Peanut chews, Chocolate squares, or marshmallows
Mike and Ike, Fruit “reels”, sour lips, fruzips
Gushers
Jolly Ranchers
Heart lollies or candies
Seeds and Nut Mix, Color Jelly Bean Mix
Cotton Candy
Fruit bites, Fruit by the foot, Fruit snacks, Candy powder fruits
Snake/Worm Candy
Gummi Magic
Upshern Pekalach
Fruit Roll Up tattoos
Candy Cane of Fizzy cane
Laffy taffy
Choco NoNos
Streimel Cookies
THE PARSHA PARTY ANSWER LIST!
Black and white cookies or sandwich cookies – Separation of Holy and Not Holy
Challah Twist Cookies or Halva – Shabbos overrides parents demand to desecrate it
Chocolate leaves, windmill candy, bundles of Pull N Peel – Peah Leket (Pull and Peel is also the Kelayim mixed together)
Dollar candy, chocolate coins, money roll - Do not steal lie etc or hold wages
Peanut chews, Chocolate squares, or marshmallows – Do not put a stumbling block in front of the blind
Mike and Ike, Fruit “reels”, sour lips, fruzips - No rechilus no hate
Gushers – Don’t stand by the blood of your friend while he is dying
Jolly Ranchers - Give tochacha in a way it will be accepted not with anger. Also don’t bear grudge – fargin and let it go and be a jolly fellow
Heart lollies or candies – Love your fellow like yourself and don’t hate your brother in your heart
Seeds and Nut Mix, Color Jelly Bean Mix - Klayim
Cotton Candy – Cotton isn’t a shatnez problem but wool and linen are! Also fluffy for a beard that the edges can’t be shaved off.
Fruit bites, Fruit by the foot, Fruit snacks, Candy powder fruits – Orlah of a tree can’t be eaten first 4 years
Snake/Worm Candy – Lo Se)Nachshu like the word Nachash snake. (It refers to Omens and bad signs
Gummi Magic – Don’t do magic like Ov and Yidoni
Upshern Pekalach – Don’t cut off Peos (Thanks MCC!)
Fruit Roll Up tattoos – Can’t make a tattoo that is permanant
Candy Cane of Fizzy cane – stand up and respect elders
Laffy taffy – Don’t laugh at and be mean to a Ger because you were once a Ger too!
Choco NoNos – There are a lot of marriages that are NOT allowed to happen in the Parsha
Streimel Cookies – Chassidim have a minhag not to shave beard at all and leave extra long Peyos – Peyos and beard are in this Parsha
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