My Weekly Sidrah

Melanie Berman & Joel Lurie Grishaver

Torah Aura Productions

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MANu FACTu r Ed IN MALAySIA

Bereshit...............................................................3Noah....................................................................7Lekh.Lekha.......................................................11Va-Yera..............................................................15Hayyei.Sarah.....................................................19Toldot................................................................22Va-Yetze.............................................................26Va-Yishlah.........................................................30Va-Yeshev...........................................................34Miketz...............................................................37Va-Yigash...........................................................40Va-Yehi..............................................................43Shemot..............................................................47Va-Era...............................................................51Bo......................................................................54Beshallah...........................................................58Yitro..................................................................62Mishpatim.........................................................66Terumah............................................................69Tetzaveh............................................................73Ki.Tissa.............................................................77Va-Yak’hel.........................................................81Pekudei..............................................................85Va-Yikra.............................................................88Tzav...................................................................91Shemini.............................................................95Tazria................................................................98

ContentsMetzora...........................................................101Aharei.Mot......................................................106Kedoshim........................................................109Emor...............................................................113Be-Har............................................................ 116Be-Hukkotai................................................... 119Be-Midbar.......................................................122Naso................................................................126Be-Ha’alotekha................................................129Shelah.Lekha...................................................132Korah...............................................................136Hukkat............................................................139Balak............................................................... 142Pinhas.............................................................. 145Mattot.............................................................148Mas’ei..............................................................151Devarim..........................................................154Va-Ethannan...................................................158Ekev................................................................ 161Re’eh................................................................164Shoftim............................................................168Ki.Tetze........................................................... 172Ki.Tavo............................................................ 175Nitzavim..........................................................181Va-Yelekh.........................................................184Ha’azinu..........................................................187V’Zot.ha-Brakhah...........................................190

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God creates the world in six days and rests on Shabbat. Everything God creates is very good.

Adam and Eve are th��rst two people. They live in the Garden of Eden. It is a wonderful, beautiful place. But God asks them to leave the Garden after they eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Abel and Cain are th��rst children. The��ght. Cain kills Abel. When it is too late, Cain learns that he should have been his brother’s keeper.

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Bereshit

Help God Finish CreationGod created the world, but people have to help make it the best possible place.

Day OneGod creates light and

darkness. Fill in the darkness.

A Second DayGod divides the waters. Color in the waters.

A Third Dayd ry land appears. Connectthe dots t��nish thi��ower.

A Fourth DayGod makes the sun, moon

and stars. Complete the stars.

Darkness

Light

Waters Above

Waters Below

Sky

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A Fifth DayGod make��sh and birds. Color the birds and draw mor��sh.

The Sixth DayGod makes animals and people. Put faces on the people.

The Seventh DayGod rests. Draw th��ames on the Shabbat candles.

QuotationGod said, “Let u s make people in Our image. Let them rule over th��sh and birds, over the beasts and the creeping things.”

Genesis 1.26

Discuss: What does it mean to be created in God’s image?

My CommentTo be like God, I should ________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ .

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Bereshit

God saw everything God had made. It was very good.

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Bereshit

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God sees that living things are doing evil. God is unhappy. God picks Noah and his family to build an ark and start over. They are the one righteous family in the whole world.

It rains for forty days and forty nights. Everything is destroyed. Then the waters go down. God puts a rainbow in the sky and promises, “Never again will the earth be destroyed.” God says, “The rainbow is the sign of My promise.”

People get together to build a tower so tall that it could reach to God. God thinks that is a bad idea and babbles everyone’s language. People spread out and move all over the world.

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Noah

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Find the Right PartnerNoah had to take two of every kind of animal with him on the ark.

Put a circle around the right partner for each animal.

Noah

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“In twos, every kind of living thing came to Noah, to the ark.”

Noah

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The Sign of the PromiseNoah

red

yellow

green

blue

violet

God put a rainbow in the sky as a sign of the promise.

Color the rainbow.

QuotationGod said, “Whenever I cloud the skies with clouds, whenever a rainbow appears in those clouds I will remember My promise. NEVEr AGAIN will there b���ood to destroy the earth.”

Genesis 9.14–15

Discuss: God promised people that the world would never again be destroyed. What should we promise God?

My CommentGod promised to never destroy the earth. One way I could be like God and protect the earth is by ___________________________ .

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God tells Abram to move his family to the land of Canaan. God makes two promises. First God promises to make Abram’s future-family into a great nation. Then God promises to give the land of Canaan to Abram’s future-family. Abram, his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot move to Canaan.

There is not enough food to eat in Canaan. The family goes to Egypt. Later they return to Canaan. When they return there i��ghting between the people watching Abram’s herd and the people watching Lot’s herd. To keep the peace they split up and go their own ways.

God changes Abram’s name to Abraham. God changes Sarai’s name to Sarah.

LekhLekha

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Count the StarsGod makes two promises to Abram. God tells Abram that his future-family will have as many people as there are stars in the sky. Count the stars you see in this picture. Color them as yo��nd them.

How many stars did yo��nd? ____________________________________

If you go out at night and count the stars in the sky, how many will you �nd? _________________________________________________________

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The Promised LandGod makes a second promise. God promises to give a special land to Abram’s future-family. Once this land was called Canaan. Today this land is called Israel. It still belongs to the Jewish people. Color in this map.

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QuotationGod said, “And I will make you a great nation.And I will bless you.And I will make your name great.And you will be a blessing.”

Genesis 12.2

Discuss: How was Abram special?

My CommentGod told Abram that he would be a blessing. One way I can be a blessing is by _________________________________________ .

LekhLekha