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Book of Genesis

• God – Monotheistic entity responsible for all of creation. His personal name, converted to LORD in most Bibles may be rendered Yahweh or Jehovah.

• Adam - First created man who named the animals while residing in a the paradisaical Garden of Eden. He was presented with his wife, Eve, by God. He separated himself from God, losing eternal life, through the sin of disobedience.

• Eve - Wife of Adam and the first woman. Was formed from Adam's rib by God to be his companion. She was deceived into disobeying God by a talking serpent (later revealed to be Satan).

• Enoch - Pre-flood prophet who “walked with God” his entire life. As a result he was taken bodily into heaven without ever having to die.

• Noah - Faithful servant whom God tasked to build an Ark. He and his family along with a representative portion of all animals were preserved through a worldwide flood. Afterwards God formed a covenant with Noah not to destroy the world again with water.

• Abraham (Abram) – Described as a “friend of God”. Also formed a covenant with God. God promised a great nation would come through Abraham and all other nations would be blessed through it. Moved to an unfamiliar place in obedience to God.

• Lot - Nephew of Abraham who was preserved through the destruction of Sodom and Gommorah. His wife looked back on the destruction and was turned to a pillar of salt.

• Isaac – Miraculous son of Abraham and his wife, Sarah. He was born to them well past ...

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Book of Exodus

• Burning Bush -- God used this medium for his first communication with Moses. Moses noticed the bush was on fire but was not being consumed. God subsequently notified Moses that he was on "holy ground".http://bible.org/seriespage/burning-bush-exodus-31-15
• Ten Plagues of Egypt -- Visited on the Egyptian people after refusing to release the Israelite slaves. In order they were: 1) Nile turning to blood 2) frogs 3) lice 4) flies 5)pestilence 6) boils 7) hailstones 8) crickets 9) Darkness 10) death of firstborn.http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/plagues.htm
• Passover -- A Jewish celebration commemorating how the Angel of Death exempted the obedient Israelites from punishment during the final plague on Egypt. On the Jewish calendar, it falls on the fourteenth day of Nisan.http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/passegyp.htm
• Red Sea -- Its waters were parted for Moses and the Israelites as they fled from the Egyptian army. A body of water with this name does exist in modern times and may be what is referred to in Exodus. Some Biblical scholars believe the Exodus reference was actually to the Sea of Reeds, a lake to the southeast of Egypt which has since dried up.http://bibleatlas.org/red_sea.htm
• Manna -- A flaky sweet substance God provided to sustain the Israelites while wandering in the desert. It fell from the sky during the night and the women would gather it and make cakes from it the next morning. God also sent quail for them to eat and caused ...

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Passover Seder

• Every year, an adult member of the seder hides one of the three broken pieces of matzah, called the afikoman. All the children scatter to find it at the end of the meal, with the winner getting a small prize.

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Passover Ecards

If you're looking to send free Passover e-cards, there are a variety of nice websites that you can use.

• 123Greetings.com offers a nice variety of Passover e-cards. They have their selection divided into themes like "Happy Passover," "Family," "Thank You," "Religious" and "Seder." Some of the cards are flash animated while others are more simple. There is an option to add music and their Passover e-cards are free to send.http://www.123greetings.com/events/passover/happy/
• The website Passover-ecards.com offers both "Happy Passover" animated e-cards, wishes for a joyous Seder and cards specifically for family, friends or congregation members. They also offer online Seder inviations. In addition, the site offers e-cards for Purim, Rosh Hashanah and other Jewish holidays. While the selection isn't immense, the cards are totally free to send.http://www.passover-ecards.com/

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Ben Hecht

Pity - that most vile of virtues - has never been known to you.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026970/quotes?qt0214466

If he loved you with all the power of his soul for a whole lifetime, he couldn't love you as much as I do in a single day.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032145/quotes?qt0289753

There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038787/quotes?qt0324374

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What Time Does Hanukkah Begin?

In 168 B.C., the soldiers of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Syrian king, descended upon Jerusalem, massacring its people and erecting an altar to the Greek gods.http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah A large-scale rebellion led by the Jewish priest Mattathias and his sons broke out against Anthiochus' monarchy.http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah One of these sons, Judah Maccabbee, succeeded in driving the Syrians out of Jerusalem and reclaiming the Second Temple for Judaism.http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah To celebrate the rededication of their temple, the Jews lit the altar's menorah -- but they only had enough oil to last one night.http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah Miraculously, the oil lasted for eight nights, enough time for more to be made.http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah As a result, Hanukkah is an eight-day celebration, which begins with the lighting of the first candle of the menorah at sundown on the 25th of Kislev.http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah

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Lauren Winner

"There are a few people out there with whom you fit just so, and, amazingly, you keep fitting just so even after you have growth spurts or lose weight or stop wearing high heels. You keep fitting after you have children or change religions or stop dyeing your hair or quit your job at Goldman Sachs and take up farming. Somehow, God is gracious enough to give us a few of those people, people you can stretch into, people who don't go away, and whom you wouldn't want to go away, even if they offered."—Lauren F. Winner from her book, Girl Meets God: A Memoirhttp://books.google.com/books?id=0ZsGkg1w9i4C&pg=PA262&lpg=PA262&dq=feel+annoyed+that+in+His+wisdom,+[God]+chose+to+reel+me+in+with+middle-brow+Christian+fiction.+It+could+be+worse,+I+suppose.+I+could+have+come+to+faith+while+reading+Left+Behind.&source=bl&ots=6JjVrOAX0j&sig=p-usPDSNsPgDvXPHEjz6RYiSNDk&hl=en&ei=2TzoTN-BGIKs8Ab-oazODQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

"For both Romans and Jews, familial duty was sacred. Yet Jesus instructs a recently bereaved son to forgo the obligation of burying his father in order to "go and proclaim the kingdom of God."—An excerpt from her article for Slate.Com, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:oj_gt7ByDGoJ:www.slate.com/id/2132993/+lauren+winner+quote&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us ...

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How to Plan for Passover

Passover is a time for families to be together to remember their Jewish ancestry. However, the seder can be long and confusing for children. It is important to incorporate activities that make them feel included in the ritualistic meal. Some ways to include children are:

‘’’The Four Questions’’’ It is traditional for the youngest person attending the seder to recite the four questions during the seder. They can be stated in English, but older children can try reading or saying them in Hebrew as well. To prevent public speaking nerves, work with your child in advance to become familiar with the four questions. In English, the question is repeated four times with four different answers.

The question is: What makes this night different from all [other] nights? The answers are:

1. On all nights we need not dip even once, on this night we do so twice!
2. On all nights we eat chametz or matzah, and on this night only matzah.
3. On all nights we eat any kind of vegetables, and on this night maror!
4. On all nights we eat sitting upright or reclining, and on this night we all recline!

This is the transliteration of the questions in Hebrew:

The Question is: Mah nishtanah halyla hazeh mikol halaylot

1. She'bechol halaylot ain anu matbilin afilu pa'am echat, halyla hazeh shtei pe'amim?
2. She'bechol halaylot anu ochlim chametz o matza, halyla hazeh kulo maztah?
3. She'bechol halaylot anu ochlim she'ar yerakot, halyla hazeh maror?
4. She'bechol halaylot anu ...

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Jewish Childrens Museum of New York Coupons

• Adults and children over 2: $10
• Children under 2: Free

• Open Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm
• Closed Friday-Saturday
• Open Sunday 10am-6pm

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