Questions to think about

1) Do you understand Shabbat any differently now that you have done some of the Melachot?

2) What do the Melachot have to do with the way you practice Shabbat today?

Making Bread

Making Fire

Jackie, Shoshi, Shaina, and Michael kneed the dough

Mrs. Tonti, Pat, Max, and Tamera help make fire

Benjy and Eyal help collect sticks for the fire

Sally, Jonah, and Zach help kneed the bread.

From
Kotzair - Reaping (cutting)
M'amair - Gathering (bundling sheaves)
Dush - Threshing
Zoreh - Winnowing
Borer - Sorting (selecting, separating)
Tochain - Grinding
Miraked - Sifting
Lush - Kneading
Ofeh / (Bishul) - Baking/cooking
and Ma'avir - Making Fire
The 7th and 8th graders have made bread!

Trapping to Cutting

Last week with the help of Miriam Lemus and Josh Worthington our class learned about the melachot of Tzad (trapping), Shochet (slaughtering), Maphshit (skinning), Ma'abed (tanning), M'machek (smoothing), M'sartet (marking), and M'chatech (cutting). These acts were done in the time of the building of the Mishkan for creating decorative and protective covers for Mishkan.

We looked at several deer skins to determine the cause of death (usually they were shot by hunters) and saw some sheep skins as well. Josh and Miriam described how to take off the skin and hair and the importance of soaking it to be able to tan it and stretch it well.




Students encounter the deer skin for the first time.

The final stage of the skin to be used for parchment.