Well, here it is the middle .. no the END of May .. we’ve had a wonderful celebration of Pesach and I was so blessed….you see, this year, my oldest son, Jim led the celebration. In the past 5 years he has come so far in his walk with learning the Truth of Torah….the Word….

Everything he thought he knew from ‘church’ he had to re-examine - he had to go back and rethink, re-evaluate, re-organize. And it has been miraculous and wondrous for this momma to watch. He is married to a wonderful and godly young woman named Cheryl and we have been blessed with 4 beautiful grand daughters from these two wonderful young people. And NOW….they are walking in Torah, keeping the Sabbath and the Feast Days and teaching them to their children, and to others.

This was Jim’s first public Seder - the last two years it was a private ceremony - maybe a ‘teaching’ and practice for him and his family. But it was beautiful, sweet, and potent. There were about 100 people in attendance and every one of them were blown away. Even me……and I have been celebrating and studying from a Hebraic perspective now for about 20 years….but to see your son stand up at the head table, and proclaim that the Torah is for TODAY, that the Feast Days are FOREVER….oh my……your heart jumps and the lump in your throat…well, it was such an overwhelming experience for this momma.

Now, we look forward to Shavuot…to the giving of the Torah….a mystical and spiritual experience that will literally wash us clean and lift us up as we continue to seek out the Truth of the Word…

blessings ~ Pam

This fun craft project is perfect for Sunday school or for celebrating Passover. Teach children the story of Moses and have fun while creating this cute figure from recycled materials.Be sure to check out all our Passover crafts as well as our main Passover index for even more fun activities including coloring pages and holiday recipes.

What you’ll need:

• Cardboard tube
• Brown and peach felt
• 2- 3” x 2” scraps of cardboard
• Acrylic paint in peach and pink
• White doll hair or yarn
• Brown chenille stem
• 4-5 cotton balls
• Black marker
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• Paintbrush

How to make it:

1. Paint the top portion of the cardboard tube peach. No need to paint the back or anywhere else as the rest will be covered with felt. Use a cotton swab or your fingertip to pick up some pink paint. Blot most of it off with paper towel so that it’s almost dry. Dot on the cheeks.
2. Glue doll hair or white yarn around the peach area (face). Glue on for hair and beard.
3. From a sheet of brown felt, cut a large half circle.
4. Insert cotton balls inside the cardboard tube. There should be enough that they will provide roundness for the top of the head, but not too many that the tube cannot stand on its own. Glue inside to secure.
5. Wrap the brown felt around the tube, starting at the top and back of the head and wrapping around both sides, meeting in the front. Trim if needed to fit and glue in place.
6. Trim cardboard rectangles to give them rounded top edges. Glue one behind the other, allowing it to be shown from the back. Use black marker to write some of the commandments on the front tablet (i.e. thou shalt not steal, honor thy mother and father, etc)
7. Glue tablets to the left side of the robe.
8. Bend the top of brown chenille stem into a cane shape. Glue to the other side of the robe.
9. Cut out two small circles from peach felt. Glue one on to the chenille cane (hands) and the other to the left side of the tablets.
10. Use black marker to add dots for eyes and draw on eyebrows.