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ing experience at the inter

national hot-air balloon comp-

etition in Israel when this big

guy showed up.

What about you? Would you

like to go riding in a balloon, or

would you be afraid? If you

could design any kind of hot-air

balloon, what would it look like?

Do you have an
idea or photo that
would be good for

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Power Pita

I

f you've ever been to Israel, you know one
of the staples there is pita bread.
Usually, pita is served with falafel and
hummus and tehina. But if you use your
imagination, you can come up with lots of oth-
er tasty fillings.
Why not have a pita dinner party and
invite your friends and family to bring one
filler each. Here are some ideas to get you
started:
tuna fish -
any kind of cheese

cottage cheese
cole slaw
olives and pickles
green onions
hard-boiled or scrambled eggs
chick peas
tomatoes and cucumbers
guacamole
sliced boiled potatoes
fresh herbs
bean sprouts
cream cheese

Todah, Thanks, Spaceba, Merci

D

id you know that International Thank
You Day will be celebrated next
Thursday, Jan. 11?
Now is a perfect time to catch up on
that long overdue call or note or little gift to
say, "Thank you." Perhaps somebody did you

a favor and you meant to express your grat-
itude but you just never got around to it. Or
maybe you want to write a teacher, an uncle,
a good friend who has helped you out time
and again.

Parsha Project

The coming week's Torah portion, Exodus
1:1-6:1, is Sh'mot, the first parsha of the sec-
ond book of the Torah.
The parsha describes how long after Yosef
and his generation have died, the Egyptian
ruler enslaves the Israelites and attempts to
kill off all newborn males. Moshe is born and
rescued by the daughter of Pharaoh and
raised in the royal palace. When he is grown,
Moshe flees Egypt after killing an Egyptian.
He settles in Midian (today in southern Jor-
dan and northwest Saudi Arabia), marries
a local woman and has a son.
God communicates with Moshe and com-
mands him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt-
ian slavery and back to the Promised Land.

Moshe returns to
Egypt. He and his
brother, Aharon, con-
front Pharaoh. He re-
buffs them and makes
the Israelite slaves work
even harder.
This parsha is full of
some of the most famous images in the
Torah: the basket in which Moshe was
sent down the Nile; the burning
bush; the shepherd's staff that turned
into a snake. Which makes the greatest
impression on you and why? Using foil,
clay and other household items, create a
model.

Maimonides, Rabbi Moshe
ben Maimon, was one of the
greatest Jewish scholars of
all time. He was a renowned
physician and the author of
numerous books on philos-
ophy and religion.
Maimonides listed eight
levels of giving charity. They
are:
*Teaching another to be-
come self-sufficient.
*A gift in which both the
donor and recipient are
anonymous.
*A dona-
tion in
which the
recipient is
known, the
one giving
is not.
*When
the donor is known, the re-
cipient is not.
*Giving when not asked.
*Giving, but only when
asked.
*Making a too-small do-
nation, but doing so kind-
ly. -
*Grudgingly making a
small donation.
What do you think of
Maimonides' eight degrees?
Does it seem to you that a
lot of people know how to
make a donation without
bringing a great deal of at-
tention to themselves? Why
do you think
that's the case?
And what
about you? Do
you like to give
to an anony-
mous person,
and then remain
anonymous
yourself? How do
you think you
would feel if you
needed help, and
the person who
gave it to you
wanted to be
thanked and praised pub-
licly?

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