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Hebrew Through Holidays: Purim March Madness (Part 8 of 10)

This activity is part of a series of 10 holiday-centered activities intended for students in grades K-4.

Grades

K–7

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Setting

After School and Beyond · Camp · Congregational Learning · Family Engagement

Topic

Hebrew · Jewish Holidays (Chagim)

Organization

Hebrew at the Center

About

This activity is part of a series of 10 holiday-centered activities intended for students in grades K-4 that are learning the Hebrew alphabet for the first time. The activities are meant to build upon each other and to be used in order for students to cumulatively learn the alphabet.

The letters in this Purim section should be review of all previous letters taught. Some additional vocabulary taught in this section includes:

הָמָן

מָרְדְּכַי

אֶסְתֵּרַ

וּשְׁתֵּי

הַמַּנְטָשֶׁן

רַעֲשָׁן

מְגִלָּה

תַּחְפּוֹשׂוֹת

מִשְׁלוֹחַ מָנוֹת

קַרְנָבָל פּוּרִים

ספיל פּוּרִים

אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

In this March Madness inspired activity, students will learn about the concepts of "lots" and "being chosen" while engaging in a fun bracket-style challenge game as a class, and learn Hebrew along the way!

For more information on the order of the letters taught in this series, see below. Activities for using these letters are included in the subsequent postings.

Part 1: Shabbat

Hebrew Phrases:

שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

New Letters:

Shin (sin)
Bet (vet)
Tav
Lamed
Final mem
Vav (oh)

Part 2: Rosh Hashana

Hebrew Phrases:

שׁוֹפָר
לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה
וּמְתוּקָה
יוֹם טוֹב
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה

New Letters:

Aleph
Nun
Fey (pey)
Resh
Hey
Tet
Mem
Koof
Yud

Part 3: Yom Kippur

Hebrew Phrases: