The markets are full of people buying apples, honey, beets, carrots, pomegranates, heads of fish, lamb and all the other ingredients needed to prepare the big feast for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. In the Mishna, in the chapter on the New Year, it is mentioned that there are four new years in the […]

“Teacher, Jesus did magic, didn’t He?”, two big brown eyes look up at me after the Shabbat school class. We had just finished several lessons learning about how Jesus loves us, knows all of our needs and provides for us. In the lesson that day we learned that Jesus cared about his friends at the […]

“I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” Genesis 9.13   As Shabbat or Sunday school teachers, our chief aim and desire is that our children would be saved and develop a personal relationship with God. It’s important that we take […]

Recently, a teacher shared a lesson in the adult classes on the subject of salvation: Aim To bring the children to recognize their need for the Savior. What you need Three identical balls (like tennis balls) Transparent cellophane paper Opaque wrapping paper A box large enough for one ball Prepare in advance Wrap the balls […]

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1.1 First grade is over. It’s time to organize all the many papers that accumulated on the table, in the binder, in the bag and in many other places. We tried to decide what was going in the trash and what was to be […]

A Global View “Yeshua summoned them, saying, ‘Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.’” Luke 18:16 In the summer months, when families travel and visitors arrive, it occurs that every week we have different children sitting in front of us. […]

Ideas from the field… Did you encounter a situation in front of the kindergarten class or the children’s class in the lower grades of elementary school, that you simply could not get the children’s attention without raising your voice? They had “ants in their pants”, and they just wanted to talk to their friends? I […]

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 Henrietta, one Sunday School teacher Henrietta Mears was born on October 23, 1890. She was born into a Christian family whose custom was to attend church each week. By the age of […]

“I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.” Psalms 17.6 Have you ever had a case like this? “Who wants to pray for Lisa who has an injured knee?” Joel raised his hand with great enthusiasm. He really likes to pray in every […]

When I think of crafts and creativity, I think of Bezalel. God chose him, as mentioned in Exodus 31, to fashion and oversee the work of the building of the Tabernacle. God did not choose to build the Tabernacle as a wood cabin or as a tent made of simple cloth, and put in it […]