PURIM

1)Taking after the tradition on Purim to send gifts, as a class we will be sending compliments to classmates. Using the vocabulary on page 70, pick a name out of the hat and write a compliment to that person. Give them to teacher who will read the compliment and the students get to guess who the compliment is for. At the end of class, the teacher will pass the compliments out to the students.

2)Taking after the tradition of Purim, we will review the story of purim in illustrated way. In the video, students will have the change to explain each scene and what is being depicted based on the illustratrations. http://www.aish.com/h/pur/mm/Purim_Animated.html

3) Taking after the tradition of Purim, class will be festive. We will play a game. Students will get the change to pull a name out of a hat of one of the key characters in the Purim story. The object of the game is to discover who the person is by asking questions. Rules are that audience can not ask who the person is or if he or she is good or bad.

5) Singing. Listen to the following song below and follow the text as the words a read. When the music stops in the middle of the song, students must guess where. The student waits at the board untill someone elses guesses correctly to take his or her place.

Purim Song - The Maccabeats

Stand stand for a tale so grand
Shushan is the place where it all began
The hidden miracle

One man, second in command
Slay all the Jews was his wicked plan
A scheme so miserable

He chose a day for the disaster
It's ironic what came after
He didn't know a girl named Esther
Would turn it upside down

So raise your glass if you can see the hidden meaning,
it's right in front of you,
we will never be never be anything but proud to tell the story,
v'nahafoch hu (It was turned upside down)
Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass
just come on and come on and raise your glass

Esther became the queen
Cuz' God was pulling strings from behind the scenes
She wore the royal crown

3 days the Jews just prayed,
Queen Esther risked her life went to save the day
She took Haman down

The streets were filled with celebration
Everyone ate Hamantashen
Jubilation for the nation
Ken tihiyeh lanu... (So should it be for us)

So raise your glass if you can see, the hidden meaning,
it's right in front of you,
we will never be never be anything but proud to tell the story,
v'nahafoch hu
Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass
just come on and come on and raise your glass

So get your costumes on
Make noise and drown out Haman
Don't drink like a fool
And remember and remember
What the day's about...

So raise your glass if you see God in hidden places,
He's right in front of you,
We will never be never be anything but proud to tell our story
v'nahafoch hu

So raise your glass if you can see the hidden meaning,
it's right in front of you,
we will never be never be anything but proud to tell the story,
v'nahafoch hu
Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass
just come on and come on and raise your glass...

Lyrics: David Block and Immanuel Shalev
(Lyrics © 2011 David Block and Immanuel Shalev)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtnMMmIqfLU  Lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgJInVvJSZg


STORY OF PURIM