Time to Light the Menorah
Your students will create this very modern and educational Menorah made from metal “Compression Connectors,” and stones found in Hashem’s natural world. Using the attached worksheet, students will learn how to calculate their specific lighting times based on each day’s time for sunset and their family’s individual minhagim – which will exercise students’ logic and mathematical skills. Finally, they will use chalk to write the times onto the rocks, which can be erased and used every year – as the lighting times change from year to year.
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PRCHK18-SF013 Instruction Sheet 30 Downloads
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Specifications
| Size: | 8.5″ x 11″ |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Style: | Ashkenaz |
| Gender: | N/A |
| Color: | Black and White |
| Grade(s): | 3rd-5th, 6th-8th |
| Resource Type(s): | Projects |
| Subject(s): | Holidays and Shabbos, Chanukah |
Printing
| Contents: | 5 – 8.5″x11″ – Black and White | Paper | Not Laminated |
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| Page Scaling: | None (Do Not Fit to Printable Area) | ||
| Notes: |
Some cutting and assembly may be required. Laminated items will require trimming. Items larger than 11×17 inches may require a large format printer. |
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Goals
| Goals and Objectives: | Students will explain how to calculate lighting times for their specific location, as well as learn about the halachos of lighting the menorah – such as candle height, candle spacing and lighting times. |
| Skills Needed: | Fine motor skills, focus on task, eye-hand coordination, mathematical computation, ability to read a chart. |
| Skills Developed: | Students will develop dexterity of hand skills and strengthen key skills such as bilateral coordination and tactile awareness. |
Materials
- Template (Math Calculations), attached
- (8) Black Stones (Dollar Tree)
- (9) Metal Compression Connectors “Candle Stick Holders” (Click here)
- (13) Silver Washers (3/4”)
- (9) Silver Nuts (5/8”)
- 12” Ceramic Tile (Home Depot, styles vary)
- White Chalk
- E6000 Glue
Credits
| Publisher: | Walder Education |
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| Founding Director: | Mrs. Rouhama Garelick |
| Created: | Sara Freida Imbo |
| Content: | Layah Bergman |
| Editor: | Rabbi Yehoshua Miller |
| Rabbinic Advisors: | Rabbi Ephraim Friedman |
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