Sara Rivka
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Watercolor Art For Loose-Bound Art Journal Pages
Hello watercolors! It has been quite a while since I've touched any paint, so I decided to wade back in with baby steps by starting with watercolors, (mostly those in a tube) and then using those watercolors to make a new loose leaf art journal which I'll be using to count the Omer, the 49…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! The next Jewish holiday coming up in a little over two weeks is L'Ag B'Omer, which is the 33 Day of the Omer period which we started counting on the second night of Passover. This is a period of mourning with no music or haircuts,…
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A Walk To See The Stunning Hilltop Views From Moshav Keshet, Israel
A stunning snow-topped mountain with a lovely pond and blooming fruit trees in the foreground, mingling with rolling green hills? It doesn't get much better than that, especially on a cool spring day with blue skies! A few weeks ago we were able to work really hard preparing the house for Passover and take a…
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Today Is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and as always there are quite simply no words. We remember with love the men, women, and children, who were sons and daughters, husbands and wives, aunts and uncles, grandparents, close friends……..and who were senselessly and brutally murdered in the Holocaust.
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Watercolor Floral And Botanical Cut-Outs For Art Journals
This year as I count the 7 week Omer period, on the Jewish calendar, I've decided to work on two things as I create a brand new art journal dedicated to this important period of time. Can you guess what they are? Well one, yes of course is watercolor botanicals meaning leaves and florals, and…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Phew we made it to the other side of Passover plus some, and now as we count the Omer leading us to L'Ag B'Omer and then the Jewish holiday of Shavuot we are preparing ourselves to receive the Torah. This is a great…
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DIY Snake Fold Journal For Counting The Omer!
I'm re-posting this from last year because it really is a great one, and now that Passover is over it is time to get serious about counting the Omer with art! Okay, yikes, I thought I spotted this journal as I was cleaning for Passover, but now it is not where I thought I saw…
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Key Shaped Schlissel Challah From Twelve Rolls!
I'm so happy to share with you that I have completed my key shaped challah baking (an ashkenazic Jewish custom called in yiddish schlissel challah) a full day ahead of time which means there is time to share it with you! Of course that is only because I'm in Israel and Thursday, today, was Isru…
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Note To Self For Next Passover!
Above: Part of note to self, the idea of going on a 3 night vacation in the Golan with the family, for shabbat HaGadol, after finishing most of the Passover prep was a fabulous idea! We enjoyed the gorgeous Spring weather, blooming flowers, down time, and it made the Passover vacation seem really really long!…
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We Spotted The Rare Golan Iris, In The Golan!
We spotted the rare Golan iris, in the Golan! On Shabbat HaGadol we spent a glorious three nights at a Moshav in the Golan called Keshet. The weather was spectacular and the walks just outside our door were wonderful and so very inspiring as this was an area of Israel with which we were not…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday Passover edition! The wonderful holiday of Passover is 7 days in Israel, and 8 days elsewhere, and during this time I will not be doing any crafting or art, but taking photos is okay, so hoping to get out into nature and record our experiences on Sunday and Monday! My…
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7 Best Ways to Learn a New Foreign Language for Travel
With Passover starting tomorrow night, the travel on our minds right now is how the Jewish people were delivered from slavery in Egypt, which required lots and lots of walking! Today of course with the ease of travel, seeing the world is something many people hope to do, but then again, how can one get…