PARSHA MATH

SHABBOS HAGADOL
Match the Reason This Shabbos is HaGadol

The Miracle __Taking a Sheep

Handling Muktzah __The Head Rabbi

Shabbos Became Great __The Omer the Day

After

The Speech __Only Creation

The Week Has a Small Shabbos __Civil War

Tenth of Nissan In year 2448 this day was Shabbos

The Jews took the sheep to hold for 4 days
The First-Born Egyptians believed Moshe that a
plague was coming
In year 2487 Miriam died

Fourteenth of Nissan Passover sacrifice

Fifteenth of Nissan Sedar night (eat sacrifice)

In year 2448, the Jews left Egypt

Sixteenth of Nissan Day after “special” day, gather Omer from new crop
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NOTES FOR TEACHER OR PARENT
Age group – 10 years and up
Objective of this lesson:
Appreciate math in the Torah
Introduction to concepts of Shabbos haGadol
ANSWER SHEET
Match the Reason This Shabbos is HaGadol

THE MIRACLE CIVIL WAR

First-Born Egyptians believe Moshe that plague of death to the first-borns;
the first-borns begin a civil war to let the Jews go

HANDLING MUKTZAH TAKING A SHEEP

First Shabbos for the Jews as a people; taking a live animal is an item of
Muktzah; by this action overriding Shabbos, the Jews appreciated all the
laws of Shabbos

SHABBOS BECAME GREAT ONLY CREATION

Prior to this time, Shabbos had only one part of its function (Shabbos of
Creation); starting with this Shabbos, now had its second part (Shabbos of
Exodus)
Two aspects of relationship between G-d and the Jewish people as reflected
in the two parts of the Shabbos Kiddush

THE SPEECH THE HEAD RABBI

The Main (head) Rabbi is requested to provide a longer-than-usual speech
including instructions for the many details of the forthcoming holiday of
Pesach

THE WEEK HAS A SMALL SHABBOS THE OMER THE DAY AFTER
The Torah specifies that the “day after Shabbos”, the Omer is taken. Chaza”l
explain the intention is that the first day of Pesach (like any Moed) is also
called Shabbos (to counter the mistaken belief of other groups that did not
believe in the Oral traditions). Thus, since during the week a “small”
Shabbos would be observed (and to emphasize our belief in the Oral
tradition), Chaza”l declared the Shabbos prior to Pesach the “big” Shabbos.
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