Shalom Yeladim! We are traveling through the book of Shemot which is the second book of the 5 books of Moshe. This week, we read in Parsha Terumah, which translates to "contribution." Adonai spoke to Moses saying, 2 “Tell Bnei-Yisrael to take up an offering for Me. From anyone whose heart compels him you are to take My offering.” In our lives, we are often asked to do things that we really don't want to do. Sometimes, we choose to do those things because we will receive some type of reward at the end. For instance, you may clean your room in order to get an allowance or maybe to get to do something that you really want to. Your heart isn't really in doing what you were asked, rather your heart was in the reward you would receive. When it comes to the things of Ad-nai, many times people do what they know they should, not because they know it is the right thing. Or maybe they do it in order to get a blessing. Some people only seem to do anything righteous because they want to go to heaven instead of hell. The truth is that we should choose to obey Torah simply because our heart's desire is to keep Torah - no other motivation. Just as the offering received was to be only from those who really wanted to give the offering, everything we do for Ad-nai should be simply because our heart's desire is to do so. In our activity this week let's play a game with alliteration and how we can be a more cheerful giver, if you have ever wondered; "what does cheerful giving look like?", this activity's for you. As always, ask for permission to download and print the lesson and activity for the week and learn about the way we should walk to accept the blessings of G-D into our lives. (links are below attached to the cartoons of children.)