One Way
For Parasha Chukat
By Lovingneighbor 7-1-2006
This weeks Parasha is in the book of Numbers also called Bamidbar, and is called Chukat which means 'Statute'. In this weeks parasha:
Last Weeks Parasha Review
The Story of this weeks Parasha:
This Weeks Parasha Questions
How many ways can you be made clean from a dead body? One Way! The Red Heifer. Once you are made unclean by a dead body you cannot come into the temple until your cleansed with the water of purification made from the ashes of the Red Heifer sacrifice.
Why don't Moshe and Aharon get to go into the Promised land? Because they didn't bring water out of the rock the way God told them to. They did their own way.
Activity - One Way
In this activity you can either make a simple set of mazes and hand out to the children or print off the mazes from this website:
Hand them out and start counting to see who can get the maze done before time runs out. The teacher then explains that we all just like the children of Yisra'el have so much time of our testing and there is only one way to win and that is God's way, the more we try and go a different way then the way God has planned the more we may not get to the goal at all. Don't rebel and do it your way, just try and learn God's ways and do them.
Why did Yisra'el keep murmering? Because they didn't want God's ways they wanted to do things their way. They thought they had a better way so they complained.
Review Main Points
Who can tell the story? Take one or two volunteers and have them tell the story of Parasha Chukat
Ask Questions Again How many ways can you be made clean from a dead body? Why don't Moshe and Aharon get to go into the promised land? Why did Yisra'el keep murmering?