Nature in Israel | Plum Creek Library System

In Israel, before the holiday of Sukkot, you can buy a lulav and etrog at a roadside market stand. But Arava and her family want to find and pick their own. Join them as they hike and picnic in the hills surrounding their home in Tzefat, looking for each of the four species needed to celebrate the harvest holiday.

3) What's the Buzz?: Honey for a Sweet New Year

Author

Ofanansky, Allison Maile

Series

Nature in Israel
High Holidays

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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

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Visit a bee farm, and follow the bees as they carry kisses" from flower to flower and return to their hives with their tummies full of nectar. Learn how the honey is extracted from the combs and makes its way from the hive to the table, to be enjoyed with slices of apples for a Rosh Hashanah treat.

4) Cheesecake for Shavuot

Author

Ofanansky, Allison Maile

Series

Nature in Israel
Lag Ba'Omer and Shavuot

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To celebrate Shavuot, a spring harvest festival, children in Israel make cheesecake using flour they have ground from wheat they have grown in their school garden, fresh goat cheese from the friendly petting zoo goats, and fresh strawberries from the garden.

5) New month, new moon

Author

Ofanansky, Allison

6) Tisha B'Av: a Jerusalem journey

Author

Ofanansky, Allison