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I have used this book countless times in my Hebrew and Judaica classes for the purpose of acting out the stories from the Torah in a fun and meaningful way. The students love to act and they remember the stories for life!
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2014
This collection makes all of the parshot accessible while continuing to communicate the essential elements of the individual parsha. With a good dose of humor, it makes even Tezria/Metzu'rah transmittable in ways that are relevant for our learners. I recommend it highly for grades 4-5. Take a look for 6-7, too.
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2002
This book contains one skit for each weekly Torah portion (he has a companion book with skits for Haftarahs). The skits are silly (at times brilliant, at times a little dumb, but there's no accounting for taste), and are clearly designed to be fun for youth groups to act out. The skits are quite faithful to the original text without being dull. In my familiy, we use the relevant passages play-reading style (no advance preparation, we just sit around the table and read the script) to retell the story of the Exodus at our Passover Seder (the traditional Hagaddah text does not actually tell the story well enough for people who are not already familiar with it, as many of our guests are not). Even those who know the story well enjoy making up silly voices and playacting around the table. There are enough parts that everyone old enough to read gets roped into playing at least one part. It's fun whether you match people to parts (a booming-voiced man with a great sarcastic streak playing Pharaoh) or you don't (a 7-year-old girl playing Moses). I'd also strongly recommend this book for any Jewish educator or family that wants to keep the kids apprised of the weekly portion without taking a long time or getting overly cerebral. The skits would work nicely around a Shabbat dinner table, as well as in a classroom.