How to Be a Jewish Mother

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Buy a children's Jewish Bible

   Have a Shabbat meal every Friday night with kosher grape juice for the children and kosher wine for the adults.
   
   This will teach the kids the proper prayers and traditions of Shabbat. , You're not required to attend every Friday night service, but every Saturday morning service should be attended. ,, On Sukkot, you could build a Sukkah and eat dinner there.
   
   Then you could spend the rest of the night indoors. , Kids love helping in the kitchen and there are so many traditional Jewish recipes that you can try with them.
   
   For example, hamantaschen for Purim, matzah ball soup for Passover, blintzes for Shavuot, honey cake for Rosh Hashanah, and potato pancakes for Hanukkah.
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   Step 2: Jewish toys

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   Step 3: and books for your children.

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   Step 4: Have your children take part at your Jewish Community Center's religious programs.

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   Step 5: Have your children study Hebrew at your synagogue's religious school or other Jewish school or have them home-schooled.

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   Step 6: Help your children with their homework

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   Step 7: but don't do it for them!

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   Step 8: If you keep kosher

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   Step 9: explain to your children the dietary laws.

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    Step 10: If you want to send your children to a Jewish summer camp

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    Step 11: be aware that not all Jewish camps observe the kosher dietary laws or even help with B'nai Mitzvah.

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    Step 12: Celebrate Shabbat with the prayers

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    Step 13: candles

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    Step 14: and challah (bread).

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    Step 15: Go to the synagogue on Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

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    Step 16: After Shabbat

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    Step 17: have your children take part in the Havdalah services.

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    Step 18: Celebrate the Jewish holidays and pray and sing with your children.

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    Step 19: Make traditional Jewish foods with your kids for the holidays.

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