Hospitality is a skill that we can develop in our children. The holiday of Sukkot provides us an opportunity to do just that. This Sukkot (and all year), teach your children the mitzvah called hachnasat orchim , which teaches us to honour our guests. Honouring Guests ...
/beyond-books/pjblog/october-2017/learning-to-welcome-guests
02/10/2017 06:00:00
Mitzvah Day is the UK’s largest day of social action, involving over 40,000 people annually around the world, to do good deeds for others. This year, on November 18th, groups of Jews and non-Jews from schools and nurseries to cheders and synagogues, will get involved by doing...
/beyond-books/pjblog/november-2018/pj-library-joins-mitzvah-day-2018
05/11/2018 00:00:00
UJIA are delighted to be partnering with PJ Library for a third year for Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel's Independence Day. The books being sent to children aged 0-2 yrs and 3-4 yrs are sponsored by UJIA as both books share a theme of Shalom which is such an important word in He...
/beyond-books/pjblog/april-2022/happy-birthday-israel
07/04/2022 09:26:43
The Passover table already has salt water to symbolize our ancestors' tears, so PJ Library wants to help you avoid shedding actual ones when planning how to lead your own seder. To make it as simple as possible, here’s our Step-by-Step Seder video playlist. In each brief ...
/beyond-books/pjblog/april-2020/passover-made-easier
07/04/2020 10:28:34
It’s never too early to start planning your Passover-week meals (seriously, it will be here sooner than you think). Since every family tackles “kosher for Pesach” differently, you’ll know best what works for your traditions and diets. If you’re not sure about the differe...
/beyond-books/pjblog/april-2019/grocery-shopping-tips-for-pesach
15/04/2019 09:59:44
As parents, it’s easy to write off the temper tantrums, the sibling rivalry , and the need for instant gratification by joking, “I know, kid. It’s hard to be four.” Sound familiar? But the reality is that it is hard to be four. Children lack the emotional maturity to unde...
/beyond-books/pjblog/october-2018/how-to-help-children-manage-big-emotions
04/10/2018 00:00:00
PJ Library wants families to get together this year to do something Jewish. Get inspired by the shamash, the centre candle on the menorah, or the “helper candle” as young children sometimes call it, to host a tzedakah night with family and friends . And for TONNES of o...
/beyond-books/pjblog/december-2024/host-a-tzedakah-night-during-chanukah
01/12/2024 00:01:00
When you have young children, three Jewish holidays get most of the holiday street cred with the kids: Pesach , Purim , and Chanukah . But while these holidays might have more cultural awareness around them, the holiday of Shavuot has plenty of traditions that make i...
/beyond-books/pjblog/may-2019/why-kids-love-shavuot-and-you-will-too
30/05/2019 00:00:00
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/beyond-books/pjblog/may-2018/raising-jews-in-an-interfaith-family
04/06/2018 00:00:00
Good friendships are truly valuable. In fact, friendship is so important in Judaism, that the rabbinical commentators taught, “ K’nei lecha chaver ,” or acquire for yourself a friend. What’s interesting is that the word k’nei literally means “to buy,” suggesting that f...
/beyond-books/pjblog/november-2019/7-ways-to-teach-kids-about-friendship
07/01/2020 00:00:00
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