"A couple of years ago, I was elevated from the position of regular shul group leader to Parsha Man. This meant that instead of running all the programing for one age group, I was now in charge of teaching the parsha to every age group, ranging from three year olds to fourth graders. My immediate response was to search the web for a source of parsha activities I could use every week for this new job. As much as I searched though, my efforts were in vain. I simply could not find any parsha activities online. Nearly every week since then, I have been amassing my own arsenal of parsha games. Some activities came from my own head. Others are well known games that I simply connected to a parsha. Family, friends, and youth directors were other useful resources. Week by week, one parsha at a time, I slowly amassed what was the beginings of what one could call a parsha curriculum.
"But my job was not yet complete. For I knew that every week, countless group leaders around the world were facing the same problem that I faced several years back. There was still no online source that gave you just what was needed. Sure there were parsha summaries and parsha questions all over the internet. But no activities.
"And that's what this website is intended to fix. Parsha by parsha, it provides you with some interactive method of teaching about the lessons and big ideas from every week's laining.
But it's far from finished, and this is where you come in. Email your favorite activity to parshaactivities@gmail.com, and become a part of this wonderful project."
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