Our art piece resembles an example of faith in the real world, from the perspective of two biblical figures. Moses was a leader of the Jewish people as he led them out of Egypt and through the desert. Through these difficult times, Moses was led by God and maintained his faith. Elisha was a loyal servant, as a prophet being faithful to God and being loyal to his mentor Elijah. He was a prime example of how an individual can maintain their religious connection to God and trustworthiness with the people around them. These two characters most resemble the attribute of faith to us because they supported their communities and kept their belief in God through times of upheaval. Our work illustrates these two biblical figures going about the land through rolling mountains. This landscape and cloth covering it symbolize the smoothness, but unsteadiness of being able to maintain faith for extended periods of time. The mountains are coated in a cloth material to show how being faithful is rewarding and provides overall stability in life, since God is always there to help. The hard material of the mountains and soft cloth covering them also indicates that to keep faith you need a strong resolve and a gentle approach. The characters are rewarded for their faithfulness by living in a land of light. God’s light opens through the clouds at times of unrest and indicates God’s presence over his loyal people on the land below. The text can only be read from the front view of our piece because this is the perspective a human would have, whereas God sees the mountains from the top view and can see everything in between the mountains from a boundless perspective.

Throughout his story, Joseph remained disciplined in difficult situations. Some of these times include when he was a slave and his master’s wife tried to sleep with him, when he was promoted to Pharoah’s second in command, and when he saw his brothers for the first time since they sold him into slavery. To emphasize the discipline of Joseph and his story, we based our design off of the theme of discipline. Our design is split in two scenes separated by a wall, the bottom half being full of harsh conditions and the top half being much nicer. On the bad side we put representations of famine and disease, which references the vision/dream of Pharaoh that Joseph interpreted. On the good side we made houses and pyramids, clean water, living plants, and overall much more desirable. The point is to show that it takes discipline to make it through the obstacles he faced. We chose to use a wall to separate the two sides because we wanted to incorporate a brick texture in our design. The brick is supposed to represent leadership, strength, and discipline, because a leader must be strong in times of weakness. Joseph demonstrated this when his brothers’ came to him asking for help but didn’t recognize him. He wanted to reveal who he was but knew that he needed to stay hidden until the time was right. On both the good and the bad sides of the wall we added water. We felt that it fell in well on both sides because water is a symbol of life and death. On the good side, it represents life because it’s commonly associated with purity and life. On the bad side, it represents death because it’s contaminated and people drown from water all the time. In addition, a river always leads somewhere. If you stay persistent/disciplined and follow the river, you’re going to make progress from where you started, even if it’s not where you want to be.

Our piece is an artistic interpretation of Moses’ dedication to justice and fairness in his duties as leader of B'nai Israel as seen in Exodus 18:13, “Next day, Moses sat as magistrate among the people, while the people stood about Moses from morning until evening.” In this quote, Moses takes his responsibility seriously and professionally, showing his devotion to his people by judging them day and night.

A sound block is placed on top of a rock, representing both the water-spewing rock that Moses hit in his defiance towards G-d and Har Sinai. After Moses hits the rock with his staff, God judges Moses telling him that he will never be able to set foot in the promised land. When Moses is on Har Sinai, he is retrieving the Ten Commandments, the basis of law and judgment in the Jewish religion.

The rotating hand holding the gavel is a plaster mold meant to represent Moses’ hand deciding the fate of his people. A piece of wood holds up the hand, a reference to Aaron and Hur holding Moses’ arms in order to defeat Amalek. In the background, blue LEDs are placed underneath our acrylic Red Sea, timed to light up when the hand touches the sound block. The Sea is not only split by Moses’ decisive sharps, but by texture as well. The two sides symbolize the two possible verdicts Moses gave his people: smooth equaling innocent and rough equaling guilty. The whole piece symbolizes that although Moses’ verdicts and leadership may have seemed harsh to Bnei Israel, it was all for a greater purpose. Moses led them to freedom through the desert and Egypt, and two towering walls of water.

Mothers are an integral part of raising children to discover themselves in a safe, strong, and loving environment. We look up to our mothers and want to represent their strength and love for us. Yocheved embodies the strong maternal role. She holds her child and kisses his head in a show of love and protection. Mother and baby are 3D printed to look like wood to show a mother’s love is natural and the create a perfect model for the complicated shape. The illuminated quote is highlighted so the viewer can recognize it, but it is clear with a blue light so that the words blend into the background the way a maternal figure’s influence often goes unnoticed and unappreciated when it is given. Fabric is chosen to drape over the whole board to keep a simple natural, flowing look to match a mother’s endless love that does not falter even in a child’s anger. The fabric is wavy and smooth and whole the same way a mother’s love is constant and covering in a form of warm protection. It will be blue because blue is a calming color that causes the same effect as a mother’s love. Blue also pays homage to the daring act of putting Moshe in the Nile to protect him Yocheved had to do. The mother will have moving arms up and down to lift the baby and kiss him as a sign of motherly affection and for this to happen a motor will be used.

The Tree of Rivka reflects how selfless manipulation acts as one of Rivka’s central

attributes. Rivka often makes the choice to put herself in harm’s way for the sake of others, notably when she directs Jacob in their deception of Isaac when Jacob takes the birthright blessing from Esav. She chooses less confrontational but still effective methods to achieve her goals. She manipulates the situation to her advantage. Our design conveys this in multiple ways. There will be a flower, dagger, poisoned apple, and bucket hanging from the tree on a mobile. These objects represent, respectively, Rivka’s gentleness, danger, deceit, and care for others. The tree itself is a representation of her selflessness, as it doesn’t benefit from giving away its objects, but it is also manipulative in the sense that many of those objects are dangerous or deceitful. The landscape of our design incorporates a moat, pool, and flowing streams that represent the fluidity of her character, and there are foxes scattered around as a symbol of intelligence. Additionally, the landscape itself is made of levels and is uneven while still creating natural slopes, which acts as a reminder of the duality of Rivka’s character — she is capable of manufacturing artificial situations while still maintaining the facade that they are naturally occurring. In terms of materials, we’ve chosen to use wood for our landscape, acrylic for the tree, resin for the water aspects, and 3D printing for the foxes and objects in the tree. We wanted to create a scene that utilized multiple materials to reflect how Rivka is multi-faceted. We specifically chose acrylic for the tree because of its smoothness, since the tree itself is the piece of the scene that is most like Rivka and we wanted it to be a sleek surface that represented Rivka’s smoothness in difficult situations.

Our art piece’s goal is to portray Moshe’s traits of courage and bravery. We wanted to

show these attributes by representing a time when Moshe acted both courageously and with immense bravery. Moshe was known for many extraordinary acts, but one of his most breathtakingly ambitious was when he split the Red Sea and led the Jewish People out of Egypt. By walking through the parted sea with the former slaves, Moses exhibited complete faith in God, not just to keep him safe, but every Jewish person along with him.

The Jewish people had been nervous for their journey to freedom, and with the Egyptians catching up to them, instead of surrendering, Moses continued the venture and led his people to freedom. He showed courage and bravery because of this. His actions were inspirational, and we hope to inspire others with this art piece. We wanted to show others that anyone can be brave and courageous like Moshe because he was a regular man who was given the chance to do something incredible.

We decided to use a variety of different materials such as clay, sand, and tissue paper, and various types of fabrics, to depict a beach scene. Using clay for the hands would allow us to sculpt them ourselves and give us the freedom to make them look strong and human-like. We chose to use authentic beach sand in our piece so that it would look more realistic and elevate the piece to a higher level of immersion and realism. The sand represents realism and the fabric is intended to be symbolic. It represents the rough water and the nervousness and excitement coming from the Jewish people.

Our utilization of tissue paper and different types of fabric would let us creatively depict the turbulence and sheer volume of water, as well as metaphorically illustrate the many challenges Moses faced while leading his people out of Egypt. The varied amounts of color and material are representative of the complexity of the challenges Moshe faced while leading the Jewish People to freedom. The different fabric also represents the different emotions that the Jewish people were feeling as they headed to Freedom.

In short, we are relying heavily on metaphor and symbolism to illustrate the monumental bravery of Moses. His journey was intricate, complex, and imposing, and we seek to create a piece worthy of his story.

Our project is a representation of Boaz and the story of Ruth. On our piece, the main elements are two plaster hands, one giving wheat to the other, and a 3D printed statue of a farmer that represents Boaz. Using a plaster hand instead of a 3D printed one gives a more raw and real feel to our piece. Instead of using something artificial it is a copy of our real hands. It also allows a piece of our group to be in our art. We chose a hand giving wheat to another hand to represent two things. One, it represents selflessness, of giving the hard-earned fruit of one’s labor to someone else who needs it. It also represents Boaz, who, in the story, gave wheat to a stranger, Ruth, to feed her. Boaz is a farmer and owns a giant farm, in the story he shares part of his farm with strangers to provide them with land and food. He is a generous man. The farmer figure is 3D printed using wood filament to remain with the theme of crops and natural materials. We chose to go with a natural theme because Boaz cares more about other people than materialistic things. To give our project color and represent Boaz’s farm, we are incorporating plastic sushi grass into the design as it depicts the natural state we are striving to accomplish. The sushi grass adds a realistic element to our piece.

The story of Akeidat Yitzchak is a victory with the potential for tragedy, but above all else, it is about Avraham giving everything he loves and has worked for to G-d.

is Avraham’s ultimate question, what all of his tests worked towards. It is one philosophers have struggled with and a test that would be impossible for most of us. Yet both Avraham and Yitzchak align themselves to G-d’s will.

We chose to represent this story with two egg-shaped spheres, rotating on concentric circular paths. The larger white sphere represents Avraham. The smaller sphere represents Yitzchak, a child who seems a little lost yet also determined to serve G-d. The writing on both combines to the entire story of Akeidat Yitzchak.

These spheres orbit in circles, going through every stage of the journey. It starts with Avraham circling while Yitzchak stays still; Avraham is talking to G-d, but Yitzchak has not yet been roped in. Then, Yitzchak is pulled into Avraham’s orbit and begins to circle behind Avraham as they travel to Har HaMoriah. They orbit three times (for the three days of the journey) before suddenly Yitzchak stops and begins to rotate in the opposite direction, representing his confusion as he asks

But then the orbits both pause, aligning for a single moment as Avraham answers

and then continue in the same direction to represent

Rashi tells us that even though Yitzchak understood that he was going to be sacrificed, he went with Avraham

Even when God asked him to give up his life, he held nothing back and aligned himself with God’s will.

They circle once more as they reach the summit of the mountain and then Yitzchak stops, representing him being tied down. After one final rotation Avraham stops in a perfect line with Yitzchak and the light representing God’s presence. In this final, sublime moment, Avraham, Yitzchak, and the will of G-d align and the light shines through the hole in the center of the spheres. As Avraham holds the knife above his son’s head, light shining off the blade, everything comes together — and the participants of the Akeidah are one with G-d’s will.

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My wedge of wood is in comparison to the story of Noah's Ark. In the story of Noah, G-d tells Noah that He intends to flood the Earth in order to destroy everything on the planet because they had become so corrupt. He told Noah to make an ark and to take aboard his family and two of every type of animal he can find, and He will save everything on the ark. Noah and his family were trapped on the ark with a whole bunch of animals and with nothing to really do for forty days and forty nights of boredom, wondering when G-d will save them.

In order to check if the waters had receded enough to get off the ark, Noah sent a bird out to find a place to rest. It took a week until the bird found a tree to settle on. Everyone knows the story of how the dove brought Noah a branch from an olive tree, that proved that there was dry land and that the flood was over. In that story, the dove represents hope and is exactly what we need in this day and age. We are in a pandemic and every one is so lonely in quarantine, and we don’t have many normal social interactions these days, even when we can see people in person. With all the vaccines coming out, it’s similar to how that one branch was a sign that the flood was coming to an end, just like COVID will some day.

The quote I put in the middle of my wedge is “hope isn’t so far away,” which refers to the pandemic and the new CDC rules coming out that state that if you're vaccinated, you don’t have to wear a mask outside and everything is getting a lot less serious. For example, vaccines for 12-15 year olds are about to be approved by the FDA any day now.

When I first made my design in Tinkercad, I knew exactly what I wanted from the start. I did not have the plan for the materials, but the design did not change from what I created in Tinkercad. I decided on the materials as I went along and made sure to keep the design simple, clean, and easy to understand. I think that it conveys my message perfectly.

Aaron and Talia chose Miriam because she shows her true beauty throughout her life in the Torah. She is loving, caring, and giving. She plays such an important role in Yetziat Mitzraim - the Jews leaving Egypt. When Miriam was just a young girl, she prophesized for the first time. She said, "One day my mother will bear a baby boy that will lead the Jewish people to salvation." Once Moshe is placed in the Nile in order to save him from the Pharoah’s decree that all Jewish baby boys be killed, Amram, Miriam and Moshe’s father, claims Miriam lied and he hits Miriam. Later in the story, it ends up being true that Miriam and her two brothers, Moshe and Aharon, led the Jewish people to salvation together.

Miriam watched over Moshe from a distance, taking care of him and those who needed it. To us, this felt similar to what we do now in this current pandemic. We have to social distance and wear masks, and so we show our emotions with only our eyes, just as Miriam did all that time ago, using her eyes to show her emotions by showing how caring she is.

Initially, our design had many different media, including a CNC machine, a 3D printer, and stained glass, and instead of building on the wedge as we did, we planned on building up along one side of it and having more of a 3D element to it. Due to time constraints and an issue with the CNC machine, however, we decided to paint our design instead. We also reduced the number of elements and simplified it to represent a Google Meet in this time of social distancing. Although we had bumps along the road, we got it done and we are happy with the outcome. Lastly, the general concept and message stayed the same from the beginning.

We decided to base our idea of the quote “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” - ״.שקר החן והבל היופי״ To show not just the outer beauty, but the inner beauty that women of the Torah hold. We chose not just one, but many of the women of the Torah because they all symbolize different versions of inner beauty. We included some well-known Torah figures as well as some lesser known figures, including, Sarah, Rivka, Devorah, Miriam, Chava, Serach, Esther, Abigail, Yocheved, Rachel, Chana, Yael, Huldah, Leah, and Bat Pharaoh, because they all have their unique stories and ways that they made an impact on the Jewish nation.

We incorporated a wood slat with a broken mirror on one side and the attributes of the women in between the pieces of glass to show their inner beauty. We added a gold background to show the “heart of gold” they all have. The other side is a full mirror with their names around it and a silver background to show them as a whole and how all their attributes combined make powerful, strong, role models.

Our final model did not differ much from our original plan. We spent a lot of time considering the materials we would use and the techniques, and chose ones we knew we would be able to accomplish in the time given and the resources we have available. As we were laying out our design on the wedge, we did decide to switch location of the Hebrew and English phrases because we needed more room for the English words, especially with the size of the mosaic pieces, which required larger letters. Due to space and time constraints, we also decided to switch the Hebrew lettering from mosaics to 3D printed letters, but we chose a complementary color of filament to go with the mosaics of the English phrase. Because of our thought process while planning the piece, for the most part, we had very few issues as we were making it.

Throughout the text, we see how Pinchas is always the person to do what’s necessary. As it has been pointed out, Pinchas was the man who killed the leader of Shevet Reuven, without any hesitation due to the circumstances.For part of our project, we decided to make a staircase with added quotes that signify how he is always the one to step up and take charge. For example, the quote “Pinchas stepped forth and intervened, and the plague ceased.” really conveys his traits very well. The text puts emphasis on “stepped forth and intervened” since that was how Pinchas was; if there was an issue that he saw, he would do something about it. It shows that he cares about the Jewish nation and will go to any extent to do what’s right. These are features that everyone should strive to have. To be the person that takes a different path from the rest to do what’s right is a very courageous and difficult path. Very few people, including Pinchas, have taken that road and he is now an inspiration for many to do the same as him. We chose to display that moment of stepping forth by creating a staircase with the verses of this event placed on the stairs and feet walking up the stairs. The base of our wedge is also painted in a way that goes from darkness to light, in order to show that Pinchas was the one to take us from one of our darkest times back into the light.

For the our Miriam project we wanted to show Miriam‘s feminist qualities through art. First off we painted our triangle board blue to represent the Red Sea, the Red Sea is where Miriam‘s well is. The well was given to her by God to represent her prophetess. We then we’re going to add a mountain to represent Caramell mountain which is the only place you can see the well from. We then added Miriam herself standing on top of the cliff looking down at her prophetess well and the strings pulling her back represent the societal ties that she’s pulling away from.

For this project we decided to study the Biblical figure of Rivka, the stories she appears in, and what they say, or express, about her character. After we had each individually found a quote or commentary about Rivka that spoke to us, we then discussed which traits we should focus on, and how we could express them in our piece. Throughout her story we noticed themes of prophecy and fate. The first instance being when Avraham sent his servant, Eliezer, to find a wife for Yitzchak from Avraham’s homeland. Once there, as Eliezer sits by the town’s well, he appeals to Hashem to grant him good fortune and a sign as to who should be the wife of Yitzchak. He says “...let the maiden to whom I say, ‘Please, lower your jar that I may drink,’ and who replies, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels’—let her be the one whom You have decreed for Your servant Isaac. (Bereshit 24:13-14)” This is where we are first introduced to Rivka. Eliezer is scarcely finished speaking when she appears with a water jug on her shoulder.

Rivka is in control of her fate. When asked whether she wishes to return with Eliezer, she responds resolutely: “I will. (Bereshit 24:58)” She is like rushing water, constantly flowing forward. There is also, of course, the famous prophecy that is given to Rivka that determines the fate of her sons. They struggle in her womb and rather than wallowing in her pain, it is said that she “went to inquire of the Lord. (Bereshit 25:22)” This is in contrast to earlier in the chapter, when Yitzchak implores Hashem to grant Rivka with a child. Here, when it comes to the fate of her children and the continuation of the family line, Rivka takes matters into her own hands. Though many commentators claim that she was told through a prophet, the text is clear- “and the LORD answered her, “Two nations are in your womb, Two separate peoples shall issue from your body; One people shall be mightier than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.” She goes above and beyond, first exemplified in the incident at the well, and again when she orchestrates that Yaakov receive the blessing of the firstborn instead of Esav.

We used flowing water to portray this forward thinking aspect of Rivka in our piece. The background depicts a cloudy blue sky above multiple waterfalls flowing down a tall mountainside. In the forefront, to the lower right hand corner, is our 3D printed component: a white water jug with water pouring into it. This water represents Nevuah, the Hebrew word for prophecy. This water is made from pipe cleaners in various shades of blue. We painted the background with acrylic paint and used cotton balls for the clouds.

In our project that we have here we have three main features, the lighthouse, the boat, and the non newtonian fluid. This entire project represents the tragedy of Reuven and his struggle for recognition. Reuven was a hesitant leader with good ideas that only acted when he knew that his name would be recorded in history.

The Non-newtonian fluid represents the thing that led to a lot of Reuven's downfalls, his uncertainty. The fluid we are using is a fluid that becomes more solid when force is applied to it. The reason we chose this fluid for the project is because if you were to run across it you would have to keep on moving or sink. If someone were to stop for s second they would immediately begin sinking, as Reuven did when he hesitated to save Josef. We call the sea The Sea of Uncertainty to represent Reuven's indecision and hesitation.

The lighthouse represents god, his father and general recognition. There is a Rabbi Sacks quote about Reuven “If he knew what the Torah would say about him, he would have acted differently”. We decided to represent this quote in our project as we felt it described another one of Reuven's flaws, his desire for recognition. The lighthouse represents the people he desires approval from but the lighthouse’s light just missed him.

The boat represents Reuven himself and how he failed. Reuven’s ship first crashed on a rock, which was his failure to save Josef, when this happened he began sinking within his indecision and uncertainty. He was searching for the light from the lighthouse but instead crashed and sunk in his hesitation.

For this project, our team chose to represent David Hamelech. After reading several passages about him, we determined that he is someone that loves peace, but when others are in danger he is prepared to take action. We came up with this attribute of David from the following verses:

”ויאמר דוד אל־שאול רעה היה עבדך לאביו בצאן ובא הארי ואת־הדוב ונשא שה מהעדר ויצאתי אחריו והכתיו והצלתי מפיו ויקם עלי והחזקתי בזקנו והכתיו והמיתיו “

David replied to Saul, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and if a lion or a bear came and carried off an animal from the flock, I would go after it and fight it and rescue it from its mouth. And if it attacked me, I would seize it by the beard and strike it down and kill it. “ (Samuel I, 17, 36)

This connects with David’s attribute of kindness and compassion because he was willing to do anything to save his flock from predators. I think this foreshadowed David protecting his larger flock, the Jewish people, from their predators, like the Philistines.

In order to represent this character trait, we made a 3D model of a goose, usually a very tame animal, standing in a protective stance protecting its ducklings. The goose is usually thought of as a very gentle and peace-loving bird. However, if it thinks that its children are in danger, it will take an aggressive and very physical stance.

We can also connect to this character trait. While embracing the ideals of peace and harmony, if our family or community is being threatened, it calls on each of us to act.

For the Design Fab Plan, we decided to base it off of Potiphar's evil wife. It all started when Yosef lived with Potiphar, a servant of Pharaoh and was put in charge of the household. Potiphar's wife tried to seduce Yosef וַיְִ֗היאַַח֙ר ַהְדָּבִ֣רים ָהֵ֔אֶלּהוִַתָּ֧שּׂאֵֽאֶשׁת־ֲאדָֹ֛ניו ֶאת־ֵעיֶ֖ניָה.manytimesbutherefused During one attempt, Potephar's wife ripped off a ֶאל־יוֹ ֵ֑סף וַ ֖תּ ֹא ֶמר ִשׁ ְכ ָ֥בה ִע ִ ֽמּי׃ piece of Yosef's garment as he was trying to get away from her. Later Potiphar's wife tried to twist the story by telling her husband that Yosef was וַיִּ ַקּ ֩ח ֲאד ֹ֨נֵי יוֹ ֜ ֵסף א ֹ ֗תוֹ ַוֽיִּ ְתּ ֙נֵה ֙וּ .trying to seduce her and Yosef was thrown in jail ֶאל־ ֵ֣בּית ַה ֔סֹּ ַהר ְמ ֕קוֹם ֲא ֶשׁר ֲא ִסיֵ֥רי ַה ֶ֖מּ ֶל ֲאסוִּ֑רים ַוֽיְ ִהי־ ָ֖שׁם ְבּ ֵ֥בית ַה ֽסֹּ ַהר׃

Our group decided that we wanted to see deep below the surface of Potiphar's wife who was supposedly evil. We pictured her as an individual longing for connection and love because her husband was too busy וַ ֙יּ ֹא ֶמ ֙ר יְה ָ֣וה ֱא ֔ ִהים א־ ֛טוֹב ֱה ֥יוֹת ָ ֽהאָ ָ֖דם ְל ַב ֑דּוֹ.”2:18 working for Pharaoh. Genesis This quote means that no person should be alone ֶ ֽא ֱע ֶשׂהּ־ ֥לּוֹ ֵ֖ע ֶז “ ְכּנֶ ְג ֽדּוֹ׃ because we as human beings need human connection to survive. Similar to Potiphar's wife, our group assumed she was craving for more or was possibly lonely and felt unwanted.

We symbolised her as a well, empty, dry and cracked. We also thought a well would suit her, as wells were popular in Egypt.The well is surrounded by a beach scene, with laughter and company and with water representing connection and happiness which she is longing for. Another reason we chose a beach is to show more that Potiphar's wife didnt feel like she belonged; wells are filled with freshwater, not saltwater at the beach. So for our project we decided to bring that to life. We put sand with fun toys including umbrellas, seashells, palm trees, and turtles with the happiness part . For the sad part we represented sadness by putting a broken well in the inside with barely any water to show the inside of Potiphar's wife and that not everything is always as perfect as it seems. To make our project we first got our base which was a triangular shape from CIJE and put a sand and glue mixture on top of the whole base. We added glitter at the shore to look like sea foam. Then we printed out our 3D well added moss to it and placed it in the center. We filled the well with some traumatic experiences we've had in the past to relate Potiphar's emotions to ours to get a better understanding of what she was going through.

We made small turtles out of clay and then painted them. Next, after we boarded up the edges, we poured blue resin on top of the sand to create a glossy water effect. Thank you.

For our project, we studied a few stories about Moses. When we first met Moses, tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. An angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire out of a bush. He gazed, and there was a bush all aflame, yet the bush was not consumed. Moses, at this stage in his life, was curious and confused.

Later on, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites depart from his land.” But Moses appealed to the LORD, saying, “The Israelites would not listen to me; how then should Pharaoh heed me, a man of impeded speech! At this stage of his life, Moses was becoming a leader, but felt very unprepared.

In a third source, As soon as Moses came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he became enraged; and he hurled the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain. He took the calf that they had made and burned it; he ground it to powder and strewed it upon the water and so made the Israelites drink it. At this stage of his life, Moses was confident and strong.

From these different places we see that Moshe has matured from a curious, cautious, self-conscious person into being a confident and passionate leader. On our wedge, we tried to depict the growing cycle of a frog, to represent Moshe’s adventure to success of becoming a strong leader. At first he is like a tadpole; a baby in the water, just like Moshe was drifted out into the river when he was a baby. Next, a frog in the middle stage is shown. It still has a tail, and is only starting to develop limbs. Then, the third and final figure of the frog is fully grown and able to explore on it's own. Finally, there is an eagle on a nest, which also demonstrates a cycle of growth. The eagle is impatient, but fierce and represents Moshe leading the Jewish people al kanfei nesharim.

In our own life, we also realize how we need to grow and develop from stage to stage to become strong leaders in our community.