The Makor Project K–5 Lesson
Handout B

What's Inside a Synagogue?

A find-the-place activity · Grades 3–5

How to do this activity

  1. Look at the picture. Five numbered circles point to five important items inside a synagogue.
  2. Cut out the five word cards at the bottom along the dashed lines. Read each one. Decide which number it belongs to. The little sentence on each card is your clue.
  3. Paste each card next to its number. Then color the picture.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ✡ . . . . . . . . . . ש 1 2 3 4 5
Which word goes with which number? Paste each card next to its circle, then color the picture.

✂ Cut out these five word cards and paste them on the picture

Bimah
The raised platform where the Torah is read
Mezuzah
The small case on the doorpost
Ark
The cabinet that holds the Torah scrolls
Ner Tamid
The lamp that hangs above the ark, kept lit
Torah
The handwritten scroll, read aloud