K–5 Lesson
Handout B
What’s Inside a Synagogue?
Where Did the Synagogue Come From? · Grades 3–5
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How to do this
Look at the picture. Each number points to one part of a synagogue.
Cut out the five word cards. Read the clue on each card.
Paste each card in the box with the right number.
Color the picture!
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4
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2
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5
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1
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3
✂ Cut on the dashed lines
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
K–5 Lesson
K–5 Lesson