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Episode 17: A Wise Voice · Mystery Mirror: A Jewish Guessing Game for Kids

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Listen closely, clue by clue, solve the mystery.
• 0:05
  SPEAKER_00: Who are you?
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Mystery Mirror, a Jewish guessing game for kids.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry from that Jewish moment, and in each episode of Mystery Mirror, you will become a mystery person, place, or thing from the Jewish world.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: I'll give you clues in three rounds.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: Round one, tricky clues, round two getting closer, and round three, almost there.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: Your mission is to guess who or what you are before the big reveal at the end.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: Are you ready to look in the mystery mirror?
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, detectives, let's begin.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: Round one.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: Round one, you are a person from long ago.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_00: You were a leader.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: People came to you when they needed help solving problems.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: You spent a lot of time outdoors.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: You did a job that very few women did in your times.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: Your story appears in Tanakh, which stands for Torah, Navi, and Kituvim, or the Bible, the prophets and writings.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: You were not a queen, but many people listened to you anyway.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: Do you know who you are yet?
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: Round two You were a leader and a teacher and a prophet.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: Many people came to you for advice.
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  SPEAKER_00: You helped settle disagreements between people, and you judged cases, you made decisions.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: And you sat beneath a tree while you worked.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: Your name is also the Hebrew word for a certain insect.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: Now do you have any idea of who you could be?
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: Round three, you are one of the judges in Sefer Shoftim, the book of Judges.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: You sat beneath a palm tree.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: After the Jewish people won the battle against the enemy army, you sang a famous song.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Your name means be in Hebrew.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: Now do you know who you are?
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: Are you ready for the reveal?
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: Look in the mirror.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: You are Divora Hanevia or Deborah the Prophetess.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: Mazletov, mystery solved.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Did you know in Devora's time a judge meant a national leader?
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_00: And she helped guide the entire Jewish people.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: Devor is described as Eshet Lapidot, which is often translated as the wife of Lapidot, and the word Lapidot can mean torches.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: Some say this refers to her husband's name or his job, and others say it's describing who she was as a person, someone with fiery energy and inspiration.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_00: And the enemy army had powerful chariots that looked very impressive, and people thought that gave them a big advantage in battle.
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_00: So when the Jewish people defeated them, it was seen as a big and miraculous victory.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_00: And that's what inspired Divora to write her song of thanks and praise.
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_00: Get ready for game time.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: Let's play Judge Divorah says.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: If I say Judge Devora says, you do it, and if I don't, you freeze and don't move.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: Ready?
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_00: Let's go.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_00: Judge Devorah says make a thinking face.
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_00: Clap your hands.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_00: Close your eyes.
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_00: Judge Devora says put your hand to your ear like you're listening.
• 4:19
  SPEAKER_00: Raise your hand.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_00: Touch your head.
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_00: Judge Devora says write in the air like you're writing a song.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: Judge Devora says pretend to sit under a tree.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: Judge Devora says nod your head like a wise leader.
• 4:41
  SPEAKER_00: Now scratch your head.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_00: And now it's time for your mystery mirror mission.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_00: Write or draw one rule you would make if you were a wise leader helping kids get along better with each other.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: Write about it or draw a picture and ask a grown up to send it to mirror at that Jewish moment dot com.
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_00: If you color in the coloring page, please send a picture.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_00: I would love to see how yours comes out.
• 5:12
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, keep your minds sharp, detectives.