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Episode 13: Lessons from Long Ago · Mystery Mirror: A Jewish Guessing Game for Kids

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Listen closely, clue by clue, solve the mystery.
• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: Who are you?
• 0:05
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Mystery Mirror, a Jewish guessing game for kids.
• 0:10
  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, get in closer, and round three, almost there.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Your mission is to guess who or what you are before the big reveal at the end.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: Are you ready to look in the mystery mirror?
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: Alright detectives, let's begin.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Round one, you are a person.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: You lived long ago, around the time of the second Beta Magdash, Holy Temple, and you became a respected leader and teacher.
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  SPEAKER_00: People listened carefully to your ideas and your teachings.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: Do you know who you are yet?
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_00: Round two.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: You were known for being very patient and kind.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you were younger, you did not have much money, and there's a story that you could not afford to enter the study hall to learn Torah, and instead you climbed onto the roof so you could listen through the window.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: While you listened, snow piled on top of you, and eventually people found you there and rescued you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now do you have any idea of who you could be?
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  SPEAKER_00: Round three.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many things Jewish people practice today are connected to your teachings.
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  SPEAKER_00: We light Hanukka candles by adding one candle each night because of what you taught.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: And at the Pesach or Passover Seder, we still remember one of your customs by eating a sandwich of matza and marr.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: You taught many important lessons about how people should behave toward one another, and one famous lesson you taught was treat others the way you want to be treated.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: You actually once said that this idea is the summary of the whole Torah on one foot.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: Now do you know who you are?
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_00: Are you ready for the reveal?
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: Look in the mirror.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: You are Hillel, Mozletove, Mystery Solved.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: Did you know sometimes people tested Hillel's patience on purpose?
• 3:00
  SPEAKER_00: They bothered him, and he stayed calm anyway.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: And there are stories about a man annoying him with silly questions while he was in the bathhouse, but Hillel answered each question very patiently.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: Hillel later became the Nasi, the leader of the Jewish people, and he helped answer difficult questions and make big decisions.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_00: People often called him Hillel Hazaken, which means Hillel the elder.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Hillel and another sage named Shamai would often disagree about Jewish law.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: Jewish people still study many of their debates today.
• 3:41
  SPEAKER_00: Get ready for game time, let's play Finish the Rhyme.
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_00: I'll say a short poem and I'll leave the last word out for you to fill in.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: Listen carefully and use rhyme to help you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here we go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: Hillel couldn't pay to learn Torah down below.
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  SPEAKER_00: They found him way on top one time, all covered in What goes in the blink?
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  SPEAKER_00: Snow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number two.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each night of Hanukkah our candles glow so bright.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hill taught us to add one more every single What goes in the blink?
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  SPEAKER_00: Night.
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  SPEAKER_00: And finally, number three.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Torah on one foot?
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  SPEAKER_00: Almost sounds like a game.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Hill taught treat others the way you would want the what goes in the blank?
• 4:42
  SPEAKER_00: Same.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_00: And now it's time for your mystery mirror mission.
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_00: Write or draw one way people should treat others kindly.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_00: Think of something you appreciate when others do it, or something that bothers you when others do it.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_00: Write about it or draw it, and take a picture and ask a grown-up to send it to mirror at that Jewish Moment.com.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening.
• 5:15
  SPEAKER_00: If you color in the coloring page, please send me a picture.
• 5:17
  SPEAKER_00: I'd love to see how yours comes out.
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time.
• 5:23
  SPEAKER_00: Keep your minds sharp, detectives.