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Episode 12: Two of a Kind · 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 Sari from that Jewish moment, and in each episode of Mystery Mirror, you will become a mystery person, place, or thing from the Jewish world.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: I'll give you clues in three rounds.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Round one, tricky clues, round two, getting closer, and round three, almost there.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: Your mission is to guess who or what you are before the big reveal at the end.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: Are you ready to look in the mystery mirror?
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: Alright detectives, let's begin.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: Round one, you are a thing.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: You come in a pair.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: You have straight sides and you are flat.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: You can be carried but you are heavy.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: Long ago, someone very important held you.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_00: You are a special part of Jewish life.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_00: Do you know what you are yet?
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: Round two.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: You were made from stone.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: Words were carved onto you.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: You were received on top of a mountain and carried down the mountain.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: There were actually two versions of you because the first version did not last very long.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: Later you were kept in a very holy place.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: Now do you have any idea of what you could be?
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: Round three.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: You were given to the Jewish people after they came to Mount Sinai, and you contained commandments, rules about Shabbat, honoring parents, not stealing.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: And the first version of you was broken after the Jewish people celebrated around the golden calf.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: Later, a second set was made and kept in the Mishkan and later in the Betamigdash, the Holy Temple.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: Now do you know what you are?
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: Are you ready for the reveal?
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: Look in the mirror.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: You are the Luchot, the tablets.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_00: Mazl Tove, mystery solved.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: Did you know our sages teach us that the writing on the Luchot could be seen from both sides in a miraculous way?
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_00: And our sages also teach us that some letters on the Luchot were carved all the way through the stone, and the middle parts stayed floating in place.
• 3:07
  SPEAKER_00: Also miraculously.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: The Luchot are one of the most well-known symbols in Judaism, and often they're on Jewish furniture, Jewish decorations.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: The Ten Commandments on the Luchot are called the Aserat Hadibrot, which means in English the Ten Statements.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: Half of the commandments teach us about our relationship with God, with Hashem, and the other half teach about our relationship with other people.
• 3:39
  SPEAKER_00: Did you know the Luchot were kept in something called the Aron, the Ark?
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_00: And according to Jewish tradition, even the broken pieces of the first Luchot were kept, teaching us that even broken things can still have holiness and value.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_00: Did you know we call the tablets the Luchot, but the Hebrew word for one tablet is luach, and in modern Hebrew that often means a board.
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_00: Get ready for game time.
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_00: Let's play, is that in the Ten Commandments?
• 4:19
  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to say a rule, and you tell me if it's included in the Ten Commandments.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_00: Number one, remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is one of the Ten Commandments.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number two, you shall not say God's name in vain for no reason.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_00: That one is also part of the Ten Commandments.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: Number three, you shall not waste food.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is a good rule to live by, but it is not part of the Ten Commandments.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number four, you shall not steal.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_00: Yep, that one is definitely part of the Ten Commandments.
• 5:18
  SPEAKER_00: And finally, number five, you shall not speak badly about other people.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_00: That one is also a good rule, but it is not part of the Ten Commandments.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_00: And now it's time for your Mystery Mirror mission.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: Read up about the Ten Commandments and choose one that feels especially meaningful or special to you.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_00: Draw it or write about why you chose it, and ask a grown-up to send a picture to mirror at thatjewishmoment.com.
• 6:00
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening.
• 6:02
  SPEAKER_00: And if you color in this week's coloring page, please send a picture.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_00: I'd love to see how yours comes out.
• 6:09
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_00: Keep your minds sharp, detectives.