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Episode 14: Goodbye and Hello · Mystery Mirror: A Jewish Guessing Game for Kids

• 0:01
  Listen closely, clue by clue, solve the mystery.
• 0:05
  Who are you?
• 0:06
  Welcome to Mystery Mirror, a Jewish guessing game for kids.
• 0:11
  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
  I'll give you clues in three rounds.
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  Round one, tricky clues, round two, getting closer, and round three, almost there.
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  Your mission is to guess who or what you are before the big reveal at the end.
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  Are you ready to look in the mystery mirror?
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  Alright detectives, let's begin.
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  Round one, you are a thing.
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  You are connected to a certain time.
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  You're used and then you're put away till the next time.
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  When you are used, people often gather together quietly.
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  You bring a feeling of something ending and something beginning.
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  Do you know what you are yet?
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  Round two.
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  You are used in Jewish homes.
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  Sometimes you're kept in a drawer, or if you are a standing and decorative type, you may be put on display on a shelf.
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  You are held up high.
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  People look at you.
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  Now do you have any idea of what you could be?
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  Round three.
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  Sometimes you are braided or twisted.
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  You are made of wax and wicks.
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  People use you together with sweet smelling spices and a cup of grape juice or wine.
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  Your flame is used to show that Shabbat or Shabbas is ending, but the holiness and the light will carry into the next week.
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  Now do you know what you are?
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  Are you ready for the reveal?
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  Look in the mirror.
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  You are a Havdella candle.
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  Mazl Tove Mystery Solved.
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  Did you know we use a candle to make a formal separation between Shabbat and the weekday?
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  It's also a way to show we hope to begin the week with light instead of with darkness.
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  And the Havdullah candle often has multiple wicks twisted together so that it creates a stronger, brighter flame for the blessing.
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  The light from the candle is strong enough that people can actually see little details on their hands, like the shape of their fingernails and the spaces between their fingers.
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  After the blessing on the candle, many people look at their fingernails in the light.
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  And the idea is that the flame should be bright enough to help you tell the difference between your nails and your skin.
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  And fingernails are also a symbol of blessing because they keep on growing all the time.
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  So looking at them is a nice way to begin the new week.
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  Noticing something always growing on you.
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  And when Havdala is over, many people put out the flame by dipping it into spilled grape juice or wine.
• 3:41
  Get ready for game time! Let's play Havdella or not Havdella.
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  I'm going to say something that either is connected to Havdella or totally is not.
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  And remember, different Jewish communities have different customs.
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  So some people may do things a little differently.
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  Ready?
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  Let's go.
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  Rain boots.
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  Not Havdella.
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  Laughing.
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  Yes, Havdella.
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  In some Sephardic communities, people laugh during Havdella as a happy way to begin the new week.
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  Braids.
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  Yes, Havdella.
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  Many Havdella candles are braided with several wicks twisted together.
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  Cinnamon sticks.
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  Yes, Havdella.
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  Some people use cinnamon or other sweet smelling spices for the bisum.
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  A soccer ball.
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  Not Havdella.
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  Grape juice in your pockets.
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  Yes, Havdella.
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  Some people place a little leftover wine or grape juice on their pockets or in their pockets as a symbol of blessing and hope for a good week ahead.
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  Looking at your fingernails.
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  Yes, Havdella.
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  People use the candlelight to look at their fingernails after the bracha, the blessing.
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  Spaghetti.
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  Not Havdella.
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  A flashlight.
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  Not usually Havdella.
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  The special light is supposed to come from a flame.
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  Singing.
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  Yes, Havdella.
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  Many people sing together during or after Havdella.
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  And last but not least, pickles under your pillow.
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  Definitely not Havdella, and that would smell really strange by the morning.
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  Now it's time for your mystery mirror mission.
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  Design your own Havdella candle.
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  What colors would it have?
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  What shape would it be?
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  Write about it or draw a picture and ask a grown-up to send it to mirror at that JewishMoment.com.
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  Thanks for listening.
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  And if you color in the coloring page, please send a picture.
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  I would love to see how yours comes out.
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  Until next time.
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  Keep your minds sharp, detectives.