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This ‘Sesame Street’ Mitzvah Episode Teaches Kindness in Action

JL;DR SUMMARY A recent episode of Sesame Street titled "Mitzvah Day Mix-Up" captures an important Jewish concept by illustrating mitzvahs as acts of kindness through initiative and collaboration. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish RepresentationJewish HeritageCommunityKindnessMitzvahTikkun OlamChildren's TelevisionSesame StreetCharlieLittle Free Library

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Israel
"The last few seasons of the show, which did also have an Israeli and a Jewish spinoff (Rechov Sumsum and Shalom Sesame), also delivered charming and deeply felt Jewish representation thanks to Violet Tinnirellos Charlie, who has taught Elmo to celebrate Hanukkah and organized with her family a heartwarming Shabbat meal on the iconic street for which she taught her neighbors to bake challah."

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