Episode 19: All the Feels

Welcome to Episode 19 of "Mystery Mirror: A Jewish Guessing Game for Kids" with Sari Kopitnikoff from That Jewish Moment.

In each episode of Mystery Mirror, you’ll become a mystery person, place, or thing from the Jewish world. This week, you’ll become an interesting animal that appears in a Jewish story. Can you figure out what you are before the big reveal?

In three fun rounds of clues (from tricky, to getting closer, to almost there), you’ll guess who or what you’ve become. Will you get it before the mirror reveals the answer?

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Transcript

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Listen closely, clue by clue, solve the mystery. Who are you? Welcome to Mystery Mirror, a Jewish guessing game for kids. I'm Suri from that Jewish moment, and in each episode of Mystery Mirror, you will become a mystery person, place, or thing from the Jewish world. I'll give you clues in three rounds. Round one, tricky clues, round two, getting closer, and round three, almost there. Your mission is to guess who or what you are before the big reveal at the end. Are you ready to look in the mystery mirror? Alright detectives, let's begin. Round one. You are an animal. You are usually active at night or early morning. You often live in quiet places and you move quietly. You have a long bushy tail. Do you know what you are yet? Round two. You are found in forests, fields, and sometimes even near cities. You hunt small animals, and you also eat fruit or scraps when needed. You were once seen in Jerusalem after something very important was destroyed. You walked through a place that used to be very holy, and people were sad when they saw you there. But one person reacted differently from everyone else. Now do you have any idea of what you could be? Round three. You have pointed ears and a narrow snout. Your coat is often reddish orange, and you are known for being clever and quick. You appeared once near the ruins of the Beithamkdash, the Holy Temple. Some people started to cry when they saw you there, but one person laughed instead of crying. And that moment changed how others understood hope and building the future. And that person was Rabbi Akiva. Now do you know what you are? Are you ready for the reveal? Look in the mirror. You are a fox. Mosletove, mystery solved. Did you know foxes are part of the dog family, and there are more than 35 species of foxes. They're most active at dawn and dusk, which means they are carpuscular animals. They have excellent hearing, and they can hear animals that are even miles underground. A fox's bushy tail helps it with balance, staying warm, and even communicating with other foxes. And in our fox story with Rabbi Akiva, the people with him were crying. They were so upset. How could a place that was so holy, how could that become filled with wild animals? And Rabbi Akiva instead was laughing, and he explained to them, just like it's written that the holy temple will be destroyed, and that came true, I am confident that it will also come true that soon there will be peaceful and beautiful times ahead. And the other people with him said, Akiva, you have comforted us. Get ready for game time. Let's play Spot the Mistake. I'm going to say a sentence and I want you to listen for the one word that is wrong in each one. Ready? Number one, a fox's bushy tail helps it balance, stay warm, and dig. Which word was wrong? Not dig communicate. Number two, Rabiakiva saw the fox near the ruins of the Mishkan. Which word was wrong? Not the Mishkan, the Baitamak Dash. Number three, when the others saw the fox they started to laugh. Which word was wrong? They didn't laugh, they started to cry. And number four, the people with Rabi Akiva said, Akiva, you have surprised us. Which word was wrong? Not surprised, but comforted. And now it's time for your mystery mirror mission. Rabbi Akiva looked at a sad situation and he found hope. Draw or write about a time when something looked disappointing at first, but turned out better than you expected. Ask a grown up to send it to mirror at that JewishMoment.com. Thanks for listening. If you color in the coloring page, please send a picture. I'd love to see how yours comes out. Until next time. Keep your minds sharp, detectives.