Yosef Mokir Shabbat (based on tractate Shabbat 119a)
There was once a man called Yosef. Yosef
loved the Sabbath and honored it very much.
Everyone called him, "Yosef Mokir Shabbat,"
for Shabbat was very dear to him.
Near Yosef's house there lived a wealthy Gentile
who owned a lot of property.
One day the non-Jew visited his sages, the
stargazers. They said to him:
"We see in the starts that all of your property
will go to Yosef Mokir Shabbat."
The Gentile was afraid of losing all his wealth.
He went and bought a very precious jewel with
all of his money. He took a fancy hat and
sewed the jewel upon it.
He thought to himself: "Now I am sure that
my wealth will remain in my hands, for it
rests upon my head all the time."
But G-d in heaven decreed differently.
One day the non-Jew went for a walk on a bridge.
Suddenly, a strong wind came and blew the
hat into the water.
A huge fish appeared and swallowed
the jewel from the hat.
On Friday afternoon the fish was caught by
the fishermen. They brought it to market but
they worried: Who would buy such a gigantic
fish - especially since by this time, everyone
had already prepared fish for Shabbat?
One of the fishermen said, "Take the fish to
Yosef Mokir Shabbat. He will surely buy such
a special fish, even if he has already prepared
other fish."
The fishermen went to Yosef Mokir Shabbat
and he bought the fish.
Yosef hurried to prepare the fish in honor of
Shabbat. He took a knife and opened the fish.
And behold! Inside the fish's belly Yosef found
the precious jewel!
After Shabbat Yosef sold the jewel for a lot of
money. An old man met him and said,
"If someone lends to the Sabbath,
the Sabbath will pay him back."
Mushka Gourarie and her classmates made a beautiful performance called "A Mother's Prayer." They sang songs about a mother praying for her child at every stage in his or her life. 
Mushka Gourarie helping her Mommy by holding her sister Shaina.
The Gourarie kids helping their Mommy make dinner.
