The workshops

Four holidays, four programs.

Three hands-on workshops and a puppet show, each built around a Jewish holiday. We bring everything and set up wherever your group meets. This season’s pick is the Olive Press.

A child turns the lever of the olive press while olive oil pours into a glass Available from Nov 10
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The Olive Press

The Chanukah miracle happened with olive oil: one small jar, enough for one day, burned for eight. In this workshop, kids make olive oil themselves.

  1. Crush fresh olives by hand
  2. Load the press and turn it together
  3. Spin the olive juice in a centrifuge to separate the oil
  4. Light the menorah with the oil they made
  • All ages
  • 45 min
  • Up to 30 kids
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The workshops

A workshop for every season.

The Olive Press is available from November 10 for Chanukah. The rest run when their holiday comes around, and you can book any of them now.

Children’s hands crushing green and purple olives in a stone mortar beside a jar of olive oilFrom Nov 10
Chanukah · Book from Nov 10

The Olive Press

Kids crush real olives, crank the press, spin the juice in a centrifuge to separate the oil, then use that oil to light the menorah.

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Children’s hands rolling round matzah dough on a floured tableComing in season
Pesach · Starts 3 weeks before

Model Matzah Bakery

From wheat kernel to crunchy matzah: kids grind, knead, roll and bake against the 18-minute clock, just like a real matzah bakery.

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A handcrafted puppet theater with a red curtain and queen and king puppets on stageComing in season
Purim · Starts 2 weeks before

Purim Puppet Show

A Purim puppet show for the whole crowd to sit back and watch. Our full cast of puppets tells the Megillah story on a professional stage. More about our shows at bringthewonder.com.

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Kids at a Shofar Factory table working on ram’s hornsComing in season
Rosh Hashanah

Shofar Factory

See how a ram’s horn becomes a shofar and learn to blow tekiah, shevarim and teruah. Book it as a hands-on demo, or let each child cut, drill and sand a shofar of their own (+$10 per child).

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Planning ahead? Request a date for any workshop and we’ll confirm it right away.

What we do

The holidays, made by hand.

Each Mitzvah Labs workshop takes holiday traditions and turns them into a real, working process kids can touch, build and take part in. It’s part science lab, part story, and all celebration.

Explore

Real materials, real tools: olives, wheat, ram’s horns. Kids discover where each tradition actually comes from.

Create

In the workshops, every child gets a turn at the press, the rolling pin or the sandpaper.

Celebrate

At the end, the group uses what they made. They light the menorah with their own oil, or eat the matzah they just baked.

Who it’s for

Wherever kids gather, we can set up.

Day schools, shuls, living rooms. Each workshop scales from a cozy party to a full grade.

Schools

Day schools, Hebrew schools and preschools. Classroom by classroom or the whole grade.

Shuls

Holiday programs, family events and youth groups.

JCCs & camps

Community celebrations, after-school programs and camp days.

At home

Chanukah parties and family gatherings in your living room or backyard.

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Send us a preferred date and a backup. It takes about two minutes and nothing is charged up front.

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