CAMP BEGINS NEXT WEEK!!

Rabbi B's Summer Schedule is packed!! If your kid is at the following camps:

Breakaway Sports

Gan Shalom

Kindercamp (Markham)

Torah Tots South Camp

Gan Chabad Day Camp

Then they are in for a great treat because Rabbi B will be making an appearance there over the summer. 

If not, then stay tuned for a Pre Rosh Hashanah Concert in the park with Rabbi B, a new Shabbos album and a picture book!! Whoo, could this be the year for Rabbi B fans?

Have a very safe and happy summer,

Rabbi B

Labels for Laibel

I just recorded an audio version of the Jewish Hachai classic Labels For Laibel by Dina Rosenfeld. The recording was done for my sons lunch program. I am sharing it with you all because it turned out great. I hope you enjoy.

CAST

Laibel - Menachem Mendel

Yossi - Kayla

Mother - Chaya

Father and Narrator - Rabbi B

READ ALONG WITH RABBI B: LABELS FOR LAIBEL

New Pesach Videos

Hello, I hope you love Pesach as much as I do!
Enjoy these new Rabbi B videos on my Youtube channel!

CLICK HERE FOR CHAD GADYA

CLICK HERE FOR RABBI B - FAVORITE PESACH THINGS

Good Shabbos Pics

I was playing Mentchees (toy people) with my son the other day and I thought to

Make some Shabbos scenes and take pictures. Here is what I came up with. Enjoy

Rabbi B's Match-it Game

I was finding that I needed more visuals in my performances and a little more crowd engagement. Therefore, I created a Mitzvah Match-it game. This game precedes the song Willoughby Wallaby where I sing about different mitzvahs we can do. You will see this game in action when you attend one of my performances or on my Learning with Rabbi B Purim episode on my YouTube page (Yossi Berktin). 

Canadian Jewish News Feature

Yours truly was featured in a CJN article about Homeschooling in the Jewish Education world. Click the Link below to read the article (page B12)

Homeschooling - An Alternative Education

New Rabbi B Material for Purim

Hello Little-Bs, Rabbi B has released a new song for Purim and a fun matching game. Below are the links and the pdf download for a Make-Your-Own Purim Magnet Game. Enjoy and keep on watching!! PS: Get ready for another FUN Rabbi B song for Purim next week!!

Rabbi B - Purim Senses Song

Learning with Rabbi B - Purim

Make Your Own Purim Matching Game

PURIM QUESTION AND ANSWER

I have posted a Purim question on my Facebook page (facebook.com/rabbiberktin)
The Question is: How many people mentioned in the Megillat Esther can you name/find?
I found 42!

Here is the full list I discovered. I may have missed someone, please tell me if i did:

1. Esther 

2. Mordecai 

3. Achashverosh 

4. Haman 

5. Heigai

6. Bigtan 

7. Teresh 

8. Hatach 

9. Vashti 

10. Mehuman

11. Bizzetam 

12. Charvona

13. Bigta

14. Avagta

15. Zeitar

16. Charkas

17. Charshina

18. Sheitar

19. Admata

20. Tarshish

21. Meress

22. Marsina

23. Memuchan

24. Yair

25. Shimi

26. Kish

27. Yechoniya

28. Nebuchadnezzar

29. Shaashgaz

30. Avichayil

31. Hamdata

32. Zeresh

33. Parshandata

34. Dalfon

35. Aspata

36. Porata

37. Adalya

38. Aridata

39. Parmashta

40. Arisai

41. Aridai

42. Vaizata

Seven Wonderful Fruits

Here is a link to my newest song in honour of Tu Bishvat.

Rabbi B - Seven Wonderful Fruits

The verse is loosely based on "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" and the Chorus is based on Moxy Fruvous' "Bunch of Authors"

New Song 2

Here is a Sukkot song I created, enjoy!

http://picosong.com/SukkahShakes

Rabbi B

Here is little song I was playing around with in Garage Band. Enjoy!

http://picosong.com/RowYourBoat

Footage from Skullcaps in the Sukkah

Here is the Youtube link for our Sukkot concert. It is our opening song "Let it Rain" featuring the harmonica stylings of T-bone Tucker. Enjoy:

Youtube.com/Skullcaps

Sukkot 2014

Hello everyone, sorry that I have not updated in a while! The year started with a bang and it has not slowed at all! Hopefully, I will have the time once they are over to update my blog more regularly.
For now, here are some pics from three Sukkot concerts I did this Sukkot. 1) The Skullcaps Live in the Sukkah 2) My Guitar, Etrog and Lulav at Gan Shalom Pre School and 3) Me in my Lulav green shirt singing at Torah Tots North.
Chag Sameach!!

Summer 2014

Phew, what an amazing summer it has been for Rabbi B! I did music sing--longs and music appreciation programs for Camp Breakaway (Associated - Eitz Chaim), Gan Shalom Day Camp (Gansburg) and Torah Tots South Day Camp (Zarchi). Here a few pics of my performances. Thanks to Chana, Jenn, Daniel and Chayale.

Yossi

Just Testing my new Wufoo Form

https://rabbib.wufoo.com/forms/rabbi-b-show/

WHAT YOU MISSED OUT ON

Hey everyone, I was a little upset that a lot of content did not make it on the final Purim Show video. So I decided my blog was a great place to showcase what was cut or never filmed. Tell me what you think.

Yossi

1. The Bittul Torah Calculator:
This tool calculates how much Bittul Torah (on average per year in hours) an activity takes.

 For example: Brushing Teeth - 5.7 hours
                     Showering - 70 hours
                     Using COLlive - 4,345 hours

2. Other Lipa Schemlzer Broadway Show Ideas

3. Yuki Shimmelman's New Book:

4. Tabachnik's Matzevahs and Plaques Store:

The 5774 COLlive Purim Show

Here it is folks, at least for those who have not seen it on COLlive.com.
It was so much fun to make and so much content was not used that i can make another video. It may not go up on COLlive but that's ok!

Enjoy!

Yossi

CLICK HERE FOR THE PURIM SHOW

Yuki interviews Manis Friedman

Well, for those of you who actually check my blog every so often here is a gift from me to you. It is the full featured interview from my upcoming Purim show. In it, Yuki Shimmelman interviews none other than Rabbi Manis Friedman. Just click the link below.

Enjoy and thanks for checking my blog :)

All the best,

Yossi

The Manis Friedman Interview

Shark Tank Promo for COL Live

I recently posted a video on Youtube of my parody of the show Shark Tank (or for my Canadian friends - Dragons Den). This is a promo for the Purim Show I am doing for Collive. Enjoy.

Shark Tank Purim Promo

COL Live Purim Show

Hey there friends and fans,
I have been given the duty and honour of writing, producing and acting in this years Collive.com's Purim show. Other years, the show featured other talents, like Mendy Pellin, doing schtick in Crown Heights or making the news Purim'dik . This year I will be taking on the challenge with new ideas and great comedic license.

I have chosen to follow the late night show templates of Conan and Leno for the show. It will feature a comedic monologue, a couple of hilarious segments and a new Yuki Shimmelman interview. It is getting funnier as I write it. Big thanks to Mica Soffer of Collive.com for contacting me after my Tent of Avraham video went 'frum' viral, hey, 4000+ hits for a Jewish vid ain't bad!

I will be putting out some teasers and trailers for the show soon, so stay tuned.
But just to wet the whistle of those who follow me on my blog, here are some of the items I will be using in the show. Enjoy:

 Rejected Hachai Titles

Other Jewish Obama Relatives