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Area From Rᵊphid•imꞋ South To Har Sin•aiꞋ
Wa-Ya•qᵊheilꞋ Mōsh•ëhꞋ Ad•atꞋ Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ and told them, “These are ha-Dᵊvâr•imꞋ that é‑‑ä tzi•wâhꞋ to do, within the following guideline:
“Six days shall mᵊlâkh•âhꞋ be done,
Optional parental preparation:
What does convoke mean? A convocation?
Who were Ad•atꞋ Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ? (Hint: eyewitnesses were limited to those who were physically present for the receiving of the two stone tablets of A•sërꞋët ha-Dᵊvâr•imꞋ at Har Sin•aiꞋ.
35.03, ìÉà-úÀáÇòÂøåÌ àÅùÑ “Do not kindle a fire”—Contrast with ùÒÈøÇó. This wasn’t your electric range, electric-spark gas range or even a match. Anyone who has spent much time in the outdoors, or watched outdoors shows on TV, has seen the significant effort and mᵊlâkh•âhꞋ involved in kindling a fire.) This is the only reference in Tōr•âhꞋ explicitly prohibiting the kindling of fire on Sha•bâtꞋ. Notice first that the passage rabbis and other commentators usually associate with the prohibition of kindling fire on Sha•bâtꞋ (bᵊ-Mi•dᵊbarꞋ 15.32-36) applies to the mᵊlâkh•âhꞋ of gathering kindling, not lighting (even this in contrast to “kindling”) a fire. The man who was executed for doing the mᵊlâkh•âhꞋ on Sha•bâtꞋ of gathering kindling didn’t live to light the fire. See also Shᵊm•ōtꞋ 31.15. Electricity wasn’t even invented and accessible until my mother was a little girl in the early 20th century C.E., when rabbis ignorantly and contra-scientifically pontificated that electricity was some kind of magic “fire” and turning it on—or off—was an act of “creation”. 
For 3 millennia, electricity had no connection to Sha•bâtꞋ. And é‑‑ä doesn’t change! 
Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:
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