Teaching children through story
Rabbi Maimon Elbaz is especially known for reaching children through story. His "Kids Corner" series — with episodes like "The Baby and the Wolf," "Saying Shema and the Crocodile," and "The Shabbat Adventure" — wraps real Torah values inside narratives a child wants to hear all the way to the end.
The stories are built to teach without lecturing. "Tzedakah — The Grocer and the Crash" and "The Babysitter and Hatzolah" carry lessons about giving, responsibility, and doing the right thing, delivered in a form that sticks with a young listener precisely because it is fun. It is chinuch that feels like entertainment.
Planting values early
What makes the Kids Corner approach work is that it meets children where they are. A story about a crocodile and the Shema, or a mishap at the grocer, gives a child a concrete picture to attach a value to — and pictures like that tend to outlast any instruction.
Through these tales, mitzvos like tzedakah, tefillah, and Shabbos become familiar and appealing rather than abstract rules. For parents, it is a ready-made way to bring Torah into a child's imagination, seeding a love of Yiddishkeit at an age when impressions run deep.
Classes for older learners
Rabbi Elbaz's teaching is not only for children. His catalog also includes Mishnah, tefillah, and Jewish philosophy for adults, along with guidance on dating and marriage — material aimed at older learners navigating serious questions and life stages.
That range makes him useful across a whole household. The children can follow the Kids Corner stories while the adults learn Mishnah or think through the ideas behind the mitzvos, so a single teacher can serve more than one generation under the same roof.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
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If your family enjoys teachers like Rabbi Maimon Elbaz, search FilteredTube for the speakers and topics that matter most to you. With a daf yomi shelf, a weekly parsha shelf, topic shelves, audio-only listening for the car, and a kids mode with a PIN, kosher Jewish video is easy to reach — and the approved catalog keeps growing every day.
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Maimon Elbaz is known for his "Kids Corner" series, teaching children Torah values through story.
- Episodes like "Saying Shema and the Crocodile" carry lessons in mitzvos in a form that sticks with kids.
- The stories plant values like tzedakah, tefillah, and Shabbos early, in a child's imagination.
- He also teaches adults — Mishnah, tefillah, philosophy, and dating and marriage — serving a whole household.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.