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The Passover seder is a feast for the senses. From its array of rituals and questions to the many people who come together around the table, many adults and children alike can experience the first nights of Passover as a sensory delight or an overload. Here is a (seder) plate full of tips and tools to keep the fun going through the night.

Use a lot of visuals to help children and adults unfamiliar with attending a seder understand what to expect. Preview events by providing kids with stickers and Haggadah coloring books that include simple pictures that list the order of the seder. Consider using a Haggadah like The Gateways Haggadah, which breaks directions down into individual steps, accompanied by photographs.

Make a list of expected behaviors. Just as you would teach a child how to behave in a restaurant before going out to dinner, you can list what is expected of them at a seder, using words or pictures. Keep the list accessible throughout the seder and let them know it is OK to request a break, if needed.

Build lots of movement breaks into the seder. Help children stay focused by offering them opportunities to get up to participate in tasks such as hiding the afikomen from the adults or by using costumes or props to act out the Passover story. (Children can build pyramids out of blocks or place red ropes on the floor to jump over the Red Sea.)

Give children tactile fidgets for the 10 plagues. Bring the Haggadah alive by handing out squeeze frogs, cotton balls (for hail) or band-aids (for boils). For young children, consider creating a "squish bag" by putting hair gel into a strong Ziploc bag with plastic bugs, frogs and the like. When kids push down on the bag, the objects will move, and children will be endlessly delighted.

Create Passover Mad Libs for older children, using a simple pre-written story, with words left out for them to fill in. Or play Passover Jeopardy, using stickies.

Provide a comfortable seat. The Passover custom encourages hosts to offer comfy chairs and lots of pillows and cushions. But many children love sitting in a sea of pillows.

Keep palates occupied. Lay out plenty of simple snacks on the table to help children avoid becoming too hungry while they wait for the meal. Carrot, celery and fennel sticks are great choices, and crunchy, salty and chewy snacks help to sustain focus and alertness.

Make space. Designate a quiet room to use if a child needs a break from the formal seder, and lay out some Passover books to look through, while taking some solitude.

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R ecite a blessing over wine in honor of the holiday.
The seder begins normally enough with kiddush. In fact, the kiddush that is recited for Pesach is almost identical to the one recited on several other festivals, with only one line different: the one identifying the holiday and its significance as "this day of the Festival of Matzahs, the time of our liberation."

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Things seem to be continuing as usual with the washing of hands, but after washing, we don't recite netilat yadayim. This is the first difference that would catch a child's attention. Indeed most traditional commentaries say that the reason we don't say the blessing after the washing is so the children will ask!

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Dip a vegetable (usually parsley) in salt water, say a blessing and eat it.
We didn't have to say netilat yadayim after washing because we're not going to eat bread for a while. That's the second difference that is supposed to catch a child's attention: instead of proceeding from wine to bread, we're eating a vegetable first. Vegetables shouldn't be eaten before bread and bread should be right after kiddush. We also dip the vegetable in salt water, which is not forbidden, but it's not a traditional practice at any time other than Pesach. Then we recite the blessing for vegetables (the same blessing we would recite any time we eat vegetables without bread), and we eat the vegetable.

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The third difference comes with the breaking of the matzah. "Breaking" bread before eating it is not unusual on Shabbat or a holiday, but normally we would say a motzi before the breaking and eat the bread afterwards. On Pesach, we break the bread without saying motzi, and instead of eating it we hide a piece and put back the other half.

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The retelling of the story of the Exodus from Egypt and the first Pesach. This begins with the youngest person asking The Four Questions, a set of questions about the proceedings designed to encourage participation in the seder.
At this point, the Haggadah assumes, the child is overwhelmed with curiosity about the proceedings, and is encouraged to ask the "Four Questions," noting four differences between this night and other nights: 1) we eat matzah instead of bread, 2) we eat bitter vegetables, 3) we dip our vegetables twice, and 4) we recline instead of sitting up straight. Obviously, this child has been to the seder before, because we haven't eaten bitter vegetables yet (although they are on the table), and we've only dipped once!

The family then joins together to tell the story of Pesach as it is laid out in the Haggadah. The Haggadah collects together a variety of materials from the Talmud talking about the meaning of Pesach. It also explains the significance of the various items found on the seder plate at the table.

Telling a story at the table before eating is not a typical Jewish practice; we normally don't delay eating!

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After the Maggid section of the Haggadah, things settle down to a more normal Shabbat or holiday pattern. We wash the hands and recite netilat yadayim, as on any day of the week before eating bread.

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Two blessings are recited over the matzah. This is unusual: normally only one blessing is recited over bread. The first blessing is the same motzi blessing recited over bread before any bread meal. This is followed by a special blessing regarding the commandment to eat matzah, which is recited only at Pesach. The matzah is then broken and eaten by everyone at the table.

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A blessing is recited over a bitter vegetable (usually horseradish) and it is eaten.
Normally, once the bread is broken, we dig into the meal, but there are two more rituals to observe before eating at Pesach.

First, we recite a blessing regarding the commandment to eat maror (bitter herbs, usually horseradish) during Pesach, then we dip the maror in charoset (a sweet apple-nut-cinnamon mixture) and eat it. This is the second dipping that is mentioned in the Four Questions near the beginning of the Maggid section of the Haggadah.

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Korekh is sandwich made from matzah, bitter herbs and charoset. It is not eaten at any other time of the year. The custom of eating korekh at the Pesach seder derives from a question regarding the precise meaning of a phrase in Num. 9:11, which instructs people to eat the pesach offering "al matzot u'marorim." Although this phrase is usually translated as "with matzahs and bitter herbs," the word "al" literally means "on top of," so the great Rabbi Hillel thought that the pesach offering should be eaten as a sort of open-faced sandwich, with the meat and bitter herbs stacked on top of matzah. Out of respect for Rabbi Hillel, we eat matzah and bitter herbs together this way. We don't have a pesach offering any more, so we can't include that, but we do include some of the charoset. The bitter herb we use for this is a different one than the one used for maror. Romaine lettuce is usually used for this second bitter herb.

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A Passover Seder...with the Four Sons

Learn about the Four Children of the Pesach Haggadah

There's a famous part of the Passover Haggadah where four children are described - one who is wise, wicked, simple and one does not know how to ask a question. We decided to zoom in these four sons (the tradition calls them sons, and we went literal here...do be sure to stay around for a comment on that choice at the end of the video!) The characters - wise, wicked, simple and the one who doesn't know how to ask questions, can be found all over the world, but we've set their story in Moscow.

Watch out for a fun global Passover quiz at the end!

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Finally! It's time to eat. A large, festive meal is eaten at a leisurely pace. But don't eat too much! It will make you sleepy, and there is plenty more to come after dinner.

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The last thing that is eaten at the meal should be the afikomen, the second half of the matzah that was broken and hidden during the Yachatz portion near the beginning of the seder. This may be eaten after more typical dessert items, such as kosher-for-Pesach cake and cookies, but the afikomen must be the last thing eaten. There are different traditions about what to do with the afikomen: either the children hide it and the parents find it or vice versa. Either way, it usually winds up with the children being rewarded. This custom is clearly intended to keep the children's attention going until after dinner. It is often a child's fondest memory of the seder!

This custom is unique to Pesach; Jews don't normally play hide-and-seek with dessert, and we usually end a festive meal with something sweeter than matzah.

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As on any other day, after a meal with bread (and matzah counts as bread), we recite Birkat Ha-Mazon (grace after meals), a lengthy series of prayers. The Barekh portion of the seder is almost identical to the Birkat Ha-Mazon recited on major holidays and on the first of every Jewish month.

Barekh is followed by the blessing over and drinking of the third cup of wine, which is unique to Pesach. We do not normally drink wine after bentsching.

At this point, the seder shifts from discussions of past redemption to hopes for future redemption. We pour an extra cup of wine and open the door to welcome the return of the prophet Elijah, who will be the herald of the Messiah. We pray for G-d to express his anger and wrath at those who oppress us today as he did against Pharaoh when Pharaoh oppressed us in ancient times. This discussion is also unique to Pesach.

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Next we recite Hallel, which consists of Psalms 113 to 118 praising G-d. Hallel is routinely recited as part of the morning synagogue service on most holidays as well as on the first day of every Jewish month. We recited Psalms 113 and 114 earlier, toward the end of the Maggid section of the Haggadah. Now we pick up the rest of Hallel: Psalms 115 through 118, followed by the usual prayer that concludes Hallel during a morning service (They shall praise You, L-rd our G-d, for all your works…for from eternity to eternity You are G-d). Although Hallel is a common part of morning prayer services, it is normally not recited at night. Pesach seder is the only time that we recite Hallel at night. Of course, if your seder runs as long as the seder of the sages, described at the beginning of the Maggid section, then perhaps you will be reading this in the morning!

The Hallel psalms are followed by Psalm 136, a psalm praising G-d that specifically mentions the Exodus, and a series of prayers. Both of these are part of the Shabbat Pesukei d'Zimra (verses of song), the early "warm-up" part of weekly sabbath services. Again, these are things that are normally recited in morning services rather than at night.

At the end of this section, we bless and drink the fourth and final cup of wine.

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Nirtzah simply announces the end of the seder. There are many songs and stories that follow this that people often linger and recite or sing, to express their joy with the seder and their unwillingness to leave, but the seder is complete with the declaration, "Next Year in Jerusalem!" This declaration of our messianic hopes (that the messiah will come soon, allowing us to celebrate next year in Jerusalem rebuilt) is part of liturgy on several Jewish holidays.

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Everything about the seder is designed to teach kids. Symbolic foods, the four questions, songs, Rabbinic lessons and the many discrepancies therein: eating yet more matzah for dessert (afikomen), leaning on pillows at the table, all that dipping? But usually, seders are so long and boring not much learning goes on, except learning that seders are long and boring.

Re-enacting the plagues can make seders more educational and fun. We are commanded to think of ourselves as slaves in Egypt: toys, props and simple costumes facilitate this leap of the imagination.

You can make this as simple as pulling out a plague toy and holding it up as each plague is recited, or you can go all out and re-enact with a Moses, Pharaoh, Israelites and Ancient Egyptians.

But, you might wonder, should plagues be fun? I avoid Haman punching bags
and inflatable Pharoah hammers because they are mean-spirited and cruel, but the plagues are part of our Hagaddah, as is the built-in method to ensure we demonstrate compassion for those whom the plagues harmed. When we dip our fingers in the wine during the plagues recitation, we remove a drop of our own joy in remembrance of others' pain. (This is why we aren't supposed to lick our fingers, lest we end up drinking those drops meant to be wasted.) By the way, arguing whether or not we should be happy at the downfall of our enemies is an incredibly appropriate topic for discussion at the seder table: joys of justice vs. restraints of revenge.

Let's get on with the toys. Several ready-made kits are available, some more creative than others, but your kid can easily assemble her own before Passover, as well as make a few extras for guests. Finding a representation of each of the ten plagues somewhere in the house, from stuff you already have, feels like a treasure-hunt-in effect, a B'dikat Makkot -and is an educational enterprise in itself. How best, for example, to symbolize darkness? Boils? Frogs are easy, as are cows and locusts and pests, but what about the super spooky Death of the Firstborn?

Here are some suggestions, ready to adapt according to the age of your child.

1 Blood: red food coloring (adult only: see instructions below)

2 Frogs: toy frog or finger puppet

3 Lice: toy bug, plastic ant

4 Wild Beast: toy or plush tiger, lion, bear, crocodile, etc.

5 Cattle disease: toy cow, goat, sheep

6 Boils: removable red, round stickers (Avery brand makes two sizes)

7 Hail: ping pong ball, marshmallow

8 Locust: toy winged insect

9 Darkness: sunglasses

10 Death of Firstborn: skull ring, toy skeleton, picture of sad face

Put everything (except the food coloring, see below) in a small box or tray, along with a list of the plagues in Haggadah order, with pictures for pre-readers. Photocopy a list from an illustrated Haggadah, or an older child can make his own. This way, kids can easily find each plague as it is recited and hold it up or, if allowed, throw at a designated Pharaoh.

See my post about making a plague box from an empty matzah box, here.

If the idea of throwing anything at the dinner table is appalling, move the plagues portion to a safer area. At our house, Egypt is the living room: here is where we choose costumes (scarves, bathrobes, white sheets) and become Israelite slaves or Ancient Egyptians. Presence of " mizrim" themselves is crucial during the Boils plague. The sticky red dots must be applied to someone... Guests can assume roles of the key players in the Exodus story, or have non-speaking supportive roles. Remember, Moses is never named in a traditional Haggadah, so a mini Exodus dramatization can mean the difference between your kid grasping the actual personnel of the story or not.

Even a very young child can be Moses, memorizing a single line: "let my people go!" Pharoah's response is even less grueling to commit to memory: "No" (until the tenth plague, when "OK" will do). And Pharoah can steal the stage when he or she commands a slave to pour that special glass of water from the Nile...

Plague number one: the blood plague is, I admit, my favorite, perhaps because of the indelible memory of my own children's reactions. Here is how to do it so your guests (of any age) will never forget it:

Before the seder, put three drops of red food coloring in the bottom of a tall, clear drinking glass. Place this and a clear pitcher of water near the table where you will be conducting the plagues matchup. When time for the first plague, announce that you (or Pharaoh if you are role-playing) are thirsty and will have a refreshing drink from the River Nile. As the water from the clear pitcher is poured into you prepared glass, it will instantly turn blood red.

After the last plague, remind guests the finger-dipping demonstrates compassion for the Ancient Egyptians who suffered. Make a distinction between the Ancient people who enslaved our ancestors, and the modern Egyptians who are our friends (especially now, in their dramatic quest for political freedom). Children are easily confused about this point.

An extra touch: make a poster of Pharaoh for target practice during the plagues. Find an illustration of a Pharaoh in a Haggadah, storybook or online and photocopy it onto paper. Or draw your own. Tape it to a door and take aim. If you put your poster in a cheap plastic poster frame, it can double as a shield when your Pharaoh is dodging hail and frogs.

If you start this tradition, be warned: it can be addictive. I find myself searching for perfect little plagues toys year 'round. After Hallowe'en, for example, I load up on clearance-priced stretchy skeletons and skull rings for the tenth plague. Plus, any of the toys make super prizes if you do an afikomen treasure hunt!

(See here for post about afikomen treasure hunts.)
(See here for post about repurposing a matzah box to hold plague toys w/ list)

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By popular demand, I'm bringing this post up to the top of KOAB. Long-time readers my remember this one from five years ago, when I first introduced seder "shtick" for the Ten Plagues at our seder. Our kids LOVED it so much that they ask for it every year.

I hope you won't find this too irreverent, but here is is what we do for our Ten Plagues "Shtick":

Dam / Blood - I make up little mini containers of Passover strawberry-flavored jello - voila! "Blood". Check your Passover aisles at the grocery store - you should be able to find some strawberry or cherry jello. (There are 125 containers in a package, so these will last you for MANY years!)

Tzfardaya / Frogs -I got these stretchy frogs from Amazon (recollect them at the end of your seder - and they'll last from one year to the next). Or you can get a whopping 144 of these plastic jumping frogs. Talk about "Frogs were jumping EVERYWHERE!" The most popular frog option I ever did, though, was the chocolate frog! I just poured melted dark chocolate into this mold. HUGE HIT!

Kinim / Lice -I used little silver confetti, which we had with our gift wrapping supplies. But these " Creepy Ants " might do a good job of standing in for lice.

Aruv / Wild beasts -I picked up some plastic finger puppets of lions, tigers and bears (oh my!).These jungle animal-topped bubbles are cute, too.

Dever / Cattle disease - Cow masks. I can't find the ones I got, but here's a set of felt foam cow masks. Perfect - just use a red Sharpie to make some "pocks" on your mask.

Shechin / Boils - I have used bubbles in the past, which admittedly is a bit of a stretch. Last year, I "upgraded" to red bouncy balls (I had wanted to find an all-red set, but ended up getting this 144-piece set and picked out the red ones. The rest got used in birthday goody bags.)

Barad / Hail - I use mini Kosher for Passover marshmallows, which was for sure is my kids' favorite part! Check your super markets - you can probably find it cheaper locally than what I'm seeing online. One year we did end up with a mini food fight situation, so don't say I didn't warn you. 😉

Arbe / Locust - I bought two dozen plastic bugs from Oriental Trading Company, but this Melissa & Doug plastic insect set from Amazon looks a lot friendlier than our scary insects (which actually did scare my daughter - oops!).

Choshech / Darkness - For this one, everybody gets a pair of cheap sunglasses - like this one dozen pack of Neon Wayfairer sunglasses. We lose one or two every year - but these have mostly lasted us for the long-haul.

Macat Bechorot / Slaying of the first born - Of all the plagues, this was the hardest for me to figure out. It's an extra morbid plague, so it feels overly irreverent to make it into shtick. I pushed through. We use these stretchy skeletons, but I also think that these LEGO skeletons, would be ideal if your kids are LEGO-obsessed. (Some really creative parents could probably do a whole LEGO Ten Plagues set-up!)

As for how we "presented" the plagues, I just toss these out onto the table as we read out each plague, but I like Martha Stewart's idea to give each child (& adult?!) their own "makot bag". It could even do double-duty as your place setting. Of course, I don't think my kids and nephews and nieces would be able to wait on opening theirs.

Want more ideas for your 10 Plagues "Shtick"? Check out these Edible 10 Plagues on Cook Kosher or these from Joy of Kosher
What fun things do you do at your seder to keep the young (and young at heart) entertained and engaged?

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Holiday Companion Series: An Interactive Seder Experience.

והגדת לבנך - The Haggadah charges us with retelling the Pesach story to the next generation each and every year. Building off the dynamic and multisensory seder that the Rabbis already laid out for us, this collection of seder activities is designed to ensure that participants of all ages will find renewed delight, novel questions and joyful engagement at the Pesach seder.

Our intention, of course, is that you choose the activities that best suit your seder participants, modifying and improvising as you go. While you might choose one activity - or several - from this collection, we anticipate that it will make the evening memorable for your family, friends and guests. We hope that our compilation brings both thoughtful introspection and light-hearted discussion to your seder table this year.

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, which trains and empowers Jewish studies teachers and experiential Jewish educators to serve as knowledgeable, skilled, reflective and passionate professionals, was delighted to call upon our faculty and alumni to contribute to this collection. From our family to yours - חג שמח!

You can download and print the companion in full color or black and white, suitable for A4 paper or US letter size.

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“Little Moses” – The Carter Family

1. Away by the river so clear,
The ladies were winding their way,
While Pharaoh’s little daughter stepped down in the water
To bathe in the cool of the day.

Before it was dark, she opened the ark
And found the sweet infant was there. (x2)

2. And away by the waters so blue,
The infant was lonely and sad;
She took him in pity and thought him so pretty,
And it made little Moses so glad.

She called him her own, her beautiful son,
And sent for a nurse that was near. (X2)

3. And away by the river so clear,
They carried that beautiful child,
To his own tender mother, his sister and brother,
Little Moses looked happy and smiled.

His mother, so good, done all that she could
To rear him and teach him with care. (X2)

4. And away by the sea that was red,
Little Moses, the servant of God,
While in Him confided, the sea was divided
As upwards he lifted his rod.

The Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh’s host
Was drownded in the waters and lost. (X2)

5. And away on the mountain so high,
The last one he ever did see,
While in him victorious, his hope was most glorious,
He’d soon o’er the Jordan be free.

When his labors did cease, he departed in peace
And rested in the Heavens above. (X2)

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Until we all are free,

we are none of us free

Until we all are free,

we are none of us free

Until we all are free,

we are none of us free

D’ror yikra!

Avadim hayyinu,

hayyinu

Ata b’nei chorin,

B’nei chorin

Avadim

Hayyinu,

Ata ata b’nei chorin, b’nei chorin

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(to the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”)

My Dad at every Seder breaks a matzoh piece in two

And hides the Afikomen half, a game for me and you

Find it, hold it ransom for the Seder isn’t through

‘till the Afikomen’s gone.

Chorus: Don’t sit on the Afikomen. (x3)

Or the Meal will last all night.

(to the tune of “My Favourite Things”)

Matzoh and karpas and chopped up kharoset

Shankbones and Kiddush and Yiddish neuroses

Tante who kvetches and uncle who sings,

These are a few of our Passover things.

Motzi and maror and trouble with Pharaohs

Famines and locusts and slaves with wheelbarrows

Matzoh balls floating and eggshell that clings

These are a few of our Passover things.

Chorus: When the plagues strike, when the lice bite

When we’re feeling sad

We simply remember our Passover things,

And then we don’t feel so bad.

(to the tune of “There’s no business like show business”)

There’s no seder like our seder, there’s no seder I know.

Everything about it is halakhic,

Nothing that the Torah won’t allow.

Listen how we read the whole Haggadah!

It’s all in Hebrew, ‘cause we know how!

There’s no seder like our seder, we tell a tale that is swell.

Moses took the people out into the heat,

They baked the matzoh while on their feet.

Now isn’t that a story that just can’t be beat?

Let’s go on with the show, let’s go on with the show!