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Opening Song (Sung to the tune of "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel") Oh, welcome everybody.Time to gather round.We will tell the story.We'll smile and then we'll frown.  Oh Pesach, Pesach, PesachWe were slaves but now we're free.Oh Pesach, Pesach, PesachLet's tell our history!

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Share a special Seder memory – special Passover tradition – best moment at the old family Seder – worst, or funniest Seder moment

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There's no seder like our seder, There's no seder I know. Everything about it is halachic 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 matzah While on their feet Now isn't that a story That just can't be beat? Let's go on with the...

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We all know about Passover, that holiday when we Jews whip out our flat, cracker-like matzah, talk about the massive exodus from Egypt, and drink a whole lot of Manischewitz wine. As it happens, though, there are a few other things you might want to know about Passover! Here are some facts about the holiday that you probably never knew:Passover is an oldie. Judaism celebrates a lot of holidays. Some are fairly recent, such as Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, founded...

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The Two-Minute Haggadah : A Passover service for the impatient, by Michael Rubiner Opening prayers: Thanks, God, for creating wine. (Drink wine.) Thanks for creating produce. (Eat parsley.) Overview: Once we were slaves in Egypt. Now we're free. That's why we're doing this. Four questions: 1. What's up with the matzoh? 2. What's the deal with horseradish? 3. What's with the dipping of the herbs? 4. What's this whole slouching at the table business? Answers: 1. When we left Egypt, we...

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The Sorting Hat of Passover                        You might belong in Gryffindor where dwell the brave at heart.  They forge the path for those to come with justice, tzedek, from the start!You might belong in Hufflepuff where they are just and loyal.  Those patient ‘Puffs are true and unafraid of Middle Eastern turmoil!Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw if you’ve a ready mind.  Where those of wit and learning will always find chevruta in kind.Or perhaps in Slytherin you’ll make your real friends. ...

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A little boy once returned home from Hebrewschooland his father asked, "what did youlearntoday?"He answered, "The Rabbi told us how Moses led thechildrenof Israel out of Egypt.""How?"The boy said "Moses was a big strong man and he beat Pharaoh up. Then while he was down, he got all the people together and ran towards the sea. When he got there, he has the Corps of Engineers build a huge pontoon bridge. Once they got on the other side, they blew up...

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Hametz is made from one of these five grains.WHEATRYESPELTOATSBARLEYMatza MUST be made from one of these five grains.  From the moment that water touches the flour made of these grains, the matza must be rolled out and baked within 18 minutes.

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Kitniyot literally means small things.  They include rice, corn, lentils, beans and peanuts.  At soime point in the Middle Ages, Ashkenazi Jews stopped eating kitniyot during Pesach.  Conservative and Orthodox Rabbis in Israel have permitted eating kitniyot, as have some Conservative Rabbis in the United States.  Nevertheless, it remains a wide-spread custom within Ashkenazi Jewry to avoid kitniyot during Pesach.  

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Take Us out of Egypt (sung to the tune of Take me out to the ball game")Take us out of EgpytFree us from slaveryBake us some matzah in a hasteDon't worry 'bout flavor--Give no thought to taste.Oh it's rush, rush, rush, to the Red SeaIf we don't cross it's a shameFor it's ten plagues, Down and you're outAt the Pessah history game.

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PESACH SCAVENGER HUNTFind the following Together A seedWater, or a sign of waterA sign of an insectSomething roundThree shades of green and two shades of soilS sproutSomething that Miriam could have used to weave a basket for baby MosheA source of foodSomething growing on something elseSomething really coolSomething with a strong smellSomething that the Israelites would need to build a fire in the wildernessSomething softsomething that reminds you of matza

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