More than a Meal: Kadima can make your Seder More Fun! 7 th and 8 th graders get involved! Share a mock seder with Kadima and practice some new creative spins on Passover traditions! Why: provide text as background: ח ו ה גּ ד תּ ל ב נך בּ יּוֹם ה הוּא ל אמ ר בּ ע בוּר ז ה ע שׂ ה ה' לי בּ צ אתי מ מּ צ ר י ם : And you shall tell your child on that day, saying: It is because of that which God did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. -Shemot 13:8 Opening induction: Each participant at your seder gets a bunch of candy to start the wondering and questioning. Why do we get candy before dinner? It s a night of questions and you get a reward not for the right answers but for asking good QUESTIONS. Now continue. 2. Bedikat Chametz- paste a picture of a piece of bread under someone s chair. Each person looks underneath their seat to see if its theirs. That person gets a spoon and feather and takes it away (symbolic Bi ur/burning of Chametz Choose one or more of the following for each part of your mock seder Use creative foods in place of the standard (eg. Karpas- green M and Ms) Seder Item Activity Supplies Kadesh Urchatz Karpas a)grape juice taste test b) women s candle lighting ritual -all females present light a candle and say in honor of my mother and grandmother, all women in the Pesach story are mentioned, 4 cups- foremothers c) Birkat Hayeladim: Blessing of the children a new tradition to connect with the intergenerational (B chol Dor vador) theme a) Question: What would you like to wash yourself of this year? Eg. Do you have a bad habit? b) each family member washes the hands of the person beside him/her Question: Karpas reminds us of springtime. What do you look forward to in the spring? Baseball season? a)different types of wine/juice and a blindfold a)tealights and a bowl with water for tea lights to be placed in as a centerpiece -cup and bowl of water, napkins or towel Offer a variety of greens to choose from, each chooses their own. Offer green candies for the kids
Yachatz Maggid Question: After middle matzah is broken, pass around another piece and have everyone break off a bit, explaining what makes them feel less whole We all feel incomplete at times. What makes you feel torn inside? Question - being without: being poor is (fill in the blank) a) Ha Lachma- inviting those who are needyhave each person express who they would want to have at their seder. Or have each person explain what they do during the year to help someone less fortunate (T.O./Gmillut Chassadim b)throw candy at the Kadimaniks who ask good questions. Then, after reciting mah nishtana, have four people ask their own questions about seder night eg. What is your favorite seder food? c)biblical role plays get into character. Give each Kadimanik an index card with a character or item from the story and Interview each person as if they were that thing or character as you go through the story eg. Yocheved, how did you feel as you released your baby into the Nile? Yocheved answers: I was terrified d) 10 plague toy bag e) Modern day plagues discuss today s 10 plagues eg. Global warming, diseases f) Four children ask a few people when they felt that they were one of the 4 children. Discuss the idea of labeling. What are the harms and/or benefits of labeling someone --four generations- discuss the generation gap through memories- have older participants share words of wisdom to the younger ones and vice versa! Have an elder member at the seder table tell their life story -foremothers- pick a quality of the foremothers and share which one you admire g) Unlce Eli s Hagaddah- Dr, Suess Style Pesach http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/uncle_eli/eli.html h) B chol Dor Vador: To know where you ve been: Memories of our past- have each person in the seder recall a memory of past seders to bring us to the present i) ve hee she amdah: discuss when you had to stand up for yourself- in school, at work j) Dyeinu: What is your own dyeinu - what are you grateful for? k) themes: wandering Arami: Choose 1 to discuss: -assimilation and identity: how do you try and preserve being Jewish in America? If you had to create an identity card, what would you put it on? -Prejudice- have you ever been made to feel badly for being different? What does it feel like to explain being Jewish to others? An extra piece of matzah b) throw candy at people who ask good questions c) Index cards with inanimate items (eg. Plagues, Moses staff) and characters from the story for each person d) 99 cent store- buy toys for all plagues and have every few people throw it onto the table when the plague is called eg. Red streamers for blood
Rachtzah Motzi Matzah Maror Korech Shulchan Orech Tzafun Barech Halel -oppression what kinds of injustice do you see in the world today? -resistance- why didn t the slaves resist before Moses came along? -suffering: why is there suffering in the world? What does it teach us? Don t forget to say the blessing! Have a special volunteer carry the bowl from person to person Matzah taste test- have 3 kinds of matzah on the table and have each child taste test their favorite before reciting the bracha Along with bitter herbs, serve other bitter nontraditional items such as parve bittersweet chocolate! What else could you make your Hillel sandwich with? Try mixing a marshmallow with bitter chocolate for a sweet/bitter combination Discuss your favorite family recipes Bargain for the afikoman, have an afikoman auction, switch roles and have the Kadimaniks hide it and advisors look for it with a game of hot and cold -give Jewish gifts such as a new kippah or a Tzadaka Coupon for the Kadimanik to give in honor of the holiday Assign an afikikoman guard to make sure no one snatches it throughout the seder. This guard leads the game to find it. a) Birkat Hamazon: Thank all those who cooked the seder meal, mention your favorite dish -Themes: invitation to bench- welcome everyone back to the table- offer candies or a contest to get everyone back -thank you for food -thank you to land that brings forth food -blessings for Jerusalem -praising God b) Eliyahu: an additional custom some families do is to add a chair for Miriam as well have someone dress up as Eliyahu and have him/her exit the seder quietly, sneak out, and enter as Eliyahu, shocking the rest of the group c) discuss what it means to open your door to others d) guests of Jewish history- who else would you invite in on seder night? Seder Sing-a-long! a) counting the omer- make an omer calendar pre-pesach, with papers hiding each day bring it in and take off the paper covering day one to mark day one b)look online for cute seder take-offs on English songs - Who Knows One- have props or use actions for Bowl, cup, or pitcher and towel Another option for bitter herbs
each one, assign a number for each participant to call out at their turn -same for Had Gadya- make sound effects for each item listed -Turn Who Knows One into a trivia Game: one person asks who knows the three avot? and have each person respond with the full answer without looking at the Haggadah. Give out Pesach treats as prizes Nirtzah Sing a song about Jerusalem or Hatikvah Jerusalem song such as Lach Yerushalayim or Yerushalayim shel zahav
Hey Kadima! Have some fun on Seder night and take action! Need some ideas? Great Passover Books to make your seder SUPER instead of just Supper o Eliezer Segal, Uncle Eli s Passover Hagaddah o Noam Zion and David Dishon, A Different Night: The Family Participation Hagaddah o Mishael Zion and Noam Zion, A Night to Remember: a Haggadah of Contemporary Voices o David Arnow, Creating Lively Passover Seders o Ron Wolfson, The Art of Jewish Living: Passover Seder Kadima wishes you a chag kasher v samaych!