To help find focus for the story-telling,
the youngest person who is able asks 4-in-1 questions:
What is different about this night from all (other) nights...
מַה נִּשְּׁתַּנָה הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה מִכָּל הַלֵּילוֹת
...that in all (other) nights we are eating leavened or unleavened (foods) - this night only unleavened (foods)?
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין חָמֵץ וּמַצָּה
הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה כּוּלוֹ מַצָּה
...that in all (other) nights we are eating all kinds of the vegetables - this night only bitter herbs?
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין שְׁאָר יְרָקוֹת
הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה מָרוֹר
...that in all (other) nights we are dipping (food) only one time - this night, two times?
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אֵין אֶנוּ מַטְבִּילִין אֲפִילוּ פַּעַם אֶחָת
הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה שְׁתֵּי פְעָמִים
...that in all (other) nights when we are eating, some are sitting and some are leaning - this night, everyone is leaning?
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין בֵּין יוֹשְׁבִין וּבֵין מְסֻבִּין
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין בֵּין יוֹשְׁבִין וּבֵין מְסֻבִּין
?????
Time for children (of all ages) to find and eat the Afikomen - remembering to balance the serious memories of slavery with the joyfulness of freedom.
Remember the importance of gearing answers to the questioning-style & learning-style of questioners.
WISE ONE: if asked: “What is the meaning of the laws God has commanded you?” then answer: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in the Narrow Places, but God brought us out of there with a mighty hand. Before our eyes, God sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Pharaoh and his whole household. But God brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land promised to our ancestors." (Deutoronomy 6:20-23)
WICKED ONE: if asked: "What does this ceremony mean to you ?" then answer: "It is the Passover sacrifice to God, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in the Narrow Places and spared our homes while those of others were struck down" (Exodus 12:26-27)
SIMPLE ONE: if asked: "What does this mean?" then answer: "With a mighty hand, God brought us out of the Narrow Places, out of the land of slavery." (Exodus 13:14)
UNCERTAIN ONE: does not know how to ask - then answer: "‘I do this because of what God did for me when I came out of the Narrow Places" (Exodus 13:8)
ONE WHO IS NOT PRESENT: seek them out, invite them in, and share this beautiful tradition with them or remember with honor those whose lives were lost and cannot join the festival
The [Israelites] are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
— Numbers 9:11
Rabbi Hillel the Elder (who lived one generation before the 2nd Temple was destroyed by Roman Imperial General Titus) used to wrap the lamb and bitter herbs and unleavened bread together. Generations of rabbis then argued about dipping or not dipping this into charoset as well as including or leaving out the lamb.
Remembering the affliction, the bitterness and the hardship, make the Hillel sandwich.
חַד גַּדְיָא, חַד גַּדְיָא
One little goat, one little goat:
Which my father brought for two zuzim.
Then came the cat who ate the goat
Then came the dog who bit the cat
Then came the stick that beat the dog
Then came the fire that burned the stick
Then came the water that quenched the fire
Then came the ox who drank the water
Then came the butcher who killed the ox
Then came the angel of death who slew the butcher
Then came the Holy One, Blessed Be God who smote the angel of death. . .
ספירת העומר
Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Pesach as spiritual preparation and anticipation for the giving of the Torah on Shavuot.
Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.
— Leviticus 23:16
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל סְפִירַת הָעֹמֶר
Blessed are you, God, ruler of the universe, who makes us holy with your good rules such as the Counting of the Sheaves.
Today is the ___ day of the Omer, which is ___ weeks and ___ days of the Omer.
To help find focus for the story-telling,
the youngest person who is able asks 4-in-1 questions:
What is different about this night from all (other) nights...
מַה נִּשְּׁתַּנָה הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה מִכָּל הַלֵּילוֹת
...that in all (other) nights we are eating leavened or unleavened (foods) - this night only unleavened (foods)?
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין חָמֵץ וּמַצָּה
הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה כּוּלוֹ מַצָּה
...that in all (other) nights we are eating all kinds of the vegetables - this night only bitter herbs?
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין שְׁאָר יְרָקוֹת
הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה מָרוֹר
...that in all (other) nights we are dipping (food) only one time - this night, two times?
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אֵין אֶנוּ מַטְבִּילִין אֲפִילוּ פַּעַם אֶחָת
הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה שְׁתֵּי פְעָמִים
...that in all (other) nights when we are eating, some are sitting and some are leaning - this night, everyone is leaning?
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין בֵּין יוֹשְׁבִין וּבֵין מְסֻבִּין
שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין בֵּין יוֹשְׁבִין וּבֵין מְסֻבִּין
?????
Time for children (of all ages) to find and eat the Afikomen - remembering to balance the serious memories of slavery with the joyfulness of freedom.
Remember the importance of gearing answers to the questioning-style & learning-style of questioners.
WISE ONE: if asked: “What is the meaning of the laws God has commanded you?” then answer: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in the Narrow Places, but God brought us out of there with a mighty hand. Before our eyes, God sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Pharaoh and his whole household. But God brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land promised to our ancestors." (Deutoronomy 6:20-23)
WICKED ONE: if asked: "What does this ceremony mean to you ?" then answer: "It is the Passover sacrifice to God, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in the Narrow Places and spared our homes while those of others were struck down" (Exodus 12:26-27)
SIMPLE ONE: if asked: "What does this mean?" then answer: "With a mighty hand, God brought us out of the Narrow Places, out of the land of slavery." (Exodus 13:14)
UNCERTAIN ONE: does not know how to ask - then answer: "‘I do this because of what God did for me when I came out of the Narrow Places" (Exodus 13:8)
ONE WHO IS NOT PRESENT: seek them out, invite them in, and share this beautiful tradition with them or remember with honor those whose lives were lost and cannot join the festival
The [Israelites] are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
— Numbers 9:11
Rabbi Hillel the Elder (who lived one generation before the 2nd Temple was destroyed by Roman Imperial General Titus) used to wrap the lamb and bitter herbs and unleavened bread together. Generations of rabbis then argued about dipping or not dipping this into charoset as well as including or leaving out the lamb.
Remembering the affliction, the bitterness and the hardship, make the Hillel sandwich.
חַד גַּדְיָא, חַד גַּדְיָא
One little goat, one little goat:
Which my father brought for two zuzim.
Then came the cat who ate the goat
Then came the dog who bit the cat
Then came the stick that beat the dog
Then came the fire that burned the stick
Then came the water that quenched the fire
Then came the ox who drank the water
Then came the butcher who killed the ox
Then came the angel of death who slew the butcher
Then came the Holy One, Blessed Be God who smote the angel of death. . .
ספירת העומר
Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Pesach as spiritual preparation and anticipation for the giving of the Torah on Shavuot.
Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.
— Leviticus 23:16
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל סְפִירַת הָעֹמֶר
Blessed are you, God, ruler of the universe, who makes us holy with your good rules such as the Counting of the Sheaves.
Today is the ___ day of the Omer, which is ___ weeks and ___ days of the Omer.
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