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Monday, April 07, 2008
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Rabbi Moshe Zeldman
Rabbi Moshe Zeldman did his undergraduate work in Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and has rabbinic ordination from Aish HaTorah. He lectures on a wide variety of Jewish topics at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem, and to audiences around the world. He is also involved with research into hidden codes in the Torah. He resides in Jerusalem with his wife and their five children.
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(4) Hillary C , March 16, 2009
ideas for plague props
For the last few years we have added props to spice up the seder. We use red silly string (we spray each other) for blood, those huge clown type sunglasses for hoshech, collapsing toy cows, throw marshmallows for hail, a different kind of frog toy each year (jumping, gooey, frog water squirters, etc.). Everyone looks forward to it each year. Also, we try different kinds of charoset each year using different kinds of ingredients, dates, strawberries, etc.
(3) Lia , April 14, 2008
Splitting of the sea cake
Make a Pesach cake and blue icing. Split the cake in half and ice both sides, for people, place chocolate chips (all in the standing up position) between the two walls of the cake in a funnel shape. If you can find gummy fish, put them onto the cake.
(2) TZ , April 13, 2008
more ideas
Barad-red candy in marshmellow
Dam - punch or tomato juice
Chosech-hide good stuff for the kids to find - just like the jews searched for treasure in the darkness
Have the kids do charades/act out the makos for you to guess.
(1) Sarah Z , April 8, 2008
Great Ideas! Here's another one from my childhood...
This idea isn't deeply meaningful, or even connected to the meaning of Passover, it just made everyone b'simcha.
Every year, before Passover, my uncle would go on a shopping spree at a local party/magic store. He would buy all the corny gags -- the fly in the ice cube, the whoopee cushion, the "plate jumper" etc...and all through the seder he'd be playing gags. One year he came to the seder with the "arrow through the head" headband. I was 5 and didn't understand it was an illusion -- I almost fainted.
I won't tell you what happened the time he bought the fake vomit...:)
Anyway, like I said, this stuff isn't deeply meaningful, but sure was memorable. I think there's a special place in shamyim for this uncle because he made us look forward to Passover every year.
Get creative! Think outside the box! I know of one family that made a 'tent' inside their home with different colored scarves and sat on the floor, pretending they were in the desert for Pesach.
This was a great video and I can't wait to see what other share in the comments.