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With Passover coming up soon, you may be looking for ways to connect parents and students with the holiday. A family model seder can involve your whole congregation and create a memorable Passover experience. The Family Haggadah is the perfect
text to guide your model seder You can ask families to bring in the traditional seder objects, such as their favorite seder plate and matzah holder, or, if your synagogue allows foods to be brought in, you can invite families to make traditional foods such as haroset, maror, gefilte fish, and macaroons. Students can make seder plates or Elijah’s Cups during school in advance of the model seder, use them during the seder and take them home afterwards. To add some fun, you may choose to bring in props for the ten plagues, such as fake flies, plastic frogs, and tiny stuffed animals that the participants can gently toss around. Family Haggadah: A Seder for All Generations is the perfect text to guide your seder. Easy to follow and in glorious full color, it will captivate participants from pre-schoolers to adults. In just under 40 pages, the Family Haggadah presents all of the key elements of a seder; you’ll be able to complete it in just 45 minutes. Sidebar discussion questions (Do we still have plagues? Can you give an example?) and interesting facts (The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto said a special prayer asking God for permission to eat bread…) allow the seder leader to lead a meaningful discussion. |
The Family Haggadah includes popular Passover songs, such as “Let My People Go” and “Eliyahu Hanavi,”as well as new traditions such as Miriam’s Cup. As a special gift, you may choose to send the haggadah home with your families. What a great way to build the families’ Jewish resources! Ask your gift shop to contact us about stocking the Family Haggadah. We are offering a generous bulk discount to help make it an affordable option for both your school and your congregants’ home use. Your kids, and their families, will love it! Jessica Gurtman is Operations Lead at Behrman House. She can be reached at jessica@behrmanhouse.com |
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