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by Rebecca Redner
Perfect for:
- Families with children of all abilities and disabilities
- Families with children of all ages
Description:
- More than 70 vibrant photographs of children of all abilities and disabilities participating in seder
- Presents over 150 picture communication symbols developed by Mayer-Johnson™
- 30 minute seder
Special Features:
- Easy to hold
- Respectful to all participants
- Mayer-Johnson™ is the leading creator of symbol-adapted special education materials to assist individuals in overcoming their speech, language, and learning challenges
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by Dena Neusner, illustrated by Julie Wohl
Perfect for:
- Families with children of all ages
- Intergenerational seders
- Those new to hosting Passover
Description:
- 48 color pages
- 30-60 minute seder
Special Features:
- Quick and easy to follow
- Planning guide included
- Links to additional resources and recipes online
- Seder transliterated Hebrew encourages participation
- Hebrew provided for all blessings
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A Seder for All Generations
by Elie Gindi
Perfect for:
- Families with young children
- Congregational family seders
Description:
- 40 color pages
- 30-45 minute seder
Special Features:
- Large format, open layout
- Quick and easy to follow
- Plagues illustrated in a light-hearted, child-friendly way
- Includes The Frog Song and Bang, Bang, Bang
- Transliteration of all blessings and songs encourages participation
- Some Hebrew provided
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A Family Haggadah
by Rabbi Dr. John Levy
and Naomi Tippett
Perfect for:
- Families with elementary school children
- Model seders
- Congregational family seders
Description:
- 64 color pages
- Flexible time commitment --Vary the length of your seder from 30 minutes to 2 hours
Special Features:
- Illustrated with beautiful collages and flowers created by schoolchildren
- Annotations explain the rituals to foster understanding
- Optional discussion questions
- Hebrew provided throughout
- Blessings transliterated
- Ten pages of songs, with Hebrew, English, and transliteration
- Companion website lets you hear the songs
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by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and Ira Eisenstein
Perfect for:
- Teenagers, young adults, adults
- Youth group, college group seders
- Interfaith seders
- Those who prefer a gender-neutral haggadah that includes some modern rituals
Description:
- 112 black and white pages
- 90 minute seder
Special Features:
- Revised and updated version of reconstructionist classic The New Haggadah
- Broad themes of slavery and freedom in modern as well as biblical times
- Unique American view of the Passover liberation theme
- Vignettes of Jews during the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, and Operation Exodus
- 20 pages of songs, including Who Knows One
- Hebrew throughout
- Some blessings and songs transliterated
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by Chaim Stern
Perfect for:
- Adults
- Those who prefer a traditional seder
Description:
- 128 black and white pages
- 90+ minute seder
Special Features:
- Traditional seder
- Over 130 commentaries, quotes, and anecdotes--with their sources--to foster discussion
- Clearly marked sections help you shorten the service
- Music for 16 blessings and songs allow musical accompaniment
- Hebrew throughout, often matched line-by-line with English translation
- Songs and selected blessings transliterated
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Perfect for:
- Brief second night seder
- A guide to preparing for Passover
- An introduction to the Passover seder for those who have never held them before
Description:
- Six-page laminated, color folder
- 15-30 minute seder
Special Features:
- A complete seder in fifteen clearly presented steps
- List of supplies
- Directions for composing your seder plate
- All blessings in Hebrew, English, and transliteration
- Online links to hear blessings and songs sung in Hebrew
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The Family (and Frog!) Haggadah
Perfect for:
- A silly, child-inclusive seder
- A night of laughter
- An introduction to the Passover seder for those who have never held them before
Description:
- 56 color pages in a paperback edition
- 30-45 minute seder
- English text with blessings in Hebrew and transliteration
Special Features:
- Seder checklist
- Photo diagram demonstrating the seder plate set-up
- Clear directions for leaders and participants
- Vibrant and historic artworks
- Gender-sensitive language
- Fun activities to enrich your seder
- Discussion starters
- Lively retelling of the Passover story
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