How to Make a Wild and Wonderful Passover Seder

I was listening to this video while cooking and preparing for our Pesach seder. My grandchildren were coming for the first time and I decided to incorporate the general idea with our own 'tweak'. Each child was given a role with a short paragraph to read. They got to dress up and make a guest appearance at spaced out times throughout the seder. We had Sarah Emainu, Miriam, Yocheved, young Moshe on Paroah's lap (stealing the crown) and Paroah in pajamas looking for Moshe! They each enjoyed their parts and looked forward to seeing each other perform. To add to the excitement, we didn't tell the rest of the grown ups what was going on beforehand. Everyone said it was their best seder ever.

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I see matzoh as a burnt manuscript. There was a famous burnt manuscript, a story related by a scholar in Israel, Ouaknin, who wrote a seminal book on our aleph bet, a book I cherish and also gave to a friend, who is a wonderful calligrapher.

The reason for burnt as in manuscript has many reverbs to "our story" even as our books were burned, even as Holy Fire is to burn, as in what is not consumed. We survive, and our thirst for knowledge is what is all consuming, and it is for a reason we're known as The People of The BOOK, and the BOOK that is very all consuming, has to be TORAH itself.

Hag Sameach. Let it ring true. Next YEAR in Jerusalem.

When I watched this video I was amazed the information in the lecture is really good to understand and has many great information. I look forward to watch more shiurim by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

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What is wild and wonderful, is not just the Seder but the meaning within, because we spent time in the desert, in Egypt in slavery, and beyond, before we entered the Promised Land, and so we learned about desert and what it means to feel, deserted, and have, throughout history, and yet we were never deserted.

I was at a concert recently and noticed the peace symbols above me, in that room, House of Blues, and there was the Star of David. Suddenly it became clear to me, that the shape of our star is deeply reminiscent of a turtle. Look at this and ponder, and you will also perceive the Diamond within, and two hour glasses on the side, as for sands of time. But the overall shape, is like a turtle, reminiscent of The Sign of the Turtle, about the turtle dove and a song of peace.

The turtle carries its house on its back, and throughout history we are known or were, as a wandering peoples, seeking homeland.

The mandate is clear: sanctify the environment. Work to change the world!

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Excellent ideas, it reminds me of my childhood sedarim. My uncle was always the one who told the story, and he had these tins in the shape of mummies that he'd keep pencils and art supplies in, so whenever he got to the word `pharaoh` he would hold it up to show off to everyone.

The other fun thing I remember, was with the matzah, when it broke we'd try to figure out what state or country it looked like.

dear rabbi freeman- thank you soooo much!!! we are a chabad family in israel and i am a bubbe, thank G-d. i listened to this class a few days before pesach and i ran to the toy stores to look for props. i found the most adorable rubber mommy frog and her babies, animal hand puppets and necklaces and bracelets, and something for the baby boy. i didn't tell my daughter and i surprised them when the kids started getting restless. periodically pulling out additional props and surprises. it was fantastic. a real tool to engage the kids interest and really speak to them on their level about what was going on in the seder, what it means to them, etc. it also brought delight to the adults thru the kids excitement. thank you so very much for sharing this great great idea. we are one family that really benefited from your sharing!!! may you be blessed to continue to inspire. we had a terrific seder experience.

Wow, thank you. This is excellent.