With Rosh Hashanah coming in just 24 days, it’s time to think of how we want to celebrate this year in our homes. Some of my favorite things: Rosh Hashanah Bingo Game – for ages 2-9 + intergenerational play. Get yours from Amazon – free shipping with Amazon Prime – before they’re gone for good. This year, they’ve already been shipping to New York, California, Virginia, Canada, Hungary, and more. Jewish Family Celebrations by Arlene Rossen Cardozo – my copy is falling apart, because I’ve consulted it so many times. Pinterest.com/JewishHolidays board for Rosh Hashanah to remind me of fun … [Read more...]
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After Passover Sale + Outdoor Experience
So how was your Passover Seder? This year, we had our own small Seder the first night with just the fam. For the second Seder, we went to the large one at our temple. While it was joyful to be in a roomful of people singing Adir Hu, it was our home Seder that allowed us to go creative. Typically, we do a Passover reenactment in the house during the Seder (when we get to the Maggid or Telling). Ahead of time, we label different rooms as Egypt, Midian, Red Sea, desert, etc. Passover experience outside But this year, we decided to take the reenactment outside. While we read the same … [Read more...]
Last-Minute Passover Seder Tips
Yes, you can make a Passover Seder – even at the last minute – by simplifying, going for the basics, and enjoying what you can do. While I didn’t grow up with impromptu, thrown-together Sedarim (plural of Seders), in my adult life . . . well, sometimes that was our only choice. In grad school, my husband and I went to class, took the bus home, hit the grocery store at 5 pm, came home, cooked, and started our Seder at 9 pm. But we had one. (And we took a picture of the table; warms my heart to this day that we pulled it off.) So my philosophy has always been to do what you can that honors … [Read more...]
Grandsons’ Passover Seder Faves – Part II
In last week's post, we talked about our #1 way of engaging kids in the Seder with the Passover Seder Steps Follow-Along. This week, we promised to share another enhancement we have added to our Seder to keep things lively - and to teach the story of the Exodus. #2 - Exodus Reenactment Aside from using the Passover Seder game at the table, we were looking for a way for everyone to get up from the table. We wanted people to be able to move, physically, from place to place. So we set up a reenactment of the exodus from Egypt. To build Pharoah into the story without being too scary, we … [Read more...]