If you’ve never been to a Passover Seder, or your kids are curious about what to expect, you might be wondering how to prepare your children for Seder. It is a good idea – whether you are hosting or going to someone else’s home – to walk them through what might happen. New Passover 4-Part Super Bundle for You! If you are hosting, a nice way to have the conversation is to be working together in the kitchen. One of my go-to approaches is to have them wash fruit and make a pretty fruit bowl for the table. So here’s my fave Passover prep tip of this week, described in fuller detail in our … [Read more...]
29 Days Till Passover?!?! We Can Help You Get Ready.
Just on the heels of Purim, here comes Passover -- and Passover Seder! When you relax tonight from your Purim festivities, you might just look at a calendar. And you might realize that Passover comes in 29 days! Whaat? For the next 4 weeks, I will share my favorite make-it-easy-to-plan Seder tips, all of which are in our “Celebrate Passover: How to Plan a Fun, Simple Seder” – available for immediate download for just $3.99, our special introductory price. Just click here. Now, this is available to buyers around the world. So please forward this to your friends and family around the … [Read more...]
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 Favorites – Part I
There are two (well, really three) parts of our Passover Seder that our grandsons love most, aside from the gefilte fish. We all know that kids hate to sit still when they don’t have a role in the Passover Seder. And let’s be honest – there are plenty of adults who aren’t keen on page-after-page readings from the Haggadah, either. For our Seder, we’ve created several add-ons to a typical Haggadah that bring the Seder to life. (We will share the second major add-on in next week’s blog post.) #1 – Passover Seder Steps Follow-Along – to use with your Haggadah Created for kids 4 – 10, the … [Read more...]
