Personalize Your Passover
Posted by challahbackgirl on March 25, 2007
A conversation at Shul Saturday morning with Oyster and others got me thinking. Every year we gather ’round the table and go through the Passover seder. Seder means order, and while the order is the same, every year is a little different. It not just different people, or food, but each year something different in the seder resonates with me, or others at the table.
Whether you’re hosting a seder or a guest at another table you should make the seder meaning full for you. Here are just a few things out there to aid in your personalizing your passover experience. I’d love to hear about your Passover experience and your favorite passover foods.
I tried to put these resources into categories, in no particular order, but some entries belong in more then one category.
Israel related:
- AIPAC’s Haggadah Supplement–A Story to Tell.The booklet is printable on the front and back of one 8.5×11 inch piece of paper which is then folded in half.
- Taglit Birthright Israel Haggadah
- Leave a Seat Empty This Seder In Memory Of Murdered Israelis
Readings, Questions, and Reflections:
- USCJ Booklet Keeping the Story Alive
- United Jewish Communities Matzah of Unity to be included at Yachatz, when breaking the middle matzah
- Modern Day Slavery readings from the American Anti-Slavery Group’s Passover Project
- When I look at myself in the mirror, who will I see?
- We Recall the Women
- Pesach - The Festival of Freedom
- AISH.com commentary on each part of the Haggadah
Activities:
- USCJ booklet Ransoming the Afikoman–a new approach
- Afikoman treasure hunt
- Iron Chef Matzah Ball–From the Koach program bank, while designed for Campus Hillel is adaptable for a Passover shindig
- Passover Fondue–From the Koach program bank, while designed for Campus Hillel is adaptable for a Passover shindig
Haggadot:
- Uncle Eli’s Special-for-Kids Most Fun Ever Under-the-Table Passover Haggadah–A humorous retelling of the Passover Haggadah in the style of Dr. Seuss. (Fun for all ages)
- Build your own Haggadah with Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner’s delightful website www.jewishfreeware.org there’s many resources to help you create your very own Haggadah, along with other material to supplement your seder.
- The 30 Minute Seder and more
- The Internet Haggadah is written by the fun Rabbi Bill Blank of Sacramento (I went to camp with his daughters)
- The J. Weekly reported on Internet Haggadah last year, check out the article Click, Print, Seder.
