It's Spring time! Pesach is coming...

Shalom everyone. We are very busy talking and learning about the Aviv season (Spring) and getting into the excitement of the upcoming Pesach holiday.

Some of the vocabulary words we learned for Aviv are:

--Par Par – butterfly
--Tzipor– bird
--Perach – flower

I told the children the story of Pesach; about Pharaoh and Moses, the enslavement of the Jews, and the events leading to the Jewish exodus from Egypt.

We talked about the customs of Pesach:

--Pesach Seder: The word “seder” means order. The seder is done in a special order. We read the Passover story from the Hagadah, and one of the first things we do is recite the Four Questions, which we have been practicing.

--cup of Elijah: this is an extra cup of wine we put on the Seder table. We put it there hoping that the special guest Elijah will join the Seder and usher in a time of peace and freedom for all. We open the door during the Seder to invite Elijah to join us.

--Seder plate: holds five foods (a lamb bone, a green herb, bitter herbs, haroset, and a roasted egg) that are symbolic of Pesach.

--Afikoman: one of three special pieces of matz’ah that is hidden before the meal. The child who finds it wins a prize.

We will continue learning new songs and dances for the upcoming Pesach holiday and transforming our Purim Palace into a Desert Tent! I will post some pictures soon.

P.S. Don't forget to click on the Pesach family to see the animation!