Anne Stein's Writings

Every year I try to share some creative ways to improve your seder or to help you get in the mood for the festive holiday. Several videos have worked their way around Facebook and YouTube this year. These can be shown before, as part of, or after the seder to make the experience multi-media. Here are a few of my favorites:

If Moses had a Facebook page (for older kids and adults)

Jibjab about matzah

How to break a matzah in half

This one can be shown when you do the part about the four sons

The ten plagues (with playmobil characters)

Looking for the afikoman with Shalom Sesame characters

Horseradish: the bitter herb by Shalom Sesame

Getting ready for Pesach with an Ethiopian family in Israel (Shalom Sesame)

Dayenu

A very clever robot seder from the R & D Institute for Intelligent Robotic Systems in Israel

An accapella group overview of the seder – might be fun to start your seder

Purim is almost here which means Passover is around the corner. This year the first seder will take place on Monday, April 18th. I have been given the opportunity to distribute a wonderful haggadah to all of you at no cost. The Very Fun Family Haggadah is the one we have used in our home for the last four years. We really enjoy using it because it grows with the family as our grandchildren grow in age. It is very child friendly, yet is good for adults too. All of the “necessary” parts of the seder are shaded in blue so families know what they need to do. In addition there are additional pieces to read and discuss. Many of the pages have a multiple choice question in which one or two answers are very silly but the right answer really teaches everyone. It includes all of the songs, old and new.

Is it too good to be true? Not at all. I will have a table set up at the Purim carnival so families can take as many as they want. Please only take as many as you really need so we have enough to go around. If you do not go the Purim carnival, we will have them available in the office.