Pesach Resources

Overview of Pesach

Pesach is a time  to  tell our  children the story of leaving Egypt . The question is how to make it real and alive for our children and get them excited about hearing the story at the Seder. Pesach starts on the 15th Nissan. This year the Pesach Seder is on the 22nd April 2016 (Friday night)  and lasts for 7 days in Israel, 8 days outside of Israel.

Make the story of Pesach come alive

Download our app Ji Studio to create wonderful scenes for Pesach! Just choose the Pesach collection, and let your students make their own Hagaddah for Passover, simply illustrate the 10 plagues, make invitations, collages, posters, comics, stories, multimedia flashcards and more. Teachers can make source sheets, multimedia flashcards and worksheets in seconds.  The power of this tool lies in your hands.

The possibilities are infinite.

For activity ideas for Pesach using JI Studio, click here.

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נְקַיוֹן שֶׁל חָמֵץ- Cleaning for Chametz

In preparation for Pesach, the home is cleaned and scrubbed, and all chametz (unleavened bread) is removed.

בְּדִיקָת חָמֵץ- Searching for Chametz

On the evening before the Pesach Seder, There is a  search of the house .There is a tradition of distributing ten pieces of bread throughout the house, so that the searchers will have something to find. Make sure someone remembers where they put each piece.

The family gets together, with a candle for lighting the way, a feather for brushing-up the chametz, and a wooden spoon onto which the chametz is brushed. They go by candle light to find and collect the Chametz.

To see more:

 http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/pesach/pesach1.htm

http://www.aish.com/h/pes/mm/Passover_Rhapsody.html

בִּעוּר חָמֵץ- Burning the Chametz

After the search, the chametz found is put away to be burned the next morning.

The blessing that is recited before burning the chametz:

Here is a YouTube clip of the burning of Chametz :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Digital idea:

Let the children make a an instructional video guide about searching for the chametz.

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Preparing for the Seder 

Send an invitation to all your guests

Here is an invitation for you to print out to invite your guests to your Seder . Please fill in the date and time for the guests to come.

Decorate your  invitation with our photo-roll below.

Make a place setting  for all your guests

Set your Table for the Seder

It is customary to set the Seder table with our most beautiful  silver-wear and make the table as lovely as possible.  Here is a picture our Ji table set for the seder.

Use our photo roll below to create your own Seder table

If you are working on an iPad, press each picture below and save it to your photo roll.

1. Open the website  www.jewishinteractive.org  from the iPad and find the photo roll.
2. Press on the photo you want, and a small menu will pop up.
3. Select “Save image” and the photo will be saved in your iPad as a photo.

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Maggid

Once your table is set and you are ready for the Seder – it will be time to go through the Hagadah and tell the story of  leaving Egypt .What props , plays , treats and games have you planned for your Seder ?

Four Questions

Four Sons

Ten Plagues

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Digital Activity

1. Open the website  www.jewishinteractive.org  from the iPad and find the photo roll.
2. Press on the photo you want, and a small menu will pop up.
3. Select “Save image” and the photo will be saved in your iPad as a photo.

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