At the Seder
The meaning of the Hebrew word Seder and a description of the progression of the ritual meal.
What is Order?
The youngest begins the story-telling part of the Seder by singing this.
What is the Mah Nishtanah? (4 Questions)
The leader who led the Jewish people out of Egypt.
Who was Moshe/Moses?
The bread of affliction.
What is Matzah?
The number of cups of wine we drink at the Seder.
What is 4?
This item has at least 5 foods on it, each chosen to remind us of different aspects of Pesach.
What is the Seder plate?
These are the 4 sons we read about in the Haggadah.
Who are The Wise Son, The Evil Son, The Simple Son, The Son Who Doesn't Know how to Ask.
The name of the sea that God split.
This root vegetable reminds us of the bitterness of slavery. (Hebrew name only)
What is Maror?
The Hillel sandwich aka the Korach section of the Seder.
What is maror and charoset between 2 pieces of matzah?
The five traditional items on the Seder plate.
What are Maror, Charoset, Baitzah (egg), Zeroah (shankbone), Karpas (spring vegetable).
The song we sing during the Seder that tells of every kindness God performed for us and exclaims that each one "would have been enough".
What is Dayenu?
This woman led the Israelites in song following their escape from Egypt through the split sea.
Who was Miriam?
The Seder cannot end until we eat this.
What is the Afikoman?
The number of times we wash our hands at the Seder.
What is 2?
We do this when we drink wine or grape juice at the Seder to remind us that we are free people and no longer slaves.
What is recline?
The meaning of the word Haggadah in Hebrew.
What is "telling"?
What are Blood, Frogs, Lice, Wild Animals, Cattle Sickness, Boils, Hails, Locusts, Darkness, Death of the Firstborn?
This mix of apples and walnuts reminds of the mortar the Jewish slaves had to make to hold the bricks together.
What is Charoset?
The number of times we dip our food at the Seder.
What is 2?
The name for the part of the Seder when we break the middle matzah to create the afikoman.
What is Yachatz?
The section of the Haggadah that tells the story of the exodus from Egypt.
What is Magid?
The reason we call this holiday Pesach/Passover.
The Hebrew name for the category of foods that we are forbidden to eat on Pesach.
What is Chametz?
The number of parts of the Seder.
What is 15?