Moses' Family
Miriam
Who is Moses' sister?
Potato
What is kosher for Passover?
The Passover episode of this 1990s cartoon featuring talking babies Tommy, Angelica, Chuckie, Phil & Lil, received the highest Nielsen rating of any episode in Nickelodeon history.
What is Rugrats?
At the end of the seder, we say "Next year in this city."
Due to religious suppression during the Soviet Union, this symbolic Passover food was banned and so people would make it in secret.
What is Matzah?
Yocheved
Who is Moses' mother?
Barley
What is Chametz?
On SNL, Vanessa Bayer taught about the Four Questions while playing this recent bar mitzvah boy who shares his name with a biblical patriarch.
Who is Jacob?
Passover is known as "Chag HaAviv" because it takes place at this time of year.
What is springtime?
Jews from many Middle Eastern countries whip each other with this springy allium during the singing of Dayenu.
What is scallion or green onion?
Tzipporah
Who is Moses' wife?
Corn
What is kitniyot?
This very Jewish Amazon Original series starring Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman, who comes out as trans in her 60s, featured a Passover episode on a cruise ship.
What is Transparent?
This biblical book of erotic love poems is traditionally read during Passover.
What is the Song of Songs?
What is Ethiopia?
Yitro (Jethro)
Who is Moses' father-in-law?
Quinoa
What is kosher for Passover?
This Jewish version of "There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly" was re-imagined by Chava Alberstein in 1989 as a protest against the cycle of violence in Israel-Palestine
What is Chad Gadya?
This is a set of psalms that are recited on especially joyous days, including Rosh Chodesh and at the Passover seder.
What is hallel?
The oldest surviving illuminated Haggadah, from 1300s Germany, is distinctive because the heads of the Jews are shaped like this animal.
What are birds?
Gershom & Eliezer
Who are Moses' sons?
Mustard
What is kitniyot?
In 1998, this Yemenite-Israeli pop diva played Moses' mother in the world's best Passover movie, The Prince of Egypt. She recorded "Deliver Us" in 18 different languages!
Who is Ofra Haza?
This prayer is recited on the first day of Passover to pray for dew and mark the transition from the winter rainy season to summer.
What is Tal?
This holiday originated in North Africa to celebrate the end of Passover and the return of leavened foods. Its name may come from the Hebrew word for faith or the Arabic word for good fortune.
What is Mimouna?