Seder Plate
This represents the mortar the Israelites used to build the pyramids.
Charoset
The meaning of
the word Seder.
Order
Who found Moses floating in the Nile River in a basket?
Pharaoh's daughter.
The meaning of
"?מַה נִּשְׁתַּנָּה הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה מִכָּל הַלֵּילוֹת"
Why is this night different from all other nights?
Brei: What does the Yiddish word mean?
Fried
This represents the bitterness of slavery.
Maror (Horseradish)
The book or packet that we use to during the Seder.
Haggadah
How and where did God first appear to Moses and what did God tell him to do?
1. The burning bush on Mount Sinai
2. Go to Pharaoh and demand that the Israelites be set free.
What is chameitz and what does it mean?
1. Anything made from one of five types of grain (wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye).
2. Leavened, fermented, soured
Brei: The typical
ratio of egg to Matzah.
1.5 pieces of Matzot = 1 Egg
These two items represent spring time and rebirth.
Parsley (Karpas) and a hard boiled egg (beitzah)
The Hebrew
word for Egypt.
Mitzrayim
Name Moses'
two siblings.
Miriam and Aaron
What does Dayeinu mean and what does it refer to in the story of Passover?
We've had enough, or "It would have been enough."
Calendar: The phase of the moon on the first night of Passover.
Full Moon
This piece of matzah is broken in half and used for the Afikomen.
The middle of three pieces
Name one of the Ten Plagues in Hebrew.
דםָ, צפְרֵדְעֵ, כִנִים, עָרוֹב, דבֶרֶ, שְחִין, בָרד, אַרְבֶה, חשֶךְ, מַכַת בְכוֹרוֹת
Where did God instruct Moses to tell the Israelites to place blood during the 10th plague, and why?
On the doorposts/door frames of their houses.
The root of
the word Haggadah.
To tell (the story)
Calendar: The Hebrew date of the first night of Passover.
The 15th of Nissan.
Why do we sometimes see an orange on the Seder plate?
It represents the equality of all people, regardless of their gender, who they love, or what they look like.
The meaning of the word Afikomen.
Dessert
Who walked into the Red Sea first?
Nachshon
Does anyone remember from two weeks ago what the root of the word Matzah means? :P
To squeeze or drain
Calendar: The months before and after Passover.
Before: Adar I or II
After: Iyar