Numbers
15
How many steps are there to the Seder?
The Mortar that our ancestors used to build in Egypt
What does CHAROSET represent?
Exodus
In what book of the Torah is the Passover story [primarily] told?
Moshe's spokesperson to Pharaoh
Who was Aharon? Extra credit if you know why!
Because God PASSED OVER the houses of the Israelites
Why is the holiday of Passover called "Pesach" in Hebrew?
I can be fluffy or hard and either way, I sit in your stomach for days
What is a Matzah ball?
Red 4
How many cups of wine do we drink at the Seder?
We drink wine to symbolize this
What is redemption?
The burning bush
Where did God first appear to Moshe?
She may have been an ancestor of Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four and she was Pharaoh's daughter
Who was Batya? Extra credit if you know her relationship to Mister Fantastic!
Maror
What is the Hebrew word for 'bitter herb'?
Vegans use these instead of a shank bone
What are beets?
The Egypt 10
How many plagues did God create? Extra credit if you can name them!
Karpas
What is a vegetable that grows in the ground [or represents Spring]?
Pharaoh responded to Moshe's first request to let the Israelites go by no longer providing the Jews with this
What is straw?
The wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who doesn't know how to ask.
Who are the four children we read about in the Haggadah?
A category of food called which is prohibited on Pesach
What is Chametz?
We eat this round thing to commemorate the holiday sacrifice and to remember that life has cycles
What is an egg?
210
What is the actual number of years of slavery in Egypt
Eliyahu's cup
Whose special Kiddish cup is placed in the center of the Seder Table [represents the fifth step of redemption]?
The 15th of Nissan
On what Hebrew date does Passover begin?
This human being does not appear once in the Haggadah (but I went several time to Pharaoh and asked him to "let my people go.")
Who is Moshe?
We dip vegetables and eggs into this to symbolize the tears of the Israelites after Egyptian oppression
What is salt water?
600,000
What is the number of [male] Israelites [between the ages of 20 and 60] that left Egypt?
We break the Matzah in two and some people put this on their shoulders at this time to symbolize the departure from Egypt
What is Yachatz?
This body of water split in two to allow the Israelites safe passage from Egypt
What is the Red Sea [or Sea of Reeds]?
Moses's sister!
Who is Miriam?
Narrow or restricted
What is the root of the word, Mitzrayim (M.Tz.R), mean?
Afikoman
What is the last thing you eat during the Seder?
With these 3 things you fulfill your duty on Passover evening
What are Pesach (the Passover sacrifice), Matzah (unleavened bread), and Maror (Bitter Herbs)?
We eat this because the Egyptians embittered the lives of the Israelites during their slavery
What is Maror?
Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah, and Rabbi Akiva told this story in Bnei Break all night long
What is the Exodus from Egypt?
This word means hidden
TzaFuN
These started appearing on seder plates in support of making female rabbis
What are oranges?