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Hirsch Haggadah

Similar to his Torah Commentary, Rabbi Hirsch’s Haggadah offers a clear and comprehensive explanation of every step the Seder. The Hirsch Haggadah also offers some of Rav Hirsch’s major essays on Pesach/Passover. This book is particularly useful for anyone preparing to run their own Seder.

Props for 10 Plagues

Good storytelling becomes great storytelling with visual aids. Here are our suggestions for making the 10 Plagues more engaging: 1. Blood – A magician’s glass or pitcher will let you change water into “blood”. (Or you might try some good ol-fashioned stage blood.)  2. Frogs – Kids will giggle when you bring out the plastic […]

The Carp in the Bathtub

On Passover, aside from more important things, it also meant eating Mama's gefilte fish, which she made from fresh carp.  Mama always bought her carp a week in advance, and stored it, fresh, in the bathtub.This particular year, though, Leah and her brother Harry fell in love with the carp. Leah and Harry hatch a […]

Seder in Herlin

Seder in Herlin and Other Stories for girls is a collection of inspiring stories of the adventures of young Jewish girls in contemporary settings around the world The experiences of the heroines of The Little Red Shoe, Fiffy, The Miracle of Mannheim and Seder in Herlin are depicted against the background of Europe in the […]