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Five Fun Questions

for Your Seder

1. Why is Pesach called Passover in
English?
a. Because we say "Hey Mom, can you
pass over the matzah please?"
b. Because we want to pass over the Wisdom and Sensitivity
long bits of the Haggadah and get to One day before Pesach, a man knocked at the
the meal already. door of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Chief Rabbi of
c. Because G-d passed over the Jewish
houses on the night of the Killing of Jerusalem, and asked him whether he could
the Firstborn. fulfill the mitzvah of the four cups on Seder
d. Because a cloud passed over the night with milk.
Children of Israel in the desert.
Rabbi Salant heard his unusual question and
immediately gave the man a generous sum
2. What is the 7th Plague and what is of money: "Go buy yourself wine, meat and
the 7th Siman of the Seder? fish and celebrate the holiday in the way you
a. Frogs and Maror should."
b. Hail and Motzi Matzah
c. Lice and Lockshen Afterwards, Rabbi Salant explained to his
d. Darkness and Hallel household why he had responded like that:
"When the man asked me if he could drink
four cups of milk instead of wine, I
3. Who were Moshe's parents? understood that not only doesn't he have Pesach Customs around the World Turkey
a. Amram and Yocheved wine, but also meat, because if he had meat At the end of Pesach, it is customary for each person
b. Mom and Dad he wouldn't be drinking milk at the Seder. Hungary to take a sprig of parsley (sign of Spring) and recite a
c. Jacob and Rachel That's why I gave him enough money to buy Jews from Hungary like to decorate their Seder verse in Arabic. With each word of the verse, they
d. Mr. and Mrs. Levy all he needs…" table with gold and silver jewelry. The cross the parsley in their hands from one shoulder to
explanation offered is that the Egyptians gave the the other of the person facing them. Then they give
Israelites gold and silver to speed up their each other a blessing for the year ahead, until every
4. How many things connected to departure from the land. person has given everyone else a blessing.
both Pesach and the number 4 can
you name? Name them!

a. 1 Only One Thing Missing brought all the pots and pans, dishes and cutlery
b. 2 that the king was used to seeing and eating from,
c. 3 and his staff would prepare a wonderful feast
d. 4 As you sit around your Seder table, full of beautiful every day, with all the king's favorite food and
e. More dishes and food, dressed in your best with family drink. There was also a band on board who
and guests, think about this for a moment… entertained him whenever he wanted.

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook (Rav Kook) But still, the king was sad.
5. What is another name for Pesach? traveled to the United States on a fundraising
a. Chag HaAviv (The Holiday of Spring) mission for his yeshiva. While he was there, his "Your Majesty," asked his ministers. "Is there
b. Zman Cheirutenu (The Time of students took care of all of his needs. anything we can get you to cheer you up?"
Our Freedom)
c. Chag HaMatzot (The Holiday of One of them noticed that the Rav looked "No thank you," replied the king. "The only thing I
Unleavened Bread) unusually sad. "Is the Rav lacking anything?" he want is to get back to the mainland."
d. All of the above asked.
"So it's the same here," said Rav Kook to the
Rav Kook answered with a story: student. Although I lack nothing and people are
A king had set out to sea with his ministers and treating me like a king, there is one thing
servants on the boat with him. The servants had missing. The Holy Land of Eretz Yisrael."