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Seder Night A CTIVITIES

Splitting the Sea

Food for Thought Game/Activity: Active Learning:
Although afraid, Cross the Red Sea Are We There Yet?
Nachshon took a leap Obstacle Course! When Bnei Yisrael left Egypt, they
of faith, reminding us traveled for two months until they
all that real freedom Create an obstacle course reached Mount Sinai. Use the
means facing your using anything you can find in pesukim to follow Bnei Yisrael’s
fears and overcoming the house — pillows, chairs, route out of Egypt and to Mount
them. How do you etc. Challenge children to get Sinai. Use Seder props (i.e, cups,
overcome your own through the obstacle course to silverware) to create a “map,” and
fears in your life? cross the Red Sea and escape
Egypt! toothpicks to lay out the route.

Dayenu

Get Creative Food for Active Learning
Ask each family to Thought • Search for the words of Dayenu in chapters
create their own, Discuss a 12-24 of Shemot.
updated contemporary time in Seder • Notice that Dayenu follows the chronology
version of Dayenu, participants’ of Shemot.
to the tune of the lives that they • How can the Dayenu stanzas be divided
traditional version, to felt Dayenu. into different subjects?
reflect their gratitude • Why do you think Dayenu comes right
for all the freedoms that before Hallel? How does Dayenu combine
modern life offers. (Ex. elements of Maggid and Hallel?
“If G-d gave us enough • How is Dayenu’s idea of the final
to eat, but did not give redemption similar/different to where the
us chocolate…”) full Seder ends?

LeShana Haba’a

Food for Thought Act it Out

What’s your aspiration for your Dance the way you would if Eliyahu would come right now to
life or for the world this year? announce Mashiach’s arrival.

Nirtza

Get Creative Act it Out: Chad Gadya Game/Activity
Create your own tunes for some of Assign each participant a different Can you sing the
the songs, or sing them to the tune animal or character in the Chad last stanza of
of silly songs you know (i.e, Old Gadya. When you sing it together, the songs Chad
McDonald). Challenge your older each character should act out his Gadya and Echad
kids to sing the words to different role (i.e, when reaching the cat, Mi Yodea in one
genres of song (i.e, pop, classical, that participant meows and licks breath?
country, rap). his paw).

Adapted from the work of educator Daniel Rothner, Founder and Director of Areyvut | areyvut.org | 59