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Hey Kids!

Grab your helmets, fasten your seatbelts; we are about to take a journeynever taken before! Hop into our time

machine and head back to the past, to fulfillour mission: reliving Exodus in the Jewish year2448. Learn about the preparations for thefestival, the 15 Steps of the Seder, and the connections they eachhave to the story of how the Jewish People finally freed fromslavery and became the chosen nation.

It’s time to get those mops and brooms out! Passover is coming, andthere can’t be a crumb in sight! Meet Matzah Boulevard’s newestcharacter, Matzah Monster, who will show us how to prepare ourhomes for Passover, ridding them of cakes, cookies, bread and all!

The Haggadah says that the way to truly fulfill the mitzvah of Passoveris to actually feel as if you were there leaving Egypt with the Peopleof Israel. So get ready for the journey of yourlife as we experience Passover in a wholenew way!

Happy Passover!

Contents:

4. Signs of the Times“Let all who are hungry come and eat”

5. Out of This WorldWet & Wild

6. Jewish HeroesThe Maharal of PragueRabbi Yehudah Lowe

8. Back to the PastDestination: Exodus

12. Matzah BoulevardPrepares for Passover

14. I Shpy—ChametzHelp clean the house for Passover!

16. The Seder Table Honey, I Shrunk the Seder

18. Jewish History King Saul—The First Jewish King

20. Kids in the KitchenPassover Meringues

21. JoeyHistory is in the Baking

24. Just for Fun

26. Passover Checklist

28. What’s Wrong...in this Passover scene?

“...On Pesach we celebrate theliberation of the Jewish people

from Egyptian slavery and way oflife. Even though we experienced

the 'release from bondage'yesterday, we are to relive ittoday, and again tomorrow...”

—The Rebbe

Managing Director: Zevi Steinhauser Art Director: Gershon Eichorn Editor: D.L. Rosenfeld Concept Editor: Zeldy Eber

Contributing Editors: Abi Cohen, Zeldy Eber, Rochel Samuels, Chana Zeidman, Yossi Zeidman

Rabbinical Board: Rabbis Levi Brashevitsky, Zalman Glick, Yizchok Zirkind

Illustrators: Paul Fricke, Yanky Gitlin, Nikki Vukadinova Design: Spotlight Design Printing: The Printhouse

This magazine contains G-d’s name, please treat with respect.

A joint project of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch and Tzivos HashemMade possible by a grant from: The Rohr Family Foundation

Search for Chametz

Sell the Chametz

Light Holiday Candles (girls)

Have a Seder (on both nights)

Drink 4 cups of grape juice

Ask the 4 questions

Tell the Passover story

Eat Matzah

Eat Marror

Keyboard As the People of Israel saw the sea split, they

sang and danced and thanked G-d in the best waythey knew how. Make your own melodies

and sing praises to G-d on your very own state-of-the-art keyboard!

CelebratePass verthen enter to win some terrific prizes!

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Toys“ ”UsFound the Afikoman?

Treat yourself to a $400 shopping

spree in Toys ‘R’ Us and find all

your favorite toys!

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SandboxThe Jews wan

dered

through the desert for

40 years...experience the

sand for yourself in your

very own sandbox!

The good news is that when

Moshiach comes, hunger will

be eradicated! Maimonides

explains that there will be no

more famine, and that all

delights, like food and clothing,

will be as abundant as dust.

Imagine—enough food for

everybody in the world, and whatever food

you want! And let’s not forget the big feast

that will celebrate Moshiach’s coming. The

Shor HaBor (wild ox) and Leviathan (a super-

big fish) will wrestle it out, and then we’ll

get to partake in the biggest banquet ever.

Bon Appetite!

In Biblical times, and

even for centuries afterwards, only

locally grown produce was available. Many

people were farmers and grew their own

food. But, if there was a food shortage or

famine, not much could be done, since it was

so hard to preserve the food and keep it

fresh. Eating spoiled and rotten food often

brought on sickness and disease.

Because it was so hard to keep food fresh,

people were limited to eating whatever food

was available in their areas—no kosher

Chinese food back then!

Nowadays, foods fromall over the world aretransported right to your localsupermarket! Fruits and vegetables thatwere once limited to certain seasons areavailable for purchase year-round. And, thenumber of food items under koshersupervision is growing every day! Thoughonly 3% of the American population works inagriculture today, these farmers not onlyproduce enough food to feed everyone in theU.S., but also enough to export to othercountries. Breakthroughs in science andtechnology now make it possible for crops togrow in places like deserts and swamps—placeswhere food never could have grown in the past!

Although there is enough food for everyone inthe world, not all people have access to it. Inrecent years, organizations havebeen working hard to bring an endto world hunger. Communitiesaround the world hold food drivesto help those in need. As time goeson, there are more and more ways ofgetting food and relief to peoplesuffering from hunger.

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Wetand

Wild!The story of Passover is all wet! When the Nile River turnedto blood; when the Yam Suf(The Sea of Reeds) split toallow the Jewish Nation topass through; when we dip avegetable into salt water atthe Seder; it’s clear that goodold H2O is an important part

of this holiday!

Let’s find out somesurprising facts about

water!

Soda Invites ThirstThink of your favorite soda. Your taste

buds may take a liking to the fizzytaste, and it’s the drink you grab

when thirst comes your way.

But like coffee and tea, although it’s mainlywater based, it isn’t exactly water’s best friend.We can blame that on the caffeine it contains,which makes it a ‘diuretic,’ meaning that itprevents water from battling your thirst.

But I’m guessing the Egyptians would’vepreferred soda anytime over drinking blood.

To Chop 8ooo ft. in HalfThe deep end of a swimming pool is around 10 feet deep.

Now imagine 800 tall people piled on top of eachother... standing on their tippy toes! That’s thedepth of the water in the Sea of Reeds thatG-d split to allow the Jewish People to walk

through on dry land!

The Thirsty Long Nosed Big GuyAn elephant drinks a LOT of water! The average human onlyneeds to drink about 2 liters a day—the amount that would fill 4regular water bottles. An elephant drinks around 200 liters aday... the amount that would fill a whopping 400 bottles!

The Nile River: A ‘Citizen’ of Nine Countries

Everyone knows that the Nile River is themain river in Egypt that turned into blood.

But did you know that the Nile is thelargest river in the word, and flowsthrough eight other countries, too?

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The year is 1525.

Although hiding in the shadows ofnight, you can make out the forms oftwo men, dressed in black. The heavysack they carry is suspicious indeed.What could be inside? It’s a sadburden they bear: a child who diedof a serious illness just hours before.

Their sly mission: To make the Jews

of the city look guilty of the littleboy’s death, to stir up hatred andviolence, to falsely accuse the Jews ofkilling a child and using his blood tobake their Passover Matzah!What better way to hatch this evil“blood libel” than by placing thebody into the cellar of the great rabbiand community leader, Rabbi BezalelLowe?

Stealthily, the two men tiptoethrough the dark, quiet streets. Theyare so close now...

Suddenly, a loud cry pierces the air!The windows in Rabbi Bezalel’shouse light up! The two men, surethey have been spotted, drop thesack and run for their lives.

Actually, the commotion was due tosomething else completely: thatnight, just at that crucial moment, ason was born to Rabbi Bezalel!Thanks to this brand new baby, theevil plan for a blood libel was foiled,and the Jews of Poznan were saved!

This special child, little YehudahLowe, grew up to continue

elcome, friend! Take my hand aswe walk through time and space.Ah, here we are. Look around,

the city you see is called Poznan...W

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protecting Jews from hostile plotsand violence.

Known as the Maharal, RabbiYehudah Lowe was appointedRabbi of Nikolsberg, Moravia atthe tender age of twenty. Later inlife, he became the Rabbi of Prague.

The Maharal of Prague founded ayeshiva academy famous for itsTalmudic scholars.

Rabbi Yehudah Lowe was wellversed in Torah, and he was alsoknowledgeable in math, science andthe study of astronomy.

Hearing of the Maharal’s brilliance,Emperor Rudolph II frequentlyturned to the rabbi for deep

discussions on a wide variety oftopics. Thanks to the friendship ofthe rabbi and the emperor,Rudolph II fought to nullify evildecrees that threatened the safetyand security of the Jewish People.

Despite the emperor’s best efforts,the many enemies of the Jews kepttrying to accuse them of shockingdeeds, especially at Passover. Thesituation became so dangerous, thatthe Maharal felt it necessary tocreate a protector for the Jews, aspecial creature called the “Golem.”

Formed from mud at the riverbankand brought to life with theMaharal’s mystical knowledge, the

Golem patrolled the dark streets ofPrague, looking for signs ofdanger... thwarting the forces ofevil... exposing blood libel plotsthat would put Jewish lives at risk.

When the years of danger hadpassed, the Maharal took theGolem up to the attic of hissynagogue in Prague.

The rabbi put the creature to restamong the torn pages of holy booksthat were stored there, warning thatno one was ever to enter the atticwhere the Golem lay. His task wasover, and presumably, the Golemremains in that attic to this veryday!

Stealthily, the two men tiptoethrough the dark, quiet streets.They are so close now...

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...WATCH as the new

Pharaoh comes to power. This is a

wicked-hearted man, who hates the

Jews. He makes them his slaves, and

forces them to work day and night.

Anyone who refuses—gets whipped!

Pharaoh is a scheming man. He sees

that the Jewish population is increas-ing, and decides he must stop themfrom gaining power. All Jewish babyboys are meant to be killed, by royaldecree. The Jewish midwives refuse toobey, so Pharaoh instead orders theboys thrown into the Nile River.

RECALCULATING...

Progressing to the year 2368... A Jewish woman named Yocheved

gives birth to a special baby boy.Immediately, the entire house fillswith light. To save her son, she gentlyplaces him in a basket and floats iton the Nile River. The royal princess,Batyah, finds this young infant,

Your mission is to relive the story of Passover, as if G-dtook you out of Egypt today: You’re now in the year 2238 (1522B.C.E.), the Jewish People are currentlyresiding in Egypt...

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names him “Moshe,” meaning “drawnout,” and raises him in the palace.

RECALCULATING...Notice Moshe crying over the suffer-

ing of his fellow Jews. He tries to helpthem, but is forced to flee from Egypt.Moshe becomes a shepherd in Midyan,

and takes care of every single sheep.G-d notices this, and decides thatMoshe is the one fit to lead the Jew-ish people to freedom.Progressing to the year 2448... G-d appears to Moshe in a burning

bush (it was not harmful to the envi-ronment — no leaves caught on fire)

and tells Moshe that he will lead theJewish people to freedom. He is toldto go with his brother Aaron beforePharaoh, and demand, “Let My PeopleGo!” Pharaoh refuses, bringing 10harsh plagues down upon himself andhis nation. Proceeding to next page...

PHARAOHPHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES: Very short.

Should you see him, keep a safedistance—he is very evil.

YOCHEVEDAWARDS & RECOGNITIONS: She is the Mother ofthe Year; her children are Aaron, Miriam,and Moshe!

AARONBEST KNOWN FOR: Being Moshe’s older brother.

PRIMARY OCCUPATION: Mediation.

Aaron helped so many people solvedisputes; his name became the mostpopular baby name of that generation!

MIRIAMUNIQUE ABILITIES: Prophecy and Music.

At just the age of five, she was alreadyseeing the future, and knew Moshe wouldbe special. She brought tambourines outof Egypt so the women could sing anddance when they were saved.

MOSHE (MOSES)DEFINING TRAITS: He is the greatest leader andprophet the Jews ever had, but you won’thear that from him, because he is also themost humble.

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES: He has a lisp, buteverything he says is from the Mouth of G-d.

HEIGHT: About 18’ tall, is easily spotted in acrowd.

BATYAHPERSONAL BACKGROUND: She’s the royalprincess, but nothing like her father.

PHYSICAL ABNORMALITIES: Her arm grew totwice its length to reach out and savethe baby whom she named ‘Moshe’.

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THE LAST PLAGUE is the Death of Firstborns. The Egyp-tians have had enough with all the pun-ishments! They turn against Pharaohand demand that he let the Jews go. Hehimself is a firstborn, so he agrees withhis people. Pharaoh tells Moshe that he can lead

the Jewish people (numbering 3 million)out of Egypt. The Jews leave first thingin the morning. The Jews are in such ahurry, that there is not enough time fortheir dough to rise, so it becomesMatzah!

RECALCULATING...When they come to the Sea of Reeds

(the Yam Suf), and see Pharaoh and hisarmy chasing after them, there are fouropinions. Some say to surrender and goback to slavery. Others say to fight!Some think it best to drown in the sea,and another group wants to pray.G-d tells Moshe to continue traveling

forward. Nachshon Ben Aminadav

All water turns toBLOOD. Worse than

any oil spill. FROGS go everywhere:into the Egyptians’

ovens, and even insidetheir stomachs!

All dirt and dustturns into itchyLICE. Benadrylstock soars.

All kind ofBEASTS attackthem and bargeinto their homes.

Worse than MadCow Disease isDEAD COWDisease!

THE TEN PLAGUES

LEAVING EGYPT IN THE YEAR 2448 (1312 BCE)

START IN THE YEAR:

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hears this and bravely walks into thesea. When the water is up to Nachshon’sneck, Moshe stretches out his staff, andthe sea splits into 12 different tunnels,one for each tribe. There are so many miracles happening

during this extraordinary event! Theground becomes hard for the Jews, so

they can easily walk across, but it issinking mud for the Egyptians who fol-low. Fruit trees grow from the walls ofwater. The water becomes crystal clear,so each tribe can see the next, andknow that everyone is safe.The Jews actually walk in a semicir-

cle, and come out on the same side they

entered. It was just a trap to drown theEgyptians! All the gold and rubies fromthe chariots and war-horses float to thesurface of the water, and the Jews takeit and become very rich.When they are saved, Moshe leads the

men in song thanking G-d, and Miriamleads the women with tambourines!

Painful BLISTERS andboils. No amount ofsunscreen canprotect them!

Inside the heavychunks of ICE ARE

FIREBALLS.

Enormous swarmsof LOCUSTS blackenthe sky, and eateverything in sight.

Are you afraid of thedark? After three

days, the DARKNESSbecomes so thick,they can’t even

move!

FIRSTBORN SONSDIE, or the oldestboy if the firstborn

is a girl.

SPLITTING OF THE SEA

2447 (1313 BCE)

‘C’ is for cookie, that’s good enough for me…

Hello, there, Cookie Monster. Are youenjoying your last cookies for 8 days?

Whaaaat?? Me don’t know what youtalking about, Matzah Monster! No cookies?

You must know that Passover is coming, andwe do not eat any bread, called Chametz!

Oh, phew! Cookie Monster don’t like bread,just cookies! A round cookie with a bite outof it looks like a C…

Yes, but on Passover, we don’t eat bread orcookies.

Whaaat?!! No cookies?

That’s right, only Matzah. Any flour made from wheat, orfrom four other grains (barley, rye, spelt and oats) can’t beallowed to bake and rise. That’s called Chametz. It showshow boastful you are. Matzah doesn’t rise; it’s flat, and sowe can eat it. It shows how humble we are. It’s what theJews ate when they left Egypt!

But, but! Me like cookies! And cookies are flat, just likeMatzah!

Cookie Monster, the cookie dough itself is Chametz! Anyflour made from wheat, barley, rye, oats, or spelt, whichis mixed with water or other liquids, becomes Chametzafter 18 minutes have passed. When baking Matzah, theflour and water are mixed, rolled, baked in a super hotoven, and are ready long before 18 minutes have gone by!

That sounds OK, but after Passover, me want cookies!

Ha ha! And you’ll get them! But for now, M is for Matzah, that’s good enough for me!

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Introducing

Matzah

Monster!

Well, I’ve got my bag of Chametz,spoon, and feather from my search for

Chametz last night. I had lots of feathers tochoose from, hee hee! Now I just need aplace to burn the Chametz I found…

Hey! Watch it!

I just want to use your trash can to burnthis Chametz! Tonight is Passover, and wecannot have any Chametz.

All the Chametz you had in yourhouse fits in that bag?

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Of course not. First I cleaned for a few days, tomake sure there were no crumbs lying around.

Cleaning?!!! Yuck! Why can’t you just sell yourChametz to a non-Jew?

I already sold everything I want to use later, afterPassover. I plan to buy it back. The Chametz inthis bag is what I found last night. I had to makesure I didn’t miss anything when I was cleaning. Iactually put out 10 pieces of bread, to make sureI’d find something that I can burn today. So can I please use your trash can?

I guess so. There’s probably some specialprayer to say, right?

You got it! Once we finish these 4 easy steps:cleaning, selling, searching, and burning,we’re ready for Passover! See page 26 for detailed instructions.

Lala la la...It’s Passover

Time!

CHAMETZBefore Passover, we need to search anddestroy (or sell) any trace of Chametz—leaven. But exactly which foods are those?Chametz is any food product made from thefollowing five grains: wheat, barley, rye, oats, orspelt. When flour made of these grains comes incontact with water and is left to rise for more than18 minutes... that’s Chametz! We are not permittedto eat, own, or derive any benefit from Chametzduring all 8 days of Passover. So, take out yourbrooms and start cleaning, because Passover isalmost here!

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I Shpy 2 bagels, 2 baguettes, and 2 cakes,4 cookies, a vacuum, and a box of Bran Flakes.

I Shpy 2 Cheerios, a sponge, and an apple pie,2 pretzels, a slice of pizza, and bread made of rye.

I Shpy pasta, a granola bar, a towel that’s red,Windex, a mop, and 10 slices of bread.

I Shpy 5 cookies, plastic gloves, and 5 hamantaschen,A challah, brownies, and 2 blueberry muffins.

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מרורMarror

כרפסKarpas

Beitzahביצה

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The whole Seder Night is specially designedfor children. We do things differently just so kids will askquestions. Most of the Haggadah is one long answer to theFour Questions every child asks.

Zeroah(Shankbone)זרוע

חרוסתCharoset

חזרתChazeret

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Shaul was an impressive young man: tall,handsome, and well-liked. Most importantly,Shaul was a very righteous person: always

doing good for others, extremely humble, and nevercommitting a sin in his life.

One day, Shaul’s father approached his son with arequest. Some donkeys had wandered off, and hewanted Shaul to search for them.

Shaul made his way through many villages and towns,looking for his father’s missing donkeys. Eventuallyhe came to the gates of the city of Rama, the citywhere the great Prophet Shmuel lived.

“What better person to ask forinformation than a Navi, aprophet?” Shaul thought. Shaulmade his way to the town gates,when whom did he see hurryingtoward him? The Navi himself!

Shaul had no idea, but ShmuelHaNavi had been told to expect avisit that day from the person whowould become the new ruler of the Children of Israel.

Shmuel HaNavi invited Shaul to stay and dine withhim. He told them there was no need to worry aboutthe donkeys. They had already been found. And, theNavi continued, Shaul need no longer concern himselfwith activities such as locating missing animals.

Rather, G-d had directed the young man to this place,

just at this time, so Shmuel could tell Shaul that hewas to become the first Jewish King of Israel!

During his reign, Shaul fought many successful battlesagainst the enemies of Israel. He was a great leaderand guided his people with humility and strength.

However, after one battle against the fierce enemies ofthe Jews called Amalek, Shaul didn’t listen perfectly toG-d’s directions. Shaul was told not to leave anysurvivors alive, even the animals belonging to Amalek.

Shaul did allow some survivors, and as a result, thewicked Haman, a descendent of Amalek was born.

A king must always listen to G-d’s Wordprecisely, and G-d informed Shaulthat his children would notcontinue to rule the Jewish People.The kingdom would be takenfrom Shaul and given to... Shaul’sson-in-law, King David, and to hischildren forever after!

At the end of his life, Shaul was about tofight against the huge Pelishti army and found himselfafraid to go to war. He asked G-d for guidance,through the prophets, but received no answer. Finally,Shaul heard the bad news that he and his sons wouldlose their lives in battle, but nevertheless, he heroicallywent to war and fought for his people.

Join us next time as we take a closer look at Shaul’s veryown son-in-law, Kind David!

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THE REIGN OF

Interesting Facts about Shaul:

JEWISH HISTORY

Shaul used his wealth

to help the brides of

Israel by providing them

with dowries.

Shaul was a very

modest man. In reward

for his modesty he

merited to have Queen Esther

as his descendent.

Shaul merited the

kingship because of his

righteousness. It says

of Shaul that when he became

king he was like a one year old.

This is to show how he was so

righteous, he had never sinned.

Shaul was a very tall

man, he was head and

shoulders taller than the

average man and even his

strength and intelligence was

way beyond a regular man.

Shaul was a very

humble man. He did

not announce that he had been

anointed king, but waited for

others to spread the news first.

King Shaul (Saul)

191919

2881 2883 2884

Shaul anointed. 28 Iyar, Shmuel dies.

David marries Shaul’sdaughter, Michal.

War with Amalek

28 Elul,Shaul dies. DIED IN THE YEAR

2884FROM CREATION

Why Meringues?

2 egg whites

R egular cakes and cookies usually containwheat flour. On Passover, combiningwheat with wet ingredients and letting

the dough rise for more than 18 minutes createsa forbidden Chametzmixture.

Here is a great wheat-free alternative tochocolate chip cookies to enjoy overPassover! And don’t forget that whenshopping for ingredients, theyall need a reliable kosher signalong a “P” or with the words,“Kosher for Passover.”

1 Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.

2 Line the cookie sheets with aluminum foil.

3 Separate egg whites from yolk.

4 Check to make sure there are no blood spots in any of the eggs.*

5 With an electric beater, beat egg whites untilthey form what look like “mountain peaks.”

6 Add sugar into the egg whites 1 teaspoon at atime.

7 Gently stir in vanilla and salt, and beat untilthe egg whites are stiff and shiny.

8 Fold in chocolate chips; don’t mix.

9 Drop mixture by teaspoon onto the cookiesheets, leave room between spoonfuls.

10 Turn off the oven.

11 Immediately place the cookie sheets in thestill-warm oven and leave them for a fewhours or overnight.

11When you remember to look for them, yourmeringues will be ready to eat!

* Eggs may be checked by any Jewish adult over the age of bar/batmitzvah. Any egg with a blood spot is not kosher and should bediscarded, and the utensils it came into contact with, rinsed wellwith cold water. To avoid waste when a recipe calls for more thanone egg, check each one separately before adding.

Make sure all your ingredients are “Kosher for Passover!”

Ba-Ruch A-Tah Ado-Nai E-Lo-He-Nu Me-Lech Ha-Olam She-hakol Nihi-yah Bidvaro.Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the uni-verse, by Whose word everything comes to be.

Here is what

you do:

2 cookiesheets

Aluminum Foil

Electric Beater

Large mixingbowl

Spatula

Things you

will need:

3/4 cup white sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon

vanilla extract

1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Kosher for Passover

Chocolate ChipMeringues!

“Let’s make...”

Blessing

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Where is theAfikoman

Answers:Mah Nishtanah Shuffle:Question #1: Cards 1 & 5. Ques-tion #2: Cards 3 & 6. Question #3: Cards 4 & 7. Question #4:Cards 2 & 8.

Back Cover:1. Burnt Matzahin oven; 2. Using rake to re-move Matzot from oven; 3. Matzot on the floor; 4. Taco onpole; 5. Unattended Matzahon table; 6. Dough sculpture;7. Chametzon Matzahdough table; 8. Sleeping flour man;9. Flowers in ‘flour’ bag; 10. Pizza delivery! 11. Forty-fiveminutes on timer. Can you find even more?

Hidden Afikoman:Page 13—Elmo is holding the Afikoman!

מה נשתנה הלילה הזה מכל הלילות?Why is this night different from all other nights?

Fill in the number of the two matching cards for each of the Four Questions:

?As the dessert for the Passover Seder, theAfikoman is HIDDEN, SEARCHED FOR, and thenEATEN. There is an Afikoman dessert hidden inthis magazine—can you find it?

Passover

mah nisht$nah

ShufflEWhy is this night different?

Figure out just how different this night is by collectingmatching sets of cards, one set for each question.

Question #3שבכל הלילות אנו אוכלין שאר ירקות,

מרור. הלילה הזה,

On all other nights we eat all kinds of vegetables,

but on this night, we eat Marror, a bitter one!

Question #4יושבין ובין מסבין, שבכל הלילות אנו אוכלין בין

מסבין. הלילה הזה, כלנו

On all other nights we eat sitting upright or

reclining, but on this night, we all recline!

Question #1מטבילין אפילו פעם שבכל הלילות אין אנו

שתי פעמים. אחת, הלילה הזה,

On all other nights we need not dip (our food)

even once, but on this night we do so twice!

Question #2חמץ ומצה, שבכל הלילות אנו אוכלין

מצה. הלילה הזה, כלו

On all other nights we eat Chametz or

Matzah, but on this night, only Matzah!

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Pick the correct color from the wheelbelow and use crayons to color in thepicture. Colors can match to morethan one picture!

Seder Solutions

15 Riddle answer:Aaron. To initiate the plague Aaron had to hit the water with a staff. Moshe was saved by the water as a young child. Hismother placed him in a basket on the Nile river to save his life. As a “thank you” to the water Moshe did not perform this plague.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 Solve the mathequations and writethe number on theblank line.

2 To find the answerto the riddle, drawa straight line fromeach of thenumbers to thepicture it connectsto on the left.

3 Each line you drawwill cross out someletters.

4 When you’refinished, read theremaining lettersin order from top tobottom to answerthe riddle!

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Selling Your ChametzThe Chametz is to be sold be-fore Passover. This is the lastchance to sell. Contact yourlocal rabbi to help with thisprocess or visit passover.net.

The Search for ChametzStep 1 In the evening, tightlywrap 10 pieces of bread.

Step 2 Hide the 10 pieces allaround your home.

Step 3 Before the search say the followingblessing: Ba-ruch A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-he-nu Me-lech Ha-olam Asher Kid-e-sha-nu Be-mitz-vo-tav Vetzi-va-nuAl Bee-ur Cha-metz.Or, in translation: Blessed are You, L-rd ourG-d, King of the universe, who has sanctifiedus by His commandments, and has com-manded us concerning the removal ofChametz.

Step 4 Take the candle, feather, paper bagand wooden spoon. With adult supervision,use the candle to search your home. Usethe feather to sweep each piece of Chametzinto the spoon, then place it in the bag.

Step 5 When all the 10 pieces are in thebag (including any other Chametz you mayfind) carefully tie it up and put it aside tobe burned in the morning.

Step 6 Now that you have finished search-ing for Chametz recite the following decla-ration out loud: All leaven or anythingleavened which is in my possession,which I have neither seen nor re-moved, and about which I am un-aware, shall be considerednullified and ownerless as thedust of the earth.

Burning the ChametzWe take the bag ofChametz that we foundthe night before and burnit before midday. Only an

adult should do the burning.

Declare once again: All leaven andanything leavened that is in mypossession, whether I have seen it or not,whether I have observed it or not,whether I have removed it or not, shallbe considered nullified and ownerless asthe dust of the earth.

For the correct times for burning in yourarea please visit chabad.org/calendar.

Passover Seder (x2 nights)The Seder nights are thehighlight of Passover. Besure to rest today in orderto enjoy the evening.

The candles are lit beforesunset on the firstevening and after dark onthe second. For candlelighting times in yourarea, see below.

Counting of the OmerThe Omer is counted eachevening after dark for 49nights. Each evening wesay the blessing belowand the exact day and

week we are counting.

Ba-ruch A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-he-nu Me-lech Ha-olam Asher Kid-e-sha-nu Be-mitz-vo-tav Vetzi-va-nu Al Se-fi-rat Ha-omer.

Eg. Day one = Today is one day ofthe Omer.

On each Holiday evening, thefollowing blessings are recited:

Ba-ruch A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-he-nuMe-lech Ha-olam Asher Kid-e-sha-nu Be-mitz-vo-tav Vetzi-va-nu Le-had-lik Ner Shel Yom Tov.Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, Kingof the universe, who has sanctifiedus with His commandments, andcommanded us to kindle the Holidaylight.

On the first 2 nights (4/18 and4/19), add the following:

Ba-ruch A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-he-nu Me-lech Ha-olam She-heche-ya-nu Ve-ki-ye-ma-nu Ve-higi-a-nu Liz-man Ha-zeh. Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, Kingof the universe, who has granted uslife, sustained us, and enabled us toreach this occasion.

For Shabbat of the intermediatedays, (Friday evening, 4/22),the following is recited:

Ba-ruch A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-he-nu Me-lech Ha-olamAsher Kid-e-sha-nu Be-mitz-vo-tav Vetzi-va-nu Le-had-lik NerShel Shabbat Kodesh.Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, Kingof the universe, who has sanctifiedus with His commandments, andcommanded us to kindle the light ofthe holy Shabbat.

Candle LightingBlessings:

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