My Own u n g z wi cßa search Think of eight places where you are going to do your careful d wi cßa and draw them into the boxes on the two sides of this page. (Do not forget to label your pictures on the line at the foot of each box!) My own d c b d work page 22
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The Names of Pesach Read through the following paragraphs then write explanations in your own words in the correct boxes on the opposite page. The festival of passing over. On the first night of Pesach, while Hashem was slaying the first born of Egypt, He passed over the houses of the Jews, sparing them from death. The holiday of spring. This is one of the names of this Yom Tov because Pesach always falls in the spring season. m i x v n z `i v i (our Exodus from Egypt) and the month of ai a ` (spring) are found together in the same weq R a number of times in the Torah. The festival of matzot. The festival has this name because of the dë v n to eat d v n on Pesach. Matzah reminds us of how l ` x U i i p A left m i x v n in a hurry and did not have time to allow their dough to rise. d v n also reminds us of our lives as slaves because it is known as i pfr m g l poor man's bread. The time of our freedom. It was at this time of the year that l ` x U i i p A went out from zec a r slavery to zex g freedom. My own d c b d work page 24
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d P YßW P d n Do you know the four questions of d P Y W P d n? Look at the Hebrew to help you fill in the gaps... d n d P Y W P?zFli N d l M n d G d d l i«n d :d S n FNªM d G d d l i«n d.d S ne u n g oi l kf` Ep«` zfli N d l k A W :xfx n d G d d l i«n d zfw xßi x `ßW oi l kf` Ep«` zfli N d l k A W d G d d l i«n d.z g ` m r R Eli t ` oi li Aßh n Ep ` oi ` zfli N d l k A W :mi n rßt i YßW d G d d l i«n d.oi A qßn oi ae oi aßwfi oi A oi lßkf` Ep ` zfli N d l k A W :oi A qßn Ep N M Why is this night different from all other nights? On all other nights we may eat and, but on only. On all other nights we may eat any, but only. On all nights we do not even once, but on this night we. On all other nights we eat either or, but on this night we all. My own d c b d work page 26
Epi i d mi c a r We were s to Pharaoh in Egypt,.m i xßv nßa d rßx tßl Epi i d mi c a r but the Lord our G d took us out of there with a and an. Had not G d taken our f out of Egypt, then we, our c and g would still be enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt. Even if we all were w, and perceptive, experienced, and versed in Torah, it would still be our d to tell about the Exodus from Egypt. The more one t about the Exodus, the more p he deserves.,m X n Epi w l ` 'd Ep `i vfi e,d iehßp rf xßf ae d w f g c ißa KEx A WFc T d `i vfd ` l EN `ße,m i xßv O n Epi zfa `Œz ` `Ed,Epi p a i pßae Epi p ae Ep ` i x d.m i xßv nßa d rßx tßl Epi i d mi c Aßr Wßn Ep N M Eli t ` e mi rßcfi Ep N M,mi p wßf Ep N M,mi pfaßp x R qßl Epi l r d eßv n,d xfy dœz `.m i xßv n z `i vi A Ep N M,mi n k g x R qßl :g A Wßn z `i vi A d Aßx O d l kße d f i x d,m i xßv n My own d c b d work page 27
... x f ri l ` i A x A d U r n Of Rabbi Eliezer a story is told Of Rabbi Yehoshua that scholar of o Elazar Ben A, Akivah the Sage And Tarphon for wisdom renowned in his a. In B'nei B'rak they at s dined well and the whole long n through The old tale did retell How Hashem in His power humbled Egypt's great might And brought out our People from d to light. Whilst they were held rapt by this wondrous old s Dark n passed away and dawn came in all its glory Then entered their pupils: "Our Rabbis!" they say 'tis time for S for behold it is d! In this space draw the famous Rabbis around their table... My own d c b d work page 28
Find in your dcbd the questions of the mi pä d rä x ` the four sons. By the way each one asks his question we can learn much about his character. In the boxes below draw pictures of how you imagine each son to look draw the whole body, not just the face. Think about what clothes they will be wearing and what they might be doing.?x nf` `Ed d n rẅ x?x nf` `Ed d n m k g... lf` W l r «cfi Fpi ` W e?x nf` `Ed d n mÿ My own d c b d work page 29
Find these words in your dcbd: "These are the zfm n x U r which the Holy One, blessed be He, brought upon the Egyptians in Egypt:" Draw straight lines to join the words correctly Blood Frogs Lice a x r d Aßx ` c x A Wild Beasts oi gßw Animal Disease m C Boils K Wg Hailstones mi P M Locusts Darkness x a C r cßx tßv zfxfk ßA z M n Death of the Firstborn My own d c b d work page 30
Teaching and Understanding the d c b d Children are a really important part of the x c q! Some people think it is enough for children to stay up until they say d p Y W p d n and then go to bed. However, children will be pleased to know that they should stay up a little longer than that! Why is this? The dxez teaches us: "L p a l Ÿ c b d e" (Shemos: 13,8) "You shall tell (the story of m i x v n z `i v i) to your son." This means that parents have a dë v n to tell the story of our Exodus from Egypt to their children. They should do this at the seder night as an answer to the questions of d p Y W p d n. With the children not hearing or understanding the answers to the questions of d p Y W p d n the father has not fulfilled the mitzvah of m i x v n z `i v i xeti q the story of the going out from Egypt. The cen l Y tells us that Rabbi Akiva would only say 'it is time to leave the y x c n d zi A' on Erev Pesach, in order to ensure the children would go and sleep by day to prepare for being up late to hear the d c b d. Therefore, when your mum or dad tell you to go up to your room to have a nap so that you will be awake later, don't sit in your room playing a computer game, filling your stickers book, dressing your toys, admiring your stamp collection or e mailing your friend in Israel! Get some sleep, you've got a long evening ahead! My own d c b d work page 31