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 The
festival of Passover
The festival of Pesach (Passover) is a seven
day holiday (8 days in the Diaspora) comemorating the exodus
of our ancestors, the Israelite Hebrews, from hundreds of
years of slavery in Egypt under the leadership of Moses. The
highlight of the holiday is the festive Seder meal, rich with
symbols, good food and the dramatic retelling of the escape
from Egypt through the recitation of the Hagaddah. During
the week of Passover it is forbidden to eat bread (leavened
foods) and certain grains and pulses in order to remember
that our ancestors fled Egypt in great haste with the Eygptian
forces in hot pursuit.
Passover is known also as “Chag HaAviv,” the festival
of Spring as it occurs during the month of Nissan (corresponding
to March/April)and “Chag HaHerut,” the festival
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Passover
Sites in Hebrew
http://www.education.gov.il/moe/hagut/pesach/index.html
http://galim.org.il/holidays/passover
http://ramat-aviv-gimel.tlv.k12.il/students/passover/passover.htm
- links in Hebrew and English about the holiday and
its customs. Links to sites about ancient Egypt as
well.
http://video.edu-negev.gov.il/bs/bridge/links/pesach.htm
- links in Hebrew and English about Passover, the
pyramids and ancient Egypt.
http://www.info.org.il/haggadah_hebrew.shtml
- The Haggadah - Hebrew text.
http://www.chagim.org.il/pesach.html#
- the site also has an English version
http://hagim.nana.co.il/2001/musaf/
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/ivrit/pesach/index.htm
http://www.w-angle.galil.k12.il/studio/religion/pesah-pt.htm
Passover
Sites in English – About the Holiday and its
Customs
http://www.emanuelnyc.org/seder/table.html
- Passover Haggadah images
http://www.holidays.net/passover/story.html
http://www.aish.com/holidays/passover/default.asp
http://www.kosher4passover.com/
http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/sitemap.html
- The story of Passover in Hebrew and English with
suggestions for activities. A useful site for parents
and educators.
http://passover.net/
- Chabad site
http://scheinerman.net/judaism/pesach/index.html
http://207.168.91.4/vjholidays/passover/index.htm
- information for adults, recipes for kids, sing along
Passover songs, a kid’s eye view of the Haggadah,
http://www.everythingjewish.com/Pesach/Pesach_origins.htm
- origin, spiritual meaning, laws and customs.
http://www.joi.org/celebrate/pesach/index.shtml
- about Moses' family, the message of Passover, the
Seder, stories and more.
http://www.jafi-ed.org.il/festivls/pesach/pesach.html
- overview of the holiday, activities, resources.
http://uahc.org/congs/nj/nj006/seder/plate.html
- a virtual Seder plate
http://www.ou.org/chagim/pesach/
http://www.vbm-torah.org/pesach.htm
- a virtual yeshiva
http://www.613.org/pasclass.html
- audio files, lectures and songs
http://theholidayspot.com/passover/
- history, greetings, wallpapers, recipes and more.
http://www.uscj.org/koach/pesach.htm
http://www.wujs.org.il/activist/pesach/index.shtml
The Super Site -- with 100 hot sites for Pesach (some
may also appear on our list)
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdaypa.htm
For
Children
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/pesach/passover_activities.asp
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/passover/
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/pesach/pesach.htm
http://www.hsdm.com/usr/dwelling_place/peisah/kiara_game/kiara_game.html
http://www.613.org/kidpassover.html
http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/studyroom.html
http://www.zigzagworld.com/plagues/--
a game in Hebrew vocabulary
http://www.zigzagworld.com/sederplate/
- a game in Hebrew vocabulary
http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/pesach/pescolor.htm
http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/pesach/slidingpuzzle/puzzle.htm
http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/pesach/pesgames.htm
http://ramat-aviv-gimel.tlv.k12.il/students/games/concentration/concentration.htm
http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/playroom.html
- from Pesach to Shavuot
About
Ancient Egypt
http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/index.html
- about hieroglyphs
http://www.masa.co.il/mag66/seven/piramid.html
- about the pyramids - in Hebrew
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/khufuenter.html
http://www.alpher.net.au/hpages/debbie/egypt/index.html
- a friendly site with easy to understand information.
Kids and adults alike will enjoy this site.
http://www.cmi.k12.il.us/Urbana/projects/AncientCiv/egypt.html
- a fun site for kids. Includes a variety of activities
The central ceremony of Passover,
the seder, gives us interesting food for thought regarding
the educational act. Our sages, with no assistance
from Dewey, Piaget or the progressive education movement,
designed a ceremony that reflects some of the best
in contemporary educational practice. The participation
of the family in the seder reminds us of the special
educative power of the intergenerational interchange.
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The
Passover Seder
The
Seder can perhaps best be described as a "talk-feast."
Conducted around a table laden with the bounty of
the earth, it is people spending a leisurely evening
engaged in good talk and good food.
The Passover story did not occur in
Israel so it is hard to recommend places to visit!
HOWEVER, it can be helpful to young children, especially
those in the Southern Hemisphere to see pictures of
Israel at springtime. After all, Passover is also
Chag Haaviv – the festival of Spring.
Go
to: http://israelimages.com/result.asp
At this site ( www.israelimages.com) you will also
be able to find pictures of Jerusalem which can be
connected to the aliyah la regel - the traditional
pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Passover as it is celebrated
in Israel. In a classroom display it could look like
this:
For
Pesach we are doing something a little different!
On Erev Rosh Chodesh Nissan (Wednesday, April
2nd) a video conference workshop on Pesach took place.
The workshop was given in Jerusalem and one hundred
teachers in Cape Town and Johannesburg participated.
Click and see the slides of
a Power Point presentation that presents some of the
ideas presented in the workshop.
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