Friends

Friends are like stars, you don't always see them, but theyre always there! 
Appreciate your friends, and you never know you might meet a new freind any day!

Back to regular posting!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful Pesach. Sorry for the break in posting. Hopefully, IY"H, we'll be back to a regular schedule now. So for 'Winning Wednesday' here's a fun game to play with friends or family. 

One person says a letter. Then each person, one at a time, has to say a letter, forming a word. The letter you say has to have the possibility of forming a word, but if you end a word you get a point. The first person with 5 points is out. If you think that the letter someone says doesn't have the possibility of forming a word, you can challenge them, and they have to tell you what word it could form. If they don't have one right away, they get a point. 

Example: One person says A. The next person says N (even though AN is a word, 3 letter words or less don't count). The next person says I, then M, then, A (ANIMA can lead to a word but isn't a whole word itself). The person that says L ends the word ANIMAL and gets a point.  A new round starts. 

Happy Passover!

As we're getting closer to Pesach (Passover) I don't think I'll have time to update the website too often. Hopefully I will be able to post a few Pesach insights and thoughts before Pesach and throughout the eight days to make it more meaningful for you. In the meantime, check out the links below for great Pesach websites! Wishing you and your families a kosher and happy Pesach! 

-Leah :-)

Passover for Kids

Passover.org

Passover at Aish

Passover at OU

Seder Games!

Here are some great games to play at the Seder or anytime on Pesach!

This is an interesting game that doesn’t take a lot of work to prepare. Go around your house and find different objects such as an egg, a stuffed animal, or any objects you would like to use. Put all of your collected items in a bag. At the seder, pass around the bag and have each person take one object out of the bag without looking. Now have the person tell how each object is related to the story of Passover. 

Before the seder, write down on different sheets of paper people or things connected to the story of Passover, such as frogs, Moses, lice, etc. In the middle of the seder, have someone put on a scarf or bandana and tape one of the objects/ people on the scarf, so everyone can see except the person wearing the scarf. Now the person wearing the scarf tries to figure out who or what he is by asking yes or no questions. If they figure it out quickly give them a small prize.

This game is like charades. Have different sentences from the Haggadah prepared ahead of time on sheets of paper. Each person randomly selects a piece of paper. Then that person acts out the sentence he has been given without talking. Everyone else then tries to guess what he is acting out. The person may use his hands to say how many words are in the sentence, and he can indicate that words or sentences rhyme by touching his ear.

To download a Seder Trivia Game, click here!

Pesach Candy!

Ingredients:
Sugar Water
Nuts

Directions:
Use sugar water as oil and fry the nuts in the sugar water, and it will come like crystals on the nuts. Enjoy!!

Seder T-shirt Pillow

Make this fun & easy pillow to recline on at your seder!

Idea from www.kaboose.com. 

What you'll need:

Large t-shirt

Two rubber bands

Ribbon

One-pound bag of fiberfill or stuffing

Decorating Materials

Directions:

1. Turn the sleeves of the shirt inside the shirt.

2. Close the neck opening of the shirt using one of the rubber bands.

3. Stuff the inside of the shirt with the fiberfill or stuffing.

4. Close the bottom of the shirt with the second rubber band.

5. Tie a ribbon in a bow around each rubber band.

6. Turn the pillow so that the ribbons are on each side.

7. Decorate however you want! Try fabric markers, puff paint, sequins or anything else!

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