“What shall we do? Can we undo what was done? How will we find, how ever will we find, the missing afikomen?” In a fast-paced, rhyming story the members of a family search for the missing afikomen. Who knows where it disappeared to? And who will find it? A delightful story about a Passover tradition handed down from one generation to the next, and about the members of the younger generation who participate in the Passover Seder until they can’t keep their eyes open.
Age Group: Preschool (3-5)
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AudioSeder Night is a special evening that is very exciting for children as they participate in the celebration – singing, tasting, dramatizing and… searching for the afikomen! This night brings unforgettable memories with it for children, while making grownups nostalgic. Where is the Afikomen is a book about the experience of generations, children’s anticipation of the holiday, as well as the gap we sometimes discover between expectations and the surprises brought on by reality.
Have a happy and blossoming Pesach!
Rabbi Eliezer says: One grabs the matzot on the nights of Pesach on account of the children, so that they will not sleep
(Talmud Bavli, Pesachim 109a)
Afikomen – The afikomen is a matza eaten at the end of Seder Night in commemoration of the Pesach sacrifice. The afikomen is traditionally hidden to make the children curious and encourage them to stay up until the end of the Seder. In some Jewish communities, the children try to find the afikomen and return it at the end of the Seder in exchange for a gift offered to them by the adults.
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קוראים
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Tashpad 2023-2024
