Hebrew Vocabulary
Pesach Hebrew Coloring Page - Pesach (Passover)
Celebrate this wonderful holiday with all of your senses!
Listen to the story…
Taste our sweet, bitter, and salty history…
Smell the springtime…
Touch the flat, crunchy matzah…
See your friends and family around the seder table!
Click here for a Seder Plate coloring page
Pesach Hebrew Coloring Page - Haggadah
There are many many different kinds of Haggadas. What does yours look like?
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Pesach Hebrew Coloring Page - Mah Nishtanah?
How is this night different from all other nights? Practice the Four Questions with ShirLaLa Pesach, track 11!
So many questions… What other questions come up for you this Passover?
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Afikomen
A-fi-KO-men is actually a Greek word for “dessert.” During the Seder, we take one of the three matzot on the Seder plate and crack it in half. This is the “Ya-chatz” step in the 14 parts of the Seder. (Which makes for a very fun karate chop, “YA-chatz!!”) The larger half of the matzah is […]
Chametz
Cha-METZ literally means “leavened.” Preparing for Pesach includes removing all of the chametz from your home. The laws of Torah tell us that we’re not to eat, own, or benefit from chametz during the festival holiday of Pesach. In Ashkenazic households, chametz includes grains as well as legumes. There’s a tradition of selling your chametz […]
Megillah
M’gee-LAH is Hebrew for Scroll. In Jewish texts, there are 5 Megillot (plural) in the K’tuvim.
1. Song of Songs
2. Ruth
3. Lamentations
4. Ecclesiastes
5. Esther
Generally if there isn’t a name associated with the Megillah, it’s referring to Megillat Esther, the Scroll of Esther which we read on Purim.
Purimspiel
Purimspiel (Pu-rim SHPEEL) is Yiddish for a Purim Play based on Megillat Esther. Usually the spiel is done in a comic style, as a satire, with music, silly characters, and even dance. It originated in Eastern Europe in the 18th century.
Ra’ashanim or Gragger
RA-ASH-a-nim are noisemakers in Hebrew, or GROG-ger in Yiddish (from the Polish word “to rattle.”)
Adar
A-DAR is the 12th month of the Hebrew calendar. It’s a winter month with 29 days, usually coinciding with February/March. When there’s a leap year, an additional Adar is added to the calendar, called Adar Aleph or Rishon. When this happens (7 times every 19 years) the Purim holiday is celebrated in […]
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