Welcome back for another episode of “ What’s happening for Pasach?"

Matzah Monday was so fun and busy.  In the morning I told the Pesach story again with our small world. This time I went into more depth about why we eat matzah and how that relates to the story. The Jewish people were in such a rush to get out of Egypt that they didn’t even have time for their bread to rise, and they had to eat unleavened bread. In the afternoon Rabbi Deitsch did an interactive matzah factory with the children on the courtyard.

The children interacting with the small world and narrating their own  stories.

 

Decorating pyramids to add to our small world


 

Poking holes in Matzah

 

Rabbi showing the grains of wheat and explaining what matzah is made from.

 

Making matzah with Rabbi and the rest of our school Kehillah 

 

Feeling the love at the matzah factory

 

Ingredients we used for making charoset (nut free): apples, cinnamon, and grape juice

 

Yehonathan enjoyed the charoset but decided he prefers his apples without peels.

 

Shai was a big fan of the charoset peels and all.

 

The children cleaned our classroom in preparation for Pesach.  The next day I hid fake chametz around the classroom and the children searched high and low to find it. We then collected it all in a bag and pretended to light the bag on fire with a fake candle. 

In our outdoor classroom Carmel built his own matzah oven. 

This image is him waiting for his matzah to finish cooking.

Each child decorated and stuffed pillows for them to use at their family Seder .  I explained to the children that this is a symbol to show that the Jewish people are no longer slaves, do not have to work so hard, and can lean back and relax.

I hope you and all of your families have a wonderful Pesach celebration.

 

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Maya