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Simply Seder: A Haggadah and Passover Planner

Hosting your first seder? This haggadah and planning guide will help you every step of the way. Everything you need for a meaningful yet concise seder, perfect for families of all ages.
In stock
SKU:
1883
ISBN:
9780874418835
Product Type:
Printed Material
Grade Level:
FAM
$8.95

All the steps to an easy-to-lead, 30 -min, participatory Seder. Includes seder Planning Guide with shopping list, recipes, activities for kids. 

Quantity discounts available.

Illustrated by Julie Wohl

Complete your seder in 30 minutes or an hour - it's up to you!

Create your own meaningful seder with Simply Seder: A Passover Haggadah. Clear directions, explanations of time-honored rituals, and thought-provoking discussion starters will help you create a memorable experience for your guests.

Turn the book over for Planning Your Passover Seder, your guide to creating a memorable seder, including plan-ahead checklists, activities for children, ideas for encouraging participation, and more.

Visit www.behrmanhouse.com/passover for additional Passover resources, including songs, blessings, recipes, activities, online games, videos, articles, & more!

Contents:
Passover Haggadah:

  • Clear directions for seder leaders
  • Transliterations of Hebrew passages
  • Colorful artwork
  • Optional readings and discussion questions
  • Modern additions, such as Miriam's Cup
  • Gender-sensitive language

Planning Your Passover Seder:

  • Plan-ahead checklist
  • Preparing the seder plate
  • Seder table checklist
  • Activities for children
  • Personalizing your seder service
  • Encouraging participation
  • Searching for chameitz

Special Features:

  • Perfect for the first-time seder leader, or anyone who wants a short but meaningful seder.
  • Appropriate for families with children of all ages.
  • Double-sided: Open one side for a guide to Planning your Passover Seder. Turn to the other side for your Passover Haggadah.
  • Scan the QR code in the planning guide to visit the website on your smartphone.

Seder in Motion: A Haggadah to Move Body and Soul

by Rabbi Ron Isaacs and Dr. Leora Isaacs

Perfect for:

  • Multigenerational and model seders
  • Those looking for an "active" seder
  • Guests eager to try new things
  • Those who want to go a little beyond the text

Description:

  • 48 color pages, paperback
  • 45-60 minute seder
  • English text with blessings in Hebrew and transliteration
  • Covers all key seder elements
  • Sidebar instructions for adding mindfulness moments, incorporating motion, and increasing a sense of inclusion
  • Full text of several popular seder songs

Special Features:

  • Mindfulness exercises
  • Creative, active ideas for engaging all participants
  • Line art to demonstrate motions
  • Tips and techniques for engaging those who may be attending remotely

The Essential Seder: A Contemporary Haggadah

by Deborah Gross-Zuchman

Perfect for:

  • People hosting a seder for the first time
  • Families with children of all ages
  • Guests from a variety of backgrounds
  • First-time seder participants

Description:

  • 40 color pages, paperback
  • 30-45 minute seder
  • English text with blessings in Hebrew and transliteration
  • Covers all the basics

Special Features:

  • Seder checklist
  • Discussion questions
  • Clear directions for leaders and participants
  • Concise descriptions of the Passover story
  • Vibrant collage art
  • A sensitive portrayal of the Four Children

The Promise of the Land: A Passover Haggadah

by Rabbi Ellen Bernstein, illustrated by Galia Goodman

Perfect for:

  • Seders with ecological focus
  • Teens, young adults, adults
  • Intergenerational seders

Description:

  • 96 color pages in a paperback edition
  • 60-90 minute seder
  • English text with blessings in Hebrew and transliteration

Special Features:

  • Themes of nature and the land throughout the text
  • Discussion questions
  • Beautiful nature-themed artwork
  • Reflective passages from rabbis, academics, environmental advocates, and more

Welcome to the Seder

by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

Perfect for:

  • An inclusive, welcoming seder
  • Guests from a variety of backgrounds and experiences
  • Guests who have never attended a seder before

Description:

  • 64 color pages in a paperback edition
  • 60-minute seder
  • English text with blessings in Hebrew and transliteration

Special features:

  • Seder checklist
  • Explanations of unusual additions to the seder plate
  • Clear directions for leaders and participants
  • Vibrant, inspirational, and mindful artwork
  • Multicultural connections throughout the text
  • A sensitive portrayal of The Four Children
  • Questions for discussion
  • Reflective passages by a variety of different contributors

The Family (and Frog!) Haggadah

by Karen Rostoker-Gruber and Rabbi Ron Isaacs

Perfect for:

  • Families with young children
  • Multigenerational families
  • People hosting a seder for the first time

Description:

  • 64 color pages in a paperback edition
  • 30-45 minute seder
  • English text with blessings in Hebrew and transliteration

Special Features:

  • A traditional seder, with a new injection of fun to keep children engaged
  • Large format for easy reading
  • Beautiful Passover artwork
  • Gender-sensitive language
  • Lively retelling of the Passover story
  • Oh, and Frog.
by Dena Neusner

Perfect for:
  • Families with children of all ages
  • Intergenerational seders
  • Those new to hosting Passover
Description:
  • 48 color pages
  • 30-60 minute seder
Special Features:
  • Quick and easy to follow
  • Planning guide included
  • Links to additional resources and recipes online
  • Seder transliterated Hebrew encourages participation
  • Hebrew provided for all blessings
by Rebecca Redner

Perfect for:
  • Families with children of varying abilities and disabilities
  • Families with children of all ages

Description:

  • More than 70 vibrant photographs of children of all abilities and disabilities participating in seder
  • Presents over 150 picture communication symbols developed by Mayer-Johnson™
  • 30-minute seder

Special Features:

  • Easy to hold
  • Respectful to all participants
  • Mayer-Johnson™ is the leading creator of symbol-adapted special education materials to assist individuals in overcoming their speech, language, and learning challenges
by Elie Gindi

Perfect for:
  • Families with young children
  • Congregational seders
Description:
  • 40 color pages
  • 30-45 minute seder
Special Features:
  • Large format, open layout
  • Quick and easy to follow
  • Plagues illustrated in a light-hearted, child-friendly way
  • Includes The Frog Song and Bang, Bang, Bang
  • Transliteration of all blessings and songs encourages participation
  • Some Hebrew provided
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A Family Haggadah
by Rabbi Dr. John Levy and Naomi Tippett

Perfect for:
  • Families with elementary school children
  • Model seders
  • Congregational seders
Description:
  • 64 color pages
  • Flexible time commitment --Vary the length of your seder from 30 minutes to 2 hours
Special Features:
  • Illustrated with beautiful collages and flowers created by schoolchildren
  • Annotations explain the rituals to foster understanding
  • Optional discussion questions
  • Hebrew provided throughout
  • Blessings transliterated
  • Ten pages of songs, with Hebrew, English, and transliteration
  • Companion website lets you hear the songs
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by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and Ira Eisenstein

Perfect for:
  • Teens, young adults, adults
  • Youth group, college group seders
  • Interfaith seders
  • Those who prefer a gender-neutral haggadah that includes some modern rituals
Description:
  • 112 black and white pages
  • 90-minute seder

Special Features:

  • Revised and updated version of reconstructionist classic The New Haggadah
  • Broad themes of slavery and freedom in modern as well as biblical times
  • Unique American view of the Passover liberation theme
  • Vignettes of Jews during the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, and Operation Exodus
  • 20 pages of songs, including Who Knows One
  • Hebrew throughout
  • Some blessings and songs transliterated

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by Chaim Stern

Perfect for:
  • Adults
  • Those who prefer a traditional seder
Description:
  • 128 black and white pages
  • 90+ minute seder
Special Features:
  • Traditional seder
  • Over 130 commentaries, quotes, and anecdotes--with their sources--to foster discussion
  • Clearly marked sections help you shorten the service
  • Music for 16 blessings and songs allow musical accompaniment
  • Hebrew throughout, often matched line-by-line with English translation
  • Songs and selected blessings transliterated
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