[kat8eyes]

I work at our synagogue, and at our community seder we always put out coloring pages fo rthe kids, and have also gotten those little plastic toy frogs and bugs, etc, for the plagues. The more distraction, sometimes the better!

[kat8eyes]

and by the way- woo-hoo! We're on PAGE 2 of a Jewish adoption thread! Lo and behold....

[spaypets]

LOL, page 2, there still are miracles.

We do a lot of singing-- Dayanu is a family favorite as is Chad Gad Yaw. My father, who leads the service, will not "dumb it down" for kids, though I did persuade him that pages of pilpul (the rabbis debating things ad nauseum) could be condensed. Dad's philosphy is that part of the point is that we should be restless before dinner--to mirror the hardship in the desert!

We use the Maxwell House Haggadah (they recently issued a new printing--I miss all those 50s era pictures).

Anyway, Pesach is where all the work we've done making sure my dd stays put for meals pays off. This will be her 3rd seder and so far, she's been really good and had lots of fun.

[kat8eyes]

being from a family of 4 daughters, we always put everything into the feminized version as we read- the 4 daughters (which is fun, since we get to make fun of one another), Gd as a She, etc.

Does anyone put an orange on their seder plate?

[spaypets]

No, what does the orange symbolize. I've been to veggie seders where they've used a beet instead of a lamb shank.

[melliemoo]

I put an orange on my seder plate. Supposedly Susannah Heschel (daughter of Abraham Heschel, who has written many books) was somewhere and a man said "a woman belongs on the bima like an orange belongs on a seder plate." So the orange symbolizes women's participation and equality. I read Torah almost every week and love being on the bima, so I put my orange out to remind me to appreciate it!

Melissa =)