Model Matza Bakery

How do we make matza? With only 2 ingredients. Flour and water.

Wheat

Separate wheat kernels from shell

Leave kernels in bowl by blowing shells out.

Grinding the wheat into flour.

Ground wheat/flour.

Ready to mix flour and water together.

Pouring the water into the flour.

Mixing the dough super super fast so it can be in and out of the oven within 18 minutes so it doesn't begin to  rise. After 18 minutes dough can rise even without yeast inside.

Roll dough into ball.

Pat it and make it flat.

roll and roll the dough 

Make holes in dough so it wont rise

Bring the dough to the oven.

Pharoah in Mitzrayim.

Jews working hard.

Naomi helping Pharoah pour a drink and, oh my, it's blood not water.

Liza helps scratch King Pharoah's itchy lice.

Moshe leading the Jews out of Mitzrayim.

Pesach Prep and Fun

Rachel and Ari designing their Pesach pillow case soon to be used for leaning at the Seder while sipping grape juice and crunching on matza.

David, Leon, and Menny hard at work designing their pillow case.

David's work of art! Way to go David!! :)

There are 4 cups of wine, salt water, a pyramid, matzos, and the word Pesach.

Coloring in the different animals from the makkos to hang on our bulletin board.

Dotting the pyramids for the bulletin board.

Hagadda

Haggada

MAKING CHAROSES

Dice apples
put in some sugar

Sprinkle cinnamon 

Pour in some grape juice and mix

Mordechai helping to peel eggs for our Seder. Nice job!

Pesach II

 

Looking for chometz and the 10 pieces of bread.

  Picking crumbs up with feather (broom), scooping it onto spoon (dust pan), and putting it into bag.

All bags with chometz and bread we found around room was thrown into the "fire". 

Now our classroom is we are chometz free!

Practice Seder

First thing done at the Seder: Kiddush

Karpas

Dipping potatoes into salt water. (to remind us of the salty tears from the Jews crying in Mitzrayim because they had to work very hard.)

Yachatz

Breaking matza in half, putting smaller half back under the seder plate for the Korech sandwich and the bigger piece away for the afikoman dessert.

Maror

Menny is bravely tasting the bitter Maror that reminds us of the bitter times the Jews had in Mitzrayim.

Eliana is dipping Maror into Charoses. The Charoses looks like the bricks the Jews had to build in Mitzrayim.

Eating the Korech sandwich.

AT THE MODEL SEDER



Seder plate all ready to start.

Ari the Abba making Kiddush with all the friends.

Leaning while drinking first cup of grape juice

Dipping potato into salt water reminding us of the tears the Jewish people shed in Mitzrayim.

Yachatz

Broke Matza in half and putting half away for the Afikoman.

Maggid

All friends singing the "Mah Nishtana" together. Enjoy!

Motzei Matza 

Eating crunchy Matza

Tasting the bitter Maror

Korech sandwich

First thing eaten at Shulchan Orech- egg dipped in salt water.

Tzafon

Naomi hiding the Afikoman

Friends looking around for it and found the hidden afikoman. :) YaY!!!

Berach- Thanking Hashem for the food we ate.

Afterwards, we pour the 5th cup for Eliyahu Hanavi

Opening the door for Eliyahu Hanavi while asking him to help us make it easy for us to be a mentch.

Hallel & Nirtza

Last step of the Seder

Dancing and singing that next year we should celebrate Pesach in Yerushalyim!