Intro to Pesach and the Seder

The origins of the name of the holiday, Passover:

• Hashem forgives us on Pesach and "passes over" our sins

• Hashem punished the Egyptian first borns and "passed over" our homes

• Hashem passed over other leaders and chose Moshe

The meat of the Korban Pesach is to be eaten with...

• Matzah and Harosets

• Matzah and soup

• Matzah and Maror/bitter herbs

Another name for Pesach in the Torah itself is:

• The Harvest Festival

• Festival of Booths

• Festival of Matzot

• Festival of our Freedom

The three festivals/chagim in the Torah in which we have to go with our families to Jerusalem are:

• Rosh Hashanah, Succot and Pesach

• Pesach, Shavuot and Succot

• Yom Kippur, Purim and Pesach

In this pasuk,

• Hashem is telling Avram that his descendants will be enslaved in a foreign land for 400 years

• Hashem is telling Avram that his descendants will be free from slavery on a holiday called Pesach

• Hashem is telling Yaakov not to fear to go to Haran

• Hashem is telling Avram to allow Lot to go to Sdom for four years

How did we end up going to Mizraim in the first place?

• Joseph and his father went on a pilot trip there and later Joseph became prominent in Pharoah's court

• Joseph and his brothers settled there after visiting there during a famine

• Joseph's brothers sold him as a slave; later he became viceroy, and they came there seeking food

From this pasuk we learn the mitzvah of...

• eating only matzah and not leavened products on Pesach

• telling your child the story of the Exodus from Egypt

• checking for chametz around your house the night before Pesach

This year, Pesach comes out on a ...

• Thurs. night

• Fri night

• Sat. night

• Sun. night

That means that in addition to Kiddush for festivals, we have to say...

• Kiddush for Shabbat

• Hamotzi on Egg Matzah

• Havdalah

• Kriat Shema before we go to sleep

The שהחיינו is also recited on the first two nights of Pesach as part of the Kiddush because...

• That's what we say when we're happy to see friends and family

• That's what we say on a mitzvah/holiday that happens for the first time this Jewish year

• It's part of the Kiddush on Friday night every week anyhow